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.

Image Courtesy: Phone Arena

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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

Tags: 3710a, Cell Phones, fcc, Mobile News, morisson, Motorola, Motorola, Nokia, rm-511

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

Tags: 2mp camera, brazil, Cell Phones, edge, Facebook, Mobile News, Mobile Software, motocubo a45, Motorola, MySpace, orkut, Qwerty keyboard

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

We already knew that Verizon will start LTE trials by the end of the year but we had no idea that Big Red was going to start testing from July. It looks like the company has completed the first tests on July 15 in Seattle while testing in Boston has just been finished.

Verizon used LG and Samsung LTE devices but we have no idea what handsets are capable of LTE connectivity right now. According to Verizon, Motorola is also working on LTE phones so the carrier should have quite a few phones ready for the new 4G network.

Boston and Seattle currently have ten LTE cell sites and Verizon reiterated its hope to launch LTE in as many as 30 markets next year. Curious about that LTE transfer speed? Verizon is saying that at launch we can expect 7-12Mbps download and 3.5Mbps upload speeds. So what do you think? Ready to switch carriers and try some LTE out?

via engadget

Tags: 4G, Boston, LG, LG, LTE, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Samsung, Samsung, Seattle, Verizon, Verizon

Motorola is trying to keep its Android work as secret as possible but more and more details seem to unexpectedly leak to the public. And Motorola’s future Android phone, the Shules seems even hotter than initially expected.

The phone will apparently run on Android Eclair as it will skip entirely the Donut version. Does that mean that the Shules is going to be the first handset running on Eclair?

A different rumor says that the Shules will a device made for gaming as it will come with ARMv7 architecture and 3D graphics support.

The phone will apparently be available from Verizon and AT&T and/or T-Mobile. That’s right, a GSM version is also in the works and AT&T and especially T-Mobile should be interested in the Shules.

With so many rumors on our hands, we have to wait for Motorola to start spilling the beans. Is anything of what we’ve just said true?

via androidandme

Tags: Android, Donut, Eclair, Google, Motorola, Motorola, shules

Not too long ago we got our first glimpse of Motorola’s debut Android device entitled the Morrison. However, at the time, specs and a release date were still unknown.

Today, we bring you a list of supposedly leaked specs along with a release date of October 21st. Included below are the leaked specs:

Qualcomm 528 MHz CPU
256 MB of RAM
512 MB flash memory
microSDHC support (32GB)
320×480 HVGA display
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
5MP camera with autofocus
Geotagging
GPS, 3G, and Wi-Fi

Until Motorola confirms these rumors, take it with a grain of salt.

via Gizmodo

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, Google, leak, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Morrison, Motorola, Motorola, release date, rumor, specs

Motorola has a new candybar phone for you, the MOTO W562 which is a CDMA phone headed to China Telecom at some point in the future. And here’s what features you can expect from this music phone:

• 2.4-inch TFT display
• 176 x 220 resolution
• 3.5mm headset jack
• Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity
• MP3 playback
• USB connectivity
• 2.0-megapixel camera
• WAP browser
• 64MB internal memory
• 910 mAh battery

We have no idea if this phone is coming to other markets and the price and release date aren’t available yet. You’ll just have to wait a while to get it!

via mobile-review

Tags: CDMA, China, China Telecom, MOTO, Motorola, Motorola, music, W562

Who knew that Motorola is keeping itself that busy? Well actually we all knew that Moto is cooking some Android devices but we weren’t really expecting a new UI/OS coming up too.

And it seems like Motorola doesn’t want to launch new phones running on a simple Android OS. Motorola has done some customization of that Android user interface and it has a name: Blur. Blur will be web-connected and you will be able to upgrade any section of the OS over the air. Web content, updates and upgrades will apparently be available right away and everything will be pushed to your Motorola Android phone.

We definitely need more info about Blur and we might see that happen soon enough.

via BGR

Tags: Android, blur, Google, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, OS, UI

We don’t know if we can find the love in us for a device like the ROKR now that Motorola has moved to greener pastures with the Shules and Morrison, but the iDEN-equipped version of the musicphone that you see above might just be what some iDEN customer is looking for.  There isn’t much to go on this device right now except for the picture above and the rumor of a likely pairing with Sprint and/or Boost in the near future, which is obvious given that Sprint and Boost are the two major iDEN networks in the US, but we will keep you in the loop if anything else pops up, so stay tuned.

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Tags: Boost Mobile, Cell Phones, iden, Motorola, rokr, Sprint

We know you are all gaga over the Motorola Shules that surfaced recently, but let’s not forget that other Android smartphone from the same company we spotted earlier, shall we?  Blessed by the FCC recently, it seems that Motorola Morrison has now made its way onto T-Mobile’s Customer Service System.  The rumor mill doesn’t stop there, but turns on to further say that the smartphone will also grope its way onto T-Mobile shelves by October 21.  A bit distant if you ask us, with the Diamond2 already casting its allure on us, but better late than never, we say.  So, what will it be folks? The Shules on Verizon or the Morrison on T-Mobile?

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Tags: Cell Phones, Morrison, Motorola, T-Mobile

Yesterday we gave you a glimpse at a render of Motorola’s Android powered Shules but today we actually have a live shot of the device, pictured above.

It’s a bit blurry but from what you can make out you’ll notice that the phone looks a bit rough around the edges and that’s because it is a pre-production model so expect a lot to change before it hits any carriers. Spec wise, we’re still lookin’ at a 3.7-inch screen, QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.

via phoneArena

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, Google, Image, live shot, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, Picture, Sholes, shules, Verizon

We’ve been hearing about the fabled Motorola Morrison for some time now but without any official word we were left in the dark in terms of a price point and release date.

Luckily, thanks to the FCC, we now know that the phone is at least a bit closer to hitting North American carriers. Other than a few basic specs, make note that T-Mobile’s 3G bands are prominently displayed in the above screen capture. Our source also confirms that the handset will be running Android and have WiFi.

A coincidence? Probably not, expect this phone on T-Mobile, at some point in the near future.
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Tags: 3G, Android, Cell Phones, fcc, Morrison, Motorola, Motorola, T-Mobile, WiFi