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Two minutes of blurtastic video have bubbled up which give a basic tour of Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard running on a Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Q9h. One would easily expect that the newer Windows Mobile handsets are built with 6.5 in mind, but it’s great to see even older hardware can handle the new OS, too. [...]

Filed under: Handsets , Windows Mobile , Danger Ready for even more rumors about Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft's mysterious "Pink" smartphone project? Good, cause we've got a few -- and the first is potentially huge. CNET's Mary Jo Foley says her best understanding of "Pink" is now that it's a Microsoft-branded phone running a custom UI on top of Windows Mobile 7, developed by what's left of the Danger team and targeted at the Sidekick market. Yep, Microsoft-branded -- as in, the exact thing Microsoft has been denying for ages now. What's more, Redmond wouldn't be letting third parties use this new UI -- Pink would be manufactured only by Sharp or Motorola, who've made Sidekicks in the past. It all makes sense, even if it does feel a bit like MS is knifing its partners in the back -- companies like HTC and Samsung have been equally aggressive in layering their own UIs like TouchFLO 3D and TouchWiz on top of WinMo, but it's another thing entirely to compete against Microsoft itself, especially now that AdWeek says Microsoft's selected an agency to develop a Pink ad campaign. Yeah, things are starting to get a little wild -- we haven't even mentioned the open questions of whether the Zune HD is running Tegra because it's based on Windows Mobile 7 Chassis 1 , or whether Pink will launch on Verizon , or whether Zune will appear on other phones , or... you get the idea. Hey Microsoft -- you want to clear any of this up by shipping some products? Read - CNET Read - AdWeek Microsoft's "Pink" smartphone to be Microsoft-branded? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

Motorola has wagered much of its handset division's future on Google's Android platform, but its strategy may not include making a big splash in the high-end smartphone segment when it debuts its Android phones later this year. Instead, to reverse slumping market share and plummeting revenues, Motorola may focus on the mid- and low-range of the phone market with its forthcoming Android devices. "There's a lot of competition in the high-end category and not a big movement to address the lower price points," Avian Securities analyst Matt Thornton told BusinessWeek . "It's a smart move. Motorola needs to be more near-term and start making some money." Even mid-range smartphone sales could boost Motorola's margins. Barclays Capital analyst Jeff Kvaal told BusinessWeek that he estimates that Motorola's new smartphones could boost the company's overall average selling price for handsets to $147 in the fourth quarter, up from $123 in the first quarter. According to Kvaal, Android launches could grow Motorola volumes by 20 percent to 70 million units next year. Motorola declined to comment to BusinessWeek about its Android plans. It appears that Motorola's efforts are bearing fruit. According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal , T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless will launch Motorola-made Android phones before the end of the year, news that dovetails with comments Motorola executives made earlier this year. In late April, Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said the company would have Android devices on the market by the end of the year with multiple carriers, and not just in North America. "We are in detailed discussion with multiple carriers around the world," Jha, the head of Motorola's mobile devices division, said at the time. "It won't be one carrier in one region. It will be multiple carriers in multiple regions." For more: - see this BusinessWeek article Related Articles: Report: Verizon, T-Mobile launching Motorola Android phones T-Mobile USA to add 2 new Android handset partners in 2009 Motorola posts $231M net loss, sheds light on Android Motorola posts $3.6B loss, CFO departs

The QWERTY keyboard is no longer a stranger to iDEN circles. With the introduction of the Motorola Clutch i465, push-to-talk fans now have an affordable QWERTY messaging phone to use with the leading PTT carrier in the US. Following on Boost Mobile’s announcement, Boost’s parent company Sprint (NYSE: S) has today announced the Motorola (NYSE: [...]

Sprint has just announced the future availability of Motorola Clutch i465, a rugged iDEN phone that can already be bought via Boost Mobile, on pre-pay. Sprint’s customers will be able to buy the Clutch i465 starting “this summer”, for as low as $39.99 (with a 2-yr contract agreement, a $20 instant rebate, and a $50 mail-in [...]

Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), NEC, Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM), Samsung, Texas Instruments and three other wireless heavyweights have all signed an agreement under the eye of the European Commission to adopt a microUSB standard on data-enabled devices. This will hopefully cut down on consumer waste when it comes to chargers, [...]