Moto debuts new music-centric V3m alongside colorful V3i RAZRs

by Paul Miller, posted Apr 4th 2006 at 12:15PM

We can hardly blame Motorola for milking their incredibly successful RAZR line for all it's worth, and that sure seems to be their plan at CTIA. Today Moto is busting out a brand new musicphone RAZR titled the V3m, which sounds to be merely a V3i plus stereo Bluetooth, with a microSD slot for up to 1GB of storage, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. We're not sure if the phone features iTunes playback or not, but we can't say we'd miss it anyways. The CDMA phone is accompanied by another in the W315, which sounds to be a no-frills clamshell, though we're low on deets and without a pic. Motorola is also bringing out some new spring colors for the RAZR V3i (pictured), including dark blue, maroon and violet. We'll have hands-on shots of these before long, so just sit tight.

Read: V3m and W315
Read: V3i colors

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, CDMA

Tags: cdma, ctia, moto, motorola, RAZR, v3i, v3m, w315

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Xultar @ Apr 4th 2006 12:18PM

OH MY GOD! Please put the male razrs in a separate cage. They are reproducing like rabbits!

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Donald @ Apr 4th 2006 12:27PM

"And what's this? A dead horse has landed in Motorola headquarters... BAI GAWD!! ED ZANDER JUST NAILED THE DEAD HORSE WITH A STEEL CHAIR! HAS HE NO SOUL?"

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David @ Apr 4th 2006 12:44PM

It's strange that the V3i hasn't shipped yet in the US. It's been out for like 6 months, no?

And the "m" can't come soon enough. The V3c's non-upgradable storage marks "c" for crap, dito for Verizon's UI.

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Scott B @ Apr 4th 2006 1:00PM

Moto hasn't even officially released the V3i here in the US yet. One step at a time fellas, please.

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Robdizzle @ Apr 4th 2006 6:23PM

Might have seen this coming as cnn.cn posted OEM dark blue and dark red v3i housing this past week.

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Pony99CA @ Apr 4th 2006 6:39PM

Are you sure the V3m supports *stereo* Bluetooth (the A2DP profile)? Here's what the press release says:

"The handset is equipped with all the tools today�s mobile user demands: ample storage, stereo headset support, Bluetooth� wireless technology[....]"

Notice that it doesn't say the Bluetooth is stereo.

Regardless, this could be my next phone -- if it can support Bluetooth DUN. I gave up on getting the V3c because of lack of storage card support and Bluetooth DUN.

Steve

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Sam K @ Apr 5th 2006 2:23AM

The V3m definitely does NOT support the A2DP bluetooth profile. First the information on the Bluetooth qualification website does not mention the A2DP profile in the qualified profile list. Here's a link.

http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Template2.cfm?LinkQualified=QualifiedProducts&Details=Yes&ProductID=3228

Second the Motorola press release mentions "Stereo Headset Support via EMU" not Bluetooth. EMU stands for Enhanced Mini-USB. So you must use the Motorola stereo headset SYN1301 which connects via a mini-USB port. Here's a link to the product sheet for the V3m. This is a different link from the one provided in the blog posting.

http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,148,00.html

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