Comments on: Motorola Sholes Tablet Sneak Peak

By: chris

chris — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:06:46 +0000

A motorola rep confirmed with me that this phone will have 1080p video capture along with a 1080p resolution screen, and is fairly confident this phone will end up on T-mobile some time in the fall or right before Christmas.
They did say T-mobile IS definitely planning a big launch consistant with the timeframe of the SHOLES

By: ItsMichaelNotMike

ItsMichaelNotMike — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:07:50 +0000

Interesting phone. I have the T-Mobile Touch Pro2 and love it.

The only phone I am waiting for and I will buy instantly as if by magic is the HTC HD2.

End discussion.

By: jose

jose — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:15:44 +0000

is this the sholes tablet? http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15958&news=Motorola+Sholes+Tablet+Google+Android+OS+2.0+T-Mobile

By: theBIGmack

theBIGmack — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:42:00 +0000

I agree completely. I have had the G1 since it came out and am also looking to upgrade, sadly TMo has nothing better to offer so I’m stuck waiting until my contract is up. The minimal amount of info is still enough to keep me waiting but honestly, I want a new phone right now!
Anyways, this seems to be the phone that’ll hold me over for another year or so hahhahaha.

By: Grr

Grr — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:14:52 +0000

My eyes are a little fuzzy, but the pic you linked to seems to show a 5 megapixel camera whereas the one here shows 8. I would say probably different phones.

By: kershon

kershon — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:14:14 +0000

I love mine too. I just tried typing on my kid’s gravity with the slider keyboard. That was really wierd. It is a long reach to the keys from what I am used to. I even sent myself a text message just to see how it worked. No way I am ever giving up my 9700. What you note is absolutely true. It is fast and very smooth. Just love it. And next year we get an updated browser with flash.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:13:51 +0000

You have a good point… Motoblur is pretty cool, for some people. But it would be ideal if Moto would make it an optional package you can add to your Motorola phone, and lock it to their series of IMEI numbers or something. That way you get it if you want it, but there’s flexibility built in for those of us who want powerful high-end stuff, but still wish to keep it simple.

By: Grr

Grr — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:12:04 +0000

Thats pretty much it. But you actually can even look at it a little deeper. Lets say consumer A and consumer B both go to Verizon. One guy gets the free phone because he doesn’t want to pay much for a phone. The other guy gets the Droid at $99. Both get the same plan and are paying $75 a month for a 2 year contract. Genrally speaking, consumer A’s free phone subsidizing is less than consumer B’s $99 Droid. So consumer A is sort of getting shafted.

T-Mobile subsidizes phones less and makes plans cheaper instead. Personally i prefer the cheaper plans and monthly payments on a phone. There are still people out there that use a phone for more than 2 years. Its not really fair to make them pay the same monthly rate as someone who is constantly having a phone subsidized. I would like to see subsidizing done away with completely and go the monthly payment route. Thats on my same list of things I want along with a la carte services. I’d like to go up and say “I want 1524 minutes and 352 MBs of data. How much?”

By: beastly

beastly — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:59:10 +0000

There’s something to that, but Motoblur is actually pretty cool. I wasn’t too into the happenings widget, but the automatic contact sync with cloud backup is neat, and in theory so is remote wipe.

By: branon

branon — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:01:33 +0000

umm trackpad not trackball sorry…