Motorola Lead i940 Officially Introduced in Mexico via Nextel

Motorola and Nextel have quietly launched the Motorola Lead i940 last month, but the carrier did not reveal the phone's price tag. Spotted at FCC (Federal Communications Commission) with only a few days before its release in Mexico, the i940 is an Android-based Smartradio device.

Although the handset is available for purchase since last month, Motorola and Nextel officially announced the i940 only recently.

There is no mentions on the exact availability or pricing options in the press release, but customers who want to check it out can head over at Nextel's site, as the carrier already listed the Motorola Lead i940.

Aside from Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Motorola Lead i940 brings users full access to more than 400,000 apps via Android Market. In addition, the smartphone comes pre-loaded with Opera Mini Internet browser, Facebook and Twitter.

Motorola Lead i940 provides users with the option to check their corporate email via the carrier's Email application, allowing to faster data communication. Furthermore, owners of the smartphone will be able to sync their calendar and contacts with Microsoft Exchange, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail.

Specs-wise, Motorola Lead i940 sports a decent 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display, which seems to be the largest in Nextel's portfolio.

On the back, the handset features a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and video recording, which enables users the possibility to capture their special moments.

There's mentions on the amount of internal memory, but the smartphone embeds an external microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB), as well as a free 8GB memory card in the sales package.

Other highlights of the smartphone include a multimedia player, Bluetooth, TeleNav GPS navigation, and a 3.5 mm audio jack.

Motorola Lead i940 joins Nextel's portfolio of Smartradios, offering customers both great communication options enabled by Android operating system and Next Radio.