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Motorola V750 and VE20 to Hit Canada

If you live in Canada and you're jealous of your US neighbors who have the chance to buy Motorola's V750 and VE20 handsets, you might be happy to find out that both phones will soon be available north of the US border too. According to a post found on Howard Forums, the two new Motorolas should be laun...

5 September 2008
03:52 GMT

Motorola's Diamond Is Called Jewel

When HTC officially presented its Touch Diamond Pocket PC, the other major mobile manufacturers probably regretted they hadn't come up with a similar idea first. Well, it is still not too late, and Motorola is surely proud to present its latest creation, called MOTOJEWEL. The new handset is a clamshell that...

4 September 2008
04:15 GMT

Sprint's Motorola i365 Monolith Released

The same day it released the Motorola Renegade V950 clamshell, Sprint also launched the i365, another new handset manufactured by Moto. Unlike the Renegade though, which flirts with Qualcomm's QChat technology, the i365 is an iDEN phone, coming not long after the i335 model, available from Sprint and Boost Mobil...

2 September 2008
11:32 GMT

Motorola Renegade V950 Is Finally Out

Motorola V950, first presented by Sprint to the US public back in April, is now finally available for purchase, under the full name of Motorola Renegade V950. The latest PTT (Push-to-Talk) device to work on Sprint's Nextel Direct Connect network, the V950 is a clamshell in which "brawn meets beauty," as the...

2 September 2008
09:46 GMT

Motorola ZN5 Announced for India

Motorola's best camera phone, the MOTOZINE ZN5, will be soon available in India, offering mobile users from across the Asian country the chance to own the first-ever mobile device created in collaboration with Kodak. The phone's highlight is, of course, its photo camera, which has 5 Megapixels and come...

1 September 2008
04:23 GMT

Motorola W6 to Hit T-Mobile USA as MotoACTV

T-Mobile USA users who feel that their carrier doesn't offer enough Motorola phones will be pleased to learn that, sometime in the near future, a new handset manufactured by the big M will be available to them. The device in question is Motorola W6, but T-Mo seems to want its name to sound differe...

30 August 2008
05:37 GMT

Silvery MOTO Q Global with WM 6.1 Launched by AT&T

While Verizon's revamped MOTO Q, codenamed Napoleon, is still not officially confirmed, AT&T went ahead and released its new Windows Mobile 6.1 MOTO Q Global smartphone. The handset also has a new look (besides the upgraded OS), as its case is all dressed-up in silver, offering a pretty nice visual effect. ...

29 August 2008
05:27 GMT

Motorola VE538, a Simple Web Phone

Motorola has recently unveiled, in Singapore, a brand new phone that is targeted for those who need to access the Web while on the go. The handset in question is VE538 and it was announced together with other four devices that will soon hit the Singaporean market: Motorola ZN5, Motorola A1600 Ming, Motorola EM330 and...

25 August 2008
08:14 GMT

Sprint Strikes Twice with Sanyo Katana Eclipse and Moto VE20

Sprint's customers who happen to like clamshell phones have, as of today, two new such handsets that they can buy from the third largest North American carrier. These are Sanyo Katana Eclipse and Motorola VE20 (also called MOTORAZR VE20). Besides coming in clamshell form factors, both devices are mid to low-end...

18 August 2008
11:09 GMT

Motorola Atila Leaked, Tri-band HSPA Connectivity on Board

Not long after Motorola Alexander unveiled its weird face, another high-end Moto handset with a "conqueror" name appeared and, this time, it's the Motorola Atila (appeared on BGR). The reference to Attila the Hun, the Hungarian king in the 5th century, is more than obvious, so Motorola seems to be seriously prep...

12 August 2008
03:57 GMT

Motorola Sparrow - An All-in-One Touchscreen Concept

Motorola is surely no stranger to touchscreen technology, despite the fact that most of its touch-enabled mobile devices are being commercialized in China only. Still, the once-glorious Moto is said to be preparing several new touchscreen handsets to conquer the US and European markets, but no official details about ...

9 August 2008
06:45 GMT

The Canadian Motorola Z6w Is Now Available

Only a few days after the release of the fashionable Motorola U9 clamshell, Fido has now launched another new Motorola phone for the Canadian market, namely the Z6w. First unveiled by Moto back in February, Fido's new handset comes in a slider form factor, resembling the older Z6 and Z6c models. The Z6w is p...

6 August 2008
13:06 GMT

Motorola Alexander Looks Weird but Promising

Motorola Alexander, the next flagship handset to come from the well-known American manufacturer, will be indeed a touchscreen device, as rumored. However, it will not run on Symbian UIQ, as previously believed, but on Windows Mobile 6.1. Moreover, the handset will bring a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out vertical...

6 August 2008
03:55 GMT

EQ7 and EQ5 Motorola Portable Speakers Now Available

At the same time with the unveiling of its three new ROKR phones, Motorola also announced the availability of two portable speakers, which are also part of its ROKR family of products. The new devices are called MOTOROKR EQ7 and MOTOROKR EQ5 and come to enlarge Motorola's line-up of music accessories.Unlike the ...

5 August 2008
11:34 GMT

Motorola Unveils Three New ROKR Phones for the Masses

Motorola has just announced the future availability of three new mobile phones in its ROKR family: EM30, EM28 and EM25. The handsets target young consumers who want their handsets to pack lots of music related features. First appeared on the Web several months ago, Motorola EM30 is a candybar that resembles the ROK...

5 August 2008
10:40 GMT

T-Mobile's Motorola Handsets Are Now 50% Cheaper

T-Mobile USA and Motorola have recently decided to drop the prices of the handsets they offer to North American users. Therefore, most of T-Mobile's Motorola phones can now be bought for 50% less than their original prices, if acquired together with a contract agreement for two years. The handsets that are now ...

1 August 2008
05:43 GMT

Motorola Sold 28.1 Million Handsets in the Second Quarter of 2008

Although various analysts have predicted that Motorola will fall to the fourth or fifth place in the global handset industry, the American company remains on the third place when it comes to the number of mobile phones shipped in the second quarter of this year. Moto has issued today its financial results for the tim...

31 July 2008
09:18 GMT

Motorola U9 Launched in Canada

After being released in the US (unlocked only), Motorola U9 has now moved a bit to the north and can be bought by Canadian users too. This, thanks to Fido, which has become the exclusive Canadian carrier for the U9 clamshell.The highlights of Motorola U9 (or MOTOROKR U9) are a hidden external display with touch-sensi...

31 July 2008
04:27 GMT

Motorola U9 Available in the US

Motorola U9 is not exactly the newest handset to come from Moto, but the company has only now released it in its home country (the US, of course). Available only online, from Motorola's Store, in an unlocked GSM version, the U9 costs $275.99 and will allow you to use it with any of the US GSM carriers (AT&T, T-...

30 July 2008
07:17 GMT

Motorola VE75 in the Wild

Motorola VE75, the newest touchscreen handset announced by Moto for the Chinese market, was recently spotted in lots of live images, which show the VE75 in all its greatness. Of course, the handset's beauty (or ugliness, if you will) is up to each and every user to decide upon, but I don't think there ar...

28 July 2008
09:02 GMT

New Motorola PEBL, a Flower-Phone for Girls

Motorola has officially announced today the release of a new handset from its popular PEBL series, which debuted back in 2005 with the PEBL U6 model. The new PEBL was announced in South Korea, and it doesn't seem to come under any other name than simply "Motorola PEBL". Or, at least that's what I can tell f...

24 July 2008
12:44 GMT

Motorola Ischia Unveiled

The FCC has approved these days a new Motorola phone, which is named Motorola Ischia (or Motorola EM330) and comes as an entry-level clamshell. This is the second Motorola handset to have "EM" in its name, after the EM30, which might mean the American company is preparing a new series of phones (or at least a new nam...

23 July 2008
11:49 GMT

iPhone Sales VP Sued by Motorola for Disclosing Company Secrets

Motorola has sued one of its former executives, Michael Fenger, who is now working for Apple, on the count of disclosing the company's trade secrets, thus helping Apple sell more iPhones.Michael Fenger left Motorola for Apple after six years as vice president for the company's mobile-device business in Euro...

21 July 2008
04:57 GMT

Motorola EM30 Caught Live

Motorola EM30, the latest handset from Moto's ROKR family, was recently spotted in several live images, which might mean the phone could be officially unveiled soon. The new handset borrows a lot from the ROKR E8, which is already available in Europe, Asia and North America (T-Mobile is the carrier offering the ...

21 July 2008
03:09 GMT

Motorola ZN5 to Land on T-Mobile

Motorola ZN5 is one of the next high-end phones that T-Mobile USA apparently intends to release. This will surely make lots of its customers happy, as the ZN5 is one of the coolest handsets from Moto's 2008 line-up. Of course, the release of Motorola ZN5 has not yet been confirmed by T-Mobile but, according to...

19 July 2008
05:33 GMT

Motorola VE75 to Touch(screen) China

Motorola has recently unveiled a new touchscreen mobile phone targeted for the Chinese market: Motorola VE75. The handset comes after Moto has officially released the A1600 and A1800 Ming clamshells as well as the A810 candybar, all three of them being touchscreen enabled and available only across China. The VE75 wa...

18 July 2008
12:45 GMT

BlackBerry Connect Announced for Australia's Moto Q

RIM and Motorola have recently announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect 4.0 for all the Asutralian users who own a Moto Q 9h Windows Mobile smartphone. BlackBerry Connect is a software that provides access to the useful and well-known BlackBerry services, offering support for push-email and attachment viewin...

11 July 2008
11:18 GMT

Moto V750 Gets a July 28 Release

Motorola V750, also known as Motorola Adventure V750, will be released in the US on July 28. The handset will be offered by Verizon Wireless, as we previously reported, and those interested in buying it have to pay $99, after a 50 bucks mail-in rebate. Of course, this price is only available with the signing of a con...

11 July 2008
03:00 GMT

Sprint's Upcoming Ten Handsets Leaked

Sprint's current and future subscribers will probably be happy to find out that their carrier intends to release at least ten new handsets in the next few moths. Well, two of them are only new color versions of already existing devices, but they can still go as "new products," right? The upcoming handsets are l...

9 July 2008
12:00 GMT

Motorola VE20 Headed to Sprint

Motorola VE20 is the name of a new handset that will be soon offered by Sprint, the third largest US mobile carrier. The VE20 was not yet officially announced, but it has recently appeared on the FCC website, together with a Sprint User Manual. The new VE20 is a CDMA EV-DO clamshell that doesn't look too dif...

9 July 2008
09:58 GMT

Motorola Z8m in White and Black

Motorola Z8m, the more advanced South Korean edition of the RIZR Z8 slider, has now new color versions: white and all-black, added to the black/silver one already available. The white version, which has only its margins covered in the pure color, makes the phone look quite distinct. Released in South Korea at the e...

9 July 2008
08:57 GMT

Motorola's New PDAs Are Officially China-Bound

Motorola issued a press release a few hours ago, announcing the official availability of its new PDAs across China. The handsets we're talking about are Motorola MING A1600, Motorola MING A1800 and Motorola A810, all of which are being released only in China, with no plans for a future availability on other mark...

8 July 2008
09:24 GMT

Motorola ROKR E8 Gets a Canadian Release

ROKR E8, Motorola's fancy music-oriented phone, is now available in Canada, offered exclusively by Best Buy in collaboration with Rogers Wireless. Although the new Moto can be ordered from Best Buy Canada's website, it can actually be bought only in-store. Best Buy is offering the E8 for 149.99 Canadian dol...

7 July 2008
06:12 GMT

Motorola Napoleon Q9 Prepared by Verizon

Motorola has revamped (again) its Q9 smartphone and transformed it into "Motorola Napoleon". This new handset will be soon released by Verzion Wireless in the US, bringing a new design as well as new features. According to Boy Genius Report, the royally-named device features CDMA EV-DO Rev. A connectivity in addi...

4 July 2008
05:21 GMT

Motorola Invests in Industrial Wireless Network Company Apprion

Motorola recently announced that it had made a $23.5 million investment in Apprion, Inc., a California-based company that has emerged as a leader in "open industrial wireless networks and applications." The investment was made via Motorola Ventures, Moto's strategic venture capital arm, and it's part of the...

3 July 2008
08:56 GMT

Unnamed Motorola and the W265 Approved by FCC

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has recently approved two new Motorola phones, a candybar and a clamshell. The name of the candybar is not known for the moment, as FCC keeps this detail secret, but the clamshell is a W-series handset, namely Motorola W265. Since the candybar is the more evolved hands...

2 July 2008
09:22 GMT

Motorola ZN200 Announced for Brazil

Motorola has recently unveiled the upcoming handsets planned to be released in Brazil, the largest South American mobile market (more than 128 million mobile users). All of these Moto phones have already been announced for Europe, except for the ZN200, a new slider from Motorola's ZN family. Motorola ZN20...

2 July 2008
03:12 GMT

Motorola W362, New Affordable CDMA Phone for India

Motorola has recently unveiled a new CDMA entry-level handset, the Motorola W362, which will soon be released in India, via Reliance Communications. Apparently, the new W362 is 100% made in Motorola's new Indian factory from Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, inaugurated only two months ago. This is probably one of the...

1 July 2008
06:35 GMT

Motorola Blaze, Verizon's First Touchscreen Moto

It seems that Motorola is going into the touchscreen direction with more and more of its handset. After the two Mings (A1600 and A1800) and the A810 - all three released in China - we have another Moto-made touchscreen phone, named Motorola Blaze. The Blaze was recently spotted at Boy Genius Report, coming in ...

30 June 2008
05:03 GMT

Motorola V950 in Live Shots

One of Sprint's new Motorola phones to be releases soon is Motorola V950, a handset that was first unveiled in April, during CTIA Wireless 2008, together with lots of other new Sprint devices (Samsung Instinct - the recently released full-touch phone - included). Motorola V950 is a rugged and waterproof clamshel...

27 June 2008
06:56 GMT

Motorola and Vinaphone in a $28 Million New Deal

Motorola has recently announced that it will expand the GSM network of Vinaphone, a Vietnamese leading mobile operator, subsidiary of VNPT (Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications). The whole deal is worth about 28 million USD and will allow Vinaphone to "spread" its network in no less than 12 new provinces in north of...

26 June 2008
09:55 GMT

Motorola ROKR E8 Offered by T-Mobile

T-Mobile USA has added Motorola ROKR E8 to its line-up of handsets, in a move intended to offer all the music lovers out there one of the fanciest music-oriented mobile phones of 2008. ROKR E8 will be available for purchase starting July 7 (less than two weeks from now), for a price that's said to be of $199 ...

26 June 2008
03:34 GMT

Motorola Praises Itself for Doing Good Business in Spain

In a piece of news showing that Motorola is doing better business with its networking division than with its handset branch, the American company announced that it had helped Telefónica, the largest mobile carrier in Spain, to improve its GSM network and services across the European country. Thanks to Motorola'...

25 June 2008
03:58 GMT

Motorola Alexander to Bring 8 Megapixels and Moto's Lost Glory

Motorola Alexander is the codename of a new handset prepared by the Schaumburg-based company and set to bring back its lost glory. How could it do this? Well, recently appeared rumors say that the so-called Alexander will have a 8 Megapixel camera, an NVIDIA graphics chip, a new UIQ OS (version 4.0, apparently), GPS ...

24 June 2008
12:59 GMT

Motorola A810 and A1600 Are Official

Motorola's latest touchscreen handsets, A810 and Ming A1600, are now featured on Moto's Chinese official website, which means they will both be soon available across China. The new handsets were first seen together back in April, when Motorola's Chinese line-up of handsets was unveiled. At the time...

24 June 2008
08:50 GMT

MotoZine ZN5 Is Official, China Gets It First

Motorola ZN5, of which we've heard several times since the beginning of 2008, was officially announced today, under the name of MotoZine ZN5. The handset is the first resulting from a collaboration between Motorola and Kodak and it's said to combine the best technologies of the two famous companies in order...

23 June 2008
02:55 GMT

Motorola ZN200 Unveiled

Motorola ZN200 is the latest handset to surface on the Web under the Moto name, together with the Moto way of making mobile phones. The new device was unveiled by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), which also approved the phone for use in the US. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that the new Moto...

16 June 2008
12:14 GMT

Motorola Announced New H620 and H560 Bluetooth Headsets

Motorola, self-declared "global market leader" when it comes to Bluetooth accessories, has just announced Motorola H620 and Motorola H560, two brand new Bluetooth headsets. These are said to be compatible with no less than 200 Bluetooth-enabled products from more than 15 brands that do business on the Bluetooth side ...

12 June 2008
09:38 GMT

Motorola MC75 High-End EDA Announced

Motorola recently unveiled its latest high-end EDA (Enterprise Digital Assistant), the MC75, which targets mobile enterprises that need worldwide connectivity packed into a resistant and multi-featured device. For those who might not know, an EDA is some sort of PDA mainly designed for usage in industrial environmen...

10 June 2008
11:21 GMT

New Motorola A1800 Commercial Targets Businessmen

Motorola A1800, the latest touchscreen phone released by Motorola (and also one of the few Motos to come with a touchscreen display), appeared in a new commercial meant to lure the Chinese businessmen with its features. Why Chinese businessmen only? Because the phone seems to be targeted exclusively for China, in a ...

6 June 2008
11:59 GMT




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