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Motorola's Smart Rider Car Phone: Just In Case You Were Expecting a Call From 1992

An FCC leak back in February tipped us off to the fact that Motorola was prepping a car phone, but it wasn't until today that the details were announced. However, unlike the car phones of yesteryear, the Smart Rider features GPS navigation, voice activation and Bluetooth. But here is the kicker—you can use it outside of your car, which basically makes it just another cellphone. Oh those Motorola execs with their marketing trickery! No wonder you guys are kicking so much ass. Available starting in June. Press release after the break. More »

9:20 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,405 views, 28 comments

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Leaked Motorola M990 GPS Phone is a Car Phone? Wha?

Unwired View points out the weirdness in this Motorola M990 Smart Rider GSM phone. Yes, it's got an integrated GPS, EDGE and quad-band GSM, but its description makes it seem like it's tailored for 1993, not 2008.

...with stylish and full features set, it is targeted to a broad band of markets looking for exclusivity like business men, limousines and private cars looking for stylish communication and navigation solution...

So it's a...car phone? [UnwiredView]

8:10 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Jason Chen
5,909 views, 17 comments

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CarPhone Solves Wireless Calling in Car Without the Need for Bluetooth

So, you love your phone and your car so much you want to create a hybrid, but you are not going to embark on your ultimate mod before seeing some proof that it is possible. Thanks to some fellow, who deemed it fit to create a car/phone hybrid some 25 years ago, your curiosities can be settled. Checkout his ridiculous CarPhone, complete with a matching/self-deprecating uniform, in the gallery below:
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3:30 PM on Sat Nov 24 2007
By Haroon Malik
5,119 views, 21 comments