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.