So much for the "
last stand," huh? After getting pictured
way back in August of last year, Motorola has quietly let CES, Mobile World Congress and (almost) CTIA slip by with nary a peep on why this thing has yet to ship. We'd initially heard that
Q4 2008 was the window, and then
Q1 2009; just last week, we heard that Moto could be shooting out
ten new smartphones in the latter half of this year, but evidently this one won't be included. According to the always questionable
DigiTimes, Motorola has inexplicably "canceled the planned launch of the Alexander handset and also reduced the number of markets in which it will sell its
A3100 smartphone," though it gave no reason as to why. Is it sad that we're not at all saddened? Onward and upward, we say.
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posted Mar 23rd 2009 5:23PM
oh- the motorola pre
WHO WAS PHONE??
Bring back an Updated V60 and V60i
Those things were Professionally SEXY!
Definitely looks like the Pre but with a Motorola logo on it. That was to be their world-beater, now it will make a good eggbeater. Poor, useless Moto.
Thank god!
so long motorola...can't say i'll miss you. at all!
Give it a rest, man. Moto is not going anywhere. I did not really like the design of Alexander and A3100, so this is not really a surprise to see them scaling back while its still in the pipeline. But count on its Android phone coming later this year to be as revolutionary as the Pre and iPhone.
what the hell are you smoking? you actually are defending motorola? seriously, you've purchased a motorola phone in your lifetime that you've been happy with? now you think that they will give apple and palm a run for their money?
just say no to crack!
oh, by the way, if you're one of the ass holes who actually has morotola stocks do yourself a favor and sell them now!
@EI8HT: The Moto E815 I used to have was great despite VZW's attempts to cripple it. When it came time to replace it, I went with another Moto (Z6m) because it was the only phone in VZW's lineup at the time that could get me a decent signal from my home. Say what you will about their features, but Moto's radios are some of the best out there and a cell phone that can't pick up a signal is completely worthless.
The RAZR is dead, long live the RAZR. Motorola needs some forward thinkers.
HELLO FACK U MOTO...
Good, because it was fugly anyway.
Good, this thing is hideous.
i like the form factor. it would be the perfect replacement for my aging samsung i730.
I thought this was one of their better designs, aside from the 80s chrome trim and gloss.
Keyboard looks far more usable than most (spacing is good but bottom row of keys is still too low, IMO). Not a fan of sliders, but I think it's so much better than a lot of the designs out there, usability-wise, IMO.
Now as to the actual GUI...who knows.
Why does Motorola keep torturing itself by remaining in business? Their handset division is unsalvageable, just shut it down and move on.
The problem with motorola is poor design, and horrible OS
Someone did a decent job with the RAZR , i don't see why that design team can't do any better?
Hey, that's my name!
Death by iPhone,.,.LOL!!!!
i think motorola got way in over their heads when the razr became insanely popular before, and thats when they made almost all their phones razr like. I think they need new innovations, not the same Razr gloss style, seriously, just because the razr was popular doesn't mean all their other phones will be too.
Apple's iPhone is so far superior to these knock-offs, it will be interesting to see how much AT&T's cell phone market share rises over the next few years.
Matthew Freeman
Christian SEO
Best decision Moto made in years.
Motorola should just give up the ghost and file Chapter 7.
The Moto Napoleon is definitely a kick-ass phone, I bought an engineering prototype and use it daily. They even made a home screen skin that made life easy for winmo std (a far superior OS than winmo pro IMO). Too bad they killed that one, it's probably the best business phone out there. I was looking forward to see if they could do anything with the mess that is winmo pro.
byebye moto
This was a decent phone, I have been useing my friends dev model for 5 months or so. The size w/o the slide out took a little getting used to.