Ed Zander, Motorola's CEO, has agreed to step down from his post effective January 1. Zander has been with Motorola since January 2004. Motorola has had a tough year and seen sales figures and revenues drop over the last ...

Cnet reviews the Motorola Q9c: “The Motorola Q9c doesn’t look much different from other Q models and more closely resembles the Moto Q9m for Verizon Wireless rather than the latest Motorola Q9h for AT&T. The mobile sports a classic black casing with a nice chrome accent along the outer edges to give it a swanky look, though we wish we could say the same about the smartphone’s profile. Sprint ships the Motorola Q9c with an extended battery, which we love and appreciate–don’t get us wrong–but it adds an awkward and bulky bump to the backside of the device. It’s not going to easily slip into a pants pocket at 4.6 inches high by 2.6 inches wide by 0.7 inch deep and 5.2 ounces, and the wider body and extended battery make the Motorola Q9c a bit cumbersome to use as a phone. That said, the soft-touch finish on the back helps when gripping and holding the device, and it’s comfortable to use as a messaging machine.

The good: The Motorola Q9c offers a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade as well as GPS, Bluetooth, and EV-DO support. The smartphone also has a 1.3-megapixel camera; decent call quality; and ...

“The Motorola ic602 Buzz+ is the same as the Motorola Buzz ic502-series phones, but with a little bit more to offer. For use only with Nextel PowerSource plans, the Motorola ic602 Buzz+ adds a VGA-quality camera. It also uses the Sprint PCS nationwide network for voice calls and data (like web surfing), but uses the Nextel network for 3 kinds of walkie-talkie services. Plus, the Motorola ic602 Buzz+ includes ruggedized weatherproof shell and an audible navigation system.”

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LaptopMag reviews the Motorola Q 9h Global: “The Motorola Q 9h Global has been rebuilt from the ground up to make it one of the most compelling Windows Mobile phones yet. We’re not just talking about a new processor and extra RAM. Motorola has replaced Mobile IE with Opera as the default browser (faster and better formatting), kicked Office Mobile to the curb in favor of Documents to Go (for editing and creating documents) and added GPS. You also get a sharper two-megapixel camera and one of the best keyboards we’ve used. The Motorola Q 9h Global is a bit large, but when you add in fast HSDPA data and very good call quality, it looks like a steal.”

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PhoneScoop reviews the Motorola i335: “I’ve been using the Motorola i335 for a few days now. It’s a pretty decent looking phone. A bit on the long side but manageable. The Motorola i335 seems to have all the same things that most other Nextel phones have as far as functionality goes. I haven’t had any issues with dropped calls or anything of that nature. I like it.

CONS

Charger door on side (flimsy)
Length ( would be a bit nicer if compacted)

PROS

Slim & Light
Bluetooth
Meets military specs (good if you drop phones)
Carbon Fiber look”

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Motorola v220 info page: , a modest phone, but it has a speakerphone system.

Here are a series of links which can be useful for the Motorola W220, by your About.com guide to cell phones.

Here is a Motorola i880 review made by one or more user(s) of the cell phones site at About.com.

Motorola RAZR V3e information page: , a cell phone with many features such as: a megapixel digital camera, Bluetooth, speakerphone mode and EDGE high speed data.

Fergie's latest music video, "Clumsy", which has been playing on MTV for weeks and is available on the iTunes Music Store, features an unannounced Motorola phone. The phone is likely the rumored ROKR E8 Elba, Motorola's next flagship media ...
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The Motorola Motorazr has become a popular mobile phone, and the V31M takes it another step further by adding an expandable memory and iTunes compatibility. The result is the sensational Motorola Motorazr V3iM. The M in V3iM stands for music, so press the M key and you are able to scroll and brows through music playlists, and the Apple iTunes software also makes it easy to transfer tunes to your PC. But the V3iM isn’t just for great music; you will find a 1.23 megapixel camera so you can snap

If you take a look at the calendar carefully, you will find out that Christmas is less than one month away. Right now is the best time to shop for best gifts for your family members and friends. Don’t procrastinate, please! We are here to help you pick some best deals of cellular phones for this wonderful Christmas.
Starting from AT&T, I am sure everybody is dying for iPhones, but to be honest, $399 isn’t really affordable by everybody. There are bunch of iPhone alternatives that have features that what iPhones have, except the Touch screen and advanced voice-mail technology. Excellent PDA phones likes Palm Treo 680, Nokia N75, and Blackberry Pearl are currently offered for free. Even the brand new GPS cell phones, like the AT&T Tilt and Pantech Duo are sold for less than half of iPhone’s price. View AT&T cell phones price list here.

For Verizon Wireless, the prices are little higher, but still affordable. Excellent music phones with built-in GPS navigation system, likes the LG VX8550 Black Chocolate with Music Essential Kit 2.0 are sold for only $100. Not ...

Some design quirks aside, the Motorola Q9c for Sprint is a worthy upgrade to the original Q, adding GPS and more stable performance, among other things.

PhoneArena reviews the Motorola Q9m: “The Motorola Q9m is currently one of the best SmartPhones available by Verizon Wireless. It does everything that is expected of it, and then some. The Multimedia Home Screen is an added bonus that many users will enjoy. The Call Quality and Reception are top-notch, despite the Speakerphone sounding a little distorted at higher volumes. The Motorola Q9m’s QWERTY keypad is designed well and is easier to use than that of the enV or the pervious Q model, since the keys are closer together and require less thumb movement. We highly recommend the Motorola Q9m for anyone that is looking for a Windows Mobile SmartPhone with added Multimedia capabilities.”

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Motorola is apparently coming out with a new line of phones: the Motorola ZiNE. This is still all rumor as of now, but comes from some pretty reliable sources. 

EngadgetMobile has more about the new Motorola ZiNE line of phones: “Apparently the “ZiNE” line will feature a Z10 successor with a big touchscreen, WiFI, and GPS and an 8 megapixel monster with optical zoom purportedly created in conjunction with Kodak. Of course, all of this is fluff and smoke ’til we see the real deal.”

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Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users in the third quarter of 2007 reached 289 million units, a 15 per cent increase from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc.

Here are a series of links which can be useful for the Motorola ic502, by your About.com guide to cell phones.

Here are a series of links which can be useful for the Motorola L6, by your About.com guide to cell phones.

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A new version of the Motorola RIZR, the Z6c, has shown its face on the FCC's website, and it seems to be headed to Verizon Wireless. The RIZR Z6c features support for both CDMA/EV-DO and GSM for true world roaming.

The next addition to the RAZR-like devices is well on its way gaining the approval of the FCC. The Moto RIZR Z6c is headed to the VZW or Verizon Wireless.

The Motorola Rizr Z6c has cleared the FCC, and is most likely headed for Verizon Wireless stores before the end of the year. The Motorola Rizr Z6c is basically a Z6tv without VCast TV. 

EngadgetMobile has more: “Featuring dual-band GSM for European and Asian compatibility alongside the usual CDMA with EV-DO for domestic use, the Motorola Rizr Z6c forgoes MediaFLO support altogether but retains the Z6tv’s QVGA display and 2 megapixel cam. No word on a release date, but now that the FCC hurdle has been cleared, we’d be surprised if Verizon didn’t at least try to squeeze the Motorola Rizr Z6c out in time to pick up some holiday sales.”

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The Motorola Q makes its GSM debut on AT&T with the Q9h. It matches the CDMA model in both styling and features with 3G and GPS.
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The new Motorola RIZR Z6c has been approved by the FCC and will soon be available from Verizon Wireless.

The device is branded the "World Edition" phone, as it offers dual-band CDMA/EV-DO i...

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If you recall, T-Mobile has recently stopped selling Motorola's Sidekick Slide smartphones because of their battery problems.

Now Motorola claims it has fixed all the issues and will implement the...

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Motorola i335 is a new entry-level handset available now from Sprint.

The phone comes in a very slim design measuring just 0.5" thick and has a small square display with a 130x130 pixel resolution. Although the d...

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PhoneArena reviews the Motorola Q9h: “Is the Motorola Q9h a flawless phone? The lack of WiFi shows it is not. Is it very good – definitely yes! Targeted as a rival of the BlackBerry phones, the Motorola Q9h offers excellent QWERTY keyboard that beats almost everything on the market and proves to be best in its size class.  The functionality is as good as you can expect from a WM6 Smartphone and from a smart phone as a whole, and the system performance is also excellent. The best thing is that all this is packed into a slim and sexy body with excellent construction and feel. The Motorola Q9h is a brilliant messaging device or smartphone with extended messaging functionality (depending on the way you will use it) and we highly recommend it.”

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Motorola v180 information page: , a modest phone, but it sports a speakerphone system.

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Motorola i930 information page: . It boasts a built-in speakerphone and airplane mode. This page has a good deal of great resources about this handset.

Here is an A to Z List of all Motorola Phones in my database. I have specs, analysis and more info for each of these Motorola cell phones.

Technical Motorola C261 review based on an analysis of key features. Not to be considered a hands-on Motorola C261 review.

What does Motorola W377 have to offer people even with this fast developing phase? To start the many answers to this question, it provides its owner great communication functionality. More than that, it brings a chic appearance and it has many features that the users would enjoy. Though it has many great advantages, it is still made affordable to the public. The W377 of Motorola gives the user satisfaction for their daily needs. With their career, the Moto W377 has tools for organizing and planning professional purposes. Aside from this, it also provides entertainment. All of these in a single phone packed with style and available you can choose from the many colors available.

Are you in the mood for a romantic or a funky touch? Well then, you would need music to set the tune! W377 also has this feature. It provides music through integrated FM radio by (more…)

Motorola KRZR K1m is reviewed by mjmoore2152 at Amazon.com on Fri, November 23, 2007

Average rating: 6/10.

The KRZR looks like a dream; it's sleek, slim, and full of features. At a first glance, this seems true. The KRZR is extremely stylish and it's full of exciting features, including an MP3 player and ...

Motorola KRZR K1 is reviewed by Anonymous at Amazon.com on Fri, November 23, 2007

Average rating: 10/10.

This Motorola KRZR is an excellent phone. I had just purchased this about a month ago to replace my Razr (which was also a fine phone) and I immediately liked it much better. Here are my ...

[IMG Motorola-W220]People who like style and want to enjoy more facilities in their small handset can go for the black finish Motorola W220 Mobile Phone. The company has launched a mobile in to market which has features like Dual-band, WAP, GPRS, FM Radio, Colour Screen, Polyphonic Ring-tones, and Picture Messaging etc. • Dual-Band It has dual-band facility which can operate on two frequency bands, which includes 900 MHz and 1800 MHz. These bands will allow the user to get better network cove

So our friendly PR person has informed us that the issue with the new Slide power cycling at random times has been solved. Motorola has found the issue to be with the battery contacts.

Motorola v220 is reviewed by Ipod_guy on Thu, November 22, 2007

Design rating: 9/10
Features rating: 7/10
Performance rating: 7/10.

The phone is great it a 4x zoom camera, super great speakerphone.Very useful management software.


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The third TV phone on Verizon's network, and the first to lose the external TV antenna (the just-released LG Voyager also lacks the antenna and is

Cnet reviews the Motorola Rizr Z8: “The Motorola Rizr Z8 is a grown-up Rizr. Despite sporting a black skin and casting a larger profile (4.32 inches by 1.9 inches by 0.6 inch; 3.95 ounces) the Motorola Z8 looks quite similar to its predecessors when closed. You’ll see what appears to be the same navigation array and large display. There’s a new camera lens above the display, but otherwise the slider phone doesn’t give too much away, at least at first glance.

The good: The Motorola Rizr Z8 has an innovative design, an attractive display and user interface, and a generous multimedia feature set. Also, its call quality was decent, and the video playback was excellent.

The bad: The Motorola Rizr Z8 construction takes getting used to, and its controls and keypad are unintuitive. It lacks voice dialing, and its interface was rather slow.

The bottom line: The multimedia-friendly handset is a nice idea, but its pokey performance and awkward controls don’t do it any favors.”

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PhoneArena reviews the Motorola H605 Bluetooth Headset: “The Motorola H605 is made of a black color in combination with several silvery tints that outline certain details on it. For comfortable extended wear, the designers made the inner part of the headset of a soft black leatherlike material.

We could say that at its first attempt, Motorola has coped really well with the behind-the-ear headset design. The attaching is stable and you are comfortable even after extended wear of it. The Motorola H605 Bluetooth Headset enables you to control lots of functions and this together with the long talk time is a good combination for people who need to make lots of phone calls daily. We are convinced the capabilities of Motorola H605 will attract the attention of lots of customers. The device is suitable for both ladies and gentlemen.”

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The Motorola i335 is a pretty basic phone with no camera. The Motorola i355 most closely resembles the i290.

PhoneArena has more: “The phone is a slim (half-inch only) candybar that works in iDEN networks and features Walkie Talkie. It has small quadrangle color display, miniUSB and Bluetooth.”

 

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T-Mobile Sidekick Slide

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It's lights out for the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide--well, temporarily anyway. T-Mobile and Motorola pulled the new Sidekick from the carrier's lineup last Friday after confirming that some devices are powering off after opening and closing the phone. Motorola says ...

T-Mobile issued a statement today providing more information about the Motorola Sidekick Slide. Motorola has determined the cause of the power cycle problem is related to the battery contacts. It has a solution for both existing devices and newly ...
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PCMag reviews the Motorola RIZR Z6tv: “The Motorola RIZR Z6tv for Verizon is an excellent voice phone with a little something extra: eight channels of major network television. The third phone with Verizon’s TV service, it’s the first with an internal antenna. The previous television phones, the Samsung SCH-U620 and the LG VX9400 had giant, pop-out TV antennas. There’s a reason, too: the Motorola RIZR Z6tv has less luck in pulling in a TV signal than the U620 with its 3-inch prong.

The Motorola RIZR Z6tv compares well to other mid- to high-range Verizon phones. It’s more capable overall than the LG Chocolate VX8550, and voice quality is better than that of the LG VX8700. The Samsung SCH-U620 is still our top pick for mobile TV use, as it’s smaller, less expensive, and gets better TV reception than the Motorola RIZR Z6tv. But the Z6tv is a strong player, especially because of its excellent voice performance and all-around build quality.”

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To regain their market share in Taiwan, Motorola is preparing 20 - 30 new models for 2008.

Things are happening so fast in the world of wireless that a little historical perspective might help foretell the future, and the future looks awesome!

Before cell phones, land-line competition mimicked wireless carriers in many ways, i.e. competing calling plans, discounting long-distance calling rates, etc. Of course, land-line service providers had no control over which phone you used; it simply didn’t enter into the equation or business model.

If you had MCI for your land-line service, MCI had no idea what “phone” you were using as their business model did not profit from it.

The cell phone business broke wide open over a decade ago when Motorola produced a remarkable device called the Startac. The Startac was the small, sexy alternative to enormous “portable” brick phones, and almost every expert at the time believed the idea behind the Startac would never work. But it did and in a big way! The Startac is the fossilized analog predecessor to all the “cool” phones we talk about and use today.

In those early days there were complicated calling plans, frugal “anytime minutes”, and all kinds of restrictions. Determining coverage, figuring out if it ...

We take a look at the Sprint version of the re-born RAZR which features a more elegant and durable design than prior generation RAZR models.