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Motorola RIZRYes, there's a lot of other cellphone news going on this week, and I invite you to check out other top tech blogs to learn about the new Nokia N73 and N93, the luxurious White Pearl and other hotties. I'm going to stick to the stuff I manhandled in Chicago earlier this week and give you some hands-on opinions of the new Motorola RIZR slider.

It's not RAZR-thin, but it's not thick either. Most importantly, it feels solid, and the slide moves very smoothly rather than with a snap or a scratchy feeling.

The user interface is pretty much exactly like most other Motorola phones released in the past few years, but with the improved phone book, so you get multiple numbers per contact automatically. Browsing through pictures feels slow.

The keys have little tactile bumps, but they're small.

That "navigation wheel" is a four-way rocker, not a scroll wheel.

Motorola must have gotten a great deal on soft-touch plastic, because this feels just like the PEBL.

The screen is bright, but not all that high-res.

When you go into camera mode with the two-megapixel camera , the screen rotates so you hold the phone like a camera, and it has left-handed and right-handed options. But the menus *don't* rotate -- so if you go into the menu to, say, change the resolution, you have to turn the phone back upright to work the menu. Clumsy!



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Posted by: David Santagata
July 27, 2006 8:14 AM

I found your review of the Motorola RAZR cell phone helpful. I sorta expected a bit more "substance" to the review, it seemed short. But, all in all it was helpful, since I am in the market for a new cell phone. (And, maybe a new carrier--I am now with Alltel Cellular).


Posted by: ssegan
July 27, 2006 10:07 AM

Don't worry, that wasn't a review - just a few impressions from spending a few minutes with the phone. When there's an actual review. it will be up on PCMag.com.


Posted by: Anonymous
July 30, 2006 9:06 PM

Well, I was thinking of buying the SLVR, but after I saw this I considered waiting on it. Which would you recommend?


Posted by: ssegan
July 31, 2006 8:01 AM

I have no idea when, or if, the RIZR will come out on any specific carrier. If you need to buy a phone now or soon, then obviously, go with the SLVR. Also, the SLVR L7 has iTunes, which is a plus for a lot of people.


Posted by: brian
October 15, 2006 12:56 PM

i know this is comming out as GSM, but will it be available in CDMA for us verizon users?


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