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Foxconn forms Android R
Author: +866.com3 Apr
Foxconn, one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers, has reportedly established an Android research and development team, with the obvious intention to produce smartphones based on Google’s open source platform.
I’m sure you’ve already heard of Foxconn, but, in case you haven’t, you should know the company manufactures products that reach the market under famous brands like Apple (Mac Mini, iPod, iPhone), Dell, HP, Intel, Sony and Amazon (the Kindle e-reader).
Foxconn also makes handsets for Motorola, so it’s likely that the mentioned R&D team will work to develop Android smartphones for the big M.
Motorola has been rumored to come with an Android handset as early as Q2 2009, so Foxconn’s venture into Android-land pretty much makes sense.
Now let’s wait and see what will come out of this.
Via DigiTimes
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ZTE to become the world
Author: +866.com3 Apr
Last time we checked, the world’s first five handset manufacturers were Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola.
But this above is the top for the fourth quarter of 2008, and 2009 might bring a new phone maker into the spotlight. That’s ZTE, one of China’s largest telecommunications equipment makers.
DigiTimes quotes “market observers in Taiwan” who say ZTE has shipped 45 million phones last year, and is likely to enter the top 5 handset makers during 2009.
If the Chinese company indeed reached the top five, it’s either Motorola or Sony Ericsson the manufacturer that’ll fall on the sixth place (in Q4 2008, they shipped 19.2 and 24.2 million phones, respectively).
(this is T7 – one of ZTE’s handsets made for Australia’s Telstra)
ZTE currently has lots of agreements with various carriers around the world, including Vodafone, T-Mobile, Hutchison’s 3 and Telstra. It mainly offers entry-level phones, but it also has Windows Mobile and touchscreen devices.
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Motorola Evoke QA4 Announced
Author: +866.com30 Mar
Motorola has certainly been floundering recently, and it’s certainly been looking to Google’s Android platform to save its bacon. Until Motorola actually comes out with an Android-powered device though, it looks like the Evoke QA4 will have to fill the gap. At a glance, it looks a lot like a cross between Apple’s iPhone and the Palm Pre. The device features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, but will the phone be able to stand up against the hi-tech phones of today? Somehow we don’t think so.
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Motorola Evoke QA4 officially announced
Author: +866.com30 Mar
Motorola Evoke QA4 was first seen more than one month ago, but there was no official announcement to back up the leaked photos and details.
Today, Motorola has fully unveiled the handset and presented it as a “socially-inclined device”.
As you may already know, Evoke QA4 comes with a 2.8 inch, 240 x 400 pixels touchscreen display, as well as with an alphanumeric keypad.
The handset also features an accelerometer, so when you turn it on its side you can easily make use of the on-screen QWERTY keyboard.
The rest of the specs include:
- CDMA and EVDO Rev A connectivity
- A-GPS
- Integrated widgets
- Full HTML browser
- Instant Messaging, Messaging icons
- Bluetooth
- Music player
- 2MP camera
- Talk time: up to 5.5 hours
- Stand by time: up to 450 hours
- 108 x 50.5 x 17.5 mm
- 128 grams
Motorola Evoke QA4 will be available in the US starting the second quarter of the year. No pricing details yet.
Via Motorola
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Motorola Hint QA30 to be launched by Bell Canada
Author: +866.com28 Mar
Already available in the US, Motorola Hint QA30 will soon be introduced in Canada as well, via Bell Mobility.
Reportedly, the second largest Canadian carrier will start selling the Hint QA30 on April 9, for as low as $129.95 (with a three year contract agreement). Sans contract, the handset should be available for $329.95.
In case you don’t know yet, Hint QA30 is Motorola’s first slider to come with a full QWERTY keypad.
Other than that, the phone features stuff like a QVGA display, GPS, Email, Web browser, Bluetooth, a 2MP camera and memory expansion slot (up to 8GB).
All in all, if you text a lot while on the go and don’t mind having a square-ish handset in your pocket, Motorola Hint QA30 may be a good choice for you.
Via Mobile Syrup
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Motorola Closes Movie Download Site
Author: +866.com28 Mar
You might not have known one existed, but Motorola has confirmed that it has ceased operations and closed down a movie download site that it launched with Paramount Studies six months back. Users who used the site were able to download mobile-friendly versions of movies that could be played on handsets such as the Motorola Z8 and Z10. The two people responsible for launching the store, senior director Andrew Till and regional manager Steven Trew had already left Motorola in January. Some of the reasons that have been cited to cause the site’s downfall were poor marketing and lack of visibility by Motorola’s customers.
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Motorola A1210 Ming update
Author: +866.com28 Mar
I am not sure if it’s a good thing or bad, but Motorola is just not able to let go of it’s years old successful handset models, churning out cosmetic update, after update, after update.
Today it’s time for Motorola Ming A1200, which was wildly successful in China few years ago.
And it comes in the form of Motorola A1210 Linux based handset.
It is still the same tri-band 2.5G GSM/EDGE phone with no support for 3G. But the new MotoMing will come with a bigger 2.8” 240×400px touchscreen display and 3.1 megapixel camera.
Other Motorola A1210 specs include TI OMAP850 CPU, 64MB of built-in memory, microSD memory card slot, FM Radio, Bluetooth, USB. It weights 125g and is 102 x 53.8 x 20.5mm in size.
Motorola A1210 is headed for China and nowhere else for now.
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Sprint Motorola i580
Author: +866.com20 Mar
For a two-year sign up contract, Sprint Nextel is offering a bright yellow hued rugged-looking push-to-talk Motorola i580 for a cool US$119.99. The device comes with a built-in GPS system that is set to run with the pre-loaded TeleNav turn-by-turn navigation software. The rugged appearance of the i580 personifies its certification of compliance to MIL-SPEC 810F standards for temperature, pressure, shock, vibration, dust and tolerance to solar radiation .Other features of the handset are:
262k color main display
1.3 mega pixel camera with video function
option of standard 1130mAh or mega 1640mAh extended battery
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Motorola EM330 From AT
Author: +866.com20 Mar
Looking for an affordable music-oriented phone? Well, if you’re an AT&T subscriber, you might want to check out the Motorola EM330 that the carrier is offering for free (with a 2-year contract and after a $50 rebate). This tri-band GSM/EDGE clamshell phone has an FM radio that supports Motorola’s SONGID system, which helps you identify the song you’re listening to and easily purchase it from the AT&T Music Store. Being music oriented, the EM330 has a 3.5mm headphone jack, supports Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) and a microSD card expansion.
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Verizon Breathes Life Into Its Moto Q9c
Author: +866.com20 Mar
Verizon Wireless has given its dying Motorola Q9c a much needed upgrade boost with the addition of its TALKS assistive listening technology which will enable visually impaired or blind users to listen to on-screen texts as well as enjoy emails, web surfing and text messaging! We hope the Q9c fares better this time around with TALKS!