NEWS: Motorola shows new phones, media partnerships

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. the No. 2 cell phone maker,
unveiled a slimmer Razr phone on Tuesday and said it was working with
some Hollywood studios to put movies on handsets as it aims to regain
market share.

Motorola, which posted a first-quarter loss and whose shares have
lost about a third of their value since mid-October amid weak sales
of its phones, had been criticized for a lack of advanced phones and
good follow-up phones to its slim Razr.

The company said it signed deals with Universal Pictures, Sony
Corp.'s Sony Pictures and Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Brothers on
mobile movie partnerships. ...

Even as it launched a new version of the Razr, Motorola has said it
is moving away from dependence on the success of one phone and
working to make applications such as mobile video, music and
photography easier to use.

....

Motorola shares closed down 1.3 percent at $17.92 on the New York
Stock Exchange on Tuesday after some analysts said they were less
than impressed with the phones.

....

MORE TO COME

Motorola announced the availability of three phones based on HSDPA, a
high-speed wireless technology that is taking off in Europe and other
parts of the world. These include its Z8 media phone and a version of
its Q smartphone, the Q9. A version of its Razr2 range, which is 2
millimeters thinner than its previous Razr models, will also support
HSDPA.

....

The Razr2 will go on sale around the world this summer in three
versions with the V9 supporting HSDPA and the V9m supporting EVDO, a
technology used by the No. 2 and No. 3 U.S. wireless carriers. The V8
will support GSM, a technology with lower-speed wireless Web links.

....

The Z8 phone, which will be launched in Europe and Asia in June, will
be able to play full-motion movies and will have a removable storage
card with space for 12 full-length movies and will come loaded with
Universal movie Bourne Identity.

The company has yet to announce when it will have a phone with the
capabilities of the Z8 for the U.S. market.

A GSM version of the Razr2 will be available in early July in Asia.
The Q9 will be available in Italy this week and is expected to launch
in other parts of the world in coming months, Motorola said.

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At 16 May 2007 00:00:15 +0000 John Navas wrote:

> Motorola has said it
> is moving away from dependence on the success of one phone...

I'll believe that when I see it!

The original "brick" handhelds, the original "flip-phones," the Micro-
Tac, the Star-Tac, the RAZR- Moto's strategy, it seems, has always been
to create a unique and popular design then beat everyone over the head
with it until it's ubiquitous, then obsolete. Then they do it again! ;-)

In article <f2dkn0$acn$1@aioe.org>,
Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:

> At 16 May 2007 00:00:15 +0000 John Navas wrote:
>
> > Motorola has said it
> > is moving away from dependence on the success of one phone...
>
> I'll believe that when I see it!
>
> The original "brick" handhelds, the original "flip-phones," the Micro-
> Tac, the Star-Tac, the RAZR- Moto's strategy, it seems, has always been
> to create a unique and popular design then beat everyone over the head
> with it until it's ubiquitous, then obsolete. Then they do it again! ;-)

The Star-Tac was a keeper. I miss mine.

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On Tue, 15 May 2007 19:20:47 -0700, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote
in <labolide-E32301.19204715052007@news.giganews.com>:

>In article <f2dkn0$acn$1@aioe.org>,
> Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
>
>> At 16 May 2007 00:00:15 +0000 John Navas wrote:
>>
>> > Motorola has said it
>> > is moving away from dependence on the success of one phone...
>>
>> I'll believe that when I see it!
>>
>> The original "brick" handhelds, the original "flip-phones," the Micro-
>> Tac, the Star-Tac, the RAZR- Moto's strategy, it seems, has always been
>> to create a unique and popular design then beat everyone over the head
>> with it until it's ubiquitous, then obsolete. Then they do it again! ;-)
>
>The Star-Tac was a keeper. I miss mine.

Agreed. [gasp]

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In article <mucm43da0dffh2f5bqgso47977elu5qt4n@4ax.com>,
John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 May 2007 19:20:47 -0700, Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote
> in <labolide-E32301.19204715052007@news.giganews.com>:
>
> >In article <f2dkn0$acn$1@aioe.org>,
> > Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
> >
> >> At 16 May 2007 00:00:15 +0000 John Navas wrote:
> >>
> >> > Motorola has said it
> >> > is moving away from dependence on the success of one phone...
> >>
> >> I'll believe that when I see it!
> >>
> >> The original "brick" handhelds, the original "flip-phones," the Micro-
> >> Tac, the Star-Tac, the RAZR- Moto's strategy, it seems, has always been
> >> to create a unique and popular design then beat everyone over the head
> >> with it until it's ubiquitous, then obsolete. Then they do it again! ;-)
> >
> >The Star-Tac was a keeper. I miss mine.
>
> Agreed. [gasp]

If the Star-Tac were still around today , we might have world peace. :-)

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John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
news:3uhk43p42suk5dipn4dlp9f8jffr73p2o3@4ax.com:

> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. the No. 2 cell phone maker,
> unveiled a slimmer Razr phone on Tuesday and said it was working
with
> some Hollywood studios to put movies on handsets as it aims to
regain
> market share.
>

Don't get all excited about this. The carriers will do what Alltel has
done to Axcess TV streams....Every 10 minutes the damned movie will stop,
a popup will as you, "Continue watching this movie?" and you'll press the
YES button, missing 4 minutes of the movie while the damned software
reloads, recaches and FINALLY starts replaying...later in the movie.

You all don't REALLY think any cellular carrier is going to let you watch
a stream for a whole 2 hour movie, uninterrupted, do you? PFAT CHANCE!

Larry
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It is alleged that Kurt claimed:

> > The original "brick" handhelds, the original "flip-phones," the Micro-
> > Tac, the Star-Tac, the RAZR- Moto's strategy, it seems, has always been
> > to create a unique and popular design then beat everyone over the head
> > with it until it's ubiquitous, then obsolete. Then they do it again! ;-)
>
> The Star-Tac was a keeper. I miss mine.

Sometimes, I miss mine. But there was never a GSM StarTac, and by the
time I switched back to Cellular One/Cingular from Verizon, they had
long switched from TDMA to GSM, and I had upgraded from a basic phone
to a Palm SmartPhone.

I did tell my parents to hold onto their StarTacs as long as possible,
and only switch out if/when they want features or services not possible
with it, or it breaks. Step-mom switched to a WinMob smartphone about
a year and a half ago, Dad's StarTac died about 9 months ago and its
replacement phone has been exchanged three times since. Oddly enough,
it's also a Motorola. Maybe I'll advise him to get a RAZR when his
phone breaks again.

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Jeffrey Kaplan <nomail@gordol.org> writes:

> Maybe I'll advise him to get a RAZR when his
> phone breaks again.

Not a v3 though. I had one and it was nearly the worst phone I ever
had (GSM, cingular).

The V3xx gets strong reviews and I'm personally thrilled with about 3
weeks of experience with a KRAZR K1, though, fwiw. The Krzr is the
best phone I've ever had.

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On 16 May 2007 23:25:40 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:

> The Krzr is the
>best phone I've ever had.

Please tell us why!

Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> writes:

> On 16 May 2007 23:25:40 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> > The Krzr is the
> >best phone I've ever had.
>
> Please tell us why!

Better RF (haven't lost a call), better full duplex speakerphone, and
better audio quality than any of my prior GSM phones. The camera and
videos are better than any other phone I've tried, though those are
really just bonuses for me. Bluetooth works nicely, and the software
is fast and responsive.

Nokia 3120b (really liked it, best to that point with audio
quality, speakerphone quite usable otherwise very spartan)

Razr V3 (hated it, though the one I used was inherited. It
was painfully slow, audio was crap, speakerphone was crap,
also dropped calls, and even the addressbook navigation was
ungodly annoying, only with first letter jump rather than
progressive search. Did I mention I hated this phone?)

Nokia 6061 (meh, family member has this and its RF/audio
quality isn't as good as others in identical locations)

Motorola v400 (got it used as a backup, lousy rf and audio
terrible camera)


This is my experience with a GSM model on Cingular. It's been around
Chicagoland, Germany and Austria so far in the few weeks I've had it,
and performed well in all these areas.

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