Motorola Mobile Phone Tools 4.0 for all Motorola Phones [Motorola Retail Packaging]

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Product Features

• Personalize with Ringtones, Images and Videos: Transfer and store pictures taken with your cell phone camera to your computer.
• Message: Send text messages from your computer keyboard for greater speed and simplicity
• Use your cell phone as a modem: Connect your laptop to the Internet using your mobile phone as a modem virtually anytime, anywhere (even at the airport, while you wait in your car.)
• If you have a phone with Bluetooth® wireless technology, you can connect your phone to your PC with Bluetooth® technology.
• Upgrades Available: Once you purchase a copy of Motorola Phone Tools software, upgrades to newer versions of the software are included. The software will automatically check periodically to see if a newer version is available.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 0.5 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EYTBOS
• Item model number: 98741
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (256 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,394 in Cell Phones & Service (See Bestsellers in Cell Phones & Service)

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Product Description

Product Description
Synchronize: Never lose your data if you lose your phone. Transfer and store all your phone numbers on your computer. With just one click synchronize all your phone contacts, calendar and tasks. Choose from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes or the in-built Motorola Phone Tools phone book and calendar client. The intuitive synchronization wizard guides you through the process of updating your calendar and phonebook and provides a backup on your computer. Note: Motorola Phone Tools requires a Windows 2000 or Windows XP based PC. Never lose your data if you lose your phone: Transfer and store all your phone numbers on your computer. With just one click synchronize all your phone contacts, calendar and tasks. Choose from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes or the in-built Motorola Phone Tools phone book and calendar client. The intuitive synchronization wizard guides you through the process of updating your calendar and phonebook and provides a backup on your computer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works but has some quirks., October 11, 2006

By	GrinnolaAlum "Sam" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This program can be great. I use it to sync my phone with Outlook 2003, to transfer pictures and video to my phone and to save a bundle on ringtones.

You can edit ringtones from your audio CD's. I love jazz and using a Miles Davis ringtone is incredible.

It works great with Outlook 2003. The one thing I will say is that it works best using a data cable. The bluetooth just does not work well and when I tried to use it it was just plain frustrating so I subtracted one star. I purchased this(Mororola Phone Tools) from Avanquest/BVRP online, downloaded the software and ordered the backup CD (worth it because I did have to reinstall the program twice). I would check their web page to see if your phone is compatable even if you don't purchase it from their site; I wish I had been an Amazon user then because it is much cheaper here on Amazon.

My software was purchased a couple of years ago for my Motorola V660. About a week ago my toddler tossed my phone into the full washing machine while I was adding fabric softner to a load of laundry. They don't still make my old phone, my insurance replaced it with a V3.

I lost my ringtones and address book. My husband already had a data cable for this phone so I just plugged my phone in hoping it would allow me to sync with outlook(He took his data cable to work but I found a replacement on Amazon for less than $5.00). Imagine my surprise when the software recognized a new phone promped me to update the software and install a profile for the new phone. All I had to do was copy all my old information on to my new phone and go.

I consider myself somewhat computer savy but I honestly did not check to see if this program would work with other phones when I purchased it.

I am not a techie I just want technology to work for me with as little hassle as possible - I'm busy I just want it to do what it should and I am happy this program still works for me two years and one phone later.

Update, March 2007- I still use this and it works great with my V3. I loved using it for ringtones until someone gave me Ringtone Media Studio 2. It was obtained with a new phone as a promotion and since this person already had purchased it previously, I got the free copy. Ringtone Media Studio 2 is also made by Avanquest/BVRP and this software makes it so much easier to edit ringtones. The verson in Phone Tools is stripped down and very basic in compariston but is probably good for the price.

If you are looking for software only for ringtones I suggest Ringtome Media Studio 2.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Save money with your service provider, GET THIS!, September 26, 2006

By	Steven G. Hughes (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

OK, as we all know, service providers (Alltel, Suncom, Verizon, etc. etc.) are in the business to make money. Once you get a cool phone (We recently purchased 3 Motorola E815's) you want to use all of the features. You want cool ring tones that don't sound like a childs' toy. You want your favorite picture to appear when that person calls. You want short video clips quickly available to show your friends.

Well, your service provider usually forces you to purchase an application, and buy the above (Ring tones, photo downloads) for a price. Ring tones cost about $1.25 each, and getting pictures to our phones was difficult, as well, and expensive, at $6 a month. And, that's PER PHONE.

Here's how we're using the software:

We were able to easily move pictures from the home computer to all of our phones. Works very well, and you can use the pictures for wallpaper, or caller ID information. Only shortcoming here was the inability to select a GROUP of photos, clik on the "Fit to phone" button which fits your picture to the perfect size for your phone, and then transfer ALL of the selected pictures to the phone. You have to do it one at a time.

For ring tones, we all purchased a few, and it cost us roughly $18 for 15 ring tones. With the ring tone creator, you can very easily take an MP3 on your computer, and cut out a portion of the song for your ring tone. I stripped the first 15 seconds or so of Led Zepplin's Kashmir for one ring tone. I found 2 shortcomings with this portion of the program. The first was the software doesn't work with songs you've purchased from MSN, or other service providers that are copy protected in some way. The next shortcoming was that it does not work with MWA files (An alternative to the MP3 format).

Video creation is quick and easy, as well. I took a few video clips that we had taken with our Nikon 8800 (.MOV files), and tried to convert them using this software, but it only works on MPEG files. So, I had to convert the .MOV to .MEG (I found a program from Cucusoft that I'll purchase next week) before using them.

I also used this software to backup our pictures and videos we had taken with ou phones. When memory runs low (I think you have about 40 Mb of internal space on the Motorola E815), I won't hesitate to delete some files, knowing it's backup up on the home computer.

You CAN synchronize your Outlook calendar with this software, but we don't us the calendar feature of Outlook.

Although I complained about a few shortcomings of this software, we're very pleased with it. The shortcomings can be overcome, it just takes additional time and effort. This is a MONEY SAVER for you, if you really want to customize your phone.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst software EVER, Motorola should be ashamed, November 26, 2006

By	Harvey S. Liszt (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It could not recognize my plain vanilla T-Mobile GSM Razr V3 automatically but I did manage to walk the installation software through a device list on the fourth try. It does not backup flash memory, only the contact info, in no more detail than your SIM saves phone numbers. The multimedia studio would neither save audio clips of .mp3s to the PC nor transfer them to the phone as ringtones, insisting that my computer lacked an .mp3 codec. The only functioning aspect seemed to be switching on the usb modem. The motorola branded usb cable which shipped with the software was malformed at the mini USB end and would not fit the phone's usb port easily. This is the level of Motorola's committment to connectedness? Disgraceful.