Might not be necessary for you. It can turn your phone into a very super functional alarm clock to with this Razr Dock. Even the volume keys on the side become a snooze button when you use this dock to make it an alarm clock (because now the side keys are on the top when it is in the docking station). I think that's pretty convenient!
What can i say??? It is like tinting your windows when you by a new car. Just an additional thing i automatically buy when i get a new phone. Same principle.
Is it over priced? YES!
Do you really need this? NO! (then again, you didn't really need to have the Razr either!)
Is it nice to have and make things a little easier and cooler with your new Razr? YES!!!
Hope this helps.I just received my dock last Friday. The dock itself is very well-built and works wonderfully. It is very easy to dock the phone, and I didn't have any problems lining up the ports on the phone with the plugs on the dock. The webtop app that the dock enables on the phone is very interesting. It gives you a full version of Firefox that works pretty well. It's a bit sluggish, but it's great to have the tight integration of the mobile phone elements in what is essentially a netbook interface.
That is the good news.
The bad news is that the Motorola software that the dock triggers on the phone has some sort of issue that causes it to stay running full blast in the background and completely kills the battery. Ever since I used the dock for the first time, my battery life has been draining at a ridiculous rate. My battery status menu shows that two processes, "Motorola Services" and "evbridge" have been using an huge proportion of my battery capacity. I just charged my phone all night, then drove to work this morning. The phone has been off the charger for just under two hours, and it is down to 70% already. I haven't even been using the phone during that period of time! I first noticed something strange was happening because the phone was very hot even though I wasn't using it. this has been happening constantly since I first used my HD Dock. It also takes much longer to recharge the phone now.
There does not appear to be any way to disable or kill the "evbridge" service on the phone, which apparently is related to the webtop and dock. The "evbridge" service does not appear in a task killer app so that the process can be killed, nor does there appear to be any other manual method for stopping it from running once it has been triggered. I have read some posts online that claim that a power cycle of the phone will stop it from running (until you dock the phone again). This is a temporary solution, though because "Motorola Services" and "evbridge" immediately come back and start eating the battery and heating up the phone once you dock it again.
I have read various reports online about this problem, and the relation between the battery drain, "evbridge" service, the webtop feature, and either the HD Dock or the lapdock, but Motorola seems to be mum about the issue. Some of the reports by users claim that this problem only recently arose after the last software update was released earlier this month.
Although the dock seems to be a very nice product, I wanted to share my experience with other customers here to give fair warning that the dock software could trigger some overheating and battery issues with your phone.
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When i got a razr, my old dock didn't work so I bought one on these. I thought it was just for traveling for the clock, but no, much more. Go to ,to find out what his little beast will do. When you plug the phone into the dock and have your micro HDMI cable hooked up to your tv, pick WEBTOP from the menu on your phone for dock type. It turns your the screen on your phone into a mouse and your tv into a monitor. The screen on your phone switches between a mouse and a keyboard for entries. Just started playing with it, there is not much info on the motorola web site on how to us it, but it is pretty cool. It give you a screen shot of your phone and a normal computer window on your tv. When you get calls, emails, or texts a box comes up on your tv. It will come in handy when i go to the parents who have no internet access, but an HDTV. Its like a regular computer, amazing. I didn't just buy a phone, I bought a one of the best GPS, phone, music player and computer all in one. Great for traveling.This item came up in a search for accessories for the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX. Unfortunately, it does not fit that product. Looks like it is the same base unit but there is a different plastic insert for the RAZR MAXX. Search for Motorola SJ1641A DROID RAZR MAXX HD Dock Non-Retail Packaging Black to get the dock with the appropriate plastic insert.Want Motorola HD Dock with Rapid Wall Charger for DROID RAZR - Retail Packaging - Black Discount?
I love this HD dock. I was not surprised by this though because I also had a docking station for my Droid x. This is a very convieniant toool for me when hooking into my television or just having on my desk at work. I'm very pleased with Motorola and every device that I've bought from them.
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