On my last trip to Tokyo, I saw a lot of great phones there. The only u740 was on static display at the airport and no one was using Motorola, Samsungs or Bluetooth. The u740 I had ordered was waiting for me when I returned and it was light-years ahead of my old Motorola. All my contacts were transferred almost automatically through Verizon to the new phone and I was ready to text on the full QWERTY keyboard with two thumbs. Strangely, I found out that I had to use the numlock key to access the alternate characters instead of the shift key. Also strange, I could not picture message more than one photo at a time,while I could send three VGA photos in a single message on the old chunky phone.The camera has too much shutter lag so it can be hard to take snapshots compared to my old Motorola. (deduct one star and keep a Lumix in my front pocket)It was hard to find a good holster for this new thinner phone, I had to put the Velcro hooks on the back of the phone to keep it from sliding or falling out of a sharkskin holster.I used a Lexar 2GB micro SD to transfer and store MP3, WMA, MOV and JPG files. The photos are bigger in portrait mode than opening the phone in landscape mode, but the pictures appear to use less area on the screen than on other Samsung phones U504.The USB cable from the music kit seems to need the AC charger to be plugged into it to function. The stereo headset from the music kit plugs into the charger port so it is not standard. Choosing the music files to play is selected from the Get-It-Now menu from a linear screen so it is not convenient to playback a large number of MP3 files.The battery life seems a lot longer than the Motorola, so no more spare battery in the wallet and no emergency recharger units and no car chargers. The charging port is a smaller size than on other Samsungs so I have not found third party chargers or accessories.The alarm clock only allows me three alarm settings, but the calculator functions are easier to use compared to old chunky and the notepad is practical with the use of a full keyboard.The Aliph Bluetooth Headset pairs well up to just three feet, then gets static in the ear piece. It must be a "safety feature" to have such low EMI in the Bluetooth mode. * I have now used the bluetooth out to twenty feet and determined that the bluetooth antenna is sensitive to being close to my body and works much better if I take the phone out of the belt holster or shirt pocket and put it down a few feet away or hold it it my hand away from my torso. The bluetooth antenna is up near the hinge area above the charging port, maybe its possible to use a piece of copper foil as a shield or antenna booster?