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AT&T Plans to Launch Motorola Karma QA1 Slider Phone

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:58:23 +0000

AT&T is set to release the Motorola Karma QA1, an entry-level slider with full QWERTY keyboard and homescreen access to several social network sites including Facebook and MySpace.
The Karma phone not just comes with a high-resolution display, but it also comes with a 2.5-inch 240 x 320 display, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, 2-megapixel camera with video recording functionality and a microSD card slot. The media player supports audio and video and has both a 3.5mm headphone jack and A2DP stereo Bluetooth 2.0 support. There’s even A-GPS and AT&T load their Navigator PND app onto the handset. Its JuiceCaster, a pre-loaded service, boasts of quicker network connection to get hooked up family and friends. This feature can also be used if you want to share your videos and photos.
Some of Karmas other features include a full HTML browser, mobile email support including AOL, Yahoo!, and Windows Live Mail, and it can receive and send SMS and MMS messages. There is also voice-memo recording, a speakerphone, and CrystalTalk active background noise filter. It operates on he following bands; GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz and UMTS 850/1900MHz with data capability of 1xRTT/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA.
Motorola Karma QA1 phone is slated to be rolled out from July 28 via wireless.att.com and select AT&T stores. It is prized for $79.99 after a mail-in rebate along with 2-year service contract for wireless voice plans of $39.99.

Motorola Renew (W233) Released for T-Mobile

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:58:44 +0000

Motorola has announced the released of Motorola Renew (W233) to be available at T-Mobile. The environmental standards Motorola has set with this phone are an impressive first start. The phone is carbon neutral, through the use of recycled materials, improved manufacturing techniques and the purchase of carbon credits to offset production. It comes in a simple cardboard box including nine hours of talk time, CrystalTalk technology and messaging capabilities to enable them enjoy quality talk time.
Being an eco-friendly phone, the phone will hopefully be found interesting to eco-conscious users. Motorola ensured that all the materials inside are printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. Another interesting point is the fact that it is possible to return a previous mobile phone for recycling at no cost by using a postage-paid recycling envelope available in the box.
The W233 was made from plastics comprised of recycled water bottles and this implies that 20 percent less energy is needed to create the phone compared to standard plastic processes. It is compact (4.4 inches tall by 1.8 inches wide by 0.6 inch thick) and lightweight, so it’s easy to carry around in a pocket or bag. Though its shell is entirely plastic, it feels somewhat solid in the hand. Still, this is not a phone for the danger-prone.
Although, it does almost nothing else well. Not Web browsing, not music playing, and it doesn’t even have a camera, or e-mail, or IM support. It’s the first phone we’ve seen in ages that doesn’t even have Bluetooth. Still, it makes good calls, it’s a friend to the environment.

Verizon Wireless Introduces Motorola A455 Rival

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:40:17 +0000

Verizon Wireless has announced that the Motorola A455 Rival is now available and it is designed for quick and easy messaging. The Motorola Rival keeps customers socially connected, while offering a
variety of popular multimedia features from Verizon Wireless, including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video, Visual Voice Mail and VZ Navigator.
It sports a number of touch sensitive controls that add a bit of a twist to the typical user interface found on phones like this. The touch sensitive softkeys light up when available, which makes them
easy to find in both landscape and portrait modes. When opened up in landscape mode for messaging tasks, the on-screen button at the bottom of the display can be activated by touch or by clicking on the d-pad’s
center button. The touch keys seem a bit unnecessary, perhaps, but at least they provide haptic feedback in the form of vibration pulses.
The full touchscreen can only be used when in the dial-pad mode, for entering numbers. Motorola seems to be trying to allow touchscreen use only when necessary, which has kept the UI experience pretty close to
that of similar non-touchscreen phones.
Available in Tin Silver and Purple, the Rival is a full QWERTY phone with a 2.2-inch 176×220 display, media player, 2 megapixel camera, GPS and Bluetooth. Total talk time is rated at 320 minutes while standby
time is 510 hours, which is about 21 days.

The Motorola VE240 (Cricket and MetroPCS)

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:59:09 +0000

Motorola announced that both Cricket and MetroPCS will soon be offering the VE240 monoblock phone to their customers. The Motorola VE240 is sleek at 4.4 by 1.9 by 0.6 inches but comes with
a very dim 128-by-128, 1.5-inch LCD screen. The MOTO VE240 is intuitive and easy to use and includes all of the cutting edge features. With advanced speech recognition, large keypads
and navigation keys for easy SMS texting?, a 2.5mm stereo headset jack, you have everything you need while on the go.

Never miss a beat with the MOTO VE240. You can access your MP3 player and favorite songs instantly with a dedicated music key. With up to 4 GB of optional removable memory, you can hold all of your favorite tunes. You can also connect via USB 2.0 to allow for super fast file transfers from your PC (optional cable and memory card required).

Enjoy high fidelity sounds on the MOTO VE240 without the hassle of wires and cords. Just pair your MOTO VE240 with a compatible Bluetooth enabled headset like the MOTOROKR S9-HD to listen to your favorite music without every worrying about missing a call. The Motorola VE240 is expected to be available on Cricket Wireless for US$89.99 after a $30 instant rebate for Cricket Wireless. MetroPCS
pricing information has not been provided yet.

Motorola i365 Now Available

admin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:48:54 +0000

Motorola has launched the Motorola i365 bringing another ruggedized candybar cell phone to the market.It is an entry-level candybar cell phone with an internal GPS receiver for easy navigation. Built-in Bluetooth also allows you to use a handsfree Bluetooth headset, or simply transfer files to and from a compatible computer.

The i365 also features an embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) chip necessary for utilizing the E911 emergency location services where available and receiving audible and visual turn-by-turn driving
directions, mapping your location, or conducting local searches direct from your handset. The i365 shows current date and time information anywhere on the Nextel National Network. The i365 also supports Second Line Service, which allows you to use 2
phone numbers with one phone, for extreme convenience.