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Motorola Marco Unveiled! Possible T-Mobile@Home action!

Posted by The Boy Genius on Jul 20, 2007 4:31 pm 13 comments
Filed in EDGE, Exclusives, GPRS, GSM, Handsets, Java, Linux, Motorola, T-Mobile

Tsk tsk, Motorola…You really should get a handle on your leaks. Here we’ve got the Motorola "Marco" which is in Z-slider form. The difference with unit is that it incorporates charging contacts on the back of the device, a nice addition, and above all — WiFi! Yes sir, WiFi is in full effect. This is Motorola’s first real phone (not counting smartphones, or the ill-fated Motorola CN920 which was an outsourced project that never materialized) with WiFi and it runs atop a JUIX operating system with a couple nice visual enhancements. The actual phone functioned fine, but we weren’t able to test the WiFi on T-Mobile’s network, yet it connected fine to our Linksys WRT350N router. You’ll the inside specs lookin’ pretty much like its Z3 sibling with quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity, a 2 megapixel camera, and the same form factor but, this unit seems a little thicker — just a bit! Release has not been speculated on, but we’re hearing the RAZR 2 is going to be Motorola’s big push this year, and not to expect too much in a major commercial release of a new product until at least January of ‘08. Whatevs, that won’t stop us though! We the best!

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13 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 6:07 pm, TJ Said:

    Looks nice.

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  2. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 6:38 pm, chris Said:

    I hope this has tmobile@home because the phones they currently have are garbage.

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  3. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 6:50 pm, TJ Said:

    I think it does since it has the T-Mobile setup on it. That would mean it could be for T-Mobile USA.

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  4. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:14 pm, Fernando Said:

    Motorola CN920? More details plz.

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  5. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:44 pm, JP Said:

    Another garbage phone from Motorola. The UI in these phones is crap, how can you even compare say….an iphone. Motorola has no new innovating products after their RAZR, which was also garbage phone but good industrial design and started the thin trend.

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  6. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 9:56 pm, Indigo Said:

    T-Mobile’s Hotspot@Home requires UMA which goes beyond a simple WiFi in that it allows seamless handover between WiFi and GSM. Any rumors that this phone would actually be UMA-capable?

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  7. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 10:20 pm, RG Said:

    I did not see a flash for the camera. Did I miss it?

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  8. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 10:44 pm, PC Said:

    Does this mean /\/\ has run out of names and is now reusing their old Trademarks?

    Motorola introduced the MARCO in 1996 using Apple NEWTON O/S. http://www.msu.edu/~luckie/gallery/marco.htm

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  9. On Jul 20, 2007 @ 10:51 pm, Jay84Virgo Said:

    I wonder what the screen res. is? Looks QVGA to me. And a Linux UI?….wouldn’t that make it the “Z6″ as opposed to the “Z3″?

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  11. On Jul 21, 2007 @ 1:19 pm, Nirvan Said:

    Look closely below the bars, it says AT&T on it.

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  12. On Jul 21, 2007 @ 11:48 pm, tim Said:

    As far as it saying at&t on it. its probably an unlocked phone and just reading the sim card. the At&t slider (if they ever launch it) is the z9. first shown by the boy genius.

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