'Though BlackBerry devices have packed in phones for years, holding them up to your head has always felt and looked awkward.'
'It's often difficult to find the sweet spot for both the earpiece and microphone.'
'It's slender and slab-like, comfortable in the hand, with the usual full QWERTY keyboard and a bright 160-by-240 color screen that looks especially good in sunlight.'
'The phone was able to take a 4GB Kingston microSD card to hold music and video, and it comes with Roxio software that automatically transcodes your videos into a format that works on the phone.'
'A few dropped calls when switching between Wi-Fi and GSM'
'Expensive.'
'For those who are technically minded, UMA works only with GSM and it's technically not VoIP as are SIP services.'
'It is unfortunate that the Ming's data speeds top out at pokey GPRS.'
'The Motorola MING sports plenty of features including: EDGE high speed wireless data, a megapixel camera, and a hands-free speaker'
'Only 8Mb internal memory'
'You simply switch the camera into macro mode and take a photo of a business card, after which
the software will OCR the text and then let you add this data to your existing list of contacts; very clever.'
'Since the BlackBerry e-mail system is optimized for slower networks, the fast EV-DO network doesn't shine quite as brightly when you're using the BlackBerry as a handheld.'
'Unfortunately, Bluetooth dial-up networking isn't supported.'
'Unfortunately, this standard cell phone also has some major flaws, especially when it comes to making calls.'