Motorola adds W230, W270 on the cheap

by Chris Ziegler posted Jan 7th 2008 at 1:40PM

Motorola's W series handsets generally aren't anything to get too excited about, and yeah, these two are no exception to that rule -- in fact, they're so pedestrian that they weren't even mentioned at Moto's press event last evening. Be that as it may, they're both clear-cut upgrades from W offerings of yore, featuring FM radio with RDS reception, media playback with microSD expansion, and Motorola's CrystalTalk noise reduction tech. The W230 does the formula in a candybar form factor with interchangeable faceplates, the W270 adds a hinge into the mix. Both should be available this quarter; pricing wasn't announced, but will likely be set by Moto's local distributors.