Believe it or not, there's more to Motorola than just the RAZR and its subsequent successors. In fact, looking at this 2009 roadmap for Verizon Wireless, it looks like Motorola could be selling some pretty hot phones next year. They've got some rather creative names to boot and--get this--they don't all get the "four letters in all caps" naming scheme either. Then again, these could just be codenames and none of them have actually been confirmed by Moto or VZW.
Starting from the left, We have the Motorola RUSH 2. With the increasing popularity in text messaging, instant messaging, and mobile email, we're starting to see more QWERTY dumbphones. The RUSH 2 capitalizes on this trend with a horizontally-sliding QWERTY keyboard and bold black-red color scheme. Look for it in Q1.
In the middle is the Motorola CALGARY, another phone that happens to have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, but the keys look pretty different. It's almost as if they are laser-etched into a flat piece of aluminum, illuminated with brilliant cyan lighting. From what I can gather, this will also be a touchscreen phone with Sidekick-like tendencies.
Last but not least is the Motorola INFERNO, seemingly an update to the MOTOMING line of Linux smartphones. It looks like it has an active clear flip like the previous MOTOMING phones. Aside from that, we're pretty lacking in details so stay tuned for more as it develops.
It looks like Motorola and Verizon Wireless indeed have big plans for 2009, and those four leaked handsets (Flash, Rush 2, Calgary and Inferno) are not the only surprises prepared by the two companies for next year.
According to BGR, at least other three new phones are scheduled for a 2009 release.
These are Motorola Niagara, Motorola Fairbanks and Motorola Harmony.
None of them seem to be high-end, but the Niagara surely looks good, sporting a slider design that might make it a next-generation RIZR (if Moto wants to continue with the RIZR line, of course).
Here’s what the Motorola Niagara looks like:
Motorola Fairbanks and Motorola Harmony, the other two handsets that Verizon will out sometime next year, are both clamshells. Fairbanks is a rugged PTT one, while Harmony looks like a music-centric device, with touch-sensitive external keys.
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