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While these two new phones from Motorola aren’t what you’d call pretty, or even heavy on horsepower, but they’re certainly ready to work. A 3.25″ 320 x 240 touchscreen, Wi-Fi and Windows Mobile 6.1 come along with both the MC5590 and MC5574, pictured respectively above, but the main differences being in keyboard layout and Push-To-Talk on the antenna-toting 5590, and quad-band EDGE with GPS capabilities on the MC5590. A bunch of accessories are launching with the series, like multi-device charging docks and cabled adapters for car charing and data transfer, so right off the bat companies can get fully kitted-out to support their new handsets. On the ruggedness front, the MC55s are designed to withstand 4ft. drops to concrete, and can withstand year-round weather. Expect these in North America sometime in the second quarter, but in the meanwhile you can check out Moto’s promo site.
[via Motorola]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
