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 first and most important!!! this' the only phone i can find on the market today which has message retrieval via the handset. BIIIIIIIG plus as with an almost 4-month old son, i've got to maximize every second of the day.
and i do like the rubber side grips also. altho' the smell of 'ems a bit much at first. and that's about all that's good.
i agree with other reviews as to the comfort zone with this phone on your ear. hard to find no matter where you place it.
sound quality's a bit quirky too. room sound echos/tinny in earpiece. also experience slight static, but overall reception's ok. (prior to this, i owned a 900 mhz vtech and NEVER had static)
however, my biggest complaint's with the caller id failure/malfunction in that numbers have:
1) not registered at all as the call came in (display listed "Caller ID error") altho it shows the number after the call's completed;
2) disappeared from memory;
3) got jumbled with sequence in memory.
and i've not owned this for even a full week... (never had a problem with the vtech in this area either.)
but i'm still sold on the handset retrieval... if only vtech had this function!
First of all I just have to mention the owners manual, reminds me of the one for my Casio watch....very tiny! My first thought after seeing the manual was that they must have left out some information about the phone and sure enough they did. So far I've been through the manual 3 times and can't find anything about the little light at the top of the handset. I'm not sure what it does besides light up when I press the talk key, surely that can't be all it does. First impressions though are favorable for Motorola's 2.4 GHz phone. Lets talk first about the sound quality; it's excellent but could use a little bit more volume, better than most though. One thing that was quite annoying was when I punched in a phone number and hit the talk button I would put the phone up to my ear and hear the beeps as it was dialing, it was loud enough to make me want to pull the phone away from my ear. As far as I can tell no hisses or static just quiet, the way it should be. The buttons are laid out well and Motorola has made them so that minimal keystrokes to buttons enable features. Take for instance the large "TALK" button it also disconnects the phone. Caller ID is accessed by just pushing the up and down arrows. One caveat is that there are only 10 memory slots for holding phone numbers and each is assigned to numbers 1 thru 0. Maybe the next generation of Motorola's will be a bit more generous on the memory. On the plus side the 10 directory numbers do hold names and numbers and are easily accessed by pushing the "mem" key followed by the number, 0 thru 9. The answering machine can be assessed by the handset and all features are available except for the recording of outgoing messages. I do wish manufacturers would allow for the recording of outgoing messages using the handset, I can never seem to get a good recording using just the base unit. The answer machine is easy to use using a minimal set of buttons. The outgoing message like I said earlier is nothing to get excited about, decent but not great. Oddly enough the recordings left by callers are of much better quality than the outgoing message, probably due to the out going message being recorded via the base. The handset's display and buttons are backlit, great when you want to make a call from a dimly lit room. On the whole Motorola's newest entry into the cordless market is fantastic and with a minimal set of dollars you can get a lot for your money. These new phones are analog and don't offer the security as their digital counterparts but I've been told sometime this year Motorola will be coming out with a whole new line of digital products. I would like to see Motorola expand their product line to include a multi-phone system. You will not be disappointed in MA361 unless you're looking for more directory entries.
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Motorola MA361 Cordless Phone with Answering Machine
I'll make this short and simple by just stating that this is very good phone. I am absolutely thrilled with it. I get great reception, and I love the simplicity of the phone. Nothing complicated or "over-the-top" about it. The bottom line is if you are looking for a phone that is simple to use with a little style then this is the one.
