Verizon Wireless G'zOne Boulder

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worst phone ever

20 Oct 2009 abe

4 out of 10

sound quality made me think about returning the phone on the first day.  within two weeks the clip the holds the battery in broke when i dropped it from 3 feet on my tile floor.  the third hinge broke from me flipping it open. and it doesnt keep track of missed called. ill miss a call then go check who called and it will list someone that called me over a month ago. sometimes it comes back to life and shows me all the people i called and such. overall this is the worst phone i have ever have. i dont take particularly good care of my phones, but ive beaten up other phones way harder than i did this one and they still held together... oh and did i mention the flip part wiggles and the electronic compass is bogus.  but it comes with two batteries! the charging cradle was the best thing that came in the box 

Pros

came with two batteries, cradle is good

Cons

everything

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Headphones only work with phone open

3 Oct 2009 Ernest Christley

4.3 out of 10

I've had this phone for a few months.  First one I've ever owned, and I only gave in to owning one because my business partner pretty much forced me into it.   I chose the Boulder because it is advertised as being rugged and it did both data and worked as an MP3 player over bluetooth.

The phone is stout, and still works even though I've had it drenched several times.  The data operation has been a flawless success.

The MP3 player capabilities are a friggin' joke.  I bought the MotoRokr stereo headsets and a four Meg memory card.

-The phone's range only extends to chest level.  Yep, if I try to hang it from my belt with a clip, the music starts dropping out.
- About every third time I connect the headsets, or try to return to music after a call, the phone decides to remove all my music from the database.  The only fix I've found is to power cycle the phone.
- The remote controls only work with the phone open.  If I have the phone open, I can rewind and skip songs with the buttons on the headset.  Close the phone and set it to the side on my desk (because it does work to hang it from my belt clip), and the only button that works is the pause button.  The incoming call button also works, but using that risks having to reboot the phone.
- Even when playing music from the speaker, it will miss and skip on MP3s that play flawlessly everywhere else.  It must be really burning the MIPS, because playing music for an hour or so really warms up the battery.

I like the phone, as much as one can like their electronic ball-n-chain, but they should pull the multimedia features if they can do any better than this.

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the boulder

2 Sep 2009 Ryan Mariani

10 out of 10

The Boulder is not as cumbersome as most phones. it is also durable so it wont break every time it is dropped and it also wont break if it gets dropped in water like most phones would.

Pros

durable, small, easy to hold on to, water resistant

Cons

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