Comments on: Motofone F3 (North American version) http://www.summet.com/blog/2008/06/26/motofone-f3-north-american-version/ My external memory Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Neil http://www.summet.com/blog/2008/06/26/motofone-f3-north-american-version/#comment-6447 Neil Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:32:37 +0000 http://www.summet.com/blog/?p=214#comment-6447 Hi I just received mt F3 today Oct 6. I worried I had made a mistake because I was not aware of the voicemail issue until after I had bought it on ebay, and started poking around the web reading different reviews....but guess what...it works. Lucky me I guess. As you all know my old carrier "cingular" was gobbled up by AT&T. The included holster has the cingular logo on it and the manual is in English. I can only guess that this phone was preprogramed for the cingular network? The ebay seller is monstercellular. I really like the phone so far...but to be honest 3 hours is a little soon to call it. Everything I read before I bought it was positive I just didn't catch the voicemail issue. I guess for once in my life I lucked out:-) and for 30 bucks plus shipping it does just what I want...It Phones Hi

I just received mt F3 today Oct 6. I worried I had made a mistake because I was not aware of the voicemail issue until after I had bought it on ebay, and started poking around the web reading different reviews….but guess what…it works. Lucky me I guess. As you all know my old carrier “cingular” was gobbled up by AT&T. The included holster has the cingular logo on it and the manual is in English.
I can only guess that this phone was preprogramed for the cingular network?
The ebay seller is monstercellular.
I really like the phone so far…but to be honest 3 hours is a little soon to call it. Everything I read before I bought it was positive I just didn’t catch the voicemail issue. I guess for once in my life I lucked out:-) and for 30 bucks plus shipping it does just what I want…It Phones

]]> By: Dezlboy http://www.summet.com/blog/2008/06/26/motofone-f3-north-american-version/#comment-6340 Dezlboy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:50:51 +0000 http://www.summet.com/blog/?p=214#comment-6340 Hi Jay, thanks for your write-up. I just ordered an unlocked F3 from Motorola. Paid a bit more, but Cellhut couldn't ship as first promised. SIM is currently in a busted V551 using ATT. Hi Jay, thanks for your write-up. I just ordered an unlocked F3 from Motorola. Paid a bit more, but Cellhut couldn’t ship as first promised. SIM is currently in a busted V551 using ATT.

]]> By: Jay http://www.summet.com/blog/2008/06/26/motofone-f3-north-american-version/#comment-5950 Jay Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:28:53 +0000 http://www.summet.com/blog/?p=214#comment-5950 Scott: I'm afraid I have not figured out a way to make the voicemail indicator work. When I take the sim card out of the Motofone F3 and put it back into my V3xx, I then receive multiple SMS messages from special addresses such as _@ and a delta-@ which I believe are the normal SMS messages to set and un-set the voicemail indicator. (I'm not sure why the motofone f3 doesn't just report that it's received those SMS's, but for some reason they get queued up until I switch to my other phone. Even more interestingly, they DON'T trigger the voicemail indicator on my V3xx as they would usually do, but instead arrive in the mailbox as normal SMS messages! Jay Scott:

I’m afraid I have not figured out a way to make the voicemail indicator work. When I take the sim card out of the Motofone F3 and put it back into my V3xx, I then receive multiple SMS messages from special addresses such as _@ and a delta-@ which I believe are the normal SMS messages to set and un-set the voicemail indicator. (I’m not sure why the motofone f3 doesn’t just report that it’s received those SMS’s, but for some reason they get queued up until I switch to my other phone.

Even more interestingly, they DON’T trigger the voicemail indicator on my V3xx as they would usually do, but instead arrive in the mailbox as normal SMS messages!

Jay

]]> By: Scott http://www.summet.com/blog/2008/06/26/motofone-f3-north-american-version/#comment-5949 Scott Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:46:30 +0000 http://www.summet.com/blog/?p=214#comment-5949 Hey Jay, Great review, verry accurate! I also just received an F3 and really like it for the money ($30 total from ebay). One thing i'm not liking is the absense of the vmail indicator light from att. Do you know if there is anyway around this? I'm assuming no since att sends this as a "special" sms which the phone does not support. Hey Jay, Great review, verry accurate! I also just received an F3 and really like it for the money ($30 total from ebay). One thing i’m not liking is the absense of the vmail indicator light from att. Do you know if there is anyway around this? I’m assuming no since att sends this as a “special” sms which the phone does not support.

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