MOTORAZR 2 debuts with U.S. carriers

Virtually all major carriers in the States — Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, US Cellular, and Verizon Wireless — have already added or are about to add MOTORAZR 2 to their offerings. In order to make sure its flagship device works on all carriers, American handset maker prepared RAZR2 versions for all networks — V9 (3G HSDPA), V9m (3G EVDO CDMA) and V8 (GSM).

Highlights:

• AT&T will start offering the quad-band RAZR2 V9 in early September for as low as $299.99 with a two-year service commitment. Supported services include AT&T’s Cellular Video and AT&T Mobile Music.
• Sprint starts selling the RAZR2 V9m online on August 22, while the carrier’s retail outlets will have to wait till September 4. The device will cost $249 with a 2-year agreement. Supported services: NFL Mobile, Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV, Sprint Power View, and Sprint Navigation.
  Like Sprint, Verizon will also start selling the EVDO-enabled RAZR2 V9m but from September. Potential customers will be able to grab the new device in any of the Verizon Wireless
• Communications Stores and online for $299.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. Supported services: Get It Now applications (like Verizon Navigator), V CAST Music.

We’re still waiting for Alltel, T-Mobile USA, and US Cellular to officially announce RAZR 2. Stay tuned — as always, we’ll keep you posted…

Razr 2 Makes U.S. Debut Next Month

Motorola Inc said Friday that the new Razr 2 cell phone will make its U.S. debut next month via Verizon Wireless.

The Razr will be available in 3.6Mbps HSDPA, EV-DO, and GSM / EDGE variants as the V9, V9m, and V8 respectively, the GSM and CDMA versions of the device will be nearly 2 millimeters slimmer than its predecessor.

Schaumburg-based Motorola hopes that the new phone will be a hot seller and revive their staggering sales.

“With the modern style and powerful performance of RAZR2, Motorola is once again redefining the cell phone,” said Ed Zander, Motorola’s chairman and chief executive officer. “This device takes the world’s best-selling feature-phone to the next level. Combining groundbreaking new features and an even slimmer exterior than the original icon, the RAZR2 is capable of giving consumers the ultimate mobile experience.”
The phone went on sale in Asia six weeks ago, reported PC World.

Among it various attributes, the phone is capable of supporting Verizon’s V Cast Video and music services. The Razr also has a 2 megapixel camera.

The Razr 2 will retail for approximately $300(USD) after a $50 mail-in rebate and a commitment to a two year contract with Verizon.

Other carriers including Sprint will begin selling the Razr 2 in September.

Launch Dates for Motorola RAZR 2 and Q9, More

Every once in a while the so-called Boy Genius actually nails a rumor or two, so we couldn't help but pass this one along: He's soothsaying now that the Motorola RAZR 2 V9 and Motorola Q9 will be rolling out on AT&T on August 24. He also has a bit of (possible) intelligence about some other phones, too.


Boy Genius also hears that the Pantech C810 will debut on September 9, while the Blackberry 8820 might be seen on August 13 or 14. He's also pegging the AT&T-branded SMT5700 QWERTY smartphone as seeing the light of day on either August 24 or August 28. Of course, these dates are all unconfirmed, speculative, rumor-esque, scuttlebutt.

[Boy Genius Report]

New Motorola: Moto RIZR Z9 prototype revealed

Slider addition to the RAZR 2 family

Apparently "scored" from Motorola headquarters, an American blog has managed a hands-on with an unreleased "early prototype" Motorola mobile. It's a 3G phone and looks set to be released on the AT&T network in America.

It runs the Motorola Synergy OS, there's a 2-megapixel camera with flash and microSD card slot. That colour is sadly not some kind of Moto in-house way of identifying prototypes, and is a prominent colour in the RAZR 2 series of phones, of which this appears to be the coming-soon slider.

Via - The Boy Genius Report