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Motorola announces Z6w, W161, and W181

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 11:27 AM

Motorola announces Z6w, W161, and W181

It’s kinda clear Motorola have seen better times. But announcing two low-end phones and an update to the existing one seems more than pathetic. Samsung showed us some high-end Symbian love and so has Nokia. LG presented its beautiful devices… What are you doing MOTO? There is no such thing as “safe place” in the ever competitive mobile phone marketplace. Two of the devices you’ve showed us — W181 and W161 — seem designed for emerging markets, while the third, Z6w, is the WiFi-enabled Z6m. How that competes with handsets from Finland, Sweden and Korea? Well, MOTO you suck! And that being said doesn’t do me any good. I honestly want to see the American handset maker getting back into the game. Show us more of that UIQ love. Add some QWERTY there and you’ll have many amazed, myself included. In the meantime folks, look elsewhere for better mobile phones…

[Via: Engadget Mobile]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • bob9

    you really should learn how to write, dude

  • topy

    Well it’s a fact that any of those isnt the next razr.

  • Dmatt

    Well to be fair there was the E8, U9, V8 gold and Z10, being the Z10 a nice Symbian in a sexy form factor.

  • Beeba

    Dusan,

    Way to go to call ‘em on it. Moto really does suck altho they did not always. They started the whole Mobile thing – remember? It was Zander and Warrior who drove Moto into the ground. It takes more than talk and bravado. Sadly, under the leadership of the duly departed (Dumb and Dumber), Moto lost its groove.

  • dusanb

    Yeah I hope they’ll get back in shape. I love the Q9′s look, just want to see it running UIQ or maybe even Android. Now that would be something…