Is This Motorola's First Android Phone?

The first alleged spy pics of Motorola's long-rumored Android phone, the T-Mobile-branded "Morrison," have filtered their way online, and hint that the company could be taking Google's mobile OS in a new, decidedly mainstream direction. More »

T-Mobile CTO Reveals Second Android Phone Coming in "Next Few Weeks"

During and interview with mocoNews, T-Mobile's CTO Cole Brodman confirmed that a second Android phone would be coming sometime in "the next few weeks." More »

Motorola's W7 Active Edition Is Controlled With Hand Gestures

As the name suggests, Motorola's new w7 Active Edition slider is targeted at sporty types, but the physical effort does not stop with the built-in pedometer and personal trainer application. More »

JD Power and Associates Ranks iPhone First Among Smartphones in Customer Satisfaction

Apple took top prize in JD Power and Associates customer satisfaction survey in the smartphone category, while LG ranked first among dumbphones. But one nagging complaint kept the iPhone's scores closer to the competition.

Motorola Loses Another $231 Million, Still Praying to God of the Android for Salvation

Motorola's quarterly earnings continue their grisly streak: A loss of $231 million, following the $194 million they lost the quarter before, thanks a 23 percent drop in handset sales. Moto's co-CEO Sanjay Jha promised they're going to have "differentiated Android-based devices in stores in time for the fourth-quarter holiday season." More »

Fake Aura Slaps On Fake Louis Vuitton For Ultimate Tackiness

In case the Aura, Motorola's 2008 luxury phone, didn't scream nouveau-riche enough, some Chinese counterfeiters have decked their version out in a Louis Vuitton skin. More »

This Rugged Motorola Corporate Has Buttons You Can Actually Click While Wearing Gloves

Despite this giant corporate phone's ruggedness, push to talk, camera and barcode scanner, it is unremarkable. But I am excited to see it has buttons you can use while you wear gloves. Rare! [Motorola via BGR]

Motorola i356IS Won't Blow Up Gas Stations, Sadly

According to Motorola-and contrary to the cellphone now in your pants-their new i356IS won't blow up gas stations or ignite fuel, sadly getting rid of the last bit of fun left in Motorola handsets. More »

Motorola Giving Up on Windows Mobile?

The WSJ speculates that given where the axe is falling at Motorola, not only is their "high-end phone strategy" in danger, but they could be completely ditching Windows Mobile. Officially, Moto says, "nuh uh." [WSJ]

Rumor: Motorola Lay Offs Mean Less Than a Dozen Phones a Year

PhoneScoop has heard that Motorola is going lay off up to half of its handset division and cut the number of phones it brings out per year to less than a dozen. More »

Motorola's New Phones Are Nice Things in Ugly Packages

Motorola is rolling out three new handsets that'll be available in the next few months. While the concepts are relatively up-to-date (eco-friendliness, military ruggedness, touchscreens), why did Motorola choose designs from 2002? More »

Motorola Prizm Gives Diet Advice

Motorola's new touchscreen Motoprizm in Korea that appears to be a takeoff on the Krave—albeit with a few tweaks. Oddly enough, word is that the device also gives daily diet and lifestyle suggestions. More »

Motorola Is Officially Junk

Standard and Poor's Rating Services acknowledges what Giz readers have known for a long time: They now classify Motorola as junk. More »

Motorola QA30 Leaked: Moto's First QWERTY Slider

It appears that Motorola is getting ready to add the QA30 to their Q-Series lineup complete with a sliding QWERTY keypad. It isn't a smartphone and the specs (CDMA, 1x-EVDO connectivity, 2.5 inch TFT, Full HTML browser, 2 MP camera, Bluetooth, MicroSD / MicroSDHC card support, up to 32GB) aren't going to wow anyone, but it might be a decent option for Alltel customers looking for a cheap QWERTY. That is, of course, if you can get past the wonky looking design. More »

iPhone Passes the RAZR to Become Best Selling Phone in the US This Quarter

Just days after supplanting the BlackBerry in customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users, Apple's iPhone has taken down another cellphone icon, Motorola's Razr, in terms of total sales for the quarter. According to NPD (the leading wireless research firm) the iPhone outsold the Razr in the 3Q—representing the first changing of the guard in three years.This change comes despite a higher price tag in the midst of a struggling economy. In fact, NPD notes that overall sales of cellphones are down 15% from last year. More »

Samsung Slips Into Number One Cellphone Slot, Leaves Motorola Sadly Second

Samsung is now the leading cellphone vendor in the US, according to research by Strategy Analytics, and it's assumption of the top slot has pushed Motorola into second place. In the last quarter, Samsung pushed its sales up 6.2 percent over the previous year's results to 47.4 million handsets. More »

Motorola Legal Contract Won't Let You Hawk $2000 Aura Phone on eBay

Motorola's $2000 exquisitely crafted Aura phone is a perfect eBay item: Rare, ridiculously expensive to start, it would fetch a small fortune. Which is exactly why Motorola is reportedly requiring buyers to “sign into a contract that states they can’t sell it on eBay." More »

Motorola Zine ZN5 5-Megapixel Cameraphone Hits T-Mobile for $99

Motorola's ZN5 cameraphone's just hit T-mobile today, and we're impressed: the 5-megapixel cam phone is going for as little as $99. That's on a 2-year contract, but it's still pretty impressive given that the phone's quad-band, with Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio and a "proper" xenon flash unit built in. Is this another hint that Motorola may be able to claw its way out of the miry pit? Only time will tell. [BGR]

Moto Lets the Windows Mobile 6.5 Cat Out of the Bag

In today's earnings call, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha made multiple references to Windows Mobile 6.5, explaining that a Moto handset running the software would be released in the second half of 2009. Jha was vague on specifics about WinMo 6.5, but according to PC Mag, he did go on record as saying "I think there are significant new added features which will help the platform." What does this mean for Windows Mobile 7? Last we heard, the mobile OS was also scheduled for a second half 2009 release. Will the multitouch-friendly successor be further delayed? [PC Mag]

Motorola To Cut More Jobs, Shift Focus to Android Phones

Motorola's got plenty of problems. A really big one being that their development focus is spread across as many as six cellphone platforms. To help streamline (err, slash up) things, Sanjay Jha, the new head of cellphone operations, plans to do what many have been suggesting and suspecting: reduce that number to three, while shifting tons of resources to Android. More »

More Details on Motorola's Android Phone: It'll Be Better, Cheaper than G1

Details have been dribbling out about Motorola's upcoming Android cellphone—we already knew it was going to be social-networky—but Businessweek has quizzed Moto and garnered a few more juicy facts. Firstly it'll have a an "iPhone-like touchscreen," which is no big surprise, and it'lll have a slide-out QWERTY like the G1. But, most interestingly, it'll be specced a little higher than the G1 and will come at a lower price point. More »

Motorola Working on Android-Based Social Networking Smartphone

We already knew that Motorola was looking to resuscitate their cellphone biz by developing for Android, but a recent job posting on Coroflot may have revealed a twist in their plans. The posting calls for an Interaction Designer "responsible for leading and actively participating in the concept, design, documentation and development of user interfaces for our mobile products including our new Android Social Networking SmartPhone." More »

Motorola Confirms Android Phone, Crosses Fingers

In what it could seem like their last chance to regain some relevance in the cellphone market—and actually survive the current war—Motorola has confirmed their bet on Android in an official statement answering previous rumors: More »

Motorola Embeds CDMA Femtocell into Digital Photo Frame

I have to hand it to the guys at Motorola for coming up with the idea to integrate a femtocell and a VoIP soft phone into a digital photo frame. Femtocells help cover weak spots in a cellular network by sending calls over the internet—which is a good idea except that it would involve yet another device cluttering up your workspace. The choice of a frame as the focal point for the system is a clever solution to this problem because it already utilizes a touchscreen and it blends in well with the surrounding environment. Femtocells have yet to make a big impact on our wireless networks, but I can see devices like this helping to speed up adoption. [connectedhome2go via ZatzNotFunny]

News Flash: Moto R&D Working On Prototypes Other Than RAZR 3!

In a panel at GigaOm's Mobilize conference today, Motorola VP of Applied Technology Fred Kitson revealed some prototype display technologies they have in the works, confirming the company has more on the mind than the damn RAZR. One phone prototype Kitson described involves an embedded projector that made use of 3 lasers that project on a wall, while another makes use of a headset display. He also made mention of home displays that could automatically detect your phone as you move into a target range, and dedicate a portion of that screen to your cellphone. More »

Blurred Photos Show Latest Motorola RAZR VE20 Coming to Sprint

Over at PhoneArena they've got a bunch of pics that show the upcoming new Motorola RAZR phone, the VE20. Through the blur you can see the phone is mirrored, features the classic laser-cut keypad and has a touch-sensitive pad on the outer shell like the V9m. The cell has a 2-megapixel cam, a QVGA main display which is "very crisp" and will apparently be the first phone to allow you listen to as well as watch NFL broadcasts through the NFL Mobile Live application. It's due to be a Sprint exclusive, out August 17th. [PhoneArena]

Motorola Alexander's QWERTY-Free Cousin: The Atila

It's been about a week since spy shots of the Motorola Alexander surfaced, and it appears that it will be followed by an inbred cousin dubbed "Atila" that was born without a QWERTY keyboard. It will also be the first Motorola device with tri-band UMTS/HSDPA. Other features include: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 1.8Mbps HSUPA, 2.8″ QVGA 240 x 320 screen, Wi-Fi b/g, a Qualcomm 7201A chipset and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. As usual, no release date or pricing has been announced just yet. [BGR]

Motorola Alexander Cellphone Spy Shot: It Doesn't Look Like a Savior

It has been a few months since we first heard about the upcoming "Alexander" phone from Motorola—a release that was considered a do-or-die for the company. BGR has managed to snag a spy shot of the phone that clearly shows a Windows Mobile platform running (listed at 6.1 but may be 7) as opposed to UIQ and what appears to be a vertical sliding QWERTY. It's still slated for a Q4 release, but I don't see it bringing Moto back from the brink or anything. [BGR]

Motorola Cannot Possibly Stop Sucking Until After Mid-2009

Motorola's mobile devices division has a new CEO, Sanjay Jha, from Qualcomm. Huzzah! With some new direction, maybe they'll stop doing that massive sucking thing they've been doing for the last couple years, right? Sure, but not anytime soon. In a conference call shortly after his official coronation, he admits that "between here and the middle of next year" not much can change—you'll have to wait until the second half of 2009 to see the new (and hopefully less sucky) Motorola. Meaning we've got another year of Razrs, ROKRS and Qs to look foward to. Sigh. [Silicon Alley Insider]

Verizon and Sprint Both Getting Blessed With HTC Touch Pro and Diamond

If you're craving HTC's Diamond or Touch Pro (aka Raphael) it looks you're going be satisfied no matter what carrier you're on. Phone Arena says the CDMA flavors of both will hit Sprint AND Verizon, so there's no need to bounce to another carrier to get your hands on one. No word on the dates. In a side note, Moto's Blaze is due on Big Red by Sept. 22, if you're interested in a meh touchscreen phone. [Phone Arena, Thanks Matthew]

T-Mobile's Motorola Rokr E8 Gets Official Launch Date, Price

We've been keeping you updated about the morphing-screen Rokr E8, and now T-mobile has officially announced its version. Available from July 7, it'll cost $199.99 and that's on a two-year service plan. [PCMag]