Motorola's DEXT, next?

Rumors are circulating that Motorola is prepped to launch a series of multimedia handsets under the ZiNE brand. Meanwhile, Moto was just spotted (November 26th, to be exact) begging the USPTO for a trademark on "DEXT." That's the rather serious looking mark pictured to the right which sounds like a mashup of DECT and NEXT. The request covers "mobile telephones, pagers, radio transceivers, electronic personal organizers, headsets, microphones, speakers" and the related software for such things as the transmission of audio and video. We'll just have to wait and see whether this has anything to do with their accidentally on purposely "leaked" 2008 lineup.

[Via Trademork]

[Viator @ Nov 30th 2007 5:25AM]

"pagers" rofl

[mac @ Nov 30th 2007 7:26AM]

This makes sense. Presumably it will be motorola's stab at touchscreen devices; DEXTtrous.

[Ryan Trevisol @ Nov 30th 2007 7:34AM]

"mobile telephones, pagers, DooM consoles, radio transceivers, electronic personal organizers, blenders, headsets, microphones, holograms, speakers"

Wait, what?

[John @ Nov 30th 2007 7:46AM]

*Yawn* Nothing says sexy like plain, boring Times in all caps.

[Ryan Trevisol @ Nov 30th 2007 8:33AM]

You know, I was thinking about it, and that might be significant. They notably didn't mention media, something everyone's doing these days, maybe they're going the other way with their handheld and targeting it at businesspeople who eschew the frivolity of "music" and "entertainment."

You know, like Blackberry did 5 years ago.

[HektikLyfe @ Nov 30th 2007 11:37AM]

Dynamic Text?

[Tom @ Nov 30th 2007 11:50AM]

stupidest name evar

[Nathan @ Nov 30th 2007 2:55PM]

Digital Text maybe...not that all texts aren't digital...