Comments on: Motorola Blaze for Verizon: the touch screen war hasn’t stopped yet

By: tommy

tommy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:15:04 +0000

this is a great phone i own one myself.you can use the touch screen,or you can close the flip and still use the touchscreen function.yall need to learn your facts before you post junk

By: John L

John L — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:49:22 +0000

motorola will be okay who do you think rely on the police,fire,hospital,adc,nfl. get real allready

By: Smooth

Smooth — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:22:55 +0000

Motorola is suffering.

That being said, the Blaze seems similar to the Ming. I own a Ming and loved it. I replaced it with an iPhone mainly so I didn’t have to carry a separate iPod and phone. Although, I still like the Ming, but it is at least a couple of years old and the processor was a little slow. If the Blaze is similar enough to the Ming with a faster processor, I will get one if it is available on a network other than Verizon.

The Blaze won’t save Motorola and may not even be that big of a hit. Even so, people still “Oooh” and “Aaah” more at my Ming than the iPhone. Part because it’s cool with the clear flip, part because it’s not available in the U.S.

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:45:32 +0000

What’s with this blind ripping of Motorola? I’m personally confident that this phone will do well if marketed correctly.

By: Wow!

Wow! — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:11:15 +0000

Wow! Are there a lot of disgruntled, ex-Motorola employees on here or something?

By: pheer6224

pheer6224 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:21:43 +0000

well, that blows.

By: The Outside

The Outside — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:36:32 +0000

@christexaport
very well said. motorola needs their own flagship and the zn5 is not it. sure based on reviews the camera is absolutely amazing but seriously… 5 megapixel camera phone and not even 3G? so what if its going to china make it a world phone and put that sweet 2100mhz band in there.

By: christexaport

christexaport — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:11:28 +0000

wsamman, the only reason Americans so heavily adopt old tech dumbphones is carriers make it impossible to get great phones at fair prices as in Europe and Asia. We’d love Nseries phones, but are just able to buy them in mass in the last month!

The reason everyone is so scathing is because the mighty Moto is flagging, and should be trying to release more innovative and special devices, not the yawners being put in the market. All they need to do is survive until the Symbian Foundation releases its first OS, but they’ll hardly bolster any hope with this sort of device. The Kodak ZN5 was somewhat ok, but this is embarrassing.

This is NOT the device Motorola is hoping will save them from failure. Rumors site autofocus, 8 megapixel sensor, and near segment leading specs. It’s still in development, and might be Symbian based.

And don’t start calling this a smartphone. A smartphone MUST feature multitasking, as EVERY major smartphone platform does. (So iPhone, you sit your disguised dumbphone butt down, too.)

And gadget freaks will laugh at this. The true gadget freaks are on symbian-freak.com, hacking and modding away on real smartphone gadgets.

I’m sorry, Motorola Blaze, but when the Nokia 5800 “Tube” sits next to this, it gets even worse! Its a tragedy the inventors of the cellphone forgot how to design and innovate. At least they still know build quality…

And T-Mobile also has the Ameo/Advantage, which is this device’s granddaddy!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:26:49 +0000

I’ve used the Ming 1200, an earlier version of the Blaze, for a couple of years now. It’s sold through China Mobile. The touch screen works fine for me, so I think the reviewer’s problems are with a prototype unit. The basic software is okay, but not stellar.

By: kuhndog

kuhndog — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:35:33 +0000

at least it doenst look like a Iphone, am i right?

By: The Outside

The Outside — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:38:17 +0000

how are you people absolutely positive motorola is over? just cause they arent doing so well now that doesnt mean they wont bounce back. you never know which phone is gonna replace the razr as moto’s cash cow

By: Randomguy

Randomguy — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:35:18 +0000

Yes. More Nokia leaks, please.

Everyone knows that Motorola are absolute shit, no need to keep on helping to dig Moto’s grave for them.

By: Ypocaramel

Ypocaramel — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:55:41 +0000

XD So you want BG to stop giving juicy, exclusive scoops that both Engadget and Gizmodo picked up in an hour just to focus on RIM and Apple?

By: RyaN

RyaN — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:03:30 +0000

NO ONE FCUKING CARES ABOUT THIS SH!T!!!

Post some iPhone or BlackBerry news, BG. That’s the only reason why most of us come here

By: gregory

gregory — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:48:27 +0000

wonder what verizon has crippled

By: Mr Hopkins

Mr Hopkins — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:19:14 +0000

Ya’ll need to search the old motorola articles for one that was titled MOTO FUKKED. That should clear up the BGR “beef”

By: yobabes

yobabes — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:00:36 +0000

BGR u have done it again…flaying motorola..

hey do you have something personal against the company…

cmmon man give an impartial analysis..

i have seen a lot of samsungs, lgs which are crappier than the motos and u praise… but u always praise those and for moto … i dont know what is ur problem

By: Motorola Blaze

Motorola Blaze — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:56:22 +0000

*smart should = touchscreen on my other post!

By: Motorola Blaze

Motorola Blaze — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:52:04 +0000

This phone isn’t designed to impress people here. It is designed to offer low end customers a smart phone at an affordable price… something that hasn’t been done yet. Touch phones are typically targeted to the higher end…

Motorola is doing an incredibly smart thing here if they can market it properly. And, depending on the price…

http://MotorolaBlaze.com

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:02:03 +0000

So…it’s like hella sick…but a piece of shit at the same time?

Interesting approach on your failing market segment Moto.

By: MobileRoar

MobileRoar — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:39:29 +0000

How can anybody here offer this type of criticism without seeing a price? What if Moto was trying to somehow hit the low-end with a touchscreen? Free with a 2 year contract. THEN would this be a bad phone?

Maybe for the gadget freaks here but I’m pretty sure it would fly off the shelves if it was FREE with 2 year…

Plus, this is probably an engineering version as somebody already mentioned.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:39:05 +0000

For all of those who keep saying Motorola is dead.. Remember, “He who laughs last, laughs best”.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:42:49 +0000

I bet that software is still crap though.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:11:34 +0000

I like motorola but the truth is the truth. this phone will take verizon to ruins too. The best Companies right now are AT&T and T-Mobile.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:09:21 +0000

Rosario you mad stupid. you obiously dont have a clue about t-mobile phones, and dont know about technology at all, of course t-mobile has touch screen phones, the “wing” for example is better then this piece of nothin, is this the phone everybody was talking about that would saved Motorola; they should not make one more of this phone if they wanna stay with some money, this is not going to save them, i didn’t even hear about Wi-Fy on it, just a waste of money.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:41:20 +0000

This is a Ming with Verizon software – awful. Makes my decision to cross over to at&t for the iPhone much easier…

By: Markis

Markis — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:22:26 +0000

why was the mobile TV feature left out!? spot on..

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:21:12 +0000

Is this the phone that Moto is banking on saving the company? Oh, my.

So, it’s a touchscreen phone that you have to flip open to use, and the flip doesn’t even fold flat against the phone… brilliant. Why didn’t someone else think of that one first?

Why doesn’t Moto just sell off the phone division already? Put that name into some responsible hands before it’s too late.

By: BigDaddyStirls

BigDaddyStirls — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:21:05 +0000

Gay…

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:16:22 +0000

Wow is it just me or is that thing THICK for a full touchscreen? Holy cow!

Not to mention the screen looks really dull and not very vibrant