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Wired Editor Drops, Destroys RAZR on Live TV
Wired Senior Editor Nick Thompson was on the Today Show this morning talking about why the N95 and iPhone are the best high-end phones and the RAZR is the best cheap phone. OK, fair enough. Unfortunately for Nick, when he dropped the RAZR to the floor to demonstrate its durability, it ended up getting destroyed in the process. It's a sound and sight I'm sure many of you former RAZR owners are familiar with. Well, I guess it proved your point, Nick: the RAZR is cheap. Very cheap. [Boing Boing Gadgets]
9:38 AM on Fri May 30 2008
By Adam Frucci
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72 comments
Latest by perrobg: bla bla bla see this article: [forum.planar.bz] (no need to translate it, but you can do it with babelfish) more »
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Alas, Poor RAZR, I Knew You Well
Yetro is something so unfashionable it has yet to be retro—and probably will never be. Example: my RAZR. I've had it for almost three years now. I hate it. Actually, hate is too strong a word. I pity it. My mobile phone with its nauseous blue-painted interface, its ability to change its ring tone to the Motorola theme whenever it feels like it, and its battery, which now gives me about five minutes' talk time before it bleeps like a demented synthetic chicken. In the video above, Jesus and I "reenact" a more joyful time, its original unboxing three long years ago. Today, I'm thinking I should bite the bullet and retire the old boiler. Is the utter demise of the RAZR finally nigh at hand? Not for Gizmodo readers who obviously have moved on long ago, but for trailing edge late adopters too? More »
11:00 AM on Sun Apr 20 2008
By AddyDugdale
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Latest by n/a: Ok, so I've had my Razr for about 18 months. The first thing to go on it was the battery cover. I had a habit of taking the cover off and putting it back on as I enjoyed the satisfying more »
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Say you're a company that had a hit design about three years ago and have been banking on variations of that spec ever since. What's the best way to improve your designs so that people will buy them and turn your company around? Is it firing half of them at one of your UK facilities? Actually, it probably is. What better way to loosen up entrenched ideas than to get rid of half the people responsible for them, shocking the other half into thinking up something new or face the axe as well? Motorola says in addition to laying off these 50%, it might even close the facility altogether. [The Register]
Motorola Firing Half its Designers at a UK Facility
Say you're a company that had a hit design about three years ago and have been banking on variations of that spec ever since. What's the best way to improve your designs so that people will buy them and turn your company around? Is it firing half of them at one of your UK facilities? Actually, it probably is. What better way to loosen up entrenched ideas than to get rid of half the people responsible for them, shocking the other half into thinking up something new or face the axe as well? Motorola says in addition to laying off these 50%, it might even close the facility altogether. [The Register]
1:50 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Jason Chen
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Latest by FizzyPopMan: "Hello Moto!" More like "Goodbye Moto!" more »
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Moto Knocked Out of Handset Business?
From the bestselling cellphone in history to the most ignominious departure of a CEO not related to any criminal behavior, Motorola's had a hell of a slide, but still, the latest speculation comes as a punch to the chin. Richard Windsor, an analyst with a firm called Nomura International, says that Moto may exit the handset business. On one hand, it could sell the division to Chinese investors, but on the other hand, not even the Chinese really know how to solve Moto's problems. What happened, Motorola? Seriously, what in hell happened? [MarketWatch]
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Zander No Moto: The RAZR King Steps Down
Ed Zander—the celebrity CEO who made Motorola's RAZR an Apple-like sensation then somehow spoiled it with all them spinoffs—will step down on Jan. 1. Does this mean we won't get the POOPR, the SHTR or the TFSU? Does this mean that Motorola might recover from its slip to third place in the world cell phone sales? I know I've asked this before, but would the RAZR2 be a cooler phone if it was named something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? Here's the real question:More »
12:18 PM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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13 comments
Latest by n/a: i've had and have a whole bunch of motorola phones from boost to nextel to att the razr and i liked them all but i got to admit my iphone is killer towards the motorola phones. more »
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Motorola Drops to Third Place Behind Samsung, Nokia - Nobody Wonders Why
In news that surprises no one, Motorola's dropped to third place in global cellphone sales behind Samsung and Nokia, thanks to inventory issues and "an unremarkable product lineup". That's code for too many RAZRs and RIZRs, in case your decoder ring's in the shop. In comparison, Moto's down from 21% to 13% of the market in just one year, compared with Samsung's 15% and Nokia's 38%. Beyond that, there's Sony Ericsson, LG, and everyone else. Unless Motorola comes out with a phone that's a big a hit as the original RAZR was, we don't see any kind of upturn in the next year, either. [PC World]
4:20 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Jason Chen
2,800 views,
22 comments
Latest by Thermopyle: One smartphone isn't going to save any company, but the Moto Q Global seems to be a pretty fantastic phone. (Queue Windows Mobile haters) more »
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Motorola Responds to Penis Clock Allegations
The MOTO PNIS clock image we found yesterday caused such an uprising over at Motorola, they felt the need to respond to any possible penis allegations today. More »
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Do you see the penis? Howard forum users discovered a penis image in the default Motorola analog clock in at least the V9M, the K1M and various other phones. Of course this Moto PNIS could just be a weird shadow, but it's a bit too penisy to just dismiss. Check your Moto, and if you've got this on your clock image, let us know. [Howard Forums via Boy Genius]
Motorola Penis Easter Egg
Do you see the penis? Howard forum users discovered a penis image in the default Motorola analog clock in at least the V9M, the K1M and various other phones. Of course this Moto PNIS could just be a weird shadow, but it's a bit too penisy to just dismiss. Check your Moto, and if you've got this on your clock image, let us know. [Howard Forums via Boy Genius]
Today the RAZR2 started selling from TMO for $250 with 2GB of internal memory. Now all major US carriers have the phone, so it should be selling well to the mainstreamers. [More details on the RAZR2 variants]
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Moto RAZR2 Luxury Edition Screams Atlantic City Style
It's no gold-plated diapers, but the RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition does have 18k and 24k gold plated accents, a fancy analog/digital clock, and all the rest of the standard Moto RAZR2 features. All the non-gold parts are "black slate" and "vacuum metal", along with some snakeskin effects on the back. If you're at all interested in the RAZR 2, head here for some more details, but the only things you're getting extra with the Luxury edition (other than the gold) are a Moto H680 headset—which has gold accents itself—and the envy of dirty middle-aged men everywhere. [Moto]
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Michel Gondry's RAZR2 Ad
We last saw Gondry working his craft for HP's money, but now he's taken his weirdly fluid visuals and made a 60-second spot for the Moto RAZR 2 as well. If you're a Gondry fan, you'll be sure to enjoy the fact that he takes a boring spec sheet and turns it into a subtle, but interesting montage of cellphone features. I'd like to see the director work his magic selling Windows Vista Service Pack 1 in a similar manner. [Super Punch via Neatorama]
4:00 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Jason Chen
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19 comments
Latest by brodie123: love it! man he's shlepping everything nowdays. more »
Motorola promises new phone announcements next month and that they won't "ride one horse to the bitter end again" like did the RAZR. Guess we'll see. [NYT]
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Motorola RAZR2 On Sale Now
As expected, that hot damn RAZR2 just went on sale for $250 little green doggies at Sprint. This is a far cry from the $500 that the original RAZR went for at its launch. Expect other carriers to be following suit now or later with their RAZR2 variants. [Sprint]
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Four of the Five RAZR2s Reviewed (Verdict: What a Difference a Carrier Makes)
Sascha Segan at PC Mag just worked his way through testing the AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Alltel RAZR2 models. Though all RAZR2s have similar specs—"luxurious metal-and-glass design," 240-MHz processor, roughly 100 MB of memory, a 2-megapixel camera and "the biggest, most beautiful external screen you've ever seen on a flip phone"—each carrier treated this differently. We gave you a nice run-down of feature differences, but here's how the actual user experience differs from carrier to carrier: More »
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Apparently, every major carrier is getting a RAZR2. But that doesn't mean they're identical. Between the stores, network technology, and the custom UIs, each is different...and some better than others. Here's a brief guide to which RAZR2 has what, which hasn't been documented at all until now:
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The Unknown Differences Between the RAZR2, Carrier to Carrier
Apparently, every major carrier is getting a RAZR2. But that doesn't mean they're identical. Between the stores, network technology, and the custom UIs, each is different...and some better than others. Here's a brief guide to which RAZR2 has what, which hasn't been documented at all until now:More »
8:17 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By Brian Lam
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Latest by n/a: ***....Does it use the same texting system as the old Razr, or does it ue T9?Thanks in advance... more »
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We've got exclusive word that the full list of carriers for the Motorola RAZR2 will be AT&T, Alltel, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. Only Sprint and Verizon have announced it so far, but look for the others to follow suit shortly. Motorola isn't messing around with iPhone-style marriage to one carrier; they want anyone to be able to get on board with their new flagship, just like they did with the original. So if you're waiting to get a fancy new haptic-touchscreen-featuring RAZR2, don't go canceling your contract to get one; you don't need to. Which model [V9 (3G HSDPA), V9m (3G EVDO CDMA) and V8 (GSM)] each carrier will get hasn't been announced yet.
The Full List of RAZR2 Carriers; Almost Everybody Gets in on the Fun
We've got exclusive word that the full list of carriers for the Motorola RAZR2 will be AT&T, Alltel, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. Only Sprint and Verizon have announced it so far, but look for the others to follow suit shortly. Motorola isn't messing around with iPhone-style marriage to one carrier; they want anyone to be able to get on board with their new flagship, just like they did with the original. So if you're waiting to get a fancy new haptic-touchscreen-featuring RAZR2, don't go canceling your contract to get one; you don't need to. Which model [V9 (3G HSDPA), V9m (3G EVDO CDMA) and V8 (GSM)] each carrier will get hasn't been announced yet.
1:48 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By Adam Frucci
26,126 views,
8 comments
Latest by sartoman: As long as Verizon doesn't use the "Verizon" menu, it should be nice. more »
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Sprint Launches Motorola RAZR 2
After Verizon announced its launch of the RAZR 2 this morning, now Sprint jumps on board, saying it will also launch the new Motorola clamshell. Sprint's touting its RAZR2's ability to watch videos on its 2" external screen, even when the flip is closed. But just like Verizon, the company says little about the phone itself, rather it shills for its services including NFL Mobile, the Sprint music store, Sprint TV with 50 channels of live video and the company's version of TeleNav, giving you turn-by-turn GPS directions. It goes on sale August 22 for $249 with a two-year agreement. Well, if Sprint doesn't want to talk about the beauty of the RAZR2, we'll just show it to you in this gallery: More »
12:45 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By Charlie White
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8 comments
Latest by Judd: Too bad they couldn't have gotten this out sooner- its pretty apparent the iPhone is going to steal the thunder of any handset release in the near future. Still, this is a great looking handset for those that don't need more »
