The Motorola V197 boasts a unique, soft-touch housing in black with refined metal finishes. Lightweight and compact, the Motorola V197 is designed for easy portability and slips easily into your pocket or purse. The Motorola logo on the front of the V197 delivers a gentle indicator by pulsing blue when someone is calling and when the phone is being charged. See who’s calling at-a-glance via the external caller ID screen, or flip open the Motorola V197 to reveal a large, vivid color screen optimized for simple navigation, enhanced gaming, watching video clips or browsing the internet.
| General | Clamshell Form (Flip) | | Yes |
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| Display | LCD (Color) | | Yes |
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| Ringtones | MP3 Ringtones | | No |
| | Polyphonic Ringtones | | Yes |
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| Data | A2DP | | No |
| | Bluetooth | | Yes |
| | Data-Capable | | Yes |
| | Infrared (IR) | | No |
| | Slot for Memory Card | | No |
| | Wi-Fi | | No |
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| Features | 3G | | No |
| | Alarm | | Yes |
| | Android Series | | No |
| | Antenna Internal | | Yes |
| | Antenna Stub | | No |
| | Bada OS | | No |
| | Blackberry | | No |
| | Calculator | | Yes |
| | Calendar | | Yes |
| | Changeable Faceplates | | No |
| | E-Mail Client | | No |
| | Extendable Antenna | | No |
| | Face Detection | | No |
| | Flashlight | | No |
| | FM Radio | | No |
| | Games | | Yes |
| | GPS / Location | | No |
| | High-Speed Data 1xRTT | | No |
| | High-Speed Data EGPRS (EDGE) | | No |
| | High-Speed Data Ev-Do | | No |
| | High-Speed Data GPRS | | Yes |
| | High-Speed Data WCDMA (UMTS) | | No |
| | High-Speed Data WiDEN | | No |
| | Java (J2ME) | | Yes |
| | MP3 Player | | No |
| | Picture ID | | Yes |
| | Picture Messaging | | Yes |
| | Platform Palm OS | | No |
| | Platform Series (Symbian) | | No |
| | Platform UIQ (Symbian) | | No |
| | Platform Windows Mobile for Pocket PCs | | No |
| | Platform Windows Mobile for Smartphones | | No |
| | Push-To-Talk | | Yes |
| | QWERTY | | No |
| | Speaker Phone | | Yes |
| | Touch Screen | | No |
| | Vibrate | | Yes |
| | Video Calling | | No |
| | Video Capture | | No |
| | Voice Dialing | | Yes |
| | Voice Memo | | No |
