Does anyone here have any experience in getting photos off of old RAZRs? I have a similar phone that (I believe) uses the same firmware. It looks like the software to do so (Motorola Media Link?) was offline, or at least I couldn't locate it anywhere. I've got some photos of an old friend who passed away on there, but no way to get them off.
Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
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Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#62I just bought one a few months ago when my 13 year old Nokia died. I actually dislike the phone quite a bit and prefer my old Nokia. I have to charge the Razr about every other day, even if I haven't used it for calls. It takes too many button presses to do anything. It isn't very responsive (it takes about 4 seconds for each text deletion). If I receive a missed call or text the phone will vibrate every 5 minutes un…
What Nokia phone? I've been looking to get a Nokia 105 (2017) unlocked with the possibility of using it with Google's Project Fi (T-Mobile) but can't seem to find them anywhere - the only seller of them on Amazon in the US isn't reliable.
Fwiw, lots of those Nokias on Amazon Prime UK
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#63I remember those times and that phone. Indeed that was an awesome piece of design and as a mobile phone (as in "tool for making phone calls on the go") it checked all the boxes. The software side was quite limited though. Specifically, at the time I was diving into J2ME development (THAT was strangely pleasant to look backwards -- a pain to make it work, but such great satisfaction to overcome all those limitations)…
I had to make our software work on it, that was certainly not a fun experience... IIRC, the main issue with the Razr was memory though. JSR support often didn't mean much anyway, as many features were optional (probably intended for lack of hardware support, but phone vendors would abuse this to provide a minimal "let's just get that checkbox marked" API).
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#64"The RAZR was the first phone to recognize that cellphones [...] were on the tipping point to becoming fashion accessories" Was RAZR really released in 2003? Searches seem to bring up varying dates, mostly mentioning mid to late 2004. In Japan, there was the AU Design Project, a carrier-led project established in 2002 which created concept mockups and eventually actual products with a focus on industrial design and f…
I'd say the Nokia 8210 from 1999 is a better contender. Very design-focussed, launched at Paris Fashion Week. Has to be among the smallest candybar phones made too. A much better phone than the RAZR.
8210 was incredibly popular, and desireable at the same time, although it was release quite a few years ahead of Motorola. I’d buy one now if I could find a NOS somewhere.
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#65I just bought one a few months ago when my 13 year old Nokia died. I actually dislike the phone quite a bit and prefer my old Nokia. I have to charge the Razr about every other day, even if I haven't used it for calls. It takes too many button presses to do anything. It isn't very responsive (it takes about 4 seconds for each text deletion). If I receive a missed call or text the phone will vibrate every 5 minutes un…
Nokia has revamped its classic phones https://www.nokia.com/en_int/phones/classic-phones
They are not the same. Even though Nokia is infamous for not being able to produce a solid smartphone platform that would actually attract app developers, their feature phones (and Sony Ericsson's, too) were always known for having more finished, polished and faster UX when compared to competition like Siemens and Motorola.
The Nokia-branded feature phones produced during Microsoft's ownership and ones produced currently by HMD Global are based on somewhat horrible generic Chinese feature phone platforms and lack the finish and localisation. HMD likes to call one of them Series 30+. Nokia's Series 30 is easy to use and reliable feature phone platform, Series 30+ is not.
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#66Does anyone here have any experience in getting photos off of old RAZRs? I have a similar phone that (I believe) uses the same firmware. It looks like the software to do so (Motorola Media Link?) was offline, or at least I couldn't locate it anywhere. I've got some photos of an old friend who passed away on there, but no way to get them off.
See Motorola Phone Tools, and note the different OS support on Windows. https://motorola-global-en-aus.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod...
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#67Does anyone here have any experience in getting photos off of old RAZRs? I have a similar phone that (I believe) uses the same firmware. It looks like the software to do so (Motorola Media Link?) was offline, or at least I couldn't locate it anywhere. I've got some photos of an old friend who passed away on there, but no way to get them off.
Could you buy a cheap PAYG SIM and MMS the photos to another phone?
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#68Don't forget the precursors to RAZR :)
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#69I owned one too. Great phone when it comes to design and feel. The outside screen was great!
Downsides: - very bad dictionary, writing amaras horrible (comparing to Nokia for example) - software was also a bit clunky - I tried to write some app for it but hit the wall of not having some expensive license
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#70Does anyone here have any experience in getting photos off of old RAZRs? I have a similar phone that (I believe) uses the same firmware. It looks like the software to do so (Motorola Media Link?) was offline, or at least I couldn't locate it anywhere. I've got some photos of an old friend who passed away on there, but no way to get them off.
I had a similar situation recently with the mini USB port broken for anything but charging. I recall trying bluetooth and running into trouble, but then succeeding using a data-only SIM card (T-Mobile) and emailing the photos.