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Motorola PEBL U6/V6

Frazier Barretto, Jun 29, 2006 1701 hrs IST

Motorola now has another new design circulating the market, the Moto PEBL. As the name goes this phone resembles just that, a PEBL.

Stylish design, Cool flip mechanism, Great finish, Good screen, Outer monochrome display, Bluetooth, Loud speaker, Good battery life.

Heavy, Bad software/interface, No memory expansion slot, Centre button of the D-pad scratches the screen.

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The Throw The PEBL sports the same keypad as the one seen on the RAZR with slight modifications. The keypad has two extra hotkeys for internet and messages which can't be customized. The other change is the use of wavy lines to define the keys instead of straight lines. The same 4 directional D-pad is present for navigation and a center button for selection. The D-pad is raised a little above the keypad level causing the screen to get scratches due to the sliding/opening of the phone. This kind of keypad isn't suited for people who are into messaging since the touch orientation is missing, like you won't know if you have pressed a key or not. This problem is noticed with all the Motorola phones that feature the RAZR keypad like the V3i, L6, L7 SLVR, and now the PEBL.

The handsfree bundled along with the phone is quite big; it doesn't fit and can fall off easily. The handsfree is mono which makes sense as the phone neither has an MP3 player nor FM reception. The phone has its own software bundled along for synchronization with the PC. Software The PEBL is only meant to flaunt; the software makes it completely outdated. Motorola has been making advances in design and comfort while other mobile producers have raced ahead with software and usability advances leaving Motorola something like 5 yrs behind. The company has been dragging this software from ages. The same software seen in all of the previous offerings has been used in the PEBL as well.

The software is very confusing and customization is limited. An example for confusing would be; you want to send an image via Bluetooth. After selecting the image you want to transfer, in the options menu it's not "send via Bluetooth" its "move via Bluetooth." Conclusion The Motorola PEBL is available for a price of Rs. 9,800 with one year warranty. This phone will solely be purchased either for the style that it flaunts or by Motorola fanatics. The software of the phone is not user friendly, and for people using Nokia for many years, it will be a task to handle. The phone has a good battery life of around 4hrs talktime and 250 hrs of standby time. But there are many phones available in the same price range which can offer way more features.

Though on the features and usability grounds it doesn't score, none of the others can call for a style statement that the PEBL can pull off in a crowd, especially the auto flip open will make anyone go WOW!!!

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Annie

,?, on Sep 08, 2007 07:36 PM

DO NOT critizize this phone! itz beautiful and i could ask for NOthing more!

Anurag

,New Delhi, on Apr 30, 2007 08:25 PM

The phone lacks many things but the thing that i miss in pebl the most is memory. who created the memory capacity of this phone and what was he thinking ? the phone also does not have an expansion slot. the bottom line is the phone is only to flaunt it sleekness and nothing else. YET I USE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

zenab

,halifax, on Apr 07, 2007 04:02 PM

very good phone

zenab

,halifax, on Apr 07, 2007 04:01 PM

very good but i can not download any thing.

BAKUL TAPKIR

,NOIDA, on Mar 15, 2007 01:37 PM

Dear Sir, With the look & Your Adcertisement I have Purchased this Mobile from the Shop ELECTRO WORLD Communication Solutions Model No.356857002099763 Colur - Red But after A week the Red colur was becomming Black, I go to shop Explain he says we will replace givivng by Another colur, I went to shop for So many Times he was just misguiding Lastly he told me to the Authorize centre Firstly they told it will take 2-3 days today Twenty days are over. Sir is this company polcy which ihave barrowed the Mobile Kindly Suggest me What to do Waiting for reply

anna

,arg, on Mar 14, 2007 06:11 AM

necesito sabe cual es el programa para bajar las fotos desde un motorola w375 muchas gracias salud

Nicole

,Georgetown, on Feb 24, 2007 08:17 PM

I am frustrated also with the motorola pebl. i like its sleekness and colour but that's where it ends. The phone's memory leaves a lot to be desired, and is there no way to delete the preloaded ringtones??

punk chicka

,gangtok, on Jan 13, 2007 11:50 AM

the cell phone is kewl but da problem is dat it has got too less memory space.....

shareef

,calicut, on Oct 31, 2006 03:59 PM

hi plz tel the price of the mobile moto pebl

Deepak

,Gurgaon, on Oct 16, 2006 10:18 AM

pl. tell the price & delivery system

vijayshimla

,Shimla 171001, on Jun 30, 2006 09:34 AM

This fone is a real example of a company like Motorola designing a fone with only one thing in mind- STYLE & STYLE only- otherwise useless pc of heavy wieght crap wth no expansion slot- and inbuilt memory limited to 5 MB. Only fools who do not do any research on fone features & look fo rstyle alone will perhaps buy this- there are better, full featured fones available at lesser price in the market.Design alone does not make for the rest Moto !!

Lovely

,Bahamas, on Oct 11, 2006 08:22 PM

I agree with you 100%. Clearly this phone was only designed for fashion. The only thing good about the moto pebl is that it looks good and it is compact and easy to carry around. My excuse is I got it as a gift from my boyfriend. Other than that I would have discarded this a long time ago.

nall_ezhil

,Bangalore, on Oct 11, 2006 12:05 PM

i heard tat in flip models the contact become loose after a use of 7-8 months and do pls tel the price of the cell

marcos

,lazaro cardenas, on Aug 19, 2006 08:06 PM

como puedo descargar el programa para bajar mis fotos y videos de mi celular motorola u6 pebl

Anto

,Argentina, on Oct 09, 2006 10:54 PM

me uno a tu pregunta!!!

surender

,delhi, on Sep 13, 2006 03:39 PM

hi plz tel the price of the mobile moto pebl

hardik

,surat, on Aug 26, 2006 04:15 PM

it's a very nice cell of motorola

jees

,Kerala, Kottayam, on Aug 17, 2006 10:01 AM

cute and sexy

cuong

,hcm, on Aug 08, 2006 10:45 AM

tai

pavan kumar mad

,hyderabad, on Aug 06, 2006 12:25 AM

This is an excellent model which i have seen&also digital looking model.

james

,Chennai, on Jun 29, 2006 07:53 PM

If you look at phones in the market these days.. they come with tons of stuff. i meant stuff people talk about a lot but rarely use. EDGE, GPRS, MMS, EMAIL, giga pixel camera, infrared and host of other acronyms thrown in. lesser we talk about camera in the phones, better. Only FM seems to be the widely used "extra" feature as far as India goes. Rest of it is just pure clout value. "Oooh! I have a fone that has dolby 5.1 speaksers for ringing!!". If one goes for Just a phone, we are left with some shabby neanderthal models to choose from. One has to appreciate Motorola for their attention to the rebelion faction of mobile users who are happy to pay a little premium for Just a good looking phone (nothing more.. nothing less) .. VGA or not, camera in a phone is a big sham. Traditionally Motorolas have been underdogs of this industry in spite of churning out phones that are excellent at their core competency.. that is being a Phone!!! :) long live MOTO

james

,Chennai, on Jun 29, 2006 07:56 PM

ALL the softwar flaws mentioned do exist though!!! Flawed. but beautiful.. what is beauty without a flaw eh?? :)))))))

Karan

,mumbai, on Jun 30, 2006 12:14 PM

beauty without flaws is flawless beauty...lol

nobody

,Kolkata, on Jun 30, 2006 02:16 PM

Beauty WITHOUT brains. Should top Femina, should nt it?

Tyrone

,Calcutta, on Jul 19, 2006 02:29 AM

sure thing. you're right. we can use the other "extra" features. ummm ... for example, knockin' a burglar off tryin' to steal your ipod from the almirah ?!

kleftwich

,san diego, on Jul 30, 2006 03:41 AM

i would like to knw the difference between motorola v6/u6

elly

,london, on Jul 18, 2006 12:20 PM

i am so upset with my pebl i thought there would be some way of gaining more memory but motorola lock included files so you cant even delete them to gain some space! i waited for ages to get a new phone and now i have to live with this disappointment for 18 months!(length of contract)

shafiq issani

,Hyderabad, on Jul 12, 2006 06:55 PM

What other reason could there be to buy this phone if style(fashion) is not what u want?

shafiq issani

,Hyderabad, on Jul 12, 2006 06:51 PM

We all know how notorious Motorola is when it comes to interface (GUI).

Surajit

,Kolkata, on Jul 12, 2006 06:05 PM

excilent

Venkat

,Tirunelveli, on Jul 10, 2006 04:17 PM

ya! i seen already through web. i like this model. really nice and lot of features r there. i'll purchase this moto mobile

Senthil Nathan

,Namakkal, on Jul 09, 2006 09:53 AM

cost of Motorola PEBL

rip

,Delhi, on Jun 30, 2006 10:02 AM

no one in their right mind should pay the mentioned price for this kind of a feauture set..

bonny

,delhi, on Jul 06, 2006 04:03 PM

exatly de features r worthless no MEMORY meant fr d style conscience whod probablykeep dere phone in a ornamental box to show off

kin

,jalandhar, on Jul 06, 2006 09:41 AM

it has smart look from its previous models. 7 of course a different

jasbir1961

,Mumbai, on Jul 05, 2006 09:41 PM

a beautiful piece only meant for delicate fingers and not for a rough hand like mine

Rajiv Shankar

,Chennai, on Jun 30, 2006 08:19 AM

I would rather prefer the Nokia 6131 instead of this crap !!

Koushik

,Kolkata, on Jul 05, 2006 05:10 PM

You can go for RAZR V3i, it's really a good one

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,5CctXoJ3D3, on Jul 04, 2006 06:49 PM

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rip

,Delhi, on Jul 04, 2006 11:55 AM

this thing is just that -- A PEBL! wtf can one do with the memory it offers???.. and that too rigged with some ancient OS

amritendu sen g

,calcutta, on Jul 03, 2006 10:33 PM

i had to theow it away and puirchase a nokia 6270 which has 512 card and 16 mb internal memory.pebl is worthless

Saddy

,Kuwait, on Jul 01, 2006 10:54 AM

N80 Rox anytime!!

Raj

,Coimbatore, on Jun 30, 2006 09:40 PM

hi plz tel the price of the mobile moto pebl...

arnov007

,New Delhi, on Jun 29, 2006 07:11 PM

Ditto copycat of Moto RAZR, meant especially for womens.

Karan

,mumbai, on Jun 30, 2006 12:10 PM

WOW...on what basis u call it a women's phone...It all depends whether one is good enough to carry something...also...just coz da features r not all dat cool u cant dump it to the women....check out the looks mate!!! PS..Neither do i own the phone nor am i a woman!

Aveo

,pune, on Jun 30, 2006 10:53 AM

sony ericssion far better as far as features & price concerned. can get a lot features with same or less price

Pal

,New Delhi, on Jun 30, 2006 10:08 AM

They should have added more memory, or perhaps an expansion slot.

Rakesh

,mumbai, on Jun 30, 2006 04:57 AM

Too difficult to handle.Would prefer Nokia for the sheer convenience of usage. What use for a phone if you cant conveniently handle one. Looks only would invite lifters taking it away.

Tulu

,Raigarh, on Jun 29, 2006 10:43 PM

Go for Sony Ericssion

PUNK

,MUMBAI, on Jun 29, 2006 10:31 PM

its a sad phone.. sad features.. an sadder in looks.. man if i wanted 2 carry a pebble in my hand id get it from the beach for free .. y pay 10k for a phone with features of a 4 k phone??

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