The Motorola RAZR will be available on sale in Singapore from tomorrow, 11th November 2011 onwards for a recommended retail price of SGD$888 (without contract). It also will be available at all three local telcos, SingTel, StarHub and M1.

Motorola RAZR

I have a chance to played with the Motorola RAZR at the media event last week. My first impression on it was it is indeed thin (69mm wide x 131mm long x 7.1mm thin) and light (127g). The materials used to make it is interesting, Kevlar fibre coating for the body and Corning Gorilla Glass screen for the touchscreen.

The build of the phone is so good that the product manager challenge me to drop my iPhone 4S without casing from the same height together with the Motorola RAZR. Obviously, I dare not take up the challenge, point taken that the Motorola RAZR is indeed tough.

Even the advertisement (below) uses the phone to pry open the lift doors! Now, if only Motorola did an advertisement of the Kevlar material used being bullet proof. It might just go viral!

The phone packs a 4.3″ Super AMOLED display of qHD resolution (960×540), 1GB of RAM and a dual-core 1.2GHz processor running on Android 2.3.5. It has 16GB of storage on board and supports up to an additional 32GB via microSD card. The camera is pretty impressive too, the rear camera is a 8MP Camera with LED flash capable of recording 1080p videos and the front-facing camera is a 1.3MP HD Web Cam capable of recording 720p videos.

Technical Specifications

• Form Factor: Full Touch Screen
• Dimensions:69mm wide x 131mm long x 7.1mm thin
• Weight: 127g
• Battery: 1,750/1,780mAh (non-removable)
• Memory: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM / 16GB on board (16GB eMMC NAND Flash), supports up to 32GB microSD
• OS: Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread
• Display: 4.3″ qHD (960×540) Super AMOLED Advanced
• Bands/Modes: WCDMA 2100/850/900/1900, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps (Cat.10), HSUPA 5.76 Mbps (Cat.6), GPRS Class12
• Messaging/Web/Apps: MMS, SMS, Email (Corporate Sync, Gmail, POP3/IMAP embedded, Push Email)
• Camera: (rear) 8MP Camera w/ LED flash, (front) 1.3MP HD Web Cam
• Processor: Dual Core 1.2GHz Processor
• Connectivity: 3.5mm, micro USB 2.0 HS, Corporate Sync, BOTA, Wi-Fi 2.4GHz & 5GHz 802.11a/b/g/n, Stereo Bluetooth Class 2, Version 4.0 LE + EDR , DLNA, HDMI port
• Sensor: 3-axis accelerometer, proximity sensor, Ambient Light sensor
• Browser: Android Web Kit with Adobe Flash Player
• Video:
  Playback
  • MPEG4 ASP/SP up to 20Mbps, 1080p at 30fps
  • H.263 BP up to 4Mbps, 4CIF at 30fps
  • H.264 BP/MP/HP up to 20Mbps, 1080p at 30fps
  • VC-1 Advanced MP up to 20Mbps, 1080p at 30fps
  • Xvid MPEG-4 ASP up to 4Mbps D1 at 30fps
  • VP8/WebM

  Capture

  • Video H.264 up to 16Mbps, 1080p @30fps
  • Audio AAC up to 64kbps, 44.1kHz, Stereo

  Streaming

  • VGA in MPEG4, H.264, H.263 @30 fps
  • MPEG4, H.263, H.264
• Audio: AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, AMR NB, AMR WB, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA v10, WMA v9
• Location Service: Tmapor OllehNavi, eCompass, aGPS with Google Maps, Google Latitude

MotoCast
At the event, they also showcased MotoCast. It is something like Dropbox, except that instead of uploading files to the cloud, you are actually accessing files in your computer.

In another words, MotoCast streams documents, videos and music to your Motorola Razr phone from anywhere in the world via 3G or Wi-Fi. The only thing you need to do is to leave your computer switched on and install the MotoCast software on your computer (works on PC & Mac).

You have the option to download the file if you do not want to stream it. But you can’t actually upload files from your phone to your PC. I wish they have this feature sometime in the future. You also can access your files in your PC on your desktop browser via MyMotoCast.com if you do not have your Motorola phone with you.

I kinda like this service because afterall, storage on your local PC’s HDD is still cheaper than any cloud storage out there.

Official Site: Motorola RAZR
Official Site: MotoCast
Official Site: Mototola Singapore

Woke up the same time despite being the last day before I fly back to Singapore by British Airways (Flight BA011). We checked out the hotel at 9am and thanks to the guys at 1000heads, they help us brought our luggage all the way to their office while we go around sightseeing!

The first stop was London Eye, but instead of seeing it from the outside, this time we really went into it. The queue was still insanely long, but luckily the guys at 1000heads managed to get the fast track tickets!

London Eye

London Eye Capsule

Awesome View From London Eye

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Nokia World Day 2 starts at 9am as well and the opening keynote was given by Colin Giles, Executive Vice President of Sales.

Colin Giles

Since this is the second and last day of Nokia World 2011 and nothing new will be announced, the crowd was a little lesser and we are able to take more pictures of the product and hence this post has more pictures than words!

The first booth I went to is to see the Nokia N9 in White, the phone is beautiful! It is finished in glossy white instead of the normal Nokia N9 which has a matte finishing.

Nokia N9 White (Front)

Nokia N9 White (Back)

The Nokia N9 White will be priced the same as the regular Nokia N9 and it will be available in both 16GB and 64GB variant and it should be released sometime in December 2011.

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Woke up at 7.30am and met up with the rest of the bloggers for breakfast at 8am at the hotel’s lobby before heading to ExCeL London for the opening Keynote by Stephen Elop. Nokia World 2011 is held at ExCeL London which is about 5 minutes walk from our hotel.

Western Breakfast

@malathy From Nokia Giving A Briefing

ExCeL London

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I was one of the very lucky bloggers whom got invited to fly to London to attend Nokia World 2011, thanks to Nokia Connects & Nokia! There will be 4 blog posts spread throughout this week dedicated to Nokia World 2011, the pre event, day 01, day 02 and post event.

I flew by British Airways (BA012). It is the longest flight I ever taken (13 hours) and I will get to experience jet lag due to the 7 hours time difference in London. My flight departs Singapore at 10.50pm and I arrived at London at 5.05am. I was lucky that the flight I am on was pretty empty so I manage to occupy 4 seats, lifted the armrest and sleep horizontally!

It took me about 90 minutes to get to my hotel, Premier Inn at London Docklands (Excel), from Heathrow Airport despite it being 5am in the morning as there are already some traffic!

Upon entering my room after checking-in, there are 4 little surprises already in my room! That was very thoughtful!

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