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Pics of Motorola's KRZR for Verizon

by Evan Blass posted Jul 23rd 2006 @ 3:31PM

Somebody out there really loves us. An anonymous tipster just sent in a handful of pics of Motorola's impending followup to the RAZR -- formerly dubbed the Canary, and now known by the nearly-unpronounceable series of letters KRZR -- running on Verizon's CDMA network. Nothing here that we haven't seen before, but if you wanted a sneak preview of what this phone will look like in your hand as you watch all that wonderful V Cast swag, now you have a pretty good idea. Click on for a few more shots of the handset that Moto is hoping another 50 million people will decide they just gotta have...

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FCC comes clean on Motorola KRZR (Canary)

by Chris Ziegler posted Jul 14th 2006 @ 5:36PM

If you've had any lingering questions about Motorola's RAZR successor, the KRZR -- aka Canary, aka RAZR 2, aka RAZR K1 -- you might shuffle on over to the FCC's site and have a look-see. All the good stuff on the GSM variant has gone live, with unfettered access to external and internal pics plus a draft user's manual. The KRZR does get honest-to-goodness EDGE which'll be a fun experience for original V3 owners making the switch -- but as Pete pointed out, it's basically a glossy, slimmed down RAZR, so don't expect any juicy specs buried in the documents. If by chance you still find yourself mesmerized by all that blue, glossy goodness, look for the KRZR at your friendly local Cingular outlet come this fall.

[Thanks, Handset Freak]

The Boy Genius Report: Canary is KRZR, getting launched September

by Engadget staff posted Jun 27th 2006 @ 3:54PM

Field report tidbits from Engadget's mobile insider, the Boy Genius.

Well, well, well, Moto had to name the Canary something, didn't they? Looks like it's gonna go by the KRZR (what, now they don't even do vowels?), and we should see it launched in the September / October timeframe -- with A2DP support no less (not unlike the Capri). Stay tuned for more Cingular leakage by way of the Boy Genius!

Motorola Capri, a.k.a. the RAZR slider, previewed

by Evan Blass posted Jun 22nd 2006 @ 11:09AM

The guys over at PhoneScoop have sure made the site live up to its name today: not only did they get some serious hands-on time with Motorola's upcoming RAZR slider -- codenamed Capri -- they also got to preview the next version of Moto's much-maligned Synergy UI that will show up in such models as the Canary and the SCPL. At least on paper, the Capri seems to offer a very compelling feature set that will probably attract anyone into the RAZR lifestyle- you're getting a model only slightly thicker and heavier than its clamshell counterpart, but which sports a 2.0 megapixel camera, A2DP-capable Bluetooth, and what sounds like a greatly improved user interface. Especially noteworthy in the overhauled Synergy is an address book that seems to work much more intuitively than past iterations (remember the one on the STARtac?), allowing you to organize entries by name and search for contacts using multiple letters. Although Phone Scoop was only testing a pre-production model, they have identified some potential problems to watch out for on the final version, such as the unusually crappy quality of what should be a decent camera, and most importantly, a spring-assisted slider that's difficult to activate due to the raised antenna bulge so familiar to RAZR owners. Click on if you want to peep a few more snaps, but you're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't head over to PhoneScoop for the full gallery and a very thorough write-up...

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The Boy Genius report: Capris for the Oscars

by Ryan Block posted Jun 22nd 2006 @ 3:59AM

Field report tidbits from Engadget's resident mobile insider, the Boy Genius.

Word has it Motorola will be annoucing the Canary on July 17th, and will be giving out 500 Limited Edition Capris in for next year's Oscar gift bags. Who knew!

Motorola Canary (RAZR 2) hands-on!

by Peter Rojas posted Jun 14th 2006 @ 4:39PM

That's right, suckas: we got our hands on a Canary (aka the RAZR 2), Motorola's still-unannounced follow-up to the RAZR. We only got to spend a few precious hours with the Canary, but we can confirm that this phone's glossy surface is indeed a magnet for fingerprints (and is a pain to photograph). Otherwise the design doesn't pull any punches -- it's essentially a narrower version of the now-ubiquitous RAZR. Click on for a bunch more pics. Thanks, Boy Genius, for the hook up.

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Motorola's "Canary" sings us a little song

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 7th 2006 @ 8:38PM

This thing just gets prettier and prettier every time we see it. We don't have any solid deets on specs for Canary, the RAZR's heir apparent, but the rampant speculation mill currently has her getting a 2 megapixel shooter, 17 measly megabytes of internal storage, a MicroSD slot, and the all-important Bluetooth 2.0. We're seeing conflicting reports on whether we'll get UMTS, but we gotta be honest, quad-band EDGE alone just isn't going to cut it for a high-end phone by the time Canary likely drops in 2007. More shots of Canary doing its thing after the break.

[Thanks, dk]

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Motorola exec reveals next-gen slimphone: the SCPL

by Evan Blass posted May 24th 2006 @ 2:49PM

Talk about a tease: Motorola's head honcho for cellphones, Ron Garriques, revealed the existence of an upcoming handset called the SCPL (that's scalpel, in case the lack of vowels made it unclear) during a recent company investment conference -- but kept all the important details to himself. All that's known about the SCPL (which we hope no one will mistake for the surgical tool pictured here), other than the obvious fact that it will be quite slim, is that it will sport five features that promise to set it apart from the pack -- which we'll take to mean WiMax, GPS, 3CCD HD camcorder, 30GB hard drive, and probably a DirecTV dish as well. At this point, we can't even say for sure that the SCPL is not the same as the supposed RAZR 2, or "Canary," that's been fluttering around recently, but whatever they're working on, we'll have to wait until next year to get our hands on one.

[Thanks, Shamste]

Motorola "Capri": the real RAZR slider?

by Evan Blass posted Apr 25th 2006 @ 1:00PM

The Motorola rumor mill is in full grind mode lately, with word of an impending slider version of the RAZR, called the "Capri," coming hot on the heels of the "Canary" photos that have been fluttering around lately. According to Cnet's Alpha blog, the quad-band GSM Capri will be no thicker than the SLVR, sport a "high-resolution" CCD (what that means for cameraphones is unclear -- 1.3 megapixels? 2.0? 3.2?), and also a TransFlash slot, probably for storing tunes. Although no pics of this rumored model are available yet, Cnet speculates that it will be quite similar to the Korea-only MS600 (pictured, also referred to as the "RAZR slider), which is a bit thicker than the SLVR but takes many of its design cues from the trusty RAZR.

[Thanks, Hitechy and Corey]

Motorola's RAZR 2 / Canary pics!

by Ryan Block posted Apr 21st 2006 @ 6:23PM

Remember The Boy Genius, the dude who scored those CDMA Q shots way back in the year 2005? He's back, and hooked us up with some shots of Motorola's Canary, what we understand to be the true successor to the RAZR. Contrary to prior reports that this thing would run Windows Mobile, you can plainly see that it doesn't; we understand it uses the same software build as the RAZR V3x, which might imply it's a UMTS device as well. A second trustworthy source let us know that the device would pack a 2 megapixel camera, and would be positioned as Moto's new flagship phone due for Q4 2006 or Q1 2007 launch, which jibes with everything else we've been hearing, and starts to pull this picture together. More pics after the break!

P.S. It's worth noting, as we're told, that this phone is more or less just as thin as the original RAZR, just not as wide. And that's supposedly not a plastic exterior, but a soft-touch finish and aluminum detailing.

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Motorola "Canary" surfaces, set to be RAZR successor?

by Paul Miller posted Apr 20th 2006 @ 7:58PM

This expertly blurry shot of the unannounced and quite glossy Motorola "Canary" phone surfaced today, and it's looking rather sexy from what we can make out of the pic. Just vague rumblings of specs so far, such as a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a microSD slot, but we can confirm that the picture is a real shot of a forthcoming Moto device. Whether this "Glass Phone" will be the rumored "RAZR 2" or whatever is hard to tell, but we'll be keeping an eye out for it for sure.