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Hi, all. I was after one of these for a while and grabbed it when I saw it at CPW for this price (which includes the 10 pounds airtime). Mine will be arriving soon (I hope).
Anyway, did my research before buying this beastie. Most reviews have been positive but ofcourse, as with all phones, there are always some cons.
1. Just to clarify, this phone uses a linux OS.
2. Does come in both 512MB and 2GB version, I suspect the one being sold is most likely the 512MB version.
3. It DOES NOT have memory expansion, so like the Nokia N95 you're stuck with what you get, although ofcourse the nokia does have 8GB not 512MB.
4. Most from CPW are already unlocked, however, if not you will find unlock solutions on the net ranging from 2.99 (for an IMEI unlock) to 12 pounds, but it seems easy enough to unlock.
5. Note since it is being sold as clearance it probably will not come with everything that the retail package has, i.e. probably no USB cable. This phone uses a micro USB slot, smaller than the mini USB, so get yourself one if you order the V8, you'll need it for anything useful you want to do on the PC.
6. Most probably the PC application software will also be missing. You want Motorola Phone Tools and version 5, if you can track it down.
That's all I can think of at the moment. Hope this helps others.
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