California Users are Suing Verizon over the Bluetooth Capabilities of the Motorola V710

By guest contributor Edwin Jung.

Verizon Wireless subscribers in California are suing the company over the Motorola v710 handset, which was released in August of last year. The main selling points of the V710 were its megapixel camera and Bluetooth capabilities. Bluetooth allows connectivity between like-equipped devices. One common use for Bluetooth is the sending of files or contacts between phones and personal computers. The V710 was the first phone offered by Verizon that included Bluetooth.

The Motorola V710, as it appears on Verizon, allows users to use their phones with Bluetooth headsets and Bluetooth car kits. However, Verizon Wireless had the file-sharing and dialup networking capabilities disabled.

According to the lawsuit, "Verizon Wireless has enjoyed enormous financial gains by marketing and selling the popular Bluetooth v710 phone then disabling almost all of its Bluetooth capabilities, resulting in a degraded phone, which requires the customer to use other Verizon 'paid' services in place of the Bluetooth capabilities that were supposed to be part of the phone's Bluetooth features."

More details can be found on Yahoo news.

 

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