Cell Phones : Motorola SLVR L7

SLVR is a phone attached to an iPod. The phone features are almost the same as the basic Motorola phones. Same ring tones, blah wallpaper, skins, and screensavers. The speaker volume is extremely poor, except when in a quiet room. The external speaker is great. Need to switch locations. Signal quality was poor, although it may have been the location(s).

The quality of the phone is superb, as is the layout and the new look keypad. The color quality is great.

Overall, the RAZR is a much better phone. Hide Full Review

Every review that I read about this phone prior to buying it was totally useless. The only thing anybody wanted to complain about was the IPod part of it, and how you can only load 100 songs, and how long it takes to load the songs. It isn't designed to be an IPod that you can talk on...it's designed to be a cell phone that you can listen to music on. And, with that being the case, it is fine. If you want 5000 songs that load quickly, go buy a real IPod. If you want a feature-loaded phone that lets you listen to music, take pics, watch video, etc then this is an excellent place to start. Hide Full Review

I purchased the SLVR over a month ago and I must admit that the high-end cell phone is a brilliant buy. You get all the advanced features in this extremely thin phone! The voice quality and reception is amazing. The menu is easy enough to navigate and I love that it isn't a clam style handset. I have two complaints about the phone but they are insignificant to my standards, the face gets soiled easily and the loudspeaker sound is fair to good at best. My husband works for Cingular CS and he says that the SLVR has the least technical issues of all their phones so he highly recommended it for me since I will spend my money on the best quality. The i-Tunes is my favourite feature. I love my SLVR!!! Hide Full Review

Cons: You can not do much from the SIM card, you must copy all SIM info over to the phones memory to use features such as: 1)voice activation 2)picture ID 3)caller group / ringer ID 4)etc.
While creating text SMS message, the TAP mode sucks, Nokia's text message system saves much more time and easier to use.
Signal sucks, honestly!
You must make short cuts to use:calculator, alarm clock, calendar,etc, otherwise it's a lot of clicks you gotta go through to get there.
Speakerphone is weak.

Pros: iPOD is the only true selling leverage for this phone otherwise I wouldn't use it period.
Phone comes with 512MB micro SD card. Easy to xfer music files, and pictures to the PC with a USB cord (included).

I've used Nokias before and never had to pick up the user manual, just picked up the phone and was very easy to learn. They kept it simple and only need to hit a couple keys to navigate anywhere.
This is my 3rd Motorola but I still need to pick up the user manual every time to navigate through the features. I hate having to make up shortcuts for my preferences. Bottom line, I hate this phone but enjoy the iPOD. Once Nokia comes out with a built in iPOD or other music capable phone, I'm there! Hide Full Review