Motorola RAZR V3

Anyone else got one of these things?
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I'm been carrying round a wopping great P800 for years now, it's got some neat features (remote mouse/slideshow control on the mac not least among them) but this thing is just so fucking sexy and slim I'm really tempted, most reviews seem very positive but I'd love to hear from anyone that's got one.

That thing is actually a communicator from Star Trek, isn't it ...

There's a thought ... having the original series bleep-chuh-chuh sound might make the direct connect feature more bearable?

Rather nice design! Pretty blue, too, but that thing would break in less than a day considering how I abuse my cell.

I've been intrigued by this Motorola MPx

Gromitspapa wrote:

I've been intrigued by this Motorola MPx

THAT is spiffy.
I was staring at the first picture awhile, wondering if it was a bad photoshop job, seeing as the little keyboard facing the opposite direction from the screen. THEN I scrolled down and saw the other pic: oooooohhhhh, I understaaaand. :p

wolf wrote:

That thing is actually a communicator from Star Trek, isn't it ...

There's a thought ... having the original series bleep-chuh-chuh sound might make the direct connect feature more bearable?

Wolf, do you mean this?

Average life of a cell phone - 18 months. Treasury says paper money even lasts longer - 19 months.

Money talks, but talking back to it is probably not a good idea.

I'm getting one of these. :cool:

BigV wrote:

Wolf, do you mean this?

My brother has that sound programmed into his so when he flips it open, it makes that sound. Funny as hell!

Sadly, my default ringtone is Worf saying "Captain... incoming message..." I admit the problem, which is at least half the battle.

Still, when you think about it, it only took 'em like 25 years to get a phone that you flip open exactly like a communicator

I always wanted this for a ring tone ,
you need to unzip this file

Oh my goodness yes, I love both of those.

As good as I am at computers, I am technologically backwards at Cellphones. I barely am able to utilize my contact list ... I have a Nokia that is capable of polyphonic ringtones, but I thus far have only gotten new ringtones off the provider site. (I'm using the Star Trek Original Series theme currently, and my background pic is a lovely one of Uncle Duke, which I've had on there for about the last 8 months, it's now a memorial to HST, sorta) Is there a way to get these sounds onto my phone that won't require buying a new phone? (Now that I've posted the question, after I finish my Cellaring for the evening, I do intend to check my provider's website to see if I can find the answer there, but if anyone already knows ...)

the motorola v3 is awsome! Does it take good pictures as well? I wanted to buy one and I heard of this new contest ran by Nokia which is called new see or see new, I am not sure, but is about sending a pic. taken with a cell phone and then if one wins, a day with a professional photographer would be the prize. I would love to experience professional photography.

Yes -- well my wife just got the RAZR V3c (VZW version). I have not used it much myself -- I got the LG VX8100 (mp3 player ;) )but it seems to be pretty good. Check out the discussions on HowardForums dot com

i bought my g/f a razr for xmas and she loves it.....

I HAVE ONE!!

i love it, its been fantastic the only thing that annoys me is the access to names. Instead of just pressing the down button to access your phone book, you have to go through the menu, into address book and then to contacts.. which makes phoning in the car more difficult (and more illegal)

But i would defo reccomend it, the photos and video are great quality and easily downloaded via the data cable.
AND yes.. you feel supa hot when playing with it (not that you need assistance with tha!)

any other quesions jag?

Got one for my wife and self over Christmas - our old 2-year agreement had just expired.

I like it. But, I just realized last week that there is no way to get the pics out of it other than to email them out one at a time. I dug around and learned that Verizon has crippled the Bluetooth capability to make that so.

I am researching a mod to get around it.

Have you tried the data cable? mine just dowload from that?

Sun_Sparkz wrote:

i love it, its been fantastic the only thing that annoys me is the access to names. Instead of just pressing the down button to access your phone book, you have to go through the menu, into address book and then to contacts.. which makes phoning in the car more difficult (and more illegal)

What, no voice dialing?

I very nearly got one of these things, they were on special, but the salesguy at the cellphone store actually talked me out of it. I was up front in wanting additional gee whiz cool gadgets and all, and had ended a contract period and was willing to re-up for the cheap deal on the RAZR or one of the newer Nokias, but his advice was, "If your phone's not broken, don't replace it."

That's weird! I wonder why he said that? It's a pain in the ass to replace all your contact information, but I upgraded just so's I could get a 1 megapixel camera and bluetooth. "New every two" is a great plan for gadgetheads and it's why I stick with Verizon.

wolf wrote:

What, no voice dialing?

It has voice dialing -- and no 'training' is required.

interface is a piece of shit on the V3. Waiting for the P990.

Undertoad wrote:

That's weird! I wonder why he said that? It's a pain in the ass to replace all your contact information, but I upgraded just so's I could get a 1 megapixel camera and bluetooth. "New every two" is a great plan for gadgetheads and it's why I stick with Verizon.

Come back when it's broke is why I have warm fuzzy feellings for Cingular.

That and the more bars thing. It's true.

When I was camping last summer, I was the ONLY person who had signal at the campsite. Everybody else had to walk about a mile to get even a weak signal.

Friend of mine that recently did a phone upgrade said his provider had a device that they stuck his phone in, stuck the new phone in, and it sucked the contact information from one to the other.

wolf wrote:

When I was camping last summer, I was the ONLY person who had signal at the campsite.

I bet your campmates just loved you.

"It's it just beautiful out here? The trees, the moon, the glow of the campfire, th--" Breep! Breeeep! Breeep! "...the incoming phone calls and text messages..."

Oh, wait, that is several years out of date. Let me correct that.

"It's it just beautiful out here? The trees, the moon, the glow of the campfire, th--" Doop-doop-dee-dooptydoopty-doop-doop-doop-doo-doobydooby! "...the incoming phone calls and text messages..."

God, I hate ringtones.

I say this in jest -- I'm very pleased that my phone works while in the national forest. All it takes is one broken ankle to make the annoying phone become your best friend.

[SIZE=1]Addition: all it takes is an annoying phone to get a broken ankle from your best friend.[/SIZE]

The whole "you'll have to email the pictures to get them out of your phonecam" is typical shortsighted corporate BS. Money-grubbing scumbags. They're my pics...why can't I get at 'em like any other digital camera?

Kitsune wrote:

I bet your campmates just loved you.

"It's it just beautiful out here? The trees, the moon, the glow of the campfire, th--" Breep! Breeeep! Breeep! "...the incoming phone calls and text messages..."[/SIZE]

Damn straight they did. I was able to get weather reports via my GPRS connection. Weather reports become critical when you have to keep a sacred fire burning non-stop, even in the rains, or the whole show folds up it's tents.

I didn't get a lot of incoming calls. Most of the people who would ordinarily call me were at the campsite, and I kept it on the "notify with single beep" option rather than having it blast the Theme from Twin Peaks at max volume.

i have the black razr. best phone i ever had. goes right in my shirt pocket at work, battery lasts a solid 4 or 5 days, nice big screen, good pics....and here's the thing: when you open it up, and hold it up to your ear.....it feels like a real fucking phone! it's wider than most cell phones, and longer when it's open. sound is good, the speaker phone works well enough. no problem browsing contacts, sparkz...i DO just press the down button to get my contacts list ( i think you can assign different things to this button....you might just not have yours ste that way) i give it an A. The only thing that bugs me about it is that it has 2 glass displays that show every earprint or finger smudge.......(constantly polishing it with my tie)....

lumberjim wrote:

...The only thing that bugs me about it is that it has 2 glass displays that show every earprint or finger smudge.......(constantly polishing it with my tie)....

I got a holographic sticker for the outside and a clear sheet for the inside.

The holograms are fairly transparent when the outside screen is on and look pretty cool when the outside screen is dark. Here's one for you Philly guys.

I dont like voice dialing, it drives me crazy and i end up saying the name 10 times before the phones even wake up, I'll defo have to take the time to read the book and try to set my "down" button to my contacts list, when i press down i get my recent call list.