212g.

This is the weight of the phone (with battery) and is measured in grams (g).

Talk Time - up to 95 min

The total time a battery can power a phone for mobile calls. As the phone drains the battery during a call, the talk time left in the battery is diminished until the phone is turned off or the battery recharged. The longer the talk time the less frequently you will need to recharge.

Up to 70 hours

The time a battery can power a phone in the standby mode, switched on and ready to make or receive a call, without being used for an actual call. The longer a phone is in standby mode, the less standby time remains in the battery.

The keypad is accessed via an icon towards the bottom of main screen. Once you tap it with the stylus you can start your typing. However, with this type of phone you should seriously consider using the handwriting recognition facility. I mean after all this phone was designed for it.

Although the product is packed full of the latest technology, it is very simple to use. The touch screen uses a stylus pen and handwriting recognition technology. The menu system is navigated via icons on the touch screen, as well as dedicated 'hot buttons' for the most popular applications such as, 'home' and '3 services '. When browsing, the 'forward' and 'back' options operate just like on a PC.

TFT touch screen with 208 x 320 pixels and 65,000 colours.

The A920’s screen is touch sensitive and features 65k TFT colour. Resolution is 320 x 208 pixels. It is bright, and performs well even in bright sunlight in my opinion. Despite the fact that it is 65k, colours seem a little faded. It is capable of showing more than 20 lines of text. One of the best screens I’ve seen so far.

The Motorola A920's 65,000+ colour screen - which can also hold up to 20 lines of text - will show video content, such as Barclaycard Premiership goals and the latest film clips, with an impressive clarity and resolution. The handset was jointly developed by 3 and Motorola, exclusively for the 3 video mobile network.

- the desktop
- two control type sub screens

The top sub screen is called the “quick-launch screen” and shows menu icons. The taskbar is located towards the bottom of the screen and displays basic functions like the time, volume etc. In addition, it highlights key functions like network status ( 3G/ GPRS/ GSM ) as it’s a Tri-band phone, battery status.

To navigate via the screens you use the stylus and tap menu item on the display. If you lose the stylus don’t despair you can also use the key navigation system.

No Bluetooth or IrDa available on this baby. When outside 3G network area it will hook up to GPRS.

Good news you can connect it to your PC via the USB cable and has a cute sync cradle to accomplish this. Watch out the cradle has a flashing blue light !

Bluetooth® is a revolutionary new technology that allows different electronic devices to share data and communicate without using wires. These devices include phones, printers, personal computers or laptops. In order for it to work, both devices need to be “Bluetooth® enabled”.

Later handsets now have Bluetooth Flash Modification. Readers of the 3G Forum report that Bluetooth is working really well.

Earlier handsets : 3 are providing a free service for Motorola A920 users to check if their handsets are Bluetooth® enabled, and to upgrade the software on their handsets if required.

People I showed this phone to said :
Big phone, big screen, nice pictures and great video conferencing.

After all you have got a : 3G mobile phone, GPRS phone, video and still camera, a PDA, an MP3 player and a gaming capability have been combined into one product. What else would you want ! I know headlights for nightime haha.

On the negative side is the whole navigation and menu access / handwriting recognition thing, which will need some practicing. Master that and your flying.

Battery is only good for less than a day. Maybe quite a bit less with all the video larking about. But what the hell this is a 3G phone and everything else above. I discount below average battery life as a minor inconvenience - which can be adequately managed.

This a big cutie wrapped up in 3G armour !

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