Motorola sweeps with six new phones: V1150, V557, V280, V270, and V176
posted Mar 10th 2005 8:15AM
Well what do you know? That
new 3G RAZR V1150 we were so hyped on a couple
days ago turned out to be true—unfortunately, Motorola hasn't released the photos to confirm that part of the
bargain yet, but so far as we can tell the specs are the same as we previously published: tri-band GSM/GPRS, WCDMA,
2.2-inch QVGA screen, 2-megapixel camera, TransFlash slot, and extensive multimedia playback (hit up that link for the
full rundown) capabilities. Due out in the second half!
But Motorola didn't stop there. They also released:
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The V557, the latest update to the V551, which now features Push-to-Talk (and that same Bluetooth and EDGE), and will be due in Q2
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The V280 is known as the SLVRcam, which from its specs (Bluetooth, a VGA camera, and Push-to-Talk) may well appear to be the Borneo we told you about, and is due in the second half of this year
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The V270 is the SLVRlite, which is the same phone as the SLVRcam V280, just without the cam (hence the name), and also due out in the second half
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The V176 is their latest low-ender—a budget clamshell phone (GSM we presume) featureing PTT
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The Vodafone-only multimedia-centric V1050, which has a 1.23-megapixel camera, two-way video calling,
They also introduced their SCREEN3 technology, which sounds a lot like MSN Direct (sports scores, weather, news headlines, etc. in what we assume will be a ticker-style interface on the phone desktop). We assume this is the same thing as Dynamic Idle, which we heard about them cramming into the SLVR V8. But what they didn't introduce was the iTunes phone (not that we're not surprised after so many freaking false starts already). But seriously, Moto, what gives?
bah, announce the RaZrberry already moto!
Triband ???? Again I asketh - why triband ??? Please give us Quad and UMTS all in one neat package :) - I am droolin' over the SE Z800i, now Droolin' over the RAZR --- arghhhh!!!!
Where can I see pics of these? I'm actually most interested in the V176 - I don't care about having a camera (in fact I specifically don't want one) and was thinking of going to the V180 when my contract renewal comes up next month and I can get another free phone. The lower model number of the new one scares me, but that doesn't always mean anything.
Well, time to return my RAZR V3. I bought a RAZR V3 last week from Cingular and felt a little cheated on the feature-set considering the price I paid for the phone. So, now that I know Motorola will be upgrading the phone with features that are more on par with the price, I am going to use my 30-day window to get a V551 and save some $$$.