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MOTOROLA L6 - Review and Tip and Tricks
The MOTOROLA L6 is an Ultra-thin candy bar phone with limited but useful features. It incorporates work, fun and entertainment in a lightweight design which will easily slide unobtrusively into any shirt or trouser pocket. It has a mini-USB port for wired synchronization with a computer and is bluetooth-enabled for the wireless option. The mini-USB port doubles up as the charging port too and hence one cannot do synchronization and charge at the same time. MP3 ring tones, though limited are of good clarity. The camera with 4X zoom, though VGA, is quite good and is easily among the best for phones in this price band. Lack of an extendable memory option (10MB is not a lot in this age and time) and relatively sluggish operations might work against the fans of this phone.
It does have the regular features of a mid-level phone with loud speaker, group sms, calculator, currency converter, alarm clock, a datebook with reminder alarms and even wap 2.0 web access. It has unique features like a MULTIMEDIA ALBUM which helps you to organize your photos into a mobile photo album.
Overall, a sleek-looking silver metallic phone marginally thinner than the L7 with sharp display but difficult to get used to, like most MOTOROLA phones. This piece is certainly for the design aficionado who is not looking for the most advanced of features in his mobile.
Currently the phone is being offered with Cingular Wireless Service
How to create a multimedia album using a MOTOROLA L6?
1. In a MOTOROLA L6, there is a provision to view the images stores on the phone as a slideshow set to music chosen randomly from the phone
2. This can be accessed by choosing MULTIMEDIA ALBUM in the GAMES & APPS menu of the phone
3. One MULTIMEDIA ALBUM can contain upto 20 images of 640 X 480 resolution in JPG format
4. The album can have background music but only in .mp3 and .midi format files
5. To create a multimedia album, select CREATE ALBUM by pressing the circular navigation button in the middle of the phone
6. select a slide to which you want to add images to, by using the left and right keys of the circular navigation button
7. Once a slide is chosen, press the to include an image to the slide
8. There is an option to add frames to the image by pressing the right key of the circular navigation button. For the NO FRAME option, press down
9. Similarly, to add animations to the slide show, press the right key for options and the down key for NO ANIMATION
10. MUSIC and animation SPEED too can be set using similar key operations
11. To enter any text for the image, scroll down to CAPTION and press OK once the text is input.
12. Once all the required features are added, the album can be saved for future reference.
What are the advanced Bluetooth features in a MOTOROLA L6?
The Bluetooth technology in the phone can be used to a variety of wireless applications to transfer data to and from other Bluetooth-enabled devices
Some of the advanced applications of Bluetooth in the phone are:
1. To allow a another Bluetooth-enabled device to discover your phone, press the main menu soft key in the centre of the phone, scroll down to BLUETOOTH LINK, select SETUP and choose FIND ME
2. To pair or un-pair your phone with a recognized Bluetooth device, choose the HANDS FREE option from the BLUETOOTH LINK menu and choose LOOK FOR DEVICES, to drop pairing the device, select the recognized device and choose DROP
3. To switch to a Bluetooth-enabled car kit or head-set during an ongoing call, select USE BLUETOOTH from the main menu soft key at the centre.
4. To move a multimedia device from your phone to another Bluetooth device, highlight the corresponding object, choose the main menu soft key and select MOVE.
PS: You cannot move a factory- loaded multimedia object.
5. To print media objects, first MARK the object by pressing the main menu soft key and choose PRINT MARKED FILES. To print phone entries and datebook events, choose PRINT.
6. If you require borderless printing, choose COPY MARKED FILES instead of PRINT MARKED FILES, else you can use a border template by doing the following.
7. Once PRINT option is chosen, you can view different print templates to print the object by going into the PRINT OPTIONS MENU and selecting TEMPLATES > CHANGE > VIEW
8. You can use the up and down key keys of the central navigation button to go through the different print templates available and choose the appropriate one.
How to use the different text entry modes in a MOTOROLA L6?
There are different options of entering text in a MOTOROLA L6 to send a sms.
1. The # button is used to toggle between the different text entry modes in the phone
2. The 'abc' indicates alphabet input mode, '123' indicates number input mode and '@' indicates symbol input mode.
3. or '1' sets the primary text entry mode to ITAP
4. or '2' secondary text entry mode to ITAP
5. The above options can be selected by pressing the main menu soft key while in the text entry screen of a sms and choosing ENTRY SETUP
6. The ITAP mode is intelligent predictive software which helps you type common word quickly by pressing just one key per alphabet and the phone suggesting complete words as per the dictionary. For e.g. to type the word "change", just press the keys 2-4-2-6-4-3 once in that order and the phone will show "change" as the completed word on screen
7. Also, while in the text entry mode, pressing '0' will help you toggle between uppercase (ABC), lowercase (abc) and sentence case (Abc) options
8. In regular tap mode, the keys have to be pressed sequentially. So 'c' can be typed by pressing the '1' key thrice. This mode is typically used for uncommon words not found in a dictionary
9. In ITAP mode, press '1' to enter special characters including punctuation
10. To quickly enter numbers in ITAP mode, select and hold the corresponding number key and it will temporarily go to numeric mode. Fill in one or more numbers and you can revert to ITAP mode by entering a space.
11. Also, in ITAP mode, after entering three or more alphabets, the phone can suggest completed word by guessing the rest of the alphabets.
How to prevent unauthorized access to your phone?
• There are two codes for the security of the MOTOROLA L6, the unlock code which is usually 4 digits and is set originally to '1234' and the security code which is 6 digits and set at the factory to '000000'. These codes are the same across the world unless a specific service provider decides to change them.
• To change the unlock code, you can go to NEW PASSWORDS by going to the SECURITY option in the SETTINGS menu. The phone will prompt you to enter UNLOCK code, Put in '1234' or the last 4 digits of your phone number and if both don't work, try the security code 6 digit number.
• If you lose the other codes like SIM PIN code, PIN2 code, cell barring password and even the SECURITY CODE, these can be reset by only the service provider.
• You can prevent others from misusing your phone locking it when not in use. This is achieved by selecting LOCK NOW in the PHONE LOCK options in the SECURITY menu
• Choosing AUTOMATIC LOCK to ON in the PHONE LOCK menu will lock the phone automatically whenever it is turned off.
• A locked phone can receive phone calls but will need to be unlocked using the code to be answered
• There is also a simple way to prevent accidental pressing of keys by locking the key pad using the main menu soft key followed by the '*' key in quick succession.
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