Verizon Sued for Limited Bluetooth on Motorola V710

Customers have issued a lawsuit claiming that Verizon Wireless has limited some common Bluetooth features in the Motorola V710.

Verizon has restricted Bluetooth usage, such as transferring photographs between the V710 and other gadgets, forcing users to use Verizon's Network for functions that would be free to do over Bluetooth.

Michael Kelly, the Kirtland & Packard lawyer who filed the suit, said his clients expect Verizon to provide all the Bluetooth features Motorola includes in its V710 products. "Our allegation is that it's probably more than a coincidence that the functions that are disabled can be replaced by Verizon functions for which you pay extra," said Kelly.

"Nobody in the industry has ever said that Bluetooth would always be cost free. It will vary from operator to operator," Motorola spokesman Alan Buddendeck said.