The second phone available now from Verizon Wireless is the Motorola Rival. The phone is a dedicated to all those messaging maniacs. When it slides open the Rival reveals a backlit QWERTY keyboard ready for instant messaging and lots of other texting.

The Rival will cost you $99 after a $50 online discount and with a two-year contract. Here’s what it will offer you:

• up to 8GB microSD memory expansion
• Bluetooth,
• 2.0 megapixel camera with video recording
• V CAST Music with Rhapsody® (Subscription, Wireless and PC downloads)
• V CAST Videos Capable
• VZNavigatorsmCapable
• 1XEV–DO (800/1900 MHz) connectivity
• 2.2-inch 176×220 65K QCIF Display

via Verizon Wireless

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We last heard of the Motorola Rival A455 last month when the specs of the device leaked out. Well, another document has leaked out this time stating when we will be seeing this phone and for how much.

Available from June 10th, Motorola’s Rival A455 will run you $149.99 after a 2 year contract and $269.99 if you want to buy it outright. The phone’s carrier is apparantly Verizon wireless who expects this device to appeal mostly to the younger crowd.

If you didn’t know the A455 features a slide out QWERTY keyboard, a 2MP camera, bluetooth, an MP3 player and a few other things you can read about here.

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We got you the pictures.  Now we get you something to chew on before the official announcement from Motorola.  Looks like the Motorola A455 is just another middle order CDMA handset with a QWERTY keypad added in, making it more of a mid-range messaging device more than anything else.  The previously used moniker of RUSH2 is dropped in favor of “Rival,” which sounds pretty absurd when it looks it won’t be competing with any other handset in particular.  Other tidbits leaked include dual-band CDMA support with EV-DO Rev A., stereo Bluetooth, a paltry 2-megapixel camera, microSD/SDHC support, an mp3 player with a a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and USB 2.0 connectivity.

The Evoke QA4, in spite of having a somewhat spacious touchscreen display, is a sleek slider falls into the same category as the Rival, and fails to evoke much enthusiasm in us.  Features are somewhat analogous to the A455 and include a 2mpx camera, microSD/SDHC support, mp3 player, Bluetooth with A2DP, and voice recognition capability.

No info on a release date or pricing could be found, but as always, we will keep you posted when that happens.

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