i got this phone mainly as a poorman's pda (contact and calender manager). i got the TRENDware bluetooth USB adapter along with it. it syncs up great w/ software from trendware as well as the software from sony ericson after some early pitfalls setting up the software. reception on the phone is like any other phone i'd used before.like others i experienced issues where the phone will just hang and the only way i can get out of that state is to pull the battery. this kinda sucks and i hope there is a fix out there. but all in all i'm happy with my phone because of the price and bluetooth :)