Mobiles reviews - motorola

Motorola RAZR2 Pink Silver edition looks cool, I guess

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:45:33 +0000

Is it the lack of innovation at Motorola or just an idea to maximize revenue from the existing devices? Or both? Don't know, but following the introduction of the ultra-cool RAZR2 V9 Ferrari Edition, the American handset maker has unveiled a new flavor of the device. With its "luxurious yet tranquil look and carefully-selected features", [...]

T-Mobile USA delays Nokia 5310 Xpress Music, Nokia 5610 Xpress Music; Kills off Motorola Z6w

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:01:35 +0000

Not that anyone is actually waiting for the Motorola Z6w to launch on T-Mobile, but if you were looking for a WiFi-enabled Motorola Z6w slider to put in your pocket, consider your hopes and dreams dashed into oblivion. T-Mobile USA has reportedly nixed their plans to release the sleek Motorola Z6w slider due to "testing [...]

Motorola takes iDEN handset firmware update site down

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:33:22 +0000

Remember when Motorola was an innovator and trail-blazer in the wireless industry? Right, those days are long gone. Motorola is now looking to minimize their fiscal bleeding as they scramble to restructure their handset business back into profitable territory. Back in the day, Motorola was the first handset manufacturer to offer user-downloadable firmware updates through its [...]

Motorola working on a RAZR2 V9 Ferrari Edition

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:53:53 +0000

Motorola seems to have signed a multi-device agreement with Ferrari as this is the second phone they're rolling out with the famous sports car branding. The first one, RIZR Z8 Ferrari Limited edition, we introduced back in December last year. Now, the American handset maker is reportedly working on a version of the RAZR2 V9 [...]

MOTO Q 9c now available on Verizon

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:45:20 +0000

If you remember Verizon announced Motorola Q 9c during this year's CTIA. The Moto-made smartphone is now available for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year customer agreement. The full QWERTY-keyboard equipped device is ideal for anyone who aims to increase it's on-the-go productivity, but also cares about how his/her device looks. [...]

FCC passes Motorola A1600 MOTOMING 2

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:49:11 +0000

It's too bad Motorola hasn't seen fit to bring the Motorola A1600 MING 2 to the US. The FCC has just checked off on the uniquely-designed A1600 MOTOMING 2 handset, which is good news to anyone looking forward to getting their hands on the Motorola clamshell. The Moto A1600 MING 2 ups the ante on its [...]

Moto ships 4m digital entertainment devices in Q1

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:39:07 +0000

Motorola Home and Networks Mobility has just announced some significant milestones during Q108, including the shipment of 4m digital entertainment devices! In case you are wondering what digital entertainment devices inlcudes; digital cable set-top boxes, HDTV set-top boxes, DVR devices and IPTV devices. Why is this important for Mobile? Well, apart from the fact it's [...]

Motorola Z10 hitting UK exclusively through O2

Tue, 06 May 2008 07:24:54 +0000

We saw the Motorola Z10 hitting O2 UK's "Coming soon" pages back in September of last year. Back then we thought MOTO will have the device ready within a month, but as you know, we were so wrong. The Z10 was officially announced during this year's CTIA and is just starting to become available. O2 scored [...]

Samsung add to DVB-H devices with SGH-P960

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:57:43 +0000

Samsung has shown off a "new" mobile phone, the "SGH-P960" in response to the EU choice of DVB-H as the Euro Mobile TV standard. This builds on previous P9xx series devices, to provide a 2.6-inch QVGA screen and 3.0MP camera. A number of device manufacturers support DVB-H (notables including Nokia, Motorola, LG, and of course Samsung), [...]

Update: Moto DirectorMe competition now has YouTube channel up for video submission!

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:28:29 +0000

Update time for y'all - remember I spoke about the very very cool Moto Z10 competition that's happening? If not, read here. Well, I've just been informed that the YouTube channel, to submit videos to, is up and running - you can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/motoroladirectorme If you are stil none the wiser, check out my previous [...]

The most convincing, and rather lengthy, argument why Motorola needs to hire a foreigner to lead the company into the future

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:20:35 +0000

Tomi Ahonen writes what is quite possibly the most detailed argument that discusses the United States' Mobile Telecommunications industry and why the new CEO for the handset division to be spun off should be someone from a different country who has yet to be "poisoned" with the old ideals the system in the states still [...]

Meet the Motorola MotoZINE ZN5 5 megapixel cameraphone

Thu, 01 May 2008 23:30:49 +0000

We've seen spy-shots and blurry in-the-wild photos of the 5 megapixel cameraphone from Motorola. The MotoZINE ZN5, as it's called, is due to kick up the flagging company's cameraphone offerings with a high-quality shooter to compete with the cameraphone elite from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and LG. So, to help quench your thirst for clear [...]

Telus launches Motorola Mike i877 designed by Pininfarina

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:17:27 +0000

When it comes to stylistic and sleek designs, design-house Pininfarina, of Ferrari fame, is as good as it gets. The Ferrari designer has put their design genius to bring a new flip phone for Motorola. The Motorola Mike i877 has been launched on Telus with Bluetooth, multimedia player, microSD card slot, miniUSB, 1.3-megapixel camera, and [...]

Nokia to pass Motorola as top AAC customer

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:26:08 +0000

AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings (not to be confused with the AAC that is Advanced Audio Codec) has announced that it expects Nokia to overtake Motorola as it's largest customer this year: "Revenue from Nokia would account for more than 25 per cent of AAC's total sales this year….compared with 10 per cent last year, while [...]

Motorola buys in to Mobile Virtualization company

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:17:07 +0000

Motorola is in the process of investing in a company called VirtualLogix - their tech makes it possible for handset makers to use virtualization to run two OSes on a single phone - not unlike the virtual machines that we know and love in the PC world… Apparently the idea is not actually to run two [...]