Motorola 89218 Phone Tool 5.0 CD and Data Cable Black
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Manufacturer: Motorola
Model: 89218
Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory
Publisher: Motorola
Label: Motorola
Features for Motorola 89218 Phone Tool 5.0 CD and Data Cable Black :
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Customer Reviews
Motorola Phone Tools 5.0 
2008-07-22
I purchased this to transfer files from my Motorola Razr V3 to my new Motorola Z9. The prior version (4.0) was not listed as working with the new phone on Motorola's web site. It comes with a CD-rom tht has the program and cables that plug into a USB port on the computer and into the phone. It only works with Motorola phones.
Getting the software to recognize both phones was okay, but the software is less than intuitive and the instructions are less than stellar, which is the reason for only 3 stars. Motorola's web site only has a copy of the manual for questions.
I ordered the new phone through Amazon, so I had to transfer the numbers from my old phone myself. Transferring the data was okay, but I found it was easier to transfer the old data to my computer, edit it for compatibility with the new phone since the new phone didn't recognize some of the categories from the old phone, and then transfer from the computer to the new one. This also provides a backup in case the new phone has a problem. I saved the new files in a new Contacts category in Microsoft Outlook.
The software is also supposed to allow you to create ringtones. You can copy from a CD or files on your computer. The problem is knowing how long a clip to record and transfer to your phone. The files are usable only if they are of a maximum length in kb, but the software only tells you how long the clip is in seconds. I gave up trying to do that. The Z9 can use a Micro SD card for storage, so the software makes it easy to transfer audio, video or picture files to that.
There isn't really anything else that I could find to do this, and there isn't an AT&T store near me that I could take it to, so it is a necessity evil if you don't want to manually enter all of your numbers to your new phone.
Beware RAZR users... 
2008-06-18
This product does not support our two different RAZR models. To date we haven't been able to resolve this issue.
The software did work with another Motorola phone in our family. (All phones are Alltel)
