I have been looking for a good PDA phone for quite some time. Even though I needed the PDA, I still needed a good basic phone function as well. I have heard that PDA phones are typically not all that popular for signal reception and voice quality. Also I did not want one with a touch screen and pen; I needed something that has a keyboard built right on it. That’s when I came across the voq phone. I was on a GSM service, so I figured it would be easy for be to migrate my SIM card to this phone.
Externally, the voq resembles a stick phone, rather than a PDA. Though a bit on the bulky side, the voq is very solid to hold, and the grooves in the middle of the sides give added support while holding in the hand. Though bigger than a typical mobile phone, the voq can easily slip into a jeans pocket.
The keypad is a very intelligent design, which has normal numerical keypad on the outside, but once flipped open, acts as a full alpha-numeric keypad (called a thumbpad). It is pretty easy to operate as well.
Voice quality and reception are excellent. I am seeing better reception than any other mobile phone I have owned.
The Windows mobile software is easy to use – especially if you are already a Windows desktop software user. It supports the usual set of PDA applications plus media players, Java support etc. If you have data support with your carrier, you can browse internet and send/receive emails. You can also use Outlook as your email client.
I could not get a car charger for this phone. However, I was able to use a motorola car charger of another phone; and it works well.
It has an SD slot and you can use it to store any kind of file that the windows software can open. You can even play a .wmv movie from the SD card, or play mp3 files. You can also read pdf, view presentation slides, read Word doc etc ..
Connection to PC is over USB or IR. There is no bluetooth. The USB connector is proprietary, so you have to use the included cable. I wish they provided a mini USB instead.