3GSM World Congress -- It has been announced that the Motorola W205 -- a new consumer focused mobile handset will be released with only basic features. It doesn't quite go as low end as the FONE, but the features appear to be circa 2003, not 2007.

Features Include:
Quad band GSM frequency
128×128 65k color CSTN display screen
Speakerphone External
Memory for 750 SMS messages

Motorola says they will begin shipping the W205 phone during 1Q, 2007. Exact pricing has not been announced, but it should be a low entry point. Motorola has also announced in the W series line -- the W510/W215.

Posted by mobilemodo at 05:36 PM | Permalink Posted to 3GSM | Motorola | News

Motorola has signed an agreement with Texas Instruments for chips to power future mobile phones. Previously Motorola has relied on silicon from Freescale, a company that Motorola spun off in 2003. Motorola has been a little slow in getting advanced 3G phones to the market -- but won't be left behind in 2007. From a financial perspective, this agreement won't help the bottom line much in 2007 -- Motorola handsets based on the new Texas Instruments chips will begin shipping in 2008.

TI's embedded chips will help launch both 3G and WiMAX (802.16e) data connectivity to major telecom players like Sprint Nextel. Motorola, along with Intel is one of the early adopters of next generation WiMAX and expects to begin shipping a new line of 802.16e mobile devices next year when Sprint is heavily rolling out 4G. Motorola Labs division is the force behind this recent announcement, continuing to push innovation in the wireless space.

Posted by mobilemodo at 09:02 AM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News

Sprint has officially announced the next smartphone release -- dubbed the Motorola Q. The Moto Q had been limited exclusively to Verizon Wireless (CDMA carrier) since it was launched in May of 2006. Sprint plans to start shipping the phone to its direct business channels in late January -- and expects to have "The Q" in retail channels starting in February.

The Motorola Q by Sprint features:
Slim Design: 4.6H x 2.5W x 0.45D inches (thick as a pencil)
Windows Mobile 5.0
miniSD card slot bulit-in
EVDO 3G data speeds
1.3 megapixel camera (MP)
Bluetooth Wireless

See Also -- FCC Approves Moto Q, Verizon

Posted by mobilemodo at 07:40 PM | Permalink Posted to 3G | Motorola | News | Sprint Nextel

Verizon Wireless adds a cheaper PEBL look-alike phone to the lineup, dubbed the Motrola W315. The first preview of the W315 was shown earlier this year at the CTIA 2006 conference. From purely a design perspective, the W315 is eerily reminiscient of the more expensive Moto PEBL with an external antenna attached.

Motorola W315 features include:
Speakerphone
128×160 pixel screen with 65k colors
Iconic soft finish (PEBL looki)

Verizon Wireless is now selling the Motorola W315 for $30 with a 2-year service agreement. The blue W315 is shown, but other colors are available (like shown below).

Continue reading "Motorola W315 debuts at Verizon Wireless" »

Posted by mobilemodo at 09:09 PM | Permalink Posted to CDMA | Motorola | News | Verizon

Sprint has finally launched the Motorola RAZR. In this case it is the famed Moto RAZR V3m. Sprint Nextel Corporation is the last major US wireless carrier to carry Motorola's flagship phone -- and has taken a beating from investors this year for not putting this phone in the lineup. Sprint is also launching the KRZR and SLVR models shortly -- along with a whole new line of cell phones for the 2006 holiday season.

Motorola RAZR V3m features include:

EV-DO broadband high-speed data
GPS capable via Telenav Navigator
Bluetooth Wireless (headset & network)
1.3 megapixel camera
microSD card slot
Speakerphone
Sprint TV, NFL Mobile, Sprint Music Store

Sprint is charging $49.99 for the RAZR V3m handset after a $90 mail-in rebate and 2-year service lock-in contract. It's available now in stores and on the sprint website.

See Also -- Sprint announces Motorola RED RAZR V3m

Posted by mobilemodo at 10:57 AM | Permalink Posted to 3G | CDMA | Motorola | News | Sprint Nextel

The Motorola RAZR K1 (code-name "Canary" -- "KRZR" in rumors) has been approved by the FCC (code ID -- IHDT56GT1). It is not known when Motorola will officially announce the K1 or the slider code-named Capri, but since the normally secretive company did not extend the confidentiality period with the FCC on the K1, it is expected to be soon.

RAZR K1 features:
Quadband GSM with EDGE
Bluetooth Wireless
microSD card slot (under battery cover)
2 megapixel camera

With the FCC approval, it's likely that Motorola will officially announce the RAZR K1 (GSM) soon. While the K1 is a GSM phone, a variant called the RAZR K1c (CDMA) is expected to debut on Verizon Wireless.

[via Phonescoop]

Posted by mobilemodo at 02:49 PM | Permalink Posted to 3G | Motorola | News

The highly anticipated arrival of the new Sprint Nextel hybrid iDen/CDMA phone is fast approaching.
Hybrid phones give Nextel Walkie-Talkie users access to the powerful, feature-rich Sprint CDMA network for cellular calls and data applications, all in one handset.

Continue reading "Sprint to launch hybrid CDMA/iDEN mobile" »

Posted by mobilemodo at 04:30 PM | Permalink Posted to CDMA | Motorola | News | Sprint Nextel

As was expected, Cingular Wireless has launched the Motorola L2. This phone is still flying under the radar from normal consumer channels and is only available at this time for business and government employees. This frees up the SLVR as the primary option for wireless consumers. The Motorola L2 is basically a Moto SLVR L6 without all the bells and whistles, we like to call it SLVR-less. They have eliminated features that many businesses are now enacting corporate policies against -- cameras and music players.

Motorola L2 features include:
Bluetooth Wireless Support
Quad-band radio capable
Speakerphone Built-in
128 × 160, 65K Color CSTN screen display

Cingular is now selling the new Motorola L2 for $117 with a contract, if purchased through their Business to Business (B2B) sales channel.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:09 PM | Permalink Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News

The sales of mobile phone handsets around the world have grown 26% during the first quarter of 2006 when compared to 1Q 2005. An estimated 226.7 million mobile phones were sold during the 1st quarter according to the industry research firm IDC. Despite the big increase, Q1 2006 sales are slightly off 7% when compared to the 4th quarter of 2005.

Mobile market share figures and rankings for Q1, 2006:
1 - Nokia 33.1%
2 - Motorola 20.3%
3 - Samsung 12.8%
4 - LG 6.9%
5 - Sony Ericsson 5.9%

Motorola's new line of phones continue to put up strong numbers, and with the FCC approval of the Moto Q smartphone -- which provides some nice competition for the Treo 700 line, we expect to see gains in handset marketshare by Motorola over the coming quarters.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:41 PM | Permalink Posted to LG | Motorola | News | Nokia | Samsung | Sony Ericsson

After a launch delay, the FCC has finally approved the new Motorola Q handset. The Moto Q was originally suppose to be released for sale during Q1 -- but it now appears that it will be a 2Q debut on Verizon Wireless's network. We did not find any new disclosures in the FCC filing for this smarthphone (dubbed the Blackberry killer) but phone specifications have now been made official.

Moto Q handset features:
High-speed EV-DO data -- CDMA Network
Windows Mobile 5.0 OS
1.3 megapixel camera
RAZR thin design, .45" thick
miniSD slot
Bluetooth Wireless

The Moto Q will directly compete with the Blackberry, but most notably on Verizon's network will go head-to-head with the Treo 700w, which has currently not been released by any other CDMA carriers (Sprint).

Posted by mobilemodo at 10:11 PM | Permalink Posted to CDMA | Motorola | News | Verizon

Motorola's next rendition of the ROKR phone has just been approved by the FCC. The FCC documents disclose that they may include iTunes as part of the ROKR E2 featureset. When it was orginally announced, Motorola stated that the E2 had its own music player by built-in, but that it may also include support for different music or mp3 branded players -- based on wireless carrier's preference.

Motorola ROKR E2 includes:
QVGA screen display
SD card slot
Runs Motorola's new Linux bases OS
Bluetooth wireless
1.3 MP camera
The Motorola E2 is expected to be released for shipment late 2Q. No carrier partners have been announced for this phone yet, although we would presume Cingular would be at the top of the list.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:36 AM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News

[CTIA 2006] -- Motorola has surprisingly unveiled a new black and silver iDEN handset, the i580. iDEN is a network access technology that Nextel uses. Sprint will soon be switching to integrated handsets that take advantage of both iDEN and CDMA (Sprint Power Vision) capabilities. This i580 can take a licking and keep on ticking just like most of the ruggedized Motorola iDEN phones. This black and silver cellphone conforms to "military specifications for blowing rain, dust, shock and vibration."

Motorola i580 features:
Nextel's Push-to-talk
Bluetooth Wireless
1.3 megapixel camera

Motorola will make the i580 available for release during 2Q, 2006 -- No confirmation from Nextel on whether they will sign up for this phone right away.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:25 PM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News | Sprint Nextel

[CTIA 2006] -- Motorola continues to extend the RAZR line of phones with the unveiling of the new RAZR V3m. It is a music lovers upgrade to the RAZR V3c, the CDMA version that Verizon Wireless has launched exclusively. The rumors on whether this mobile will have iTunes has not been confirmed.

RAZR V3m features:
EV-DO high-speed network support
Bluetooth Wireless w/stereo
1.3 megapixel camera
microSD memory slot
2.2” 65K TFT color internal display

The Motorola V3m is expected to be released for general availability during the second quarter of 2006, with no set price or rebates yet announced. Carrier partnerships (Verizon or Sprint) including exact release pricing have not been announced.

-- Motorola has also just announced the W315, C290 and V3i/V3m colored.

Posted by mobilemodo at 10:47 PM | Permalink Posted to CDMA | Motorola | News

Motorola continues to extend their reach into the colour bucket with the ever so popular RAZR lineup -- this time they are unlocking new shimmering shades of blue, red and purple. With the new RAZR color splash upon us, we can now clearly see that they are continuing to penetrate their marketshare into the thin sleek mobile segment -- on what is notably the most popular phone Motorola has had in years. These new phone colors are being shown this week at the CTIA conference in Vegas.

These two phone variations unveiled today are notably the V3m, which will be a music phone -- hence the trailing "m" in the model name, and the Motorola V3i, with "i" being an international quad band phone capable of GPRS.

Moto RAZR V3i/V3m features are similar to many of the mid-priced handset models sold today -- including 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo (not AD2P), microSD memory expansion slot (up to 1GB), and color display. While the ROKR and SLVR (L7) feature iTunes, they have not stated whether the V3m will have this same feature.

Motorola has also announced they have unlocked their box of new handsets to unveil an entry-level W315 clamshell and the Motorola C290 flip phone (Sprint Nextel targetted handset).

[pic via Mobilemag]

Posted by mobilemodo at 05:44 PM | Permalink Posted to CTIA 2006 | Motorola | News

The telecom sector continues to refocus on its core business strengths -- today, both Verizon and Motorola announced sales of individual business units. These strategic moves should allow both companies to focus on their core strengths -- with Verizon keeping ahead of the game in the US telecom market, and Motorola keying in on its core communications strengths of selling great phones. Verizon has decided to sell its Latin American and Caribbean operations for $3.7B to telecom maven Carlos Slim Helu in Mexico. Motorola sold its automotive electronics business for $1B to Continental AG.

[via MobileTracker]

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:01 PM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News | Verizon

Cingular Wireless is no longer just previewing the launch of the Motorola SLVR L6, but now it can bought through Cingular partner channels. The Moto SLVR L6 has a slimmed down featureset in comparison to the big brother SLVR L7--which was launched earlier this year by Cingular. Radio Shack is currently the exclusive carrier of this device, and it cannot be found on Cingular.com or in retail stores yet.

Motorola L6 features include:
Super-slim design with easy-touch keypad
Bluetooth Wireless
VGA camera (4x zoom)
Speakerphone
MP3 / iTunes Player
Instant Message with AOL, Yahoo, or ICQ

Radio Shack is selling the Motorola SLVR L6 (Silver) online (via Inphonic) for only $49.99 if you sign up for a 2-year service contract. The counterpart of the L6, the SLVR L7 is a hot phone, but can put you out $199. Your not gonna get this phone from XE Mobile or Cool.Prepaid yet.

Posted by mobilemodo at 12:04 AM | Permalink Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News

Another day another MVNO now ready to launch, this time it's not Xero Mobile -- but XE Mobile -- "Pay As You Go" wireless. The company plans to officially unveil their service at next week's huge CTIA event, but the XE mobile service can be bought now from the the XEMobile.com website. XE Mobile is selectively targeting the trendy market of "XE"(Sexy) college students and will use the Cingular Wireless nationwide network to host the new mobile wireless service.

XE Mobile is advertising their flagship launch handsets as the Motorola RAZR (not pink but silver), Motorola V180, Nokia 2600 and Nokia 3220. The rates are tiered by levels starting with "Easy Breezy" which is 20 cents incoming/outgoing and go down to 15 cents outgoing and 10 cents incoming on the higher tier airtime plans. You can also send outgoing text messages for 10 cents each, with all incoming text messages for free -- on all rate tiers.

Evidently XE is not having problems that Cool.Prepaid experienced recently with acquisition of Motorola RAZR phones -- they can be purchased for $299.99 through XE Mobile's website. The Motorola V180 is listed for $99.99, and Nokia 2600/3220 are $119.99 and $49.99 respectively.

Posted by mobilemodo at 09:43 PM | Permalink Posted to Cingular | MVNO | Motorola | Nokia | XE Mobile

Cool.Prepaid just got slapped with a big blow to their recently launched MVNO, featuring Motorola handsets. It was revealed this week that Motorola has ended its relationship with Cool.Prepaid, knocking out the big advertising campaign in which they featured Motorola RAZR phones. The Motorola phones are still rumored to be in stock at Sears, but no details have been unveiled on their future handset models or plans to supply any to customers. If you check out the Cool.Prepaid webstore you will only find a single SIM card for sale now -- no Motorola phones anywhere in site. Customers can still activate Motorola phones and refill existing minutes on phones that have already been purchased.

Motorola has not openly commented on why the relationship with Cool.Prepaid has ended, or if it will be renewed once the current squabbles are resolved.

Posted by mobilemodo at 04:50 PM | Permalink Posted to MVNO | Motorola | News

The Moto Q, Motorola's new flagship smart phone will be available in April -- just shy of the forecasted 1Q launch release. A Motorola Q promo page on motorola.com is now showing "Available April 2006" -- so we are only days away from the highly anticipated launch.

The device was announced last year -- and is sure to rocket into the lucrative high-end enterprise market where they will go head-to-head with the RIM Blackberry and Palm's new Treo 700w / 700p dual assault. The Moto Q keeps the same thin design philosophy that has empowered the RAZR phone to the top of the sales charts. Motorola is claiming that the Moto Q is nearly 50 percent thinner than the other functional smart phone competitors.

The Moto Q runs on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile 5.0 Operating System; the Treo 700w (Verizon) runs Windows Mobile 5.0; the 700p (Sprint) will run Palm OS; and the BlackBerry uses RIM’s Java-based OS. These PDA mobiles extend critical e-mail connectivity to people on the move. Some nice features the Moto Q includes are voice-activated dialing, video player, a QWERTY style keyboard, Bluetooth connectivity, among other features.

The Motorola Q will make its way over to Verizon for the launch because of its EV-DO/CDMA specs. No word on pricing has yet been released.
[via RCRNews] [MobileWhack]

Posted by mobilemodo at 03:29 PM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News

Motorola no doubt saw the success of the Pink RAZR, so they have now launched a whole new swath (4) of colored PEBL's. They are being unleashed with some funky new age colors -- green, orange, blue and last but not least pink.

The original Motorola PEBL was launched during the Superbowl when millions of dollars were spent to advertise the black PEBL. The handset features of these new colored PEBL's has not changed and will remain the same as the original.

The green, orange, blue, and pink color PEBL phones are expected to be released for general availability during 2Q, 2006 with no official shipping date yet announced. T-Mobile will carry this phone for $299 with Tmobile rebate of $50.

Continue reading "Motorola announces new PEBL Colors" »

Posted by mobilemodo at 08:21 AM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News

Another MVNO announcement rocks the mobile world, this time it is Cool Mobile's cool.prepaid cellular service with Motorola Mobile phones. Cool Mobile's cool.Prepaid service is now entering a increasingly crowded market where recent announcements including market entrants Kajeet, XeroMobile, Amp'd(Amped), Disney Mobile, Helio, Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, and ESPN. Unlike many of the other MVNO's, which seem to weigh heavy on Sprint's Network, Cool Mobile is using Cingular's nationwide network.

The list of phones that cool.prepaid has launched is impressive, but slanted towards a tight relationship with a popular consumer favorite -- Motorola. The choices include Motorola's C139, C261, V176 and V235. The Moto SLVR versions L2, L6, and L7 will also be available.

The selection will not be limited to Motorola phones, but with a SIM only solution being offered for international travelers who can buy unlocked GSM phones like the Sony Ericcson W800i. Since they are using Cingular's Wireless network, you will not be able to use phones that don't have the 850Mhz band, which almost completely knocks out many native European and Asian phones.

Posted by mobilemodo at 01:45 PM | Permalink Posted to Cingular | MVNO | Motorola | News

The Motorola A1200 that we previously wrote about has finally shipped, albeit with a new name. The renamed mobile phone dubbed the Motorola Ming has the same specs that we reported earlier. The best feature of this phone is the 2.0 MP camera that has built-in OCR (optical character recognition) for business card scanning. The bad news is that this phone will not be released into the U.S market anytime soon and will only be sold in Hong Kong. We were quite impressed with the Linux OS that has showcased a new market for Motorola. We will keep our eye on this segment and let our readers know of any new developments or reviews on this phone.

Posted by mobilemodo at 08:58 AM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News

We are happy to report that the previously yanked Motorola RAZR from Cingular and T-Mobile stores has been restored. The phones had been cleared from the shelves due to problems with dropped calls. Motorola quickly resolved the issue and resumed shipments, much to the chagrin of anxious customers waiting to get their hands on the pink razr.

Other news agents are also reporting that the phone is now being restocked. The minor disruption in the supply chain due to the glitch will probably not hurt sales for Motorola, the 2nd largest handset manufacturer in the world.

Posted by mobilemodo at 03:17 PM | Permalink Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News | T-Mobile

Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile USA have unexpectedly yanked the Motorola RAZR V3 from all their sales channels. Mobilemodo has confirmed that the ever-so-popular RAZR V3 model will not disappear for long, all colors (even pink) are expected to be released for shipment within the next week or two.

T-Mobile noted that they were having problems with an internal electronic component in a limited number of GSM RAZR handsets that were purchased in the weeks following February 1st. Motorola reps stated that the issue is related to mobile users experiencing dropped calls and a reboot of the phone (also affects free drivers motorola razr v3 users). Any customers with RAZR handsets that have experienced this problem should forget about waiting for your rebate check, and head straight to a T-Mobile or Cingular store to make an exchange.

Cingular is now showing the RAZR V3 as Out of Stock in the online store, and it appears that T-Mobile has yanked it from the website and store shelves altogether.

[via CNN story]

Posted by mobilemodo at 10:52 PM | Permalink Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News | T-Mobile

The guys over at EngadgetMobile landed the hot scoop on a preview of the Motorola ROKR E3, a phone not yet announced for release or sale by Motorola. Motorola's enacted a policy last year of not announcing new handsets until they start shipping. It appears that Motorola has decided to create an underground buzz about this cellphone instead of releasing the final specs.
Moto ROKR E3 specs:
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
512MB memory built-in
Transflash Memory slot
Bluetooth
1.3 megapixel camera
3.5mm headphone jack
quad-directional quick-wheel

Motorola is still not disclosing the ship or release date but the best speculation would be 2Q, 2006. The ROKR E3 predecessor the ROKR E2, was just pre-announced in January. The US carriers likely to launch this phone will be T-Mobile and Cingular Wireless.

Posted by mobilemodo at 02:51 PM | Permalink Posted to 3G | Motorola | News | Rumors

Motorola has just announced the exclusive launch of a new service called "Motorola Share", that allows mobile phone users to access pictures from your computer at home or office.

The Motorola SHARE service is purported to be a Free service with the only requirement being that you use a compatible Motorola wireless phone. The special advert tag line sent to moto customers and service subscribers says "See your photos, access your files, share photos and files" ... Sign up for Motorola Share.

Behind the scenes Motorola has swung a deal with Avvenu, hence the mention on the right hand side of the SHARE website " Powered by Avvenu". Once you sign up for the service you go to motorola.avvenu.com to login.

With Motorola SHARE, you can always have access to the files and photos on your computer from your compatible Motorola wireless phone. To sign up for this cool sportin new service from Motorola, just check out the Motorola getSHARE page.

Motorola Share is not compatible with all cellphones, but is MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) compatible on the following Moto phones -- A630, ROKR E1, MPx220, V330, V400, V551, V600, V635, V300 and last but not least the popular new PEBL, RAZR and SLVR.

Posted by mobilemodo at 09:43 AM | Permalink Posted to Mobile Applications | Motorola | News

DiBcom disclosed to RedHerring in an interview that Cingular Wireless will test its DVB-H (Mobile TV) based technology.

DVB-H is in a growing field of competing Mobile TV technologies that has the distinct advantage of being backed by mobile technology giants Intel, Nokia and Motorola. Nokia revealed that they will launch the N92 as the first DVB-H compatible handset.

Cingular has not openly commented on the test trials, but DiBcom commented:

Cingular just finished building the lab to test the chips in PDAs. The carrier will then test the chips in laptops and then in cell phones, said [DiBcom] spokesperson Agnes Hu, in an email. There are already several mobile TV standards in the works and it looks like each national US carrier may choose its own. Verizon Wireless is going ahead with MediaFLO and Sprint Nextel looks to be going towards TDtv. Current implementations simply stream the video data to each user over existing data networks and are not true broadcast mobile TV services.

Modeo is working on building the first DVB-H network in the U.S. and has not yet announced any mobile carrier partnership arrangements.

Posted by mobilemodo at 01:25 PM | Permalink Posted to Cingular | Mobile Content | Motorola | Nokia

Cingular, Verizon, and T-Mobile have all recently launched their own variation of Motorola's popular Pink RAZR mobile phone. These mobile's are sure to catch your attention with the noticeable difference in color shade variation.

Let's take a look at the pink shaded RAZR differences:

We think that Cingular's Pink RAZR is the best representation of what would get a true girly girl's top vote with an extra dose of cotton candy Barbie pink.

Verizon's light pink RAZR is not as bright and bold, and is sure to satisfy anyone that is searching for a mobile that is not overly distracting yet distinguished with personal style.

T-Mobile's RAZR mobile is not hardly pink at all, but is much closer to a boldly colored purple-like magenta. Grab this mobile if you really want to be noticed.

Sprint Nextel is noticeably absent from this list, and does not currently carry Motorola's RAZR mobile, but instead they carry the Samsung A900 phone as a RAZR alternative. The A900 mobile is currently only sold in black.

If you think these pink RAZR are great, just be prepared to drop down about $50 more than you would for the Silver colored RAZR.

[via Gizmodo]

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News | Reviews | T-Mobile | Verizon

T-Mobile in the U.S. is now stocking the shelves at their retail stores nationwide with the new Motorola PEBL cell phone. Since December they have only been selling the PEBL handset exclusively over the Internet in their web store.

The PEBL is a sophisticatingly smooth phone, with a cool iconic oval design just like a soft pebble pulled out of the river. This mobile provides the simplistic yet functional features that an artistic mobile phone connoisseur would love.

Motorola PEBL features:
Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Bluetooth
176 × 220 pixel 262K color screen
VGA camera

The Motorola PEBL is now selling for $299 after a 1-year service contract with T-Mobile.

Posted by mobilemodo at 08:40 PM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News | T-Mobile

Cingular Wireless is now the 3rd U.S. wireless carrier to launch a pink Motorola RAZR. However, all 3 phones released by each carrier are different shades of pink. The Cingular pink RAZR model is a shade darker than the Verizon Wirless RAZR and much lighter than T-Mobile USA's magenta version of the mobile phone.

The featureset is still the same:
Quadband GSM capable
Thin sleek design
Bluetooth support
VGA Camera

The pink RAZR will be on sale from Cingular starting next week on February 6th, 2006 for $149.99. Cingular still stocks the black and silver colored RAZR phones for the same purchase price.

Posted by mobilemodo at 06:30 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (4) Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News

Cingular Wireless has just announced the official launch release of the new Motorola SLVR L7. Cingular's exclusive version of the Motorola SLVR L7 will include iTunes software with 100 song limit, and a pre-installed 512 MB Micro SD Card.

The SLVR (pronounced sliver) L7 is Motorola's thinnest phone ever released in the US; at only .45" thick it is even thinner than the V3 RAZR.

Due to the thinness of the SLVR, they made it out of a hybrid glass-filled body for stability and rigidity for everyday wear and tear. A truly amazing phone to hold in your hand and slide in your pocket.

Motorola RAZR L7 features include:
Quad Band Phone - GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
VGA Camera and video capture
Bluetooth wireless synchronization
512 MB Micro SD card
Built-in stereo speakers
Brilliant TFT color display with 262k colors

Mobile application and content features:
Multimedia Messaging to send text, pictures, and sound
iTunes to play, sort, store and manage music
Mobile email and browser
Speakerphone and voice activated dialing
Download games, MP3, ringtones and streaming video
Mobile Instant Messaging using AOL, Yahoo! and ICQ

Mobile phone specs:
Weight: 3.5 ounces
Dimensions: 4.5 x 1.9 x 0.45 inches

This cell phone is now available at Cingular.com for $199.99 with a new two-year agreement.

Posted by mobilemodo at 12:52 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (1) Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News

Motorola and Verizon Wireless have once again tag-teamed to bring another new mid-priced V325 clamshell mobile phone to market.

This will be the first wirless mobile handset that Verizon has offered that will work with the new GPS-like audible direction service called VZ Navigator just launched by Verizon. Google and Yahoo services for Mobile can't do this with their new mobile services yet.

Motorola V325 on Verizon Wireless Features:
Full 65k Color Screen
Sleek Clamshell package
VZ Navigator Compatibility
30MB memory built-in
Speakerphone
VGA camera

This phone is for the big kids, because it does not come with a music player. So, forget about dropping down any cash for the V325 if you want to load it up with VCAST.

The Motorola V325 is being offered by exclusively by Verizon only on the web, and can be purchased for $79.99 after $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year wireless mobile service agreement.

Posted by mobilemodo at 11:30 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (1) Posted to Mobile Applications | Motorola | News | Verizon

We have been keeping our eyes on those guys over at Motorola and they did what most little ballerina's turned tween have been looking for.... A PINK Motorola V3c Razr. It is as cute as a button and as pink sleek as they come.

Verizon Wireless has listed the Motorola V3c Pink Razr for $249.00 with a 2-year contract.

The guys over at Gizmodo got their hands on one recently, and had this to say about the Motorola Pink Razr.

It’s the usual Motorola Razr stuff, with its effortless good looks but labyrinthine user interface. Its 1.3 megapixel camera is bad (see pic after the jump), but not awful like the one on the original Razr. But the thing sounds great, with nice side-tone (you can hear yourself, eliminating the dreaded “cellphone yell”). It also gets good reception even in the boondocks, and its color is, well, pink. It’s more like a lavender/purplish-pink, but the girlies will love it. Keep that in mind for Valentine’s Day, dudes. I got my lady the matching Bluetooth headset in pink, too. Went over quite well.

Many readers have been asking if the Pink Razr will be available on Sprint Nextel, and the answer is... no it will not in the short-term. Sprint's only answer to the Motorola Razr is the Samsung A900 at this point in time. Perhaps Samsung will turn color friendly and unleash some funky A900's this year.

Posted by mobilemodo at 09:04 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (6) Posted to Motorola | News | Verizon

The Motorola PEBL is now available on a web exclusive from T-Mobile if you go to T-Mobile.com. You can purchase the PEBL handset or you can opt for a handset upgrade.

The new T-Mobile PEBL is said to be a mobile "object of intrigue". It has a sleek and slim design with a cool self-opening hinge. This is sure to be a popular phone.

Motorola PEBL Mobile Handset Features Include:
Quad band world mobile phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
Bluetooth® wireless technology
Camera w/ 4x digital zoom
Speakerphone
Voice-activated dialing
Voice recorder
Full-color screen
Vibrating alert

Motorola PEBL Mobile Application Features Include:
AOL®, Yahoo® and ICQ® Instant Messaging
Phone book
External caller ID
MegaTones®, Wallpaper, HiFi Ringers™, & Games wireless technology
Predictive text input for easy messaging
Calculator
Alarm clock
Calendar
Hands-free options
T-Mobile Internet ready (GPRS)
Games

The new phone will help keep T-Mobile on a roll after the new 1.4 million new customers acquisitions they had in 2005. Mobilemodo reported last week that High-End Mobile phones such as the Motorola PEBL are increasing in popularity.

Posted by mobilemodo at 01:51 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (4) Posted to Motorola | News | T-Mobile

Mobile phone giant Nokia has just announced they are teaming up with other mobile technology firms to promote Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H) technology standard for wireless mobile TV.

The other technology firms that will be part of the alliance include Intel, Motorola, Modeo, and Texas Instruments. The tie-up, dubbed the "Mobile DTV Alliance", will encourage open standards for TV broadcasts to mobile cell phones, focusing on the North American market.

DVB-H technology bypasses mobile cell phone networks and broadcasts directly to handsets from TV masts, allowing millions of phone users to access the service at the same time.

U.S based wireless mobile network operators like Sprint Nextel have recently made announcements regarding their intentions to invest in advanced Mobile TV solutions.

Not to be excluded from this market are also Verizon Wireless, Cingular, and T-Mobile who are all looking to exploit the marriage of mobile phones and TV, but to date have not come up with a mature consumer solutions that exploit the real opportunities that exist in this market segment.

At the time of this announcement, Nokia's 7710 multimedia mobile phone is capable of viewing DVB-H signals with an add-on accessory, and the company's previously announced Nokia N92 will have built-in support for the DVB-H standard.

Most major U.S. markets are expected to have DVB-H infrastructure ready for use by 2007.

Posted by mobilemodo at 10:46 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (4) Posted to Mobile Applications | Motorola | News | Nokia

Mobile handsets, what Motorola recently called the "device formerly known as the cell phone," can do much more these days than just let people talk to each other. The new generation of mobile handsets combine a variety of functions in a single device that just a few years ago were unheard of. It is quickly becoming a normal everyday occurrence that you see people emailing, downloading music, playing video clips, checking satellite position, looking up a move time, or sending an instant message on a mobile phone.

With Motorola's new line of next generation EvDO mobile phones, and the rapid increase in consumer purchases focused on a portability, the wireless handset is now a must-have device for lifestyle-conscious consumers as well as world travelers and businesspeople alike.

Mobile handset makers like Samsung, Motorola, LG, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson are all aiming to transform phones into mobile entertainment devices that let owners listen to music or watch TV wherever they go. Wireless phone operators like Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless, and Cingular for their part, are enhancing their networks to offer high-speed Internet access via next generation wireless technologies like EvDO and HSDPA. Handset makers and cell phone network operators both hope their efforts will pay off in the form of higher customer demand and bigger profits.

In all likelihood, 2006 will emerge and be viewed as a pivotal year in which we saw rapid expansion and the growth of new "mobile phone" technologies beyond what we could have every dreamed of in 2005.

Posted by mobilemodo at 10:38 PM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News

Motorola has not yet officially announced the availability of the new Linux powered Motorola A1200 Smartphone, but we thought we would let our readers get a sneak peek of the mobile. It comes in a sleek package with some rather nifty mobile smartphone features.

The A1200 comes with a lot of business critical features that heavy mobile users demand.
Business card scanning function
POP3, IMAP4, SMTP e-mail protocol support
Browse and edit Word, Excel, Power point files
Real Player, MP3, MP4, AAC+ etc., file formats support
Bluetooth stereo headset
Linux Operating System
Touch screen
Handwriting recognition technology
1.3 megapixel camera
Intel PXA270 processor
Battery capacity is 850 mAh, enough for 270-480 min talk time
Bluetooth module built in
Stereo headset support
2.4” 240×320 pixels QVGA TFT screen
8MB built-in memory.
T-flash memory up to 512MB

For those of us just waiting to get our hands on this new phone, it should be available sometime this month in the US, and is already on the street in China.

Posted by mobilemodo at 08:49 AM | Permalink Posted to Motorola | News

Cingular is no longer listing the ROKR E1 mobile phone on their website because they have sold out. It has been reported that customers trying to access information about this phone have been unable to find ROKR E1 support documentation on the cingular.com website. Cingular has stated that they are in the process of restocking the phone. The customer reviews on ROKR E1 have been very poor since the product launched last year, so we here at mobilemodo were surprised to hear of the sell out.

Alternatively, mobilemodo reporter stated that Amazon is still showing ROKR E1 phones listed, and available for purchase.

Motorola announced last week at the CES conference that the ROKR E2 would fix the problems customers were complaining about even though it will not include the iTunes feature.

Posted by mobilemodo at 05:41 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (1) Posted to Cingular | Motorola | News

Yahoo, Inc. is expanding its technology presence
beyond the PC, moving onto mobile phones.
Yahoo Go Mobile, a mobile version of Yahoo's search
and content services was launched today at CES
in Las Vegas. This is the latest in a flurry of internet
applications moving onto mobile cell phones and smartphones.

Yahoo Go Mobile will feature:
Built-in e-mail
Messaging
Search
Address book
Photo
Calendar applications
News applications

Yahoo will not be alone with this venture, they are
working with Motorola to bring Yahoo Go Mobile, to
its handheld devices. Consumers with Nokia 6630,
6680, 6681 and N70 devices, also know as Series
60 smartphones will receive the Yahoo Go Mobile
service preinstalled.

These services will launch on mobile carriers AT&T
and Cingular Wireless in certain U.S. Markets and in
select countries across Europe and Asia.

Posted by mobilemodo at 04:47 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (9) Posted to CES | Mobile Applications |