Gizmodo: Canary

Motorola Canary Gets FCC Thumbs Up

Travis Hudson — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:17:10 EDT

Listen up you thin form-factor Motorola lovers, the next phone to complement your Q, RAZR, and SLVR has just gotten one step closer to hitting the shelves by getting FCC approval. The phone, named the RAZR K1, has been approved as a quad-band GSM and EDGE phone. Check out all of our hip-hoppin', be-boppin' Canary coverage here.

Now it is time for a little off-topic discussion. So it seems every damn day another new device gets some kind of FCC approval. Does it honestly take a lot of work to get something approved from the FCC, or does some intern just sit at the FCC desk with a giant "approved" stamp? Any insiders know what kind of rigorous steps are involved in getting approved? Leave a comment or shoot me an email, you can find my e-mail address over on the left. Teach me a thing or two and you may earn yourself a comments invite. – Travis Hudson

FCC Approves Motorola Canary, Officially Called K1 [Phone Scoop]

Motorola Canary in the Wild

Travis Hudson — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:30:57 EDT

Here is hip-hop mogul, Just Blaze, posing with the Motorola Canary. Just Blaze is well known for being a connoisseur of all things cellphoney, so it is no surprise that he managed to get his hands on the Canary. Thanks, Adam. – Travis Hudson

Cellphone Porn: Motorola Canary and Capri Mash It Up

Charlie White — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:08:57 EDT

We bring you pictures from a website that treats cellphones like porn: BengalBoy, the so-called "Bleeding Edge Pimp," shows us what Motorola's two unannounced and unreleased handsets, those two well-rounded baubles nicknamed Capri and Canary, look like when they're nuzzling up next to each other.

In case you were wondering, the Capri is the purple slider on the far left, and the Canary, a clamshell that's pictured in gray here, is the Motorola Razr's thinner and smaller successor. And what do you know? Compared next to each other here, the Capri and Canary are just about the same size. So take your pick, slider or clamshell. You might want to take a look at this guy's site for dozens more pictures. But we're warning you, it's not exactly safe for work. – Charlie White

Motorola Canary vs. Capri!! Flip or Slide? Its all PIMP to Me! [Bengalboy]

Motorola RAZR II (Canary) Pics Surface

Charlie White — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:56:23 EDT

The first pictures we've seen of Motorola's upcoming RAZR update have surfaced, where the gorgeous cellphone, code-named "Canary," has gotten a glowing review. It's given the once-over and photographed by BengalBoy (a strange site that's not safe for work that mixes pictures of lovely ladies with pictures of lovely tech). The phone is about two-thirds the width of the current RAZR, and about the same thickness. It has 2-megapixel camera with video, supports microSD cards, and has a 352x288 screen inside. But BengalBoy was most impressed with its design:

"What really sets this "Bird" apart from the rest of the cell phones floating around is its "Pure Design". Simple, straight forward, uncluttered and encased in a "Glass Like" Colored Mirror with matching colored keypad..... the highly reflective mirrored surface draws instant "What is That??" comments from stander's by and admiring and covetous looks from those who hold it in their hands!!"

Looks like quite an update to an already-beautiful design. We especially like the wraparound speaker incorporated into the bottom of the phone. – Charlie White

BengalBoy Reviews the Motorola Canary (RaZr II) (NSFW) [BengalBoy]