Motorola A3000 (Atila) gets official-ish... for China

Rumors were rampant that Motorola's touchscreen-based Atila would be launching somewhere in the wide world next quarter, and said whispers are shaping up to be right on target. The typically reliable iDNES has it that the A3000 (same device, people) has been certified for use by China's telecommunications authority, which pretty much signals that it'll be on sale in the not-too-distant future. Specs wise, we're told to expect a 528MHz processor, Windows Mobile running the show, Bluetooth, a microSDHC card slot and a QVGA display. It's not certain the cost nor the exact release date, but we'd say that should all be much clearer at CES. Hear that Moto? Much clearer at CES.

[GRod @ Dec 16th 2008 7:54AM]

Good luck iPhone!

[Techie @ Dec 16th 2008 7:57AM]

I don't think people in China are going to pay well over their entire month salary for a phone like this one. Most Chinese buy Sony Ericsson because it's just so simple to use. In China Edge and 3G is a must! Programs like QQ (Like MSN, Yahoo, Aol Aim) is also a must have and don't forget a digital camera with Chinese text!

[chefgon_ign @ Dec 16th 2008 8:06AM]

QVGA touchscreen phone? No thanks.

[JustAGuy @ Dec 16th 2008 8:44AM]

Umm... first of all, check out the specs, has EDGE.. Secondly, China uses TD-SCDMA , it's own flavor of 3G, which is just beginning to be rolled out. Therefore, I am pretty sure that this makes sense for the PRC market. ROC or HK are another story...

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 16th 2008 9:04AM]

Not bad, but really, meh.

[lalith @ Dec 16th 2008 12:17PM]

They say "The display is active (TFT) and has dimensions of 71.5 x 50.9 millimeters." Which makes the hypotenuse as > 2.8Inches... Is there something missing?

[lalith @ Dec 16th 2008 7:32PM]

there shoud be two versions... cos one of the prev leaked images had a camera in front too..

[nqs @ Dec 19th 2008 4:58PM]

Funny, the exterior design looks just lixe the open moko