[Theodoric]

My wife has had a Motorola V220 phone for Xmas, but I'm after advice on downloading photos to my PC. After what seems like days of Internet searching and dealing with Motorola I have accumulated the following info.

1) There is a USB port on the phone, but absolutely no mention of it in the manual or on the Motorola site (there are a few general mentions, but nothing specific to the V220).

2) Dozens of other people who have bought the phone are also totally in the dark about how to download photos from the V220.

3) There is a piece of software called p2kman which may or may not solve my problem; I have managed to get hold of a copy and downloaded it.

4) Emailing Motorola directly finally got them to tell me that what I need is Motorola PC220 USB Data Cable with PhoneTools V3 Software. It seems to be available from various companies for about £20.

5) Further searching found a piece of software called Fone Data Suite USB Motorola (MA-8870) that was available for about £16.

Now, as it is free, and as I already have a suitable USB cable, I'm leaning towards p2kman. However, I'm a bit uncertain about it since:
a) There's no support.
b) Reading the manual, and various posts, suggests that getting it to work on XP may be complicated. (Suggestions about various Registry changes being needed tend to put me off).
c) It is installed as a Modem (possibly on Com 3) which suggests unlimited possibilities for hardware conflicts and generally messing up my PC.

So, has anyone had any experience of using p2kman and what would they recommend about trying to use it?

If I go for buying some software, has anyone any recommendations on this MA-8870 software, as opposed to the Motorola product.

And now a couple of whinges.

1) Am I being unfair on Motorola, or are they really a bunch of unhelpful, money-grubbing so and so's.

2) In the past, whenever I have bought a printer, scanner or camera, it has come with a USB cable and the necessary software. Are Motorola trying to screw the last penny out of we suckers, or is this standard behaviour for all phone manufacturers?