Motorola has had an iTunes version of the RAZR available in the States since November, where it’s sold as the V3i (no m). The V3i m (with an m) appears to be exactly the same product, but clad in a smart new burgundy-red livery.
So it’s a RAZR with the 1.23 megapixel camera with 8x zoom, Bluetooth and USB – and iTunes. We get a dedicated iTunes key and inside there’s 128MB internal memory with an (empty) microSD slot for up to 512MB more.
But the iTunes implementation is a bit iffy. For a start, it wouldn’t work at all on our Mac without a lot of tweaking (the PC interface was ok). The 100-song limit from the ROKR is repeated here – you can actually fit more than that on to the V3i, but the “updating music database” process goes on forever. There’s no way to save any options – not your choice of shuffle, not the last song you played, nothing. There’s no search function to hunt for a particular artist or track; you just have to scroll through the lot. And because it’s Java based, it soaks up battery life.
• Still looks great, but doesn’t hack it as a music phone
But the iTunes implementation is a bit iffy. For a start, it wouldn’t work at all on our Mac without a lot of tweaking (the PC interface was ok). The 100-song limit from the ROKR is repeated here – you can actually fit more than that on to the V3i, but the “updating music database” process goes on forever. There’s no way to save any options – not your choice of shuffle, not the last song you played, nothing. There’s no search function to hunt for a particular artist or track; you just have to scroll through the lot. And because it’s Java based, it soaks up battery life.
• Still looks great, but doesn’t hack it as a music phone
FEATURES 40%
SALEABILITY 65%
SPECIFICATION
Size
Length 98mm
Width 55mm
Depth 13.9mm
Weight
95g
Main display
TFT, 256K colours, 176x220 pixels, 35x44 mmWiFiExternal VGA display
Camera
1.3mp, 1280x1024 pixels, video
Connectivity
Bluetooth, USB
Battery
Standby 280h
Talk time 7h
Features
Music player with iTunes
Length 98mm
Width 55mm
Depth 13.9mm
Weight
95g
Main display
TFT, 256K colours, 176x220 pixels, 35x44 mmWiFiExternal VGA display
Camera
1.3mp, 1280x1024 pixels, video
Connectivity
Bluetooth, USB
Battery
Standby 280h
Talk time 7h
Features
Music player with iTunes