Motorola Capri, a.k.a. the RAZR slider, previewed

by Evan Blass posted Jun 22nd 2006 at 11:09AM

The guys over at PhoneScoop have sure made the site live up to its name today: not only did they get some serious hands-on time with Motorola's upcoming RAZR slider -- codenamed Capri -- they also got to preview the next version of Moto's much-maligned Synergy UI that will show up in such models as the Canary and the SCPL. At least on paper, the Capri seems to offer a very compelling feature set that will probably attract anyone into the RAZR lifestyle- you're getting a model only slightly thicker and heavier than its clamshell counterpart, but which sports a 2.0 megapixel camera, A2DP-capable Bluetooth, and what sounds like a greatly improved user interface. Especially noteworthy in the overhauled Synergy is an address book that seems to work much more intuitively than past iterations (remember the one on the STARtac?), allowing you to organize entries by name and search for contacts using multiple letters. Although Phone Scoop was only testing a pre-production model, they have identified some potential problems to watch out for on the final version, such as the unusually crappy quality of what should be a decent camera, and most importantly, a spring-assisted slider that's difficult to activate due to the raised antenna bulge so familiar to RAZR owners. Click on if you want to peep a few more snaps, but you're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't head over to PhoneScoop for the full gallery and a very thorough write-up...

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: 2.0 megapixel, 2.0Megapixel, a2dp, bluetooth, canary, capri, cellphones, edge, gsm, hand-on, motorola, previews, razr, scpl, slider, synergy, ui

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ocelot67 @ Jun 22nd 2006 11:33AM

"allowing you to organize entries by name and search for contacts using multiple letters. "

That's already an option on my V3i.

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Tom Reinke @ Jun 22nd 2006 12:56PM

Does Motorola know that perhaps they should work on improving the hardware that they have out already rather than releasing new phones quarterly? I'm stuck with my old V710 (Lack of money) and I've been waiting for the long promised update to fix the crashes I get all the time. Other friends of mine have RAZRs and complain about the horrible lag and slowdown they recieve when trying to navigate through menus and contacts lists.

Just a thought, but Motorola should lay off on realeasing all these new technologies and work on the things that they've left people stranded with.

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Jason @ Jun 22nd 2006 3:35PM

Tom - I agree, Motorola should definitely close their R&D department until all the people who bought their bargain basement phones are happy.

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Drsilverworm @ Jun 22nd 2006 5:26PM

Finally, moto picks up on 2mp cameras.. But no autofocus or flash? Garbage.

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Amazonia @ Jun 22nd 2006 5:50PM

I had the horrible lag with my RAZR and then went into Verizon and messed with some other phones and saw how much faster they were. Lo and behold, after a 'backroom' software upgrade, my RAZR is waaay faster. Tell your friends to go a for software upgrade.

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Takeo` @ Jun 23rd 2006 11:24AM

Improper use of an American Flag!

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TomTheGeek @ Jun 26th 2006 3:08PM

In the review they claim no phone can properly access a 2Gb micro or mini SD card. That simply isn't true, My Wizard has no problems with a 2Gb miniSD card and I'm sure there are plenty of other phones that work fine as well.

On top of that, where are they buying these 2Gb microSD cards? Are they even available? None show up on eBay at the moment and if they don't have them there no one does.

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garrison @ Jun 26th 2006 10:07PM

ummm... newegg.com 2gb minisd for $55

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211030

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TomTheGeek @ Jul 27th 2006 4:21PM

garrison: MICRO-SD. You linked to a MINI-SD, which I just said I'm already using.

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