The Moto U9 is the PEBL successor, even if the PEBL moniker is nowhere in sight. Primarily, it's a music phone, with WM Player 11 syncing over USB, stereo Bluetooth streaming, MP3/AAC/AAC+ support, and a microSD slot capable of up to 4GB of storage on top of the internal 25MB of room. Other interesting features…

Just like with the MotoRIZR Z6, Motorola is taking an old phone and placing the ROKR moniker on it, essentially turning it into a badged music phone. This time they're taking the Moto PEBL U9 and making it a Moto ROKR U9.

RCA began selling the Gem line of MP3 players, including the Opal. Creative introduced its Zen Stone. And today Acer brings us the Gemstone. Earthly naming conventions are nothing new, from the PEBL to the i-Stones, gadget makers have long tried to portray their wares as organic, natural forms instead of the mercury…

Our insider at T-Mobile, lets call him T-Mobile Insider Dude, slipped us a little spec sheet about Samsung's latest clamshell phone that will be available for T-Mobile soon—the Stripe. I guess Samsung copying Motorola on the Q wasn't enough, now they are taking a shot at the more-than-year-old Motorola PEBL. The…

Seen in this fuzzy slide off some guy's undoubtedly boring presentation, Motorola seems to be preparing a Linux-based RAZR PDA-phone sometime this decade. We already know how Motorola likes Linux for various phones, so it's not out of the question for them to slap a version into a RAZR, pat themselves on the ass (no…

By Brendan I. Koerner

In case you were wondering what the limited edition white Maria Sharapova PEBL looked like, here you go. Only one of 50 available to special contest winners. Or if your name is Maria Sharapova.

According to Wikipedia, Maira Sharapova is a tennis player; according to me, she's hot. That aside, fans of the Russian tennis star can look forwar to getting their hands on a special white Sharapova-branded Motorola PEBL. Her signature (laser-etched, natch) is all over 50 of the special PEBLs. There's no way to…

The new colors of the PEBL are finally here for T-Mobile. Green, blue, and orange join the black to round out T-Mo's lineup.

Four new colors have been announced for the Motorola PEBL: pink, green, orange and blue. If you'll remember, they've got pink versions of both the RAZR and SLVR out as well—please raise your hands if you ever thought way back in the StarTac era that Motorola would be releasing one pink phone, let alone three.

Oh yes, today is the Oscars. I must have been so excited that I completely forgot about it. Every year the Oscar nominees are awards with bags of swag usually full of tech and other goodies. Don't fret, there are some rules to these gift bags. The individual items cannot be valued below $500. The Chicago Sun-Times…

Looks like we missed this one on Sunday, but Motorola seems to have released a Fiery Red PEBL "for the ladies." It was supposed to be a Valentine's Day promotion, so we're not sure if this will appear pressed against the ear of short girls in furry boots and huge sunglasses around the world this March.

Motorola always gives its latest, just-released phones away to Oscar nominees, and this year's, ahem, gifting experience includes the special edition PEBL shown above. Moto is touting the "gunmetal" finish (as opposed to silver or black), as well as the personalized "keepsake box"—although why anyone would keepsake…

By Brendan I. Koerner

Looks like Motorola is prepping a "mass market" version of its PEBL handset, and it glows. No clue what Moto has in mind here — maybe this is for India? — but it's basically a less expensive version of the existing phone, and it glows.

Here is the latest version of the four letter word mobile phone from Motorola. It's a pretty average phone, not too many features, works on the GSM network from T-Mobile, has an average camera, Bluetooth, etc. But the big kicker with this phone is the design. The PEBL has a very round, sexy, organic shape that fits…

From the 'while you were out to lunch' department comes the news from Phonescoop that Motorola has been revising the specs on its most-anticipated handsets. I'm talking about hugely publicized phones such as the PEBL and SLVR, as well as the E895 and A910. What's changed? These phones will no longer launch with…

Yes this is an unsubstantiated rumor, but it's just so delicious that we had to dish about it. Apparently the sleek and fashionable Motorola PEBL may be coming to T-Mobile in Q4 of this year. It remains to be seen if it'll be as popular as the RAZR, but the sheer cuteness of this pebble portable might just beat out…