by Jason Wilk on February 4, 2009
- According to BGR, this is an internal document from Sprint outlining all their product release dates for 2009. Just as we thought, the Pre will not be getting any delays from Apple patent pressure. The phone is set to jump onto shelves March. 15th. There hasn’t been a phone coming out of Sprint with this much Hype since….never. I’m expecting big lines for the new phone. Here is the memo below:
Device Name – Projected Warehouse EOL – Replacement (if available)
* Sierra Compass 597 USB – Early February – Sierra 598 USB
* Motorola ic602 – Early February
* LG 160 – Mid-February – Samsung M220
* LG Rumor (blue) – Mid February – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i325IS – Mid February – Motorola i365IS
* LG Rumor (green) – Mid March – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Franklin Wireless U680 USB – Early April
* Palm 800W – April – Palm Treo Pro (target in-stock 2/15)
* LG Rumor (black) – Mid April – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i615 – Mid April
* Samsung M520 Lumina – Mid April – LG LX370 (slider)
* RIM BlackBerry Pearl (red) – May
* LG LX400 – Late May
* Palm 755P (blue) – Late May – Palm Pre (target in-stock 3/15)
* Sanyo 6750 Eclipse (pink) – June
* Palm Centro (berry) – June
* Motorola Q9C – Mid June
* Sierra 597E – July – Sierra 2-in-1 Aircard
* Palm Centro (green) – July
* Palm Centro refresh (black) – July
* Motorola VE20 – July
* HTC Touch Diamond – July
* RIM BlackBerry 7100i – August – RIM BlackBerry 8350i
Other must read Sprint/Palm articles:
For Palm And Sprint, It’s All About Pricing
Palm Goes All In With The Pre
Telecom Oligapoly Over Text Message Pricing
The Mobile Platform War Heats Up
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by Jason Wilk on February 3, 2009
- Motorola in its earnings call today said it is going to shift away from Windows 7 as its primary operating system used on it’s next generation of devices. Co-CEO Sanjay Jha said that they will be focusing on Android in the coming year. Why you ask? Because he said it’s better. Jha said it will wait for Microsoft to finish WinMo 7 before making any rash decisions to cut them out completely, but for the time being, change is desperately needed on the homefront for Motorola. Jha also said that Android is a smoother consumer experience and with the recent rise in third-party applications taking over the deck, an open platform for developers is they key ingredient to success (see: Apple).
- Motorola doesn’t have any time to waste. The company today posted a $3.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter, suspended its dividend and projected further losses in the first three months of 2009. Even worse, the days of the RAZR are long behind. Last year Motorola shipped about 19.2 million devices in the fourth quarter, compared with about 41 million in the year-ago period. Maybe that touch screen Krave wasn’t such a hot follow up idea after all. Image: AllthingsD
Check Out Relevant Motorola stories:
Motorola Helping Consumers Ditch Landlines
Motorola’s Social Network Android Phone. They’ll Probably Screw It Up
Best and Worst Places To Work In 2009. Motorola In The Bottom 50
by David Heyerman on January 8, 2009
- CES has been crazy this year, with the launch of Palm’s new Pre, LG phones converting to watches, and thousands of other new products launching. One thing that’s consistently at the forefront of these announcements are new and improved green practices.
- CES, the show itself is working with Carbonfund.org to offset 20,000 tons of carbon and invest over $100,000 on environmental efforts. They’ve also devoted a portion of the show to cleantech and sustainable technologies. They’ve named the area Sustainable Technologies TechZone….clever. Companies displaying their work and practices include Dell, Voltaic Systems, Freeplay Energy and Meraki Networks among others.
- Three giants; Panasonic, Toshiba, and Sharp formed the Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Co. LLC (MRM). The organization will manage the collection and recycling of old electronics. MRM has been running for 5 months in Minnesota and has already collected over 750 tons. This year, they plan expansion to 280 sites throughout the US. This goes along with all the other green moves Panasonic has been making lately.
- Just following it’s announcement to enter the solar market, Toshiba continued to deliver the goods with a few notable green product announcements. They’re launching the Portégé laptop which is said to be the greenest laptop sold in the US (by EPEAT standards), a electric bicycle that goes 20-30 miles on a 5 minute charge (sick), a LED downlight that uses one seventh the power a normal light bulb, as well as some energy efficient LCD’s.
- Garmin made one of my favorite announcements with their free “ecoroute” software update. Before they only had “fastest time” and “shortest distance” as route options. The new update includes a “less fuel used” option by suggesting the most fuel efficient route….nice.
- Motorola seems to be doing all it can to stay current by introducing a new green phone to the mix. The MOTO W233 is made partly from recycled water bottle plastics and is 100% recyclable and carbon neutral. They make this claim by neutralizing the carbon emission from manufacturing and distribution with Carbonfund.org….one of the better announcements I’ve seen out of Motorola in while.
- Keep your eyes up for more updates from Vegas….
by Jason Wilk on January 6, 2009
- One of Motorola’s releases this week at CES will help consumers finally ditch the landline in their home. It’s a new digital photo frame that combines a CDMA femtocell with a software-based phone. How does it work? The femtocell will connect with your existing broadband connection, boosting cell phone coverage in your home. It will be especially helpful for current and next generation connection speeds such as 3G and 4G Wi-max. If you are tired of only receiving Edge or no connection throughout your house or areas in your office, this is the perfect solution to guarantee you will receive the service you are paying for.
- This year will be about having another device in your home. Whether it is this product, or it’s a femtocell embedded in the screen of your refrigerator, a new form of connectivity will be arriving. Some may see this as the Carriers penetrating your household, which in some sense is true, but at least these devices will have multiple functions such as photo’s, RSS readers, weather reports, etc. As Om Malik points out, Rob Malnati, a senior manager at Motorola, said these devices will likely be offered through the carriers as part of the current subsidized model for consumer premise equipment. It will be available for trials in the first part of this year. At least it will be better than another blinking black box with wires coming out of it. Yuck.
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