BTW, alarm clock works just fine with device turned OFF. Leave it on bedside table OFF and it turns itself ON to wake you up.

I have a 7100, with Bluetooth capability. Can instantly check email almost anywhere (not Korea, mabe Japan?, everywhere else so far OK). Key is to make sure your service provider turns on global access. Can read *.docs, even Excel spreadsheets (very cumbersome on that though). Can read *.pdfs, but image is too small, and loses all legibility when you zoom in.

Reliable simple device that does what I want it to when I want it to. No useless bells & whistles. Certainly more reliable than the other 2 Motorola phones I jsut ditched.

With Bluetooth, alot of the clunkiness of the BB as a phone evaporates.

Used to have a 7230, prefer the 7100.