Like blurry future product shots do ya? Well, these rank with the best. These four new Motorolas were accidentally on purpose shown to
Mobile Phone Helpdesk today in Amsterdam during a discussion with Motorola. Kicking things off is the device code-named "SKARVEN;" a ZOOM-series
kick-slider which
might feature an 8 megapixel camera and 2.8-inch screen. The TEXEL is another ROKR musicphone due in February or March of 2008. It features a morphing keypad like that found on the
ROKR E8 which allows the keypad icons and functions to change in support of music or cellphone modes. The X PIXL is a Kodak-Motorola mashup which should bring a 5 megapixel camera to market under a Motorola Z12 product name. Rounding things out is the entry-level GENGHIS QWERTY device for non-business types. While there's not much to call home about, at least none of these future looking devices looks like another played-out RAZR.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anthony @ Oct 10th 2007 11:20AM
Genghis? Seriously? I'm surprised Motorola would go with such a controversial name. I mean:
1 - it's not four letters missing vowels.
2 - Genghis Khan is a controversial figure for many (you know, a conqueror/dictator as some suggest).
MotoFreak @ Oct 10th 2007 12:21PM
That's still 4 letters. SKARVEN, TEXEL, GENGHIS, and X PIXL; that's just "Code Name".
SKARVEN = Under "Motorola ZOOM Series".
TEXEL = Under "Motorola ROKR Series".
X PIXL = Under "Motorola RIZR Series".
GENGHIS = Under "Motorola RAZR Series".
Coming soon, under new lines 4 Letter; that's "FLWR".
tim @ Oct 10th 2007 7:07PM
I doubt we will see them all stateside, and if we do half the features will be gone and they will be mahogany.
MotoFreak @ Oct 10th 2007 11:06PM
"Engadget Mobile" doesn't give the scenario. That's news from Mobile Phone Helpdesk.
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Scoop leaked Motorola's
09-10-2007: Mobile Phone Helpdesk is honoured to present a quartet of new Motorola devices today. The American manufacturer leaked her newest devices during a presentation in Amsterdam today.
Door: Willeke de Haas
Motorola today showed her christmas line-up of devices in Amsterdam. Besides watching the new announced devices, Mototola also accidently leaked fouw new devices during her presentation in which they informed us with their strategy and vision for the future. Mobile Phone Helpdesk made photos of these devices when they were shown at the presentation, which is also the reason why the photo quality is not as good as you are used to with us. However, a good deal of the possibilities that the devices will offer are not blurry at all.
Motorola's strategy
Motorola today started dividing her devices into sections. They now clearly seperate the music phones, the camera phones, the entertainment phones and the enterprise phones from each other. Something that we already knew earlier is that the music phones are indicated with the name "ROKR" and that the multimedia phones belong to the "RAZR" section. However, Motorola today announced that their camera phones will be placed in the "Zoom" section and that their business devices will be placed in the "Multi Q" section. Four new devices leaked out today, under which two devices in the Zoom series, one device in the Multi Q series and one device in the ROKR series.
Motorola Skarven
The Motorola Skarven is made for the photo lover and therefore it will be placed in the Zoom series. With the announcement of Motorola to bring out an 8 megapixel camera with optical zoom next year we question ourselved whether this would be the concerning device. The Motorola Skarven, the codename that the device still has, will become a kick-slider, just as the Motorola RIZR Z8.
The Motorola Skarven will be placed in the highest section of the market and that is why the expectation is that this could be Motorola's famous multimedia monster. The size of the display is quite large with 2.8 inch and it may be clear that this will be a 16 million colours display.
Motorola X Pixl
The Motorola X Pixl, which again is a codename for the candybar, is the first device that the American manufacturer will launch in cooperation with Kodak. The X Pixl will become Motorola's first 5 megapixel phone and with this they will try to compete with other 5 megapixel bestsellers such as the Nokia N95, the Samsung G600 and the Sony Ericsson K850i.
The Motorola X Pixl will, when the device will be officially announced, probably come to the market with the name Motorola Z12. The candybar will be placed in the middle section of the market and it will focus on the same market as the already available 5 megapixel phones.
Motorola Texel
The Motorola Texel is really no reference to the Netherlands, but just a regular codename for this "morph phone". The Motorola TExel will be placed in the ROKR section which means that the phone will carry the "music phone" tag with him. A very special detail is that the Motorola Texel is equipped with the same Morph technology as the Motorola ROKR E8. With this, nine layers of numbers, letters and symbols are placed on top of each other and that is why the functions of the keys always change.
An advantage of the Motorola ROKR devices is that they all, at least the newer models, are equipped with a 3.5 millimeter headset jack. This makes sure that every wanted headset can be used with the Motorola Texel and that could be a very handy thing for many music lovers. The Motorola Texel will be announced round February or March 2008, until that time we will have to wait for this candybar.
Motorola Genghis
The Motorola Genghis will become the accessible device in the business market. The Motorola Genghis is not directly made for the businessman but more for those who appreciate the advantages of a business device without too much hustle and bustle. The Motorolsa Genghis will be placed in the entry level of the market with a nice price tag.
The Motorola Genghis will have a big advantage, which is a full QWERTY keyboard. Furthermore, this device has received a lot of thought in appearance and colour and this could mean that it would come to the market in different colours.
Motorola is clearly trying to find her way back to the mobile phone market. Especially the Motorola Skarven is a good promise for the future and this kick-slider will laybe even offer an 8 megepixel camera. However, Motorola has to hurry producing her new devices because they will be too late if they don't, just as is the case with the Motorola X Pixl that can forget about competing with 5 megapixel phones that are already available due to its late launch. Motorola still has a long way to go, but they have taken a large step forward today.
Original Source:
http://www.gsmhelpdesk.nl/en/read.php?id=2153&ch=1 (English)
http://www.gsmhelpdesk.nl/read.php?id=2151&ch=1 (Dutch)
http://forum2.mobile-review.com/showthread.php?p=617297#post617297 (Translator "Mobile Phone Helpdesk" from Dutch to English; first time posting in this forum link).
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