I bought this phone as an inexpensive replacement for my outdated motorola. I wanted internet access without the cost of a blackberry or palm. Several of my coworkers owned the phone and it was selling for under $100 with a 2 year contract.First of all, the color is awesome, but color doesn't make the phone. You cannot personalize ringtones for text messages or alarms except for the preset ones they have in the phone. Granted you can use it as an mp3 player, provided you buy a micro sd card or else your limited to adding like 4 songs with the memory it does have already built in.The battery life is very very short. I have resorted to buying a car charger and an additional ac charger to keep at work as my phone has completely died twice on me so far. My motorola could go days without charging, I am having to charge this one every day, even with my talk time being less than an estimated 2 hours and not using the mp3 player.At least I can access the internet, well i can read my emails and with a lot of work I can usually access the one web page I bought this phone for.The pictures for the most part are pretty clear and the sound for the mp3 player isn't half bad except you cannot use a bluetooth set to listen to music but have to purchase a bluetooth stereo headset or just a stereo headset to listen to music if you don't want to disturb anyone.I wouldn't recommend this phone unless your not really into the bells and whistles and just want in for emergencies and taking pictures.