Attention Motoblur fans: More pictures of the Motorola Cliq XT (also known as the Motorola Zeppelin) continue to surface. The photos above detail the Cliq XT in all its glory with Motoblur, LED flash camera, and a 3.1 inch screen. For those who don’t know, the Cliq XT will run Android 1.5 and be both WIFI and GPS equipped. Unlike its brother, the Motorola Cliq, the Cliq XT will not feature a keyboard. The handset will be touchscreen only and feature a new keypad called Swype. The handset is rumored to be launching on March 10th. Oh yeah, the face of the phone and the area outside the trackpad are also touch sensitive! From the look of things, this looks to be a darn good handset with quite a few possibilities for developers. So, T-Mobile fans, will you be getting this phone? Let us know in the comments.
While most of us have geared our attention toward the upcoming Windows Phone 7, the FCC has just passed yet another Motorola phone with AWS 3G bands. According to FCC documentation, the Motorola handset (FCC ID IHDP56Kz1) uses the same battery model as the Motorola CLIQ and Droid, so it’s most likely an Android handset. Additionally, the Motorola device will feature Quadband GSM/EDGE class 12, Triband HSDPA 7.2 Mbps 900/1700/2100, aGPS/Standalone GPS/aGPS, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR and WiFi b/g. Anyone thinking Motoroi? Let’s all keep our fingers crossed and hope so!
Previously, we got a glimpse of the upcoming Motorola Zeppelin along with some specs. Now, courtesy of Gizmodo Brazil, the Zeppelin gets a full photo-shoot. The handset is being described as “a Motorola BACKFLIP without the keyboard”. Although, rumors were claiming the Zeppelin to ship with Android 2.x, Gizmodo claims that the device will be rockin’ the old Android OS 1.5, along with Motorola’s social networking solution, MotoBlur. As we’ve previously stated, expect the Motorola Zeppelin to hit T-Mobile March 10th. Hit the jump for more snapshots of the Zeppelin!
When we first heard the words back in October, “Dark Project” took on a completely new meaning. What we thought would be a gracing savior rescuing T-Mobile from a spot as the 4th place wireless carrier turned out to be little more than a hype machine. The Dark Project rate plans, while revolutionary in the United States were not capable of meeting all the hype the interwebs had placed on them. We are as guilty as anyone for being a hype machine, but here we are again, faced with a training calendar inscribed with the words “Dark Project Training.” This time we are not certain at all what it pertains to but we have a good guess, or what we would like to think is an educated, well-informed guess. (We should preface this by saying that we now know the words “Dark Project” simply pertains to information T-Mobile wishes not to disclose.) Of course, in reality, it is really none of those things and we are just stabbing in the dark here thinking we know what it is. Therefore, bear with me as I say this training, which starts February 17th and ends March 9th is a possible run up to the launch of the HTC HD2 and/or a Motorola Android (Zeppelin?) launch. What am I basing this on? My super human knowledge of all things. Our confirmed rumored launch date info tells us that a Motorola Android device codename-Zeppelin is launching on March 10th, along with as of yet unknown HTC phone. Coincidence that the training for this “Dark Project” ends March 9th? Time will tell…
You know how we told you about that Motorola Android phone codenamed Zeppelin, yeah that one. Well now we can finally put a face to the mysterious device. Courtesy of the folks over at Mobile.cz, we have some specs now. As for the release date, we’re still hearing a March 10th release date. As far as specs go, the Zeppelin will sport a 3.2-inch HVGA display,touch-sensitive buttons below the display, a 5 megapixel cam, GPS, BLUR and hopefully Android 2.X. We can confirm the above image is in fact the Motorola Zeppelin headed for T-Mobile, as David was lucky enough to see the device. So all in all, he is confident this is the phone. The handset will apparently be unveiled at MWC (Mobile World Conferece) in Barcelona next month.
In an interesting turn of events (and some expert sleuth work), another Motorola Android device has been confirmed to be T-Mobile USA bound. Reportedly, the device in question is the Sholes Tablet, or the Motoroi. The phone was seen waltzing around the FCC with ID IHDP56KC6 (certified for quadband EDGE plus T-Mobile-friendly 1700 / 2100MHz HSPA with a peak of 10.2Mbps down and 5.6Mbps up), bluetooth, GPS, Magnetic Compass, WiFI and a 1390 mAH battery. If this is anything like the Korea bound Motoroi, it will have a 3.7-inch capacitive WVGA display, 8 megapixel camera with 720p video capture, HDMI-out, the same OMAP3 core as the DROID, BLUR and multitouch is questionable. Look for this thing in March, head past the break for all sorts of goodies and don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments!
So here we go, the rumors and the leaksregarding new phones just keep on cranking from TmoNews. We’ve been uncovering quite a bit in the past few days and we’re ready to again confirm some dates and add some new ones. Regarding that MyTouch “Slide” we’ve been discussing, look likes its dropping 5/17 in any color you want, so long as its black, red and white. That Motorola Android phone we’ve been hearing about for March 10th? Looks like it goes under another nickname, Zeppelin. Remember that from the leaked Motorola Android Roadmap that broke this past October? Regarding that HTC HD2 so many of you have been asking for the drop date on, once again a March date looks good to go. Still fighting for its market share, Nokia looks to drop at least one new device on the big Magenta. Back in early November, the FCC gave some hints toward the Nokia 5230 complete with AWS bands, expect that on March 17th as well. That Garmin aka “Columbus” phone we hinted to last week? Looking to drop May 5th. Something from HTC is dropping on February 10th and we’re still of the mind it’s the MyTouch 1.2, or the regular MyTouch with a 3.5 mm handset jack. Comes in Black and White.
Here is the real kicker though, our ninja who is definitely on our trusted tipster list says that at the end of March, expect something from Dell. Now here is the real mind game, he said it doesn’t look as though it’s a Dell phone, but something else. Can we finally be seeing T-Mobile jumping into the Netbook game? This is something we are DEFINTELY keeping an eye on!
Good afternoon TmoNews minions readers! There has been a lot going on in Magenta’s world in the past few weeks, and it looks like the news just keeps on coming. Yesterday we received quite a few emails from our sources stating that a new Android device was in the works, codenamed the MyTouch Slide/MyTouch 2. Our sources pegged the device for a May 17th release. Today another one of our trusty ninjas has hit us up claiming that T-Mobile has more up its sleeve. T-Mobile is rumored to be releasing another Motorola Android device (Sholes Tablet?) on March 10th. Our source also claims that on March 17th, T-Mobile will be releasing a Nokia Smartphone (N900 anyone?). Sony Ericsson lovers if the original Equinox color didn’t appeal to you, you can pick up the Equinox January 20th in the shade of Ocean Blue. Our sources are also stating that the Samsung T139 will be hitting the shelves February 3rd. Hooray! First in line for this one!
As always all these dates are super tentative and subject to change.
Stay tuned and leave your thoughts and hopes in the comments!
Well now, this sure is interesting. Motorola in an attempt to capitalize on its “we’re back” attitude given the recent success of the Droid is going to take a new approach, solve the homelessness situation, build a radio module capable of working on all HSPA frequencies in the United States. That means 3G devices that are capable of working on both AT&T AND T-Mobile. That’s just damn cool. Unfortunately though, as Engadget points out, Motorola isn’t building a device here, just the radio module that would go into devices conceivably manufactured by other companies globally. We have no idea what impact this could have on future devices or if it’s even likely to be adopted in the manufacturing process, but the idea, at first glance just seems awesome.
Courtesy of the guys over at Phonescoop, we get almost 9 minutes worth of Cliq menu goodness. I did not catch much we did not already know, but this should continue to raise interest in the phone as we countdown toward launch. As Android launches heat up in the US, T-Mobile is the leader of the pack. We hope that the Motorola Cliq combined with the low cost T-mobile data pricing will be a win/win combination this holiday season.
