Is it possible to turn off the speaking feature? I watched a review on YouTube and I saw that the phone talks when you browse the menu. I don't want that. I'm about to buy this awesome phone soon, so if you know, please tell me. Thanks!!!

other phones in my experience.

I find I'm always looking for the advanced settings codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_FONE_F3#Adva... so I've pasted them here for reference. Advanced Settings To access the advanced settings, press * * * [number code] * [action] ([action] is the key in the upper left corner of the keypad, the one printed with an upward-pointing arrow in a circle) Documented codes Phone Setting: Number Code Reset Factory settings: 000 Restricted Calling (Phonebook only) ON / OFF:... Read more →

After a string of Sharp phones (GX-10, GX-30) then the LG Chocolate I was rather disillusioned when it came to phones. The hardware was pretty sexy on these previous phones, but the OS's were rather useless - so I jumped to the F3 and used it for 18 months. It was the cheapest phone I had bought ($50) outright, and I loved it! I didn't care if I dropped it, kicked it, abused it - it was loud (you could put it on speaker in pubs & clubs and hear people), the battery was great an I... Read more →

I have no idea how the MotoFone ended up on the front page of this site - even the beta site - but it did get me thinking/reminiscing. I still get the sense that Moto missed a golden opportunity with it. There were a whole bunch of good ideas wrapped up in this thing - too many new ideas for a single product. My understanding is that they never could get it out the door at the promised price, and that at the higher price it couldn't compete with a Nokia with a color screen. But there are any...