The look slick, they’re small, and full of features. Nice.
The MOTOKRZR meets and surpasses the MOTORAZR standard for slimness, with more than a centimeter shaved off its width. Showcasing a multi-dimensional, metallic gloss finish for visual depth, the MOTOKRZR exhibits subtle elegance through magnesium, polished chrome and hardened glass. The solid piece of glass on the front of the phone – a technological first for a large volume mobile – results in a high-gloss luster balancing the velvet-like soft touch finish on the back.
Matching the sleek silhouette of MOTOKRZR, Motorola’s first GSM slider, the MOTORIZR handset diversifies the company’s product line-up – giving consumers the ability to slide rather than flip. Although the product showcases a new form, it remains true to Motorola’s design ethos with tactile, metallic and soft-touch finishes, a chemically-etched spun metal keypad and optional tattoo graphics.
Motorola also unveiled some new Bluetooth headsets as well. Personally, I’m not a big on-ear device fan, I’d rather have an in-ear unit.
cool new mobile phone from Motorola. well, im still for Nokia. =P
Great Phone…till verizon gimps it too line their pocketbooks…
and thinness, sexy blue color, hardened glass… benefits the phone how?
If it performs like the RAZR, then they can keep it. Motorola isn’t known for cutting edge tech in their phone.
I assume you’re talking about the Cingular RAZR, because the Verizon RAZR does a great job. While I could live without VZW’s UI, thre are worse things in life (like Cingular’s network).
I’ll give this updated RAZR a look, but I’m not that excited. It’s always hard to beat the original.
As for headsets, I have the HS850 from Moto. While not perfect, its the best of the bunch, and doesn’t look like a hearing aid.
I assume you’re talking about the Cingular RAZR, because the Verizon RAZR does a great job. While I could live without VZW’s UI, thre are worse things in life (like Cingular’s network).
I believe he was referring to the way Verizon disables many of the advanced features of the phone, forcing users to pay Verizon per-use for utilities that are built into the phone itself.
You DO know that Bluetooth is intended to be used for a LOT LOT more than just those ridiculous looking “we-will-assimilate-you” headpieces, don’t you?
Sorry, but this is an overblown argument, and the type of thinking that makes a board like HowardForums.com more humor than fact. Thankfully we’re allowed to squash such thinking here.
VZW seems to be getting away from gimping Bluetooth file transfer and OBEX file exchange. My VZW RAZR didn’t have its bluetooth restricted, and I’ve read many accounts of them currently not being gimped.
That being said, the real question is what other features have taken off for Bluetooth, besides headsets, on other networks? No one is making cell phones with enough built-in memory to play thousands of songs, and no one is doing serious photograpy with their phones, making file exchange fairly meaningless.
Further, for Bluetooth in general, I own a Bluetooth wireless keyboard… but that market is basically dead. Bluetooth tethering, for network connections, isn’t popular and is gradually being bypassed with built-in WiFi. While not nearly as “cool”, the Bluetooth headset is the only successful implemetation of the technology (and Wireless USB will suffer the same fate).
You DO realize that VZW hasn’t lost any mainstream customers because of this “lack” of features, don’t you?
How much smaller are they going to make these things? I prefer a bigger phone that I can press the buttons on, without pressing more than one at a time . Or one that wont break if I put it in my pocket and then sit down. Or just drop?
I hate those in-ear things. I saw this guy over at one of the intel buildings the other day using one. It looked like he was talking to himself . But he was also gesturing wildly. Maybe there was a camera somewhere nearby, so the person on the other end could see the guy pointing down the hallway, and I just missed it. Thank god his hands were free to gesture..
How long before they just plant a chip in peoples earlobes and lips
and do away with handheld devices all together.?
Just read my book.
“New from Motorola.. The WAFR! The thinnest phone in existence! Only 2 mm thick!” …you watch, it’ll happen. 🙂
VZW seems to be getting away from gimping Bluetooth file transfer and OBEX file exchange. My VZW RAZR didn’t have its bluetooth restricted, and I’ve read many accounts of them currently not being gimped.
I don’t have a definitive response. But so far I’ve read many accounts of not only disabled OBEX drivers, but USB transfers as well, while I’ve read one account (yours) of a more enlightened policy. I don’t remember which models, exactly, but I believe there were class-action lawsuits with regard to particular phones, resulting in some changes to the firmware (on those phones.) (Recollection hazy: disregard if you want.)
That being said, the real question is what other features have taken off for Bluetooth, besides headsets, on other networks? No one is making cell phones with enough built-in memory to play thousands of songs, and no one is doing serious photograpy with their phones, making file exchange fairly meaningless.
Taken off? As in “become wildly popular”? There would be no reason for Verizon to disable those features if they were merely unpopular. (Meanwhile, the phone manufacturers certainly believe them useful enough to spend R/D dollars to include them.)
“Serious” photography??? “Thousands” of songs??? “Fairly” meaningless? How about just being able to download the one or two pictures a month I may take without paying an extra few bucks to Verizon? How about just one or two songs, to use as ringtones. (Can you say “Million dollar business”? Class? Anyone? Class?) How about just being able to do what I want, when I want to, with the features that gwad designed into my phone, without some bean counting troll at Verizon wanting to squeeze me for every friggin cent he can?
And by the way, my Cingular coverage is exemplary.
And it’s funny how I noticed you were a Cingular mark from your first post, no?
You’ve failed to answer my call that non-headset bluetooth features are not popular, and you failed to defend against the information I provided that you can do file exchange on VZW phones. And in the end, “It’s the Network.” is the perfect marketing strategy against such claims.
You lose. Good day sir.
And it’s funny how I noticed you were a Cingular mark from your first post, no?
🙂 Actually, I have been with 8 (mas o minos) different carriers over the last 20 years, and have hated all of them passionately but pretty much equally, though not necessarily for all the same reasons. The only reason I’m with Cingular now is that I was a Cellular1 customer (regional carrier, I think) which was bought out by AT&T which was bought out by (ta-da!) Cingular. As a corporation, Cingular is more despicable than most (although less despicable than Verizon.)
They do have good coverage, though, in my area.
Okay…forget about how it looks. Motorola needs to fix it’s software first…
It’s interface and functionality is extremely annoying in clumsy in comparison to the phones from Samsung and Nokia.
Gee. I’m still waiting for a phone that will make and receive calls reliably. So far, I seem to be SOL. Oh well, I guess I can play the demo games and take crappy low-res pictures and TALK REAL LOUD INTO MY BLUETOOTH HEADSET IN PUBLIC while I wait until I’m in an area where the signal is sufficient to do that.
“It’s interface and functionality is extremely annoying in clumsy in comparison to the phones from Samsung and Nokia.”
How right you are! I love the size since it is the first phone to fit nicely in a pocket, gets decent reception and looks cool. But it is a royal pain to use.
Let’s see, it’s a phone, right? Where do I want to go first, most of the time? Can you say Address Book? Sure, but it is second to last, and scrolled to the second page of the main menu.
Want to change the ring? Well, I figured it out, but it WASN’T EASY!
Change to speaker? That’s burried in some obsucre place. Real fun when driving.
Delete one of the useless pictures it takes? The manual doesn’t tell you how to do that. Not even in Swahili!
I haven’t had a Samsung. My last 2 were Nokia, and though worlds better than Motorola, even they (no camera even!) made the simpliest of things more complicated than they should be.
–Dave
My dream phone:
– I pay $40 bucks a month (I think that’s fair)
– I dial the phone anytime I want
– I talk on the phone anytime I want
– I hang up after the call
– I put the phone in my pocket
If I had to accept one “value-added” feature it would not be a camera or text messages or the stupid music ringtones (Seriously, 50 Cent sucks ass – get him off your goddam phone). Rather, I want the phone to automatically detect when it is inside a movie theater so it can mute its ringer automatically.