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The Moto Lazr?

engadget.com — Could this be the next big moto phone?

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  • happenstance, on 10/12/2007, -18/+5gorgeous..hopefully the battery won't be as crappy as the razr
    • asif5th, on 10/12/2007, -19/+6Will pass on this. Even though it's running Linux, it'll be a run-of-the-mill crap. All the "hip" people will get it, and just flash it off to everyone. Does the phone have wifi, expansion slot, ability to open up word documents? I know..it's not a smart phone. But count me out Moto, ever since I bought a Razr..and the only thing it ever did was looking nice, I won't be buying one of your products for a long time. Nokias for me, which actually provide everything...in the same size.
    • mooninite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Not a smartphone? It runs Linux so it should be simple to add programs for. Unless Motorola put a lot of restrictions on the phone... it is a smart phone.
    • 0o0Moylan0o0, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Why ask the question? There are almost no details on the phone, how can we possibly make any decision based on what information was given... buried as lame
    • merc22, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5My Razr phone had a crappy battery. I bought a extended battery off of eBay and now it works great. Now it kinda looks like an old Nextel flipphone, which negates the purpose of having a sleek looking phone. Still, at least I've not hearing the low battery beep all the time anymore and that makes me happy.

      I tried disabling that low battery beep, but no luck. I hate that beep.
    • Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -13/+8Motorola has too many phones out. They all look the same, and they're all *****.
    • Th0Rr, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17kill all endgadget blag spam now
    • Markpdotcom, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14YES! Someone please tell engadget that reposting stories from other peoples blogs and then trying to get them dugg isn't cool!

      Besides, its one photo! Jeeze! Just link to that!
    • gr8one, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Thanks to that horrible watermark, I can't even tell what the phone looks like.
    • th3heretic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Does it go Pew Pew?
    • zachblume, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1OMG WTF BBQ ITS A LAZIER
  • hadimirza, on 03/26/2008, -24/+2razr sucks really bad. motorola phones suck overall, but i ended up buying the slvr, since it was slim and cooler than the razr.
    • dagger89, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Motorola phones are pretty reliable, for me at least... My v66 lasted 2+ years, and my v600 is still kicking (even after going through the wash)... Now I'm with the KRZR and the reception is pretty good and the extended battery is alright (but what can you expect from a thin phone with a thin battery?)
    • Murdats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13i find motorola make good hardware, but very average software for their phones, hopefully this one will be different
    • chrisxkelley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@murdats
      I agree. I couldnt tell you how many times i've dropped my razr to the point where I was suprised it wasnt broken or cracked. It's been a really reliable phone as far as harware is concerned. My gripe is with the software that verizon put on it. It's slow as *****.
  • mcfarag, on 10/12/2007, -3/+52I love that they compare the phone in size to a lighter and a knife.

    It's like saying, "look, if you can already conceal these, just imagine the capabilities of our LAZR!"
  • colonelpanic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39I want phones, with fricken' lazr beams attached to their transmitters!
    • iamcrazyed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4How about the Moto-Frzr.
      The phone built for people who look to cool cell-phones for their sense of manhood - Come with 90 days of free therapy!
      Sponsored by Kelsey Grammar? Wooooot.
  • AssProphet, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3Dear Motorolla,
    Please come up with a naming convention that isn't gay.
    P.S. Let us do our own firmware upgrades, the old razOrs have crappy firmware.
    Thanks

    Oh, and btw, the new phone looks like an old ipaq its case. wtf
  • NiGHTSChao, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6What next?
    Phazr
    Crazr
    Shazr
    Pazr
    • EztliNahua, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4Close: http://www.cellphone9.com/motorola-krazr-announced/
    • dagger89, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"Crazr"
      Eh, moto beat you to it, its called the KRZR

      I guess they thought vowels were unnecessary... Although it is pretty good phone, just attracts fingerprints whenever you touch it

      Edit: Yea, that's it above, except there shouldn't be an "A" in the name (in the CDMA nor the GSM model)
    • mikev, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3*****?

      All motorola phones suck lately.
    • turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20blazr, the cell-phone jacket combo!
    • chaloobe360, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14TAZR hehe, phone with built in taser!
    • allenu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1The next one shall be called The Quad GLAZR!
  • jbeat07, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3My uncle Works for Moto and i saw a prototype of this phone today. It is as awesome as it looks and the name in the article is right. The phone is amazing i can't wait to get one for my self.
    • cinnix, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24My dads friend who knows a friend of his sister works for moto. He says they got the name wrong. Apparently it is slated for the name "bananafone".
    • ajamer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@cinnix

      You're thinking of the MOTORIZR Z8

      http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/02/12/motorolas-motorizr-z8-a-symbian-kick-slider-with-hsdpa/

      It's an awesome phone that runs Symbian OS too!

      I REALLY want it
    • PunkRampant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why not just believe the guy? One time I talked about how my dad confirmed something at Yahoo and people laughed at me.

      If someone says their relative works at company X, take their word for it. If someone says their relative works at company X and can get them the latest product for free, call *****.
  • cinnix, on 10/12/2007, -17/+24IMMA CHARGIN' MAH LAZR!
    • turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -16/+10stealing comments from the article?
      how cool.
    • cinnix, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25@turpenine:

      Dear Sir, with all due respect; with a meme as popular as the aforementioned, the likelihood of coincidentally repeating it is extremely high. To actually think that I read the article before posting that comment is utter lunacy. It was something that just had to be done, and if I offended you in anyway, I am sorry, it was all in the name of fun.
      That being said, I bid you good day sir, and wish you do not jump to such conclusions in the future.
    • Chort, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Shoop Da Woop!
    • tj9991, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Mods: plz sticky
    • selectodude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6My internet meme efforts will dominate your face.
    • concreteclam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The implications of 4chan + Digg are absolutely mind-numbing and should not be discussed by mere mortals such as us.

      ... IMMA' FIRIN' MAH LAZR
  • razrielle, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Does anyone think of the movie Dodgeball when you think of the moto phones
    • ADDHITMAN, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0why do u ask? and no i dont
    • songsforbears, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Haha, that's the first thing I noticed!

      And this is one of the ugliest phones I've ever seen.

      Daniel.
    • razrielle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3@addhitman
      Owen: [after Patches O'Houlihan has been killed] Look on the bright side, at least we've still got Peter!
      Dwight: Yeah, but Globo Gym's got guys named Laser, and Blazer, and Tazer, and all kinds of "azer's"! Without Patches, we're going to get our taints handed to us, that's what!
      Justin: [Whispers to Gordon] What's a taint?
      Gordon: I don't know, but it sounds *bad*!

      yay for imdb
    • xyqxyq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@razrielle
      Um, no.

      The names of members of White Goodman's dodgeball team.

      White Goodman: Allow me the pleasure of introducing you to Blade... Laser... Blazer...
  • gnetro, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0Yes, it could be the next big thing of Motorola, but don't forget there is still iPhone, and I think for overall mobile phone, iPhone is the next big thing.
  • otero1, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2ANOTHER PIC:http://upload.pbase.com/image/76089955.jpg
    VIDEO 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZaQ9qkeaoc
    VIDEO 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4OC-sNpgXs

    :)
  • otero1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I really hope the no expansion slot thing is false. That would be going backwards. Even the v710 has an expansion slot.
  • Bob042, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Only if it comes with an actual high powered laser. Green would be nice.
  • clinko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I CAN'T WAIT until the MOTO *****-R comes out.

    Please, don't give this company any more money. I feel ashamed I bought a RAZR.
  • triscuitbiscuit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Freakin' FCC
  • spidoman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Thank goodness there isn't a huge watermark RIGHT WHERE THE PHONE IS.
  • sfeldy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Looks cool, but I think Smartphones (Blackberries, PocketPC's, and iPhones) have me a bit spoiled for the range of functional programs + ease of use with the larger keyboards or alternate text entry methods. I'm really hoping that the pic posted in the comments is a hoax and is a Razr or Krazer (the one with the bathtub chick). If it's inaccurate, and has a blackberry pearl-esque keyboard AND Linux, then we'll talk.

  • D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'd buy it for the name alone...
  • aserer511, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52" external display=waste.of.battery.
  • useraccess, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1When are they going to start paying attention to the aging population and make the GEEZR? Tag line..."It's a phone with big number keys"
  • Dustyb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'll be looking forward to Samsung coming out with something similar, yet two times better.
  • dumpling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2neat, but what the hell is going on in that photo. it's on alligator? next to a blade? with the reflection of the photographer showing?
  • glacious, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Let us not forget Motorola having 6 of the top 10 phones as far as radiation goes...

    But agreed, good hardware, mediocre software.
  • m0moma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3this guy and his webpage look like a freaking dick/*****
    whats with the fetish, phones WITH girls?
    http://www.bengalboy.com/
  • optikalblitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Engadget's telling me this thing has a two-inch screen like it's the second coming or something. So what?

    Linux? Okey doke..

    Is it trying to stack against something like the Treo or Blackberry? Hope not..

    Moto needs to get more creative than putting -azr after everything. I'm sorry to sound smug but it's simply not creative anymore.

    So in all, it looks like another shiny phone with more gadget appeal than anything else..that's the only thing selling me
  • Sepeteus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What next? Lolzr? Boxxorz? Phazr? Tazr (the police phone)?

    At least it's not as bad as gfx card names (XFXTXX96800-XZ-GTFXS-ViVo-SLI-PCX-XXX-GoldenSample-Ultimate-GTSX).
    • zachblume, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh my, 57 characters, that means they can have 4.5x10^80 products and won't run out of space.

      Thats 7.5x10^70 products per person currently living on Earth.

      Thats quite a few products.
  • SuperRoach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The razr was a great upset for nokia to kick them in the pants. Sadly though, Motorola havn't moved on much until this phone was announced. Lets hope they don't have a uber crappy ui again!
  • DrGamez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Can't see ***** with that watermark in the way.
  • collareddrifter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Really, why do you need a 2 inch screen on the front? What is there thats sooo important, you need a wholleee 2 inches for.

    moto you are killing the enviroment with your waste of LCD displays. (insert sad face here)
  • dogstylee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hooray, another phone that does the same as all the other phones.
  • wiirdo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I want the MOTO BRICKR.

    http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/images/7474_MotImage.jpg
  • SaintStryfe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So the new Motorola phone is going to go rumble with those greasy Sharks?
  • Sunsneezer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I though the picture was 3D but now I've seen www.bengalboy.com.
    And I'm just confused as hell.

    What?
  • diggdong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice zippo.
  • SoxFanNH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Motorola sucks, I went through 3 phones in a year with them..
  • polyGone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe I am insane and probably so, but I could have sworn I saw them advertise this already. I remember thinking, lazr - razr, how innovative.....
  • hiro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Motorola might have finally caught up with the rest of the phone world as far as design goes (ever seen the ones before the V3? They're real rubbish) but they still can't come up with a decent UI. Leave it to Nokia and SE
  • clos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Meet my team mates; this is Blade, this is Lazer, and this is........Blazer!
  • demps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe when Motorola drops the absolutely idiotic naming conventions I'll buy one.
  • Holosoth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1HAHA!! YOU'RE LZAR!!!!
  • TheGrandGeneral, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1will this phone be able to access the internets in their full glory.
  • Ductapemaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But will it heat my coffee?
  • Seruphim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 not that impressive
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