| Motorola introduced latest design cell | | | | dialing makes calling your friends, |
| phone Motorola V557. The phone features | | | | family and associates as easy as saying |
| a sleek clamshell design with a large | | | | their names. Because the Motorola V557 |
| 176 x 220 color display with 65,000 | | | | is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets |
| colors. The outside cover of the handset | | | | can be configured with the phone for |
| sports a supplementary 96 x 32 blue | | | | total handsfree operation. The Motorola |
| monochrome display that can display | | | | V557 is a messaging and wireless |
| time, call information, battery and | | | | Internet powerhouse. Support is built in |
| signal strength, and more. The VGA | | | | for sending and receiving pictures, |
| camera lens and self-portrait mirror is | | | | text, graphics, sound and video via |
| housed above this display. A stub | | | | messages. When used in combination with |
| antenna is placed on the top right side | | | | the phone's built-in still and video |
| of the unit, next to the phone's headset | | | | camera, MMS opens up a whole new world |
| jack. Volume buttons are placed on the | | | | of messaging fun. |
| left side, while a one-touch camera | | | | Instant messaging is also supported via |
| button is on the right. Most of the | | | | AOL Instant Messenger and the phone |
| phone's features and on-screen menus are | | | | ships with a built-in email client with |
| controlled by a five-way center button | | | | support for POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP |
| on the handset's control pad. A combined | | | | protocols. There's also a built-in web |
| charging and USB data cable port is | | | | browser for MEdia downloads and mobile |
| placed on the bottom of the phone. The | | | | web browsing. iTap text entry, which is |
| Motorola V557's internal phone book can | | | | a technology that makes it easier for |
| hold up to 1000 contacts while the | | | | people to enter words and text on |
| phone's picture ID system allows you to | | | | handsets, is built into the unit-- a |
| assign pictures to your most common | | | | plus for mobile email and text messaging |
| callers. | | | | users. The Motorola V557 shines in the |
| It also supports polyphonic ringtones as | | | | entertainment department. The phone's |
| well as MP3 ringers, allowing you to use | | | | VGA camera can capture stills and clips |
| portions of your favorite songs to alert | | | | with up to 15 seconds of video, both of |
| you to incoming calls. For times when | | | | which can be sent to your friends via |
| you want to be discreet, there's a | | | | MMS messaging or email, or to your PC |
| vibrating alert. A built-in speakerphone | | | | via USB or Bluetooth. The phone is |
| makes it easy to talk without having the | | | | capable of MPEG4 video playback when you |
| phone to your ear while voice activated | | | | receive a video message. |