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Earlier this summer, Motorola announced the Fire, an entry-level variant of the Xpert and Droid Pro. Today, the recent inductee to the Google family mentioned that the phone’s coming to the UK in late September – just in time for the university school year to start.
The Motorola Fire runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera, 600 MHz processor, and has FM radio included. One feature I really like on there is the ability to switch between work and play modes, so your home screen layout is always tailored to what you’re up to. HTC Sense had something like that called Scenes, and it’s good to see other manufacturers offering something similar.
There’s no mention of carrier support, but I hope this thing comes over to North America at some point. Yeah, it steps on the toes of BlackBerry just a little bit, but for folks who really like RIM’s form factor, but would rather have access to the Android Market, phones like this that have a reasonable pricetag will be very appealing.
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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.
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