Review: Moto RAZR
Browser
Considering the RAZR does not have EDGE data, only GPRS, the browser is able to load WAP sites fairly quickly. Unfortunately, that is its main strength. It is fairly unresponsive when scrolling through all but the simplest of pages. It does not render advanced xhtml sites very well. Nor does it render sites in such a way that it really takes advantage of the large 176 x 220 screen, since everything is displayed in just one very large font, and colors / graphics are not always displayed properly.
The menus have a few nice features, even if they do cause a few extra button clicks. For instance, upon launching the main browser menu, you are given the choice to visit bookmarked sites or read WAP pages that you have downloaded and stored in the phone's memory in addition to launching the home page. Of course it also suffers from weird quirks. For instance you cannot bookmark a page from the bookmark menu selection. Instead you have to hold down the menu button for a few seconds while browsing the page to bookmark.
Customization
The RAZR plays both mp3 and midi ringtones. Motorola includes a number of mp3 ringers with the phone - some cheesy, and some totally classy ones as well. Ringtones can be downloaded via WAP, sent as email attachments, transferred via Bluetooth or via the included USB cable. When received, the RAZR prompts you to simply store the mp3 or set it as the current ringtone.
The look of the menus can be changed with themes. Three themes come preloaded on the phone and affect not just the color and background of the menus, but also their layout. The themes included with the RAZR are relatively simple ones, but additional themes can be purchased, some of which take up more space in menus with graphics than with the actual menu choices. Motorola does not provide a way to create your own themes on a PC. A few enterprising adventurers have discovered how to do it. But it's just as complicated to download their hacked up themes as it is to try and create one yourself.
The home screen wallpaper is set separately from the theme. It is a full screen picture on both the internal and external screens.
File Management
Each type of file is managed in a specialized application - one for pictures, sounds, videos, etc. There is no centralized memory manager. From these applications, files can be used, deleted and sent to other devices. Another software quirk of the RAZR is that while it is possible to send files via Bluetooth from these applications, it is not readily apparent. There is a send in message entry in the menus, but no mention of Bluetooth. Copy is the menu selection for send via Bluetooth, it has nothing to do with copying the file in the phone's file system.
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