Motorola Alexander gets pictured: WinMo 6.1, NVIDIA graphics, Q4 release
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 5th 2008 11:50AM
posted Aug 5th 2008 11:50AM
posted Aug 5th 2008 11:50AM
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God, they can't be serious. Why doesn't Moto just die already?
Sorry to say it, but that is actually true, the design is awful.
And let's just not start talking about their interface...
Yeah, thats a whole lotta' ugly
Wow, the Moto backlash is amazing. What a fall from grace. Just a few short years ago the RAZR (and successor lines) were selling like hot cakes to kiddies across the land. How the mighty do fall...
This thing is spec'd very well. I am not a fan of the physical design aesthetic either. There are plenty of ugly phones out there with much lower specs. This thing isnt THAT much different than a Treo or a Berry. Amazing how you all fall right in line with the tone of the author. Nobody is excited about the camera or the Nvidia GPU? Since when did raw aesthetic looks alone dominate the opinion of true tech enthusiasts. You guys sound like a bunch of trendy apple fanboys... oh wait. Never mind.
I don't know...some people like simplicity, and this is a phone with a really simple design and nice specs. I'm not saying it's for me, but still.
Curved keyboard with tiny buttons == fail.
I was thinking the same thing... why on earth did they curve the keyboard like that!?! Oh wait i see it now... it makes a smiley face! Suddenly this phone makes me happy!
If it's a smiley face, it's a shark smiley face, because that's an awful lot of rows of teeth for a normal smiley face.
Curved keyboard with tiny buttons == fail.
2 words. Windows Mobile...
I have another two: Cucumber and lettuce.
What do you want to say with "Windows Mobile..." ??
Maybe is an iPhone fan (I have one, but that doesn't make me an iTard).
Good for you Theo!
Thank you, Evan.
Some people hate WinMo, some other love it (especially on a HTC).
Now, if moto pull this one off with a good price ($99 w/contract, like a Centro), they could have a winner in their hands.
who are they kidding? this doesn't look like anything special and it runs on windows....shot in the foot right there.. besides you know the price is going to be 4x what other comparable devices are, one of the main reasons people don't buy motorola phones anymore!
I'd really love to say Engadget is just being unnecessarily critical as they've been lately but this is just...no. Aesthetic fail.
*hits Motorola on nose with newspaper*
Specs are gorgeous, but wtf is this? That square screen, so much unused space....there had better be some of those damn "invisible morphing buttons."
I agree, I was going to say that Engadget was bashing this unnecessarily like they bash everything non-Apple these days, but then I looked at the picture again and it really does suck. But nVidia graphics sounds nice, although I'd prefer them in an HTC Touch Pro or similar device.
Gold Medal. For QVGA screen fail.
no way! not happening! im so over MOTO! i was backing them but they seem to like killing there fan base slowly i mean why is it that every time i see something i like from them i see TEN things i hate FUCK OFF MOTO
What a Q4 release date means for Motorola:
1. It will be released in Q4 with a ton of bugs in a single tiny country far away from North America.
2. It will be released in Q4 in North America. Q4 '09, that is.
The specs are good but the design of the phone is terrible.
It really does look God awful.
F*ck design! I like the spec... specially the camera. I actually like real buttons. l had an itouch and it was not an enjoyable experience.
Hey! You know what? I like real buttons too! Wow! Maybe I can find one of 13,768 phones produced in the last century that have buttons and manage to look decent at the same time. Hell, most rotary dial phones look less ridiculous.
Use your imagination. lf your slide the keyboard in, the thing look like an iphone.
I'm still quite hung over and it still looks hideous!
Hello, Moto, please go jump off a cliff.
Looks more like Windows Mobile 7 running on the nVidia Tegra APX 2500 chip!
Or maybe not. Depending on what nVidia chip is in there it could be either WM 6.1 or WM7. If it's a GoForce chip then it's WM 6.1 and MOTO is just FAIL
That's what I thought. Nvidia said to start to expect tegra devices in Q4, but motorola is not releasing a good form factor for that chip (honestly, it needs to be a full touchscreen to do justice to that kind of graphics power).
Oh well, nice knowing you moto!
@Chris
I'm betting on a "sucky" GoForce 6600 chip with WM 6.1. Looking again a the pic it's similar to the WM6.1 pics of the MOTO Napoleon Smartphone.. sux
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/gallery/handsets/motorola-napoleon-q9/
I can't say I'm impressed. Nice specs, but c'mon, change the design!
The keyboard looks doubtful, but the really awful thing seems to be that screen. Is it godawful small, or is it just a perspective issue?
Wow that thing is pug fugly!
WHAT?
IT Looks and Seems GOOD!
am I the only one who thinks Moto has a chance here ??
Yeah if it is free with contract or $199 unlocked. That too is a stretch.
Ummm, considering the monster specs this thing has, it's going to be quite the costly phone. I really don't see many people pumping out money for that. It's, well, fugly.
HOWEVER, it really might be one of those cases of it looks ugly in photos but in person it's not that bad. Case and point: iPod nano 3G
ok, Blackberry with WinMo!
Lmao Motorola is desperate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, and here I thought Palm was depressing.
nokia norman confirmed.
What sort of a screen is on that thing? It's tiny! How is a screen that is undoubtedly QVGA useful for web browsing?
Killer hardware with horrible looks? Thats so like Motorola...
Nope, I won't buy this crap. It has all the hardware I want it to but I never said I want qwerty and I never said I want a blackberry. If I wanted a qwerty, I'd get one by now. If I wanted blackberry, I'd get one by now. Come on, Motorola, you can do better than that!
If you can't, just die, Motorola.
Its like they took qualities from RIM and HTC . bashed them together to create an ugly mutant hybrid. humm is that taps i hear playing off in the distance .....
It's an April Fools joke 7 months early (or 5 months late). Can the last employee please turn the lights out?
Looks like the offspring of an iPhone and a Blackberry Bold.
Its a slider!!!! I think it looks good. The keyboard only comes out when you want to type, otherwise touch the screen. Yeah, if it was stuck in that position it would suck, but it is not!
Touch the screen/ good luck with that.
The Start button bottom left means it's WM6.1 Standard.
Just one question: Is a Slider or a Candybar?
They took the Curve in Blackberries and ran with it....