Google is expecting anywhere from 18-20 Android phones this year from 8 or 9 different manufacturers. That means our Android universe will just get better. Andy Rubin said all that during the Google I/O conference but the number could be even bigger since some manufacturers might not have revealed their Android plans yet. So far we know that HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Acer, Dell, Sony Ericsson, Huawei, Kogan Agora and Asus have all announced one way or another that they are going to make at least one Android phone. Given these future choices, what will you buy? Android, Apple or Palm?

via New York Times

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AT&T has leaked lots of phones over the past two days and it looks like the carrier plans a couple of Motorola handsets. These are the Heron and the Sawgrass and we’re about to show them to you.

The Heron will run on Android and it will offer you the following specs: quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA/HSUPA, 2.6-inch QVGA screen, 3 megapixel camera and AGPS. Oh and the Heron looks familiar as we’ve seen it earlier this year as the Ironman.

The Sawgrass comes with quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA, 2 megapixel camera, A2DP Bluetooth, AGPS, microSD support up to 32GB and a full HTMS browser. The phone is also known as the QA1 “Karma” or the Somerset or the Alexander. But what’s in a name?

Anyone interested in the Heron or the Sawgrass?

via engadgetmobile

Tags: Android, At&T, At&T, Heron, Motorola, Motorola, Sawgrass

Motorola is indeed working on Android phones and a certain QWERTY slider is heading to T-Mobile by the end of the year. According to the leaked T-Mobile Android map above Motorola Morrison is the phone we’re talking about. The phone should arrive sometime in October and it will be sold for around $148 with a contract. Hopefully we’ll get more details about the Morrison soon. In fact, Motorola should officially tell us more stuff about any of its Android plans.

via tmotoday

Tags: Android, Google, Morrison, Motorola, Motorola, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

I’m really sorry to see companies like Sony Ericsson or Motorola fighting desperately for their survival. Today we hear that Sony Ericsson is in big trouble. According to its CFO has confirmed that the company needs to rais 100 million euros by the end of the fiscal year to keep afloat. Here’s an idea Sony Ericsson, design a hot phone, like, I don’t know, Palm did? It will surely raise that money for you. At least Moto has been playing with our minds earlier this year and we’re waiting for some hot phones this year. What do you guys think about this Sony Ericsson predicament?

via Engadget

Tags: Motorola, Motorola, Palm, Palm, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson

The much awaited Motorla Surf A3100 is now available. For mobile users who have been upbeat on the availability of this mobile device, it is now available over at Newegg for $399.99, unlocked at that!

The A3100 is said to be an environmentally friendly phone that boasts of a 2.8 inch QVGA screen. It supports 3G, WiFi and also has a reliable 3.0 MP VGA camera. Aside from these features, it also comes with the standard highlights we normally see from mobile phones today such as USB and Bluetooth connectivity, multimedia support, web browsing and e-mail support.

If you want to get your Motorola Surf A3100 now you can follow this link to Newegg.

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It’s not everyday that we see a new Motorola concept phone so we should treat this one here with the utmost attention. Codenamed the Nest, this Motorola is a touchscreen phone which has a more than interesting design. We don’t have all the details just yet and we don’t even know if Motorola is going to launch the Nest anytime soon but we’d surely like to see more new Motorola handsets emerge soon.

via pmptoday

Tags: concept, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Nest, Portable Devices

Those of you with a weak heart should take a seat immediately. Word on the street is that the G1 v2 is not an HTC phone but Motorola’s first Android phone. The handset will be made for T-Mobile and it will see the light of day as the G1 v2. According to sources the phone is indeed a Motorola creation and now we should expect an official announcement from the parties involved. What’s weird so far is that Motorola, despite having been working for a while now on Android handsets, hasn’t started the buzz around its first Android phone. Why aren’t they gloating and bragging with a phone that might have the potential of cashing some profits for a company that desperately needs a new hit phone?
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Tags: Android, G1 v2, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

As the name implies, Motorola’s new w7 Active Edition slider is aimed at those sporty types, with its built-in pedometer and personal trainer application. It appears that Moto is jumping on the accelerometer bandwagon with this phone since users can control functions on the phone with simple hand gestures:

Shake up your everyday phone experience by controlling MOTO W7 using simple hand gestures, taps and flicks. Flip the phone over to silence the ringer of an incoming call, snooze the alarm clock or pause the music. Shake twice to instantly launch your favorite application, such as the music player. When showing off your photo albums or music libraries, flick the phone right or left to move between songs and images.

The Moto W7 also features a 2.0 megapixel camera and it runs on a 3G network. It appears that only customers in Latin America and Asia will be able to use this in the foreseeable future.

Tags: accelerometer, Active Edition, controls, hand gestures, MOTO, Motorola, Motorola, W7

Motorola has a new candybar phone for you, the i465 which will be available from Boost Mobile soon. The phone is the first device that features push-to-talk capabilities with a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone will offer you the following features:

• 1.79 inch TFT display with 64k colors and 128 x 160 pixels
• Bluetooth
• Threaded messaging, MMS, email
• VGA camera
• 20MB of internal memory
• Talk time: up to 205 minutes
• Stand by time: up to 100 hours
• 112.8 x 54 x 14.9 mm / 4.4 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches
• 96 grams / 3.4 oz

The phone will be available sometime in June although we have no prices for it so far.

Tags: Boost Mobile, i465, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Other Brands

Motorola, like Sony Ericsson, didn’t pull off a good quarter. The company’s projected sales figures of $5.62 were all but a dream. It only managed to bring in $5.4 billion in total and just $1.8 billion from the mobile division. That handset division took an impressive hit as sells went down 45% in the first quarter. In total Moto lost $291 or $0.13 a share but the company is ready to face the facts and boldly look to the future. And the future, as far as its mobile division is concerned, has Android written all over it. We’ve seen yesterday not one but two future Motorola Android phones and the company has confirmed that it will introduce “differentiated Android-based devices” just in time for Christmas. What are we too see next? Two more bad quarters for Moto?

via moconews

Tags: Android, Earnings Report, finance, Google, Motorola, Motorola

What’s the matter with Moto? Did it wake up of its slumber? We’ve just seen the Calgary which will the its first Android phone and now we hear that a new Motorola phone, the Ironman, will also run on Android.

Nobody announced the Ironman just yet so we don’t know if it’s a special edition Iron Man handset or just a codename and the phone is expected to be launched in the third quarter of the year. The phone will feature a good CPU, a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G connectivity, WiFi and an impressive camera. Which one do you like best, the Calgary or the Ironman?

Tags: Android, Google, Ironman, Motorola, Motorola

Motorola has been working for quite a while now on its first Android handset and we finally have a name and some pictures. The Calgary will be the first Android phone to come from Motorola plants. Like the G1 the Calgary will have a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard and the Moto phone will focus on social networking. The phone might arrive some time in the second quarter although nobody wants to confirm that right now. We have no leaked specs at this time and there’s no pricing available for the Calgary. At least we know its coming soon…

via BGR

Tags: Android, Calgary, Google, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Europe and Taiwan must be rocking the latest HTC flagship cell phone already, now that April 2009 is almost done with us, but seems like HTC just can’t let the Touch Diamond2 hit the streets.  We now have news that the high-end smartphone is ready to capture Malaysia too, according to a recent press release, and if HTC sticks to its words this time, Malaysians should be getting cosy with their Diamond2s by the middle of May 2009.  The price falls in the same ballpark as the European and Taiwanese versions, going for about 2599 RM (roughly $722).  We know you love your tech HTC, but can we have a go at it too?

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Motorola has a new W series phone for you, the W7. The handset is a slider phone capable to deal with China Unicom’s future 3G network. That’s where the phone was spotted so far and we assume that’s where it’s going to be available initially.

The W7 will bring you the following features:

• 2.2 inch QVGA display
• Music player
• FM radio
• 2MP camera
• Secondary camera for video calls
• MicroSD card support

The phone will be available in China in May but we have no idea when the phone will come to other markets too.

via ePrice

Tags: 3G, China, China Unicom, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, W7

Businesses and companies need all the help that they can get these days and apparently this new solution from Motorola will further aid them in their daily operations. The Motorola FX7400 series provides maximum functionality in a sleek package that is less than half the size of traditional fixed RFID readers, making it ideal for retail stores, offices, and other customer-facing or business environments.

Motorola’s new cost-effective, high-performance fixed RFID reader is built on a new platform that supports Gen 2 technology and is capable of hosting third-party, customer-driven embedded applications to meet the growing requirements of enterprises.

As a compact, lightweight, unobtrusive RFID reader, the FX7400 can be installed under point-of-sale counters, behind walls or on ceilings - providing an ideal solution for item-level tracking, retail inventory management, file tracking and asset management applications in environments where performance and a small footprint are critical.

For retailers, this new reader will help improve employee productivity, reduce cycle count times and decrease out-of-stock items in order to improve operations and increase sales. The FX7400 series complements Motorola’s existing portfolio of industrial solutions and opens a new window of opportunity for retailers and businesses to implement RFID. Motorola intends to broaden this business-class portfolio with additional reader options in the future.

The Motorola FX7400 fixed RFID reader will be available through Motorola PartnerSelect members and Motorola sales. It is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe in the third quarter of 2009 and globally by the end of the year.

(Source) Press

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FCC, that ever resourceful authority giving us insights on what to expect in the near future, has revealed a cell phone from Motorola destined for Verizon, the A4500 World Phone.   Details revealed indicate a candybar form factor with a QWERTY keypad, WiFi, fingerprint scanner, microSD expansion, EVDO data speeds, stereo Bluetooth, and quad-band GSM world roaming capability. The Motorola A4500 will be a smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.1 and will also have a 2-megapixel camera, which seems to be added just for the kicks, we guess.

No news from either Motorola or Verizon’s front yet about the A4500, but we will surely tell you when that pops up.

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The Moto V10 phone has just been announced by Motorola in South Korea. This mid-range 2G does seem to bear a bit of a resemblance to Motorola’s RAZR V9 with slim, square-ish design.  The company used Tandem Display technology for the Moto V10, with a handset that features two displays, one embedded on either side of the flip.

This clamshell handset also features a unique gradation of black and red. The Motorola V10 should be available for purchase in South Korea in a few weeks. No word on pricing yet.

Tags: cell phone, Motorola, Motorola, Uncategorized, V10

Motorola unveils a new handset in the Motorola Evoke QA4, a full-feature, touch-screen handset that allows users to stay connected via voice, text, video and popular online social networking services.

Motorola Evoke QA4 is designed for users to easily and seamlessly interact with friends and family through their wireless device. Featuring a 2.8” full touch-screen, Motorola Evoke offers both a touch-screen QWERTY keyboard and a traditional slide-out keypad, allowing for easy communication, no matter what method the user prefers.

Motorola Evoke’s home screen can be customized with integrated widgets that provide access to real-time information such as sports, news, weather, stocks and traffic. For those who never want to be out of touch with their favorite social networks, Motorola Evoke provides fast access to leading sites, including built-in MySpace integration.

Users can easily post instant updates and view profiles in one simple step with Motorola Evoke. From the touch-screen display users can also instantly launch a full HTML browser and use quick-start widgets for fast access to popular sites.

Motorola Evoke features a 2.0MP camera with video capture, expandable memory slot, stereo Bluetooth, GPS capabilities and an ultra intuitive user interface. The handset comes pre-loaded with popular Alltel applications such as TV on Demand, Radio on Demand and Alltel Navigation.

Alltel Wireless is offering Motorola Evoke QA4 for $79.99 after $100 mail-in rebate at Alltel retail stores and online at shopalltel.com. This discounted price is available to new and existing eligible customers who sign-up for a two-year service agreement on a qualifying Smart-Choice Pack. Smart-Choice Packs start as low as $69.99 per month and include unlimited data, e-mail and Web access.

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He’s not a Terminator, he is a soccer player, and a very good one. However David Beckham accepted to play the role of a Terminator in a Motorola commercial for its Aura phone.

The Aura is a $2,000 phone which has nothing to do with the whole Terminator idea. Given the price I am sure people won’t get the Aura especially during these harsh economic times. So why would Motorola throw away money on a campaign that isn’t likely to bring in high profits? Why not invest in R&D? They badly need a Pre-like phone to take them out of the hole their in.

Tags: Aura, Commercial, David Beckham, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Terminator

While the previous cell phones released by Motorola in its MOTOROKR line have been music-oriented for the most part, the W6 now adds another facet to this vowel-dropping segment - Fitness.  The new MOTOROKR W6 comes preloaded with a couple of applications that aid in keeping the user fit and spry.  All it needs are the user’s vital stats like age, sex, weight, and height and the application will tailor a suitable exercise regimen.  Other features drive this clamshell right down to the low-end category with a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD support for up to 2GB, stereo Bluetooth, and dedicated music keys for quick access to the user’s favorite tunes.

Motorola hasn’t revealed the release date or a price, but the MOTOROKR W6 will most probably make its first appearance in Mexico followed by a rollout in other countries.

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Tags: Cell Phones, motorokr, Motorola, W6