Motorola RAZR V3i Released (with iTunes)
Tuesday November 08, 2005 12:57 PM EST
Posted by Mudbug


Today Motorola released a new phone with optional iTunes support, the RAZR V3i. The new phone is the ultrathin design and lazer-etched keypad.
• Updated and streamlined Motorola RAZR V3 design
• 1.23 megapixel digital camera with 8x digital zoom, video capture and full screen viewfinder
• iTunes™ music software or Motorola’s Digital Audio Music Player with mini-USB stereo headset
• Airplane mode
• Hot swappable TransFlash™ memory card
• 262K color wallpapers & screensavers on internal display
• 65K color support on external display
• Speaker independent name & digit dialing
• Dedicated browser and messaging keys
• Integrated Class 1 Bluetooth technology with imaging, printing, peer to peer gaming profiles
• Motorola’s SCREEN3 technology* solution featuring zero-click access to news, sports, entertainment and other program content
• Rich, pre-loaded or downloaded J2ME™ games, screen savers and MP3 ringtones

According to Motorola, availability is expected in Q4 2005.

 

taken from macrumors.com

 

saw this yesterday, im sure it will do much better the the rokr, which pretty much flopped.

 

Sprint has it's own music store already, with 2 phones and more to come this year. Those Motorola/iTunes implementations are not coming off so well according to reports.

http://musicstore.sprint.com/

 

yeah but who wants to pay $2.50 for a song PLUS the $15-$25 data plan you have to have....seems pretty silly IMO.

 

 

I just saw the report and decided to post it. Because i didnt know they were going to do it, and it seems to be a better idea then the rokr.

Personally, I dont care about listening to music on my cell phone. Its why I have an ipod (2 of them.)

I dont even have any music on my treo.

 

Here are the details. It will come in charcoal steel and black
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/pro...0,,130,00.html

 

looks hot...

 

Still no Verizon support?

 

Get it here if you are loaded $$$$

click here

its gonna cost 2G's USD

 

the V3c is coming out for verizon soon.

 

thats been coming out "soon" for about a year now :-\

 

http://wirelessimports.com/ProductDe...?ProductID=544

 

Interesting...will it ever be below a grand?
I'd pay $300 maybe $400 for it, but not $999...

 

$999 for that is absurd!

 

i still don't get airplane mode

 

as you can all see, this is a prototype. the phone did NOT come out to verizon yet and the price will NOT be anywhere close to $999.

 

Out of curiosity, what you do think airplane mode is and why would a consumer be interested in it?

Just asking for a little bit of "free" marketing research, Sprint came up with this, the guy who named it "airplane mode" first, he sits right down the aisle from me, I always thought no one really cared if the phone had an airplane mode or not.

 

Airplane mode doesnt matter, because airline people still make you turn it off, whether its in airplane mode or not.

 

i don't know how to answer that question because of The Sarlacc's statement. i've been on airplanes and they make you turn off the cell phones coz it affects the navi of the plane. so my guess is it allows you to keep your phone on w/o the navi interferrence? but while in the air, who gets a signal . already hard enough to get a signal on the ground. which is why i asked what it's used for

 

v3 was a phone i was considering this week, but opted for the v635i.

supposedly, v635i has better reception/clarity. but, that's not to say that the v3 doesn't have excellent reception either.

i went to for function over form. saved $100CDN on the hardware too...

 

I got the V3(black) at bestbuy for 100$ with a 60$ mail-in rebate...so it cost me 40$...good deal imo.

i was so sick of sprint.


i <3 rollover.

 

so it says release date of quarter 4 2005, but i heard it's not coming out until like spring 2006...man i really want this phone haha

 

same... i want it too...

but I know that is gonna cost way too much for me...
even the v3 right now is still sort of expenisve....if you buy it without a contract.

When the V3i comes out, the V3's will be much cheaper, and I will get the V3.

I figured that The V3 is good enough for me... I don't really feel like paying over $250 for any cell phone. But thats just me....lol

If FIDO can't come with a good contracted deal with the V3i, I will just purchase the V3 online for close to 250 CAD.

 

Those are prototypes of course they will be expensive