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Sony Ericsson could do it. Who says Motorola won’t also be able to do it? Sony Ericsson announced the release of the MS500, their new outdoor wireless speaker, which is the first one of this type. It was time for Motorola to closely follow the footsteps of the Swedish-Japanese company and to release their version of a Bluetooth speaker.

Compared to the MS500, which wasn’t given the official treatment, the Motorola T325 wasn’t released with the same “fuss”, if I may say so. There were no fireworks, applauses, a press release, or something like this.

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You can use the Bluetooth speaker when driving your car, as a hands-free system. The bad news is that the details concerning the features, the specs or the dimensions are unknown for the moment. What we suppose, on the other hand, is that the device will be compatible with the Motorola phones that are equipped with Bluetooth with A2DP.

You’ll have to content yourself with the picture above, ‘cause this is the only way to make an impression of the Motorola Bluetooth speaker. Unfortunately, the details about the price and the availability are also to be given to the public by the company in the next couple of months. Or at least this is what we hope.

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A rugged cell phone is probably the best alternative that someone can choose from the wide variety of devices that we are constantly offered, because the environment can prove itself to be very nasty sometimes. And there’s no doubt about the fact that we don’t need a cell phone which decides to die when we least expect it.

Sprint decided to release a brand new version of an old model, the Motorola i850 iDEN, a rugged phone, which you can buy right away, just in case you’re interested in it.

It’s not difficult to see that “highly visible yellow” outfit of the new handset, as it’s a very powerful color that catches everyone’s attention. Talking about power, the battery is a 1130 mAh one, providing approximately 200 minutes of talk time, which is pretty good.

Besides these differences, compared to the old version, this rugged cell phone didn’t change very much, being also certified to Military Standard 810F, which means the yellow i850 is resistant to all sorts of factors, from shocks, vibration, dust or solar radiation to extreme temperatures, low pressure, rain, fog and humidity.

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The features list of the Motorola i850 consists of the following: an 1.9 inch TFT internal display with a resolution of 176x220 pixels and 262k colors, a white STN external display with a resolution of 96x32 pixels, an 1.3 megapixel camera, GPS functionality, Bluetooth connectivity, MMS capabilities, Nextel Direct Connect, iDEN 800/900 MHz and microSD card slot for expandable memory.

The phone measures 3.8 x 2.2 x 1.1 inches and weighs no more than 5.1 ounces.

The yellow version of the Motorola i850 rugged cell phone is already available via Sprint and can be yours for $119. It’s just that you’ll have to sign a 2-year contract agreement for this price.

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Music addicts can never have enough alternatives when it comes to their music centric cell phones. This is why manufacturers should always keep an eye on this segment and take good care of their interests. And here we have a phone that was kind of neglected by everyone, but it seems that Motorola decided – finally, if I might say so – to officially release it. It’s the Motorola EM300 (also known as Ischia), a cell phone focused on music features that music lovers aren’t willing to live without.

Back in July 2008, the phone was approved by FCC, a piece of good news for the manufacturer, but since then, there was no word about the EM300 anymore. Because time has passed and left its mark on the phone, the device isn’t the same, now that it’s ready to hit the American market.

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The features list includes the following: a touch-sensitive external screen, an 1.3 megapixel camera with video capabilities, tri band EDGE, stereo Bluetooth, Crystal Talk technology, FM radio with RDS, “3D Sound” Surround-sound quality, 3.5mm headphone jack, EQ provided with 11 pre-set genres that are included, the dedicated music key, an internal memory of only 20MB and, of course, a microSD card support for external memory of no more than 2GB.

This new Motorola music phone is expected to start selling in the second quarter of 2009 via AT&T.

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You must wait a while up until the moment when Motorola decides to give these two handsets the official treatment, but we can’t neglect the fact that the Rival A455 and the Evoke QA4 made their appearance in the world of mobile phones.

For the moment, we must be satisfied with what we have, meaning the press photos and the features lists, which are the confirmation of the fact that these Motorola’s newest handsets are basic ones.

The first one, the Motorola Evoke QA4, is equipped with the following features: CDMA / EV-DO Rev, a touchscreen display with a virtual QWERTY keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera with video capabilities, Bluetooth with A2DP, MP3 player, email and Instant Messaging, voice recognition and microSD / microSDHC card slots.

The phone measures 108 x 50.5 x 17.5 millimeters and weighs approximately 128 grams.

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The second handset, on the other hand, the Rival A455, comes with a full QWERTY keyboard (that can be slid), a touchscreen display, dual band CDMA connectivity (800/1900 MHz) with 1X-EV-DO, a 2 megapixel camera that also has video capabilities, Stereo Bluetooth connectivity, the VZ Navigator service, 3.5mm headset jack, MP3 player, USB 2.0, email and Instant Messaging, microSD / microSDHC card slots.

This one measures 97 x 51 x 18 millimeters and weighs 125 grams.



When it comes to pricing and availability, details are still unknown.

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Do you know what an intrinsically-safe device is? And if I ask you is not because I underestimate you, but because I, for one, don’t have a clue.

Searching on Wikipedia, I found that the “intrinsic safety (IS) is a protection technique for safe operation of electronic equipment in explosive atmospheres. The concept was developed for safe operation of process control instrumentation in hazardous areas, particularly North Sea gas platforms”. The phone wasn’t designed from scratch, if I may say so, as we can recognize a previous Motorola device, the i365, which was sold by Sprint starting the fall of the last year.



The i365IS is “a device that is incapable of releasing sufficient electrical or thermal energy to ignite fuel and cause a fire or explosion. Intrinsically safe devices are safe to use in hazardous areas that may contain flammable gasses, vapors or dust”.

If you can’t understand the reason why I’m asking such a thing, then you should also know that Sprint, the American carrier that you are familiar with, has just announced the availability of a new Motorola cell phone, the i365IS, a push-to-talk handset for the Nextel Direct Connect network.

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As far as the features are concerned, they include: an ultra-rugged design, as it combined the military specs that make the phone resistant to dust, shocks of all sorts, humidity, rain or vibration, a 64k colors display with a resolution of 130x130 pixels, Bluetooth connectivity, GPS navigation, a speakerphone and Second Line Service. This safe device comes with support for Nextel Direct Connect services, such as Direct Connect, Group Connect, International Direct ConnectSM, Direct TalkSM, Direct SendSM and NextMail. Measuring 5.3 x 2.1 x 1.2 inches and weighing 7.05 ounces, the phone provides up to 300 minutes of talk time.



Unfortunately, there are no details yet about pricing or availability, but there’s no doubt about the fact that Sprint will release very soon.

(Source: unwiredview.com)