Motorola has a trio of new handsets that will be released over the course of the next few months via different carriers, and we’ll take a look at them right now. The Motorola W233 prides itself in being the first handset to be made from recycled water bottles – yes, that could be last year’s Evian bottle for all you know inside. It has a carbon neutral footprint, so you don’t have to worry about adding to the world’s pollution by picking one up, while costing 20% less the manufacture. The W233 is a dual-band 850/1900 GSM/EDGE phone with nine hours of rated talk time, features CrystalTalk, has a microSD memory card slot and basic messaging features.
As for the Surf A3100, this touch-based handset will see the older Ming out. Although it is powered by Windows Mobile Professional 6.1, it will have its own user interface from Motorola (nothing to get excited about judging by their past record), a 2.8″ display, stereo Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 3-megapixel camera, a microSDHC memory card slot, aGPS and supports quad-band GSM/EDGE as well as 850/1900/2100 tri-band HSDPA 7.2Mbps 3G. You will find this in selected Asian markets during Q1 2009, with no word on a North American release yet, if ever.
Last but not least we have the Tundra VA76r: – a military spec, ruggedized clamshell that will be available from AT&T, featuring push-to-talk, CrystalTalk Plus, Motorola’s MOTOMAGX platform, a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, a microSD memory card slot, aGPS and quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band 850/1900 HSDPA 3.2Mbps. Will any of these change the world? Nah, we don’t think so.
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