The Motorola DROID is an impressive device that is initially exclusive to Verizon Wireless.

Motorola, what can we expect from this company? Well, for years the name has been synonymous with sadly… disappointment. While the company did produced fairly good cellphones such as the RAZR, the days which followed have not been especially fruitful or compelling. Over the past year or so, we have seen Motorola beating its way back into the mainstream through a series of smart plays: first embracing Android as a platform, then shucking off the weight of Windows Mobile and finally bringing some desirable devices to us.

Let’s get back to DRIOD. The Motorola DROID is an impressive piece of hardware. The most obvious feature to begin with is the large 3.7″ 480 x 854 pixel touchscreen. This size will be ideal for web browsing and multimedia playback. Great for web and multimedia addicts.

Tthe DROID has a rather conventional slide-out QWERTY keyboard too. However, there is no real spacing between the keys though, and the navigation pad that sits alongside them looks a little out of place.

The DROID’s GPS comes with the latest version of Google Maps, which in itself is a pretty significant update as it provides free turn-by-turn voice guidance, and also has voice recognition so that you can tell it where you want to go without touching it. Oh, before I forgot, this DROID baby also has an electronic compass!

So, in conclusion, is the Motorola DROID a good smartphone? We think yes, it is. The DROID is an excellent smartphone with many features a modern user would expect from a modern phone. Get one if you want a change from the usual Apple iPhone.

Oh, check out this Motorola DRIOD video.

The new Motorola Krave ZN4 for Verizon Wireless offers the same basic design that resembles a Star Trek communicator, but it adds more features while offering innovative design tweaks to an intuitive and easy-to-use touch interface.

The sexy Motorola Krave ZN4 makes a great little portable TV, and incorporates some genuinely innovative touch-screen technology. Motorola have taken the Motorola MING concept a stage further and are aiming it at a market other than China. This is a good news for us. But in the other hand, Motorola KRAVE ZN4 is aimed at Verizon’s CDMA network in the US and anyone else who’s interested will just have to do without.

There are some problems of Motorola Krave ZN4. The bar for touch-screen phones has been raised considerably recently. With the iPhone, the LG Dare, the Samsung Instinct, the T-Mobile G1, and the BlackBerry Storm out there, just having a touch screen isn’t enough anymore. A handset needs to offer fresh software, too. And the Krave’s software feels old—functional but stale.

At first glance, the Motorola KRAVE ZN4 looks like just another touchscreen phone, but with an added plastic cover. But the clear plastic cover isn’t exactly what it appears to be, because the cover itself is touch-sensitive and has almost-invisible electronic circuitry embedded in it. This dual-touch technology is certainly very clever.

The KRAVE ZN4 presents a full menu on a large 2.8″ 240 x 400 pixel display, but close the lid and the menu options get much simpler and the effective display shrinks down to 240 x 320 pixels. So, most basic operations can be carried out with the cover closed. Another clever feature is that the “M” logo on the cover acts as a speaker when the ZN4 is open.

Other features include a 2MP camera, VCast Mobile TV (MediaFLO), HTML browser, EVDO Rev A, Bluetooth, microSDHC memory card slot, and a microUSB port.

Pros: Responsive touchscreen interface. Cool design with the clear flip and invisible wiring. Great navigation features.

Cons: User interface feels half-baked. Some static during calls. Reception problems with V Cast Mobile TV service. Lousy Web browser with strange pointer tool. Aging messaging and music playback apps.

Verizon Wireless has just launched the new cell phone Motorola V750. The silver flip phone offers a durable design and is the first Verizon device to operate on the carrier’s EV-DO Rev.

This ruggedized cell phone meets military specifications to resist shock, vibration, solar radiation, dust, and moisture. The V750 is also slim and stylish, clad in black and red with silver accents.

The Motorola V750 features external music controls, full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, support for the carrier’s V Cast video and V Cast Music with Rhapsody services, and a 2.5mm headset jack.

The V750 is heavy on the features, as well, with a 2 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, and dedicated music playback buttons on the outside. The 1.6″ external color display offers a view into your music, while the 2.2″ QVGA internal display should offer a pleasant overall user interface experience.

It also features a wireless Web browser, instant messaging, messaging, push-to-talk capability and support for the VZ Navigator GPS service.

Motorola’s latest mid-range slider, the ZN200, has shown its face on the FCC’s pages recently.

This handset sporting such specs as a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and video recording capability, Bluetooth, 2.5mm audio jack, microSD card slot, media player and built in FM radio. unlike the 5 megapixel Kodak shooter lavished on the MotoZINE ZN5, however a 2 megapixel camera will still take the images a user needs.

The ZN200 only brings dual-band GSM (850/1900MHz) to the table, however, which hints towards at either T-Mobile or AT&T Mobility here in the U.S. as possible carriers.

Unfortunately that’s about it spec wise as no other specs were mentioned about the MoroZINE ZN200 apart from the slight references to possible multiple audio and video formats, but as multimedia recording and playback was expected anyway on the ZN200 it’s not that much of a surprise to see mention of video/audio support.

Motorola’s new Linux-based A810 smartphone which is not yet been officially announced, but breezed through the FCC recently looks really nice.

If you see through the documentation, you can see that the A810 is very roughly around 100 x 50 x 13mm in size with what appears to be a 2.2″ or maybe 2.4″ QVGA display.

This full-touchscreen handset features a minimum of hardware buttons, instead relying on the touchscreen for navigation – a stylus is included.

The front of the Motorola A810 is very uncluttered, with just a 5 way navigation joystick and a Call and End key. There is a volume control on one side of the phone and a camera key and screenlock slider key on the other side.

The Motorola A810 sports a 2 megapixel camera without a flash. There is a microSD card slot beneath the battery for expanded memory, and a standard 3.5mm audio jack will make music listening convenient. An FM radio is also on board, as well as Bluetooth support.

The Motorola A810 is running on Linux-based operating system. The touchscreen is operated using a stylus, features on-screen QWERTY keyboard and numeric keypad.

One drawback is that the Motorola A810 doesn’t support WiFi or 3G. We think at least one of those would be essential in a phone capable of rich multimedia playback.

Motorola Launched today a new M990 Smart Rider phone. Strange as it is to believe, Motorola have developed a fixed carphone. This device is specifically designed to be installed in a car. It spotted in an FCC approval document, is described as a “GSM high tier fixed mobile car phone” and is a quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset with integrated GPS and Bluetooth.

The FCC documentation describes it as “targeted to a broad band of markets looking for exclusivity like business men, limousines and private cars looking for stylish communication and navigation solution”, which seems a pretty unusual and old-fashioned brief.

The Moto M990 is a strange looking device, has a wide 2.8-inch colored display screen that has the resolution of 320×240 pixels.

The device comes with full GPS navigation system.The navigation system has integrated traffic reports and features real-time rerouting. Moto M990 is a car phone with the dimensions of 137x85mm and weight of 400 grams.

It also features an advanced voice recognition system that can be used for dialling calls or handset control, Bluetooth, an email client, web browser and quad-band GSM with GPRS and EDGE data support.

The M990 itself connects to all the other components via an “Octopus Cable”. This means that the M990 will usually require a professional installation. The handset itself can be unplugged from the cable, so it can be removed from the car or truck when not in use.

Last few days, Motorola has introduce their two new W series GSM handphones at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show, Motorola W230 and W270. These 2 handsets offer easy-to-user music capabilities, expandable memory with optional microSD card, clear audio in noisy environments and a simplified interface for text messaging.

Almost identical in terms of features to the Motorola W270 clamshell, the Motorola W230 is a very lightweight but basic phone with surprisingly good music playback capabilities.

A dedicated music key activates an integrated digital audio player which supports MP3 and other popular formats. You can store all the favorite songs using it’s optional microSD removable memory cards up to 2GB.

The W230 also come with FM radio with integrated Radio Data System(RDS). RDS allows to display artist, title and type of song playing on the radio.

Unfortunately, there is no camera and the screen is a very basic 128 x 128 pixel CSTN panel. The W230 lacks Bluetooth too. However, the phone weighs in at only 80 grams.

W230 offer Motorola CrystalTalkâ„¢ technology that helps reduce background noise. It has 9 hours maximum talktime. Besides, it has capacity to store up to text messages and phone contacts, and one click access to create text messages and the ability to access the Web.

Motorola describe the colour combinations as “licorice outlined in lustrous silver and dark titanium gray bordered in mandarin” – i.e. silver and orange. No pricing details have been given, but this is likely to be a very inexpensive device. Motorola say that the W270 should be available during Q1 2008.

For more details in specifications, please refer here.

The Motorola MOTORIZR Z6tv for Verizon is an excellent voice phone with eight channels of major network television. Now you have all the entertainment you want right at your fingertips in an iconic slider design. V CAST TV, Music, and Video capabilities are just the beginning

This is the third phone with Verizon’s TV service, but it’s the first with an internal antenna. The previous television phones, the Samsung SCH-U620 and the LG VX9400 had giant, pop-out TV antennas.

With the new MOTORIZR Z6tv, Motorola’s first U.S. phone to include V CAST Mobile TV, the revolution is not only televised but it’s in real time.

The Z6tv retains the same sturdy slider design as former Z6 models and keeps its V CAST music and video download services intact. It’s looks classic with it’s sleek finish. It’s still light and slim enough to fit into a pocket, and the firm keys offer that cool blue Motorola glow that gives the Z6tv a modern edge.

It’s also loaded with a 2.0 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth® Stereo Support for Listening to Music, and VZ Navigatorsm capable via Get It Now®. The MOTORIZR features including:

• 2.0 Megapixel Camera with Autofocus & Flash
• External Touch Keys for Camera, Music, and Voice Activated Dialing
• microSDâ„¢ Memory Port
• V Cast TV
• V CAST Music
• V CAST Video
• Text, Picture & Video Messaging
• LBS Capable via Get It Now: Location Management, VZ Navigator, Chaperone Parent and Chaperone Child Capable
• Mobile IM, Email, Voice Mail & Chat
• Mobile Web 2.0
• Integrated speakerphone
• Calculator, Calendar, Alarm Clock, World Clock, Notepad, and Voice Commands

[Via LaptopMag.com]

This is new stylish handset from Motorola, named Motorola U3. Stylish, great color, smooth lines curved to the max, all these features should make the phone stand out. The new color makes it’s large sizes even more obvious than ever before.

The Motorola U3 is very similar to the PEBL U6. At 87.5 x 49 x 22.2 mm, the clamshell looks bulky. Weighing 105 grams, the U3 is nothing out of the ordinary and will still make this mobile phone comfortable to use.

In fact, Motorola U3′s specifications reveal a really low-end device. It comes with a 0.3 mega pixels VGA resolution camera, and 128×160 display screen. There is no memory slot and it is a GSM phone with GPRS and EDGE data. It looks terrible, but that’s the price that beauty has to pay.

The U3 will be available in two color versions: combination of black and red, called “Licorice” and in all-Pink, called “Rose”.

Motorola announced the imminent launch of the RAZR 2 V9m on Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon Wireless, all within the next few weeks. Sprint will launch its variant on August 22, while Verizon‘s has just promising to launch the new model of Motorola in coming September.

Verizon Wireless is the first carrier to announce its betting on the RAZR 2 V9m. The company said its flavor of RAZR 2 will hit stores in September for $299 after a $50 rebate and with a 2-year contract. Expect similar announcements soon from the other three big carriers.

RAZR 2 V9m is sleeker and better made than its predecessor with a shiny stainless steel shell and full glass displays. It sports a huge external display which is same size as the internal display, 2 megapixel camera, 3G data speed access, GPS, 2 gigabytes of onboard memory and a range of messaging options.

You can do a lot of functions right from the outside of the handset without having to open it. There are three touch-sensitive buttons on the bottom of the external screen that vibrate when hit.

RAZR 2 V9m also offers Motorola’s CrystalTalk technology. Both carriers will also include access to their respective online music and content services. It also has some touch screen buttons on the outside with some vibration feedback to boot.

The handset is beautiful. It is one of the most fashionable devices out there, with its solid construction and luxury feel. It feels heavier than the original RAZR. It doesn’t have the familar “hump” at the bottom of the phone so there is more room for buttons, including a direct web button.

You can read the Press release by Motorola here.