Motorola’s first Android phone, the Cliq, is not the hottest Android phone available out there but it’s certainly one of the hottest Motorola phones ever created. The phone will be available this fall from T-Mobile but Moto will not stop here. The manufacturer will be launching a lot more Android phones in the near future so you’d better get used to that MOTOBLUR social networking interface quick. And in case you assumed T-Mobile will be the designated carrier for future Motorola Android phones then you were totally wrong. According to Sanjay Jha, Moto’s CEO, the company is in talks with “all large operators in the US” which means that your favorite carrier is going to get a Motorola Android phone in the near future. So far we know that the Sholes is headed to Verizon Wireless but we assume Sprint and AT&T are also going to be interested in getting some Moto Android action.

via WSJ

Tags: Android, At&T, At&T, Cliq, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Sholes, Sprint, Sprint, Verizon, Verizon

INQ is another manufacturer that is ready to go Android. And once you go Android you never go back, do you? The company has just launched the INQ Mini 3G and the Chat but it seems that’s all history right now. The company is going to launch at least one Android touchscreen phone in the near future. And INQ will surely pack the new Android phone with lots of social networking features just as Motorola did with its first Android phone, the Cliq. We’ll be back with more details once INQ will be ready to show everyone its first Android touchscreen phone.

via information week

Tags: Android, Chat, Cliq, Google, INQ, Mini 3G, Motorola, Motorola, social networking

As we told you a couple of months ago, Verizon will launch a new Motorola phone, the Entice W766. After we’ve seen the Cliq the other day I can honestly say that nobody should get excited about any of Moto’s current phones, including the W766. That doesn’t mean the Cliq is a flawless phone. It’s probably not, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction for Moto.

Verizon’s Entice is going to be available on September 22 and it will cost you $39.99 with a 2-year contract. That’s after $50 mail-in rebate so you’ll be paying $89.99 upfront. Wouldn’t you rather wait to get the Cliq free with a new T- Mobile contract?

Oh and just in case you were wondering about specs, the Entice will offer you a 2.2-inch internal TFT display, Stereo Bluetooth, 2.5-mm headset jack, 2-megapixel camera with video recording and 35MB of internal memory upgradeable to 8GB via microSD.

via Moto

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We already have a pretty good idea about how much the new Motorola phone will cost. T-Mobile’s pricing has been revealed ahead of time on the carrier’s official website and it has been noticed well before the company fixed the unexpected leak. The phone isn’t available on Tmo’s site now but we have a new leak. Thanks to an internal PowerPoint presentation, now we do know that the Cliq is coming in October. So if you’re interested in some MOTOBLUR action then make sure you have enough cash by next month to get your first Motorola phone.

via BGR

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Yesterday we let you know that the Motorola CLIQ would be coming to the UK sometime in 2010 as the Motorola DEXT. However, today we have some contrasting news as recent reports suggest that the Motorola DEXT will in fact be hitting Orange UK sometime early next month.

Furthermore, pre-orders are supposedly going to start sometime around September 22nd so if you’re on Orange UK and want to get yourself an Android handset you should probably wait off until then.

Tags: Cell Phones, DEXT, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, orange uk, pre-order, rumor

Motorola launched its first Android phone yesterday at Mobilize 09. And the Cliq has briefly popped up on T-Mobile’s website, the official carrier for Motorola’s newest phone. We have some prices for you right now, and although they look pretty real we’ll be waiting for T-Mobile to confirm them in the near future. It looks like those of your opting for a new T-Mobile contract will get the Cliq for free, which is a great deal if you’re considering getting your first Android phone. In case you want to pay the full price then be ready to pay $399.99 which is the full price for the Cliq. So what do you say? Are you going to purchase the Cliq?

via Engadget

Tags: Android, Cliq, Google, Motorola, Motorola, Prices, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

It’s still early to tell if Motorola is going to be successful in its Android venture but considering the popularity of Android and considering that new MOTOBLUR interface, we should assume that Motorola will have no problem selling lots of Android devices. Is this the way to go if you happen to be a manufacturer dying each day little by little?

Sony Ericsson is certainly not doing so well. In fact we’ve seen report after report showing financial loss after financial loss. So should we believe the rumors suggesting that Sony Ericsson will drop Windows Mobile next year in favor of Android and Symbian devices? According to those rumors, Sony Ericsson doesn’t believe in the power of Windows Mobile anymore. We’ll be waiting to see how Sony Ericsson plans to get reborn out of its own ashes. How does Sony Ericsson Android sound to you?

via mobilereview

Tags: Android, Google, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson

The Cliq is an Android phone created by Motorola and it’s a T-Mobile exclusive. The phone will be available in time for the holidays and it’s going to be the first phone coming with social skills. We’ve just seen Motorola’s latest service, MOTOBLUR which will put to the test your networking skills!

The Cliq is a phone made for heavy texters. It has a generous screen and a full QWERTY keyboard. It will be available in Winter White and Titanium in the fourth quarter when it rolls out.

The Cliq will offer you 3G and WiFi connectivity, a 5-megapixel camera with 24fps video-recording, a 3.5mm headphone jack and of course, MOTOBLUR on top of Android. The phone will be available in Europe in 2010 as the DEXT from Orange while America Movil and Telefonica will also launch the device sometime next year.

Tags: America Movil, Android, Click, DEXT, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MOTOBLUR, Motorola, Motorola, Orange, Portable Devices, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, Telefonica

So what is MOTOBLUR you might ask? Well it’s not a phone as you might initially think. It’s a new service, a new skin which will be able to handle all your social networking needs. Motorola’s own Sanjay Jha showed everyone that half of the US mobile traffic is going to social networking sites. That means Motorola’s future phones will cover that aspect extensively.

MOTOBLUR will be able to sync email, contacts, photos from any source and get it straight to your home screen immediately. Whether it’s coming from Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, corporate email, MySpace, Gmail and more, you’ll never miss a thing with MOTOBLUR as the feature lets you manage your email addresses and social networking accounts. Or that’s what Motorola wants us to think.

So let’s check out some features:

• Update social status on multiple social networks at once
• Great visual experience
• Check out friends’ status updates
• Browse through messages in aggregated view or by account
• Contacts’ status updates shown when receiving an incoming call
• Remote delete in case phone gets stolen or lost
• MOTOBLUR servers support

All we need now are some really hot Motorola phones to see these features of MOTOBLUR in action!

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This is the moment we were waiting for. Motorola is getting ready to re-launch itself in the mobile business and it has chosen Google’s Android to power its future line of smartphones. Motorola will not concentrate only on Android handsets but we definitely hope these new Android devices presented at Mobilize 09 will bring back Motorola where it belongs and give them a fighting chance in this modern cell phone business we happen to live in. We’ll be back with all the hot details from Mobilize 09 as Motorola is getting ready to announce some of the phones we’ve been talking about here since January.

Tags: Android, event, Mobilize 09, Motorola, Motorola

Going back to the those good old days of the RAZR yet again, Motorola has announced a new handset, the MOTO Titan, for SK Telecom in South Korea.  The same flip phone form factor shows either Motorola’s undying love for the design or may be its feeling that it hasn’t milked the RAZR cow enough just yet, even after they have started exploring other greener vistas.  The Titan doesn’t have much new to write home about, but Motorola has crammed in a lot of features in a body as thin as 50mm. The clamshell features WCDMA2100, GSM 900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps network support, SKT T-map GPS navigation, Video on Demand service support, an mp3 player, a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 connectivity, and microSD support that can take storage up to 4GB. The internal display is made of a 2.2-inch 262k TFT LCD while the external stays satisfied with a 1.6-inch 120×160 65k LCD with touch-sensitive controls. We don’t know when it will start selling in other parts of the world but the MOTO Titan is already available in South Korea with an undisclosed price tag.

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Tags: Cell Phones, Moto Titan, Motorola, SK Telecom, south korea

Here’s a pleasant surprise from Microsoft! It seems that Windows Mobile 7.0 is getting ready for beta. Here’s what the LinkedIn profile of a Chinese Senior Engineer at Motorola says:

3. Joining Caesar product development, lead a team to do telephony feature and other applications development. Migrated relative applications from Windows Mobile 6 to Windows Mobile 7

Language: C++
Tools: VS2008, AKU, Platform Builder
Runtime Environment: Windows Mobile 7.0 (Beta)

Does this mean that Windows Mobile is going to be available sometime in April 2010. If all this is true you might want to simply skip Windows Mobile 6.5 phones and wait for the real thing. In the mean time there are plenty of alternatives for you to choose from if you really need a new smartphone.

via Ars

Tags: microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Mobile 7

If the phones you are seeing in the market seem complicated to operate for you, then you may be better off with this new “Push To Talk” handset that Boost Mobile recently launched in the market. The easy to use phone is the Motorola i856, a handset that simply glides open for instant communication.

Among the features of the new Motorola i856 include:

• Nationwide Walkie Talkie capability
• Slider Design
• Music Player with Standard Audio Jack
• 1.3MP Camera with Video
• Stereo Bluetooth capabilities
• GPS & Wireless Web Enabled
• Multi Media & Text Messaging
• Optional Removable Memory (microSD Support up to 8GB)
• Color Display
• Speakerphone with Voice-Activated Dialing
• Downloadable Games, Wallpapers and Real Music Ringtones

The Motorola i856 made its official debut today and is available at www.boostmobile.com for $169.99 plus free shipping.

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Above is a recently leaked Verizon document that gives us a hint at the release window for a few forthcoming handsets.

Said handsets are the BlackBerry Storm 2, Motorola Sholes and LG vx8575 “Chocolate Touch” which are all listed to be launching in October. Now, we’ve heard about the Storm 2 and Sholes for some time now but not the vx8575. Although, the “Chocolate Touch” moniker leads us to believe that this will be a Verizon variation of the LG’s highly anticipated BL40.

So folks, if you’re Verizon contract is up soon you may want to wait until October before you consider a new handset.

via blackberryos.com

Tags: BL40, BlackBerry Storm 2, Cell Phones, Document, leaked, LG, Motorola, Research In Motion, Sholes, vx8575

Three phones have graduated from the FCC today namely Nokia’s 3710a and RM-511 in addition to the Motorola Morisson.

Spec wise, Nokia’s 3710a features a 3.2MP camera with LED flash, a clam shell form factor and 3G connectivity. The RM-511, on the other hand, we don’t know much about other than 3G and a clam shell form factor. And last is the slide-out QWERTY keyboard touting Motorola Morisson that we heard about way back in June.

Additionally, it was made known that T-Mobile is the carrier that will be getting all 3 of these handsets.

via bgr

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Motorola has just recently detailed their intentions to release a slide-out QWERTY keyboard touting called the MOTOCUBA A45.

As you can see from the press image, this device features built-in social networking software for services such as Facebook, MySpace and Orkut. Additionally, the MOTOCUBO A45 features a 2MP built in camera, a QVGA display, EDGE connectivity and a design made out of 25% recycled plastic bottles.

Like what you hear? The MOTOCUBO A45 will hit Brazil sometime next month for around $293 USD

via Press

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To tell you the truth I am personally more interested in Moto’s future Android phones than in its current Windows Mobile lineup. But that doesn’t mean we won’t check out any release from Motorola that’s running other OS than Android. Take the A3300c in the picture here for instance! The phone is headed to China and China Mobile is the carrier that’s going to sell it.

The A3300c will offer a 3.2-inch WVGA touchscreen display, WiFi and 3G connectivity, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, accelerometer support, GPS and aGPS and handwriting recognition. We don’t have the exact arrival dates and pricing details so far, but stay tuned, Motorola should officially announce it soon.

via techsina

Tags: A3300c, China, China Mobile, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Portable Devices

We were waiting for ever for Motorola to come clean with its Android phones. We’ve seen various leaked shots and we know Moto has been working hard on Android phones and if this whole investment doesn’t pay off, Moto might soon swim with the fishes. The company has scheduled a special event on September 10 in San Francisco in which it will present its creations. We’re counting on the Morrison and the Sholes to be unveiled but we wouldn’t mind seeing something totally new. What do you think? Ready for an Android phone in your life?

Tags: Android, Google, Mobile News, Morrison, Motorola, Motorola, Sholes

Although it’s still the weekend, we’ve seen lots of leaked stuff these days and we’re about to see some more! It looks like Verizon Wireless has decided to leak release dates for the hot phones that are going to be available from Big Red at some point in the future. And here are some of the hottest handsets which you can expect from Verizon in the following months:

• Motorola Sholes – October
• Nokia Twist 7705 – September - $230
• LG Chocolate Touch – October- $230
• HTC Razzle/Blitz 2 – October
• Samsung Intensity – September - $130
• BlackBerry Storm 2 – October
• BlackBerry Curve 2 – November

We’ll just have to wait for the carrier to officially announce these phones and more but at least we have an idea of Verizon’s roadmap for the following months.

Tags: BlackBerry, Blitz 2, Chocolate Touch, Curve 2, HTC, Intensity, LG, LG, Motorola, Motorola, Nokia, Nokia, Razzle, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sholes, Storm 2, Twist 7705, Verizon, Verizon

If you’re getting ready to go back to school to the Northern Michigan University then you’re in for a pleasant surprise. NMU has decided to partner up with Motorola in order to offer campus-wide WiMAX connectivity. Like that’s not enough for a nice gesture, the university will also offer 3,000 ThinkPads which are, of course, WiMAX ready. That means 1 in 3 students will get a brand new laptop from the university capable of high speed connectivity while in campus. If you won’t be getting one of those ThinkPads then don’t be sad! Laptop and desktop WiMAX adapters will be available to anyone else. The network will have a radius of some 30 miles so you’ll have plenty of WiMAX coverage. And so will other local schools and municipal offices.

via Motorola

Tags: Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Northern Michigan University, Portable Devices, Thinkpad, wimax