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Rumored Atila from Motorola

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone

Motorola’s latest  much-rumored smartphone, currently named "Atila," has had images of it supposedly leaked to the public. Designed as a device to compete directly with the iPhone, it features a touchscreen, 3G support and will run Windows Mobile.

The device reportedly will feature quad-band GSM/EDGE along with tri-band UMTS/HSPA, making it ideally suited for use overseas or on AT&T and Rogers in North America. The device will not support T-Mobile USA’s 3G rollout, only the carrier’s existing 2.5G network.

Atila will supposedly run on a Qualcomm 7201A processor, speed unknown but likely in the 400 MHz range.

Its 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen will be its only means of input, lacking a hardware keyboard or numeric keypad. This is a big part of what separates it from the Motorola Alexander, a similar model that was recently leaked.

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Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade from Motorola

Posted by sawaru | Category: Smartphone, Software

Motorola released a downloadable Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard upgrade for its AT&T-branded Moto Q9h and Q9h Global phones. The upgrade reportedly provides slightly faster speeds, along with new operating system features like a task manager, sliding panels on the home screen, plus cut and paste.
Motorola’s Q9h and Q9h Global originally shipped with Windows Mobile 6.0. Neither device has a touchscreen, making the upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 potentially significant. That release brought non-touchscreen devices functionality that was previously available only on touchscreen smartphones, such as text select, cut, copy, and paste.

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Google Android on HTC delayed

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone, Smartphone, Software

Running Google Android on HTC could be push back to early 2009 the release of the cellphone maker’s first phone using the Google mobile operating system. The company rejects assertions by Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry that both technical and minimum payment issues are affecting the release and insists that the phone is on track for a fall 2008 launch. The researcher’s belief “does not match the facts,” the firm says.

The late 2008 launch is widely believed to be part of a high-profile release for not just HTC but also T-Mobile USA, which has been all but confirmed as launching its nationwide 3G network on October 1st and may launch the HTC device, often rumored to be the Dream touchscreen phone, as a companion to wider access for the carrier’s faster data speeds and improved call quality.

Most other Android phones aren’t slated to launch until early 2009 and are heavily rumored to have been partly hindered by delays in the Android software itself. LG, Motorola, Samsung, and others are part of the Open Handset Alliance instrumental in promoting Android.

[via The Unwired]

Motorola Blaze for Verizon Visual voicemail

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone, Smartphone

Verizon sure has been hitting the touch screen hype very hard as of late, and the newest such device has been out for sale already. The device is the Motorola Blaze, which we first heard about when it was spotted on a list of devices to get Verizon’s upcoming visual voicemail service. Perhaps for the first time though, Verizon has got a little to anxious to stock up on touch devices, as it is being reported as sub par. Apparently, the screen on the device is not very responsive, and it has only the most common of features. It does have EV-DO Rev. A, and of course the visual voicemail, both which will help at least a few get off the shelves. The device looks like the Motorola Ming, and is all touch with no keyboard. No price or availability for the device was given, but we are not holding our breathe for this one.

Source : BGR

Two new Motorola Ming available

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone

Motorola Ming A1600 has a 2.4-inch 262K color TFT display with a QVGA resolution. It is a touchscreen and there is also a stylus to help you navigate around. The MING semi-transparent plastic active cover protects the display and aids in call management.

 A Motorola MING A1600 runs on the Linux OS, much like the predecessor MING A1200. The A1600 has quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support but no 3G functionality. There is a 3-megapixal camera with continuous autofocus. A really unique feature is the business card scanner that also allows you to photograph a sign or text and have it translated by the on-board dictionary.

The Motorola Ming A1600 also has a microSD card slot (up to 4GB), Bluetooth capability, a microUSB port, and a stereo FM radio. This phone comes in at 98.9×53.5x 19.6 mm and weighs 128g, so it isn’t one of the most compact phones out there.

source : phonemag

Motorola A810 new mobile linux

Posted by admin | Category: Mobile Linux, Smartphone

Motorola A810 is powered by Linux OS, have a touch screen and will not have a keyboard. The linux smartphone has quite a clean design at the front. You can see the Send/Answer key at the left, Power/End key at the right and a 5-way nagivation joystick at the center. All user input can be done through its stylus, which is stored at the back of the A810. You can either use the virtual keyboard on the screen to input the text, or activate the handwriting recognition to write on the screen directly. At the back of the phone there is a 2 megapixel camera.

Via Source [FCC] Engadget

Motorola Mobile TV device

Posted by admin | Category: GPS Navigation & Guidance System, Industry, Trend Watch & News

Motorola, Inc. unveiled the latest addition to its Mobile TV devices portfolio — the Mobile TV DH02 — a personalized TV, multimedia entertainment on the go and navigation device featuring a touch screen user interface.

Building on the Mobile TV DH01 introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show and the Mobile TV DH01n introduced at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, the Mobile TV DH02 demonstrates Motorola’s ongoing commitment to enabling media mobility and accelerating personal media experiences. The new device features a touch screen user interface with intuitive click, drag and scroll icon-based menus.

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Spurs growth on all level

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Several large manufacturers expanding capacity, other types of transparent conductive materials such as conductive polymer, carbon nanotube and Antimony Tin Oxide (ATO) have an entry opportunity now. In fact, Fujitsu Ltd. already has started using conductive polymer for some of its resistive-type touch screens.

iPhone impact
Since the iPhone proved that multi-touch technology can be portable and affordable, multi-touch has become the hot topic in the industry. Many providers of alternative touch-screen technologies have announced multi-touch capabilities, such as the optical imaging camera-based touch screens offered by touch screen designer and developer NextWindow Ltd. Other examples include IR Touch Systems Technology Co. Ltd’s infrared touch screen and Stantum Inc.—formerly named JazzMutant—which has offered a multi-touch music controller since 2004.

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