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Wednesday
Dec 3,2008

 Motorola MOTOROKR EM35

Motorola the American handset manufacturer has just announced its latest music phone, which is named MOTOROKR EM35 and comes to offer an “exceptional audio experience for music and talk”. 

Motorola MOTOROKR EM35 is a pretty cool-looking slider that runs on a Linux Java 7.4 platform and features dedicated music controls, a 3.5mm headset jack and CrystalTalk technology, among others.

Here are the full specs of MOTOROKR EM35:

*Quad band GSM/GPRS/ EDGE connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)
*2.2 inch TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels and 262K colors
*Email, Instant Messaging
*Web browser
*Pre-installed and downloadable widgets
*Stereo Bluetooth
*Dual speakers for a stereo surround sound
*Windows Media Player 11
*FM radio with RDS
*3.1 MP camera with fixed focus
*110MB of internal memory
*MicroSD and MicroSDHC card support, up to 32GB
*116 grams
*107 x 49.5 x 16 mm
*Talk-time: up to 6.6 hours
*Stand-by time: up to 400 hours

Monday
Nov 24,2008

Motorola QA30 for Alltel Surfaces

The Motorola QA30 features a similar bodystyle to the UTStarcom Blitz with a sliding QWERTY keyboard resembling the Q series, EVDO data, 2.5 inch landscape QVGA display, HTML browser, threaded SMS.messaging, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 3.5mm headphone jack, speakerphone, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, microSDHC slot, and Celltop support.

No pricing or availability details are available at this time.

Wednesday
Nov 19,2008

 Motorola A1600 Luxury Gold Edition PDAMotorola A1600 Luxury Gold Edition PDA

A gold edition of the Motorola A1600 touchscreen phone has just appeared on the Chinese website of the company.Other than the new shiny colors the Motorola A1600 Gold has no differences from the original model. It still flaunts the 2.4-inch 262K color QVGA touchscreen display and the signature MING semi-transparent plastic active cover. The handset also runs on the same Linux based OS and has quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support (no 3G as you might have guessed, we are speaking China here).The Motorola A1600 also packs a 3 megapixel shooter, a microSD card slot (up to 4GB), stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), a microUSB port, and a stereo FM radio. Its final noteworthy feature is the built-in GPS receiver which allows both real-time GPS navigation and geotagging of the photos taken with the built-in camera.

Motorola A1600 is already available for purchase, costing about 685 euro (865 US dollars).

Tuesday
Nov 18,2008

 Motorola MOTO VE66 gets officially announced

Motorola MOTO VE66 is officially official. Yep, you can’t get any more official than that. The handset will also feature a 5-megapixel camera with integrated autofocus, an LED flash and auto stabilization functions. The phone will also have an HSDPA/UMTS radio for 3G cellular access in both Europe and North America along with a Wi-Fi module.

Motorola MOTO VE66’s key features:

- GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12
- Dimensions: 103 x 49.5 x 15.2mm
- Weight: 121 g
- Operating System: MOTOMAGX
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and 8x zoom
- 30FPS video recording and playback
- CrystalTalk II technology
- Built-in Wi-Fi and support for AGPS
- Fast Scroll wheel and intuitive tactile music navigation key
- Windows Media Player 11
- USB 2.0 connectivity
- 110MB user memory and support for up to 32GB microSD cards
- Built-in FM radio with RDS

Monday
Nov 17,2008

Motorola AURA Pictures

Announced a month ago, the Motorola AURA is a simple quad-band GSM device, with a basic 2 megapixel digital camera and 2GB of internal memory. The AURA lacks 3G support, WiFi or GPS.After you jump see more Motorola AURA Pictures and read the features. (more…)

Friday
Nov 14,2008

 Motorola MOTO VE240 Hits The US

Latest phone comes from Motorola, the MOTO VE240 will be available at Cricket Communications and MetroPCS, two of the largest regional US mobile carriers.

Here are the known specs and capabilities of MOTO VE240:

*1.5 inch CSTN display with 128 x 128 pixels and 65K colors
*MP3 player
*Bluetooth
*“High audio” speakerphone
*2.5-mm stereo headset jack
*USB 2.0
*Picture messaging
*MicroSD and SDHC card support, up to 4GB
*112 x 47 x 14.5 mm


The Motorola MOTO VE240 will be available for $89.99 after a $30 instant rebate.

Monday
Nov 3,2008

 Motorola ZINE ZN5 available on T-Mobile

Motorola ZINE ZN5 officially hits T-Mobile.It boasts of a 5-megapixel auto-focus Kodak camera with Xenon flash,WiFi, Quad-band GSM/EDGE, 350MB of internal memory, microSD expandable up to 4GB, 3.5mm headset jack, FM Radio, TV-Out and Stereo Bluetooth. It comes with built-in Kodak EasyShare software so that you can upload pic via WiFi to the web. T-Mobile has subsidized the rate for the Motorola ZN5 at $99 on a 2-year agreement.

AT&T Launches Motorola RAZR2 V9x

Wednesday
Oct 29,2008

 Motorola RAZR2 V9x

AT&T has launched the second variant in the RAZR2 V9 series with the V9x.The V9x features the same external touch display, 2 megapixel camera with video recorder and Video Share, media player, speakerphone, Opera web browser, full access to AT&T services (Mail, IM, Music, CV, XM, Napster) while adding Navigator support on top of quadband GSM/EDGE, dual-band HSDPA access, speakerphone, microSDHC expansion slot, and Bluetooth with stereo audio support.

The phone is now available online for $349.99 with No Commitment, or $249.99 after new 2 year agreement before an additional $50 mail-in rebate via prepaid Visa card, bringing the total to $249.99.

Thursday
Oct 23,2008

Motorola has announced the availability and current presale of the most expensive example of the manufacturer’s R&D experience.The Motorola AURA is the spiritual successor to the venerable V70 first introduced in 2002 on T-Mobile and AT&T (Cingular) but adds a spate of new features and improvements over the older model.

Motorola Announces AURA High-End Handset

The phone features a swiveling cover finished off in mirror-finish stainless steel that features a Swiss-manufactured main bearing in concert with hardened gears and ball bearings, on top of a sapphire crystal lens.

The complete featureset for the phone includes a 300 dpi 16 million color display, quadband GSM/EDGE, CrystalTalk noise reduction, speakerphone, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, microSDHC expansion slot, media player, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, email client, and unnamed HTML browser.

The phone is now available for pre-order ahead of its December 4th worldwide release for the princely sum of $1,999.99.

Thursday
Oct 23,2008

Antique Rose

Here is a new potential gift for Christmas shopping season, Motorola will be releasing a new version of its popular RAZR V8 handset. The so called “RAZR2 Antique Rose” brings more than a new color to the table.

Featuring a stainless steel internal frame and tempered glass on its external screen for increased resistance to scratches, the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Antique Rose boasts having CrystalTalk technology, a 2.2-inch QVGA display and 2 megapixel camera. Read our Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition review to learn more about its other features.

Stay tuned for more information.