Introduction

Featuring a brushed metal and a soft touch finishing, the Motorola V325 is a stylish flip clamshell boasting many sophisticated features. It is available through Verizon Wireless carrier and is the only phone that is compatible with Verizon's VZ Navigator service.

With Verizon's Navigator Service (and the integrated GPS capabilities), the Motorola V325 is able to do some impressive functions such as show nearby restaurants, gas stations, banks, etc based on neighourhood as well as download maps of current user location. It also features a Mapquest type service whereby you can enter a US address and it will give you step by step directions on how to get there from your current location.

This service is available from Verizon at a cost of US$9.99 per month (unlimited access), or US$2.99 for 24-hours of use. The Motorola V325 retails for US$79.99 with a 2 year contract.

Digital Camera and Other Basic Features

With many other cell phones containing 1.3 to 2.0 megapixels in digital cameras, the motorola v325 is left behind with its 0.3mp quality. Therefore, the phone does not make very quality photo prints. The phones with 1.3 - 2.0 mp make much more quality photos. The motorola v325 can capture images only in JPG format (480 by 640 pixels). Other formats available are 240 by 320 pixels and 120 by 160 pixels. The file sizes of these formats are 50KB, 16KB and 3KB in respective order.

Some of the features of the digital camera include:
- Brightness (-3 to +3)

- Self Timer (Off mode, 5 seconds and 10 seconds)

- Color Effects (Normal, Black & White, and Sepia).

- White Balance (Automatic, Sunny, Cloudy, etc)

- Quality (High, Normal, & Economy)

- Shutter Sound

The internal LCD monitor is turned into a camera viewfinder when put into Camera mode. This will show you the full image sizes and a 4x zoom. It switches back to full screen mode if you leave it idle for a few seconds.

When it comes to basic features, the Motorola V325 has many. The phonebook has a capacity of 500 contacts, you can listen to ringtones and view screensavers, the calendar can store upto 100 entries, email, alarm clock, predictive text input and much more. Check the motorola v325 specs and details for more information.

The motorola v325 is plain simple when you look at the keypad. This is because the traditional Motorola phones interface has been taken off and replaced with Verizon's simple menu structure. This phone is compatible both on analog and digital networks.