Motorola's Smart Rider in-vehicle phone takes handsfree to the next level

by Darren Murph, posted Apr 1st 2008 at 1:03PM

Oh sure, we've seen handsets designed to spend more time riding shotgun than hyperventilating in your front pocket, but Motorola's Smart Rider may actually break out in hives if removed from the comfort of your car's cabin. All joshing aside, this unique "in-vehicle phone" plays on GSM bands and features built-in GPS navigation services, voice activation, Bluetooth and a microphone / speakerphone. You'll also get a 2.8-inch display, turn-by-turn guidance, real-time traffic information and automatic re-routing. Regrettably, Moto's all hush-hush on pricing, but it'll be available for those that want this June.

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM

Tags: ctia, ctia 2008, Ctia2008, handsfree, in-car, in-vehicle phone, In-vehiclePhone, motorola, Smart Rider, SmartRider, voice activation, VoiceActivation

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Prince Elgin the 1st @ Apr 1st 2008 2:02PM

Love the new logo and background. This phone is actually dope too.

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youngcalihottie @ Apr 1st 2008 9:16PM

the navigation box is wayyy tooooo little!! lol! and the keys are too wide. would be a pain to text on.

my advice: make the keys less wide. use that room to have another column of buttons along the left. they can be navigation keys or something. home screen, gps, music, messaging... or something like that. as for the navigation... give the whole screen the map. while in full screen, press my aforementioned "gps button" to see all that crap on the sides, then press the gps button again to return to full screen.

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