Thursday, February 11, 2010

Gotham Gadgets: MOTOROLA RIVAL Ultimate Messaging Phone Provides One-Touch Access to IM-Style Texting; Features Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard and a Touch Dial-Pad for Easy Access

Motorola Rival™ A455: Ready. Set. Text! Motorola Rival™ A455 is a loaded messaging machine that lets you get the first, last and every other word in. You know we have a lot of words at Whom You Know (in perfect English too we hope!) and thank goodness Motorola has come up with a great new way to express ourselves! Peachy Deegan has been punching away at this fabulous keyboard for the last two weeks and it is better than your average keyboard by a mile.

Stay ahead of the social curve and never get thumb-tied again with one touch access to IM-style texting and emoticons, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a touch dial pad and fast EVDO connectivity¹. Whether talking or texting¹, Motorola Rival keeps you connected at a price you can afford. We know we have a lot of socialites reading! Here is your tool.

Keep it Going: Out-thumb your friends with IM-style texting that organizes messages by contact, displaying them in a chat-like format¹. Messaging is made even faster with a backlit QWERTY keyboard that shows only the characters and numbers you need to use while texting in the dark¹. Whom You Know thinks this looks very cool and also works very well, especially in poorly lit bars where you so often do need to text. One-touch access to text message composition, emoticons, symbols and IM or email lets you quickly chime in and contribute to the chatter¹. Keep all of your important conversations handy by holding up to 500 text messages in your inbox and outbox¹.

Stay in Touch, In Style: Motorola Rival is designed to be pocket-friendly but begs to be shown off, and comes in two stylish colors: Tin Silver and Purple. We love it in purple!

Lip Service Just One Touch Away: Use the touch dial pad on the vivid 2.2” display to quickly make and take calls, without opening the slider. This is very easy to use!

Always Online: Instantly connect with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Messenger and Yahoo Messenger¹. Or use Mobile Email to access popular email services including Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and Windows Live to stay connected while on-the-go.

Verizon Wireless and Motorola, Inc., introduce the Motorola Rival™ today. Designed for quick and easy messaging, the Motorola Rival keeps customers socially connected, while offering a variety of popular multimedia features from Verizon Wireless, including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video, Visual Voice Mail and VZ Navigator^SM.

Key features:

Pocket-friendly side-slider with QWERTY keyboard
Touch dial-pad
IM-style texting that organizes messages by contact, displaying them in a chat-like format
One-touch access to text message composition, emoticons, symbols, IM and e-mail

Lifestyle features:

Backlit QWERTY keyboard for faster messaging; keyboard lights up either characters, numbers or symbols based on entry mode while texting in the dark
Holds up to 500 text messages in inbox and outbox
2.0 megapixel camera
3.5 mm headset jack and up to 8 GB optional removable memory to satisfy any music appetite (microSD™ card is sold separately)
Instantly connect with friends on AOL^® Instant Messenger, Windows^® Messenger and Yahoo!^® Messenger with Mobile IM
Mobile Email allows access to popular e-mail services such as Yahoo!^®, Hotmail^®, AOL^®and Windows^® Live
Supports Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music with Rhapsody service, which allows customers to choose from more than 4 million songs to download over the air; get the master copy of the songs on their PCs; and sync favorite tracks, albums and playlists from their PCs to their phones using a separately sold USB cable
Supports VZ Navigator to get audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with others
Visual Voice Mail allows customers to view, delete, reply, listen to and forward voice mail messages without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions

Pricing and availability:

The Motorola Rival is available beginning June 10, 2009, online at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.
VZ Navigator is available for $2.99 daily access, and Visual Voice Mail is available for $2.99 monthly access. V CAST Music with Rhapsody is available for $14.99 monthly access.
For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

Motorola Rival™ A455
Talk and Standby Time	Up to 320 min./510 hrs²
Bands/Modes	CDMA 800/1900, CDMA 1X/EV-DO Release 0
Weight	4.4 oz
Dimensions	20. x 3.8 x .71 inches
Browser	WAP
Battery	940.00 mAh
Connectivity	Bluetooth +EDR³, 3.5mm, USB 2.0 FS
Display	2.2” 176x220 65K
Messaging	MMS, SMS , EMS, IM, Email, WAP browser¹
Audio	AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, MIDI, MP3, WMA
Video	Capture/Playback/Streaming¹, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV
Camera	2 megapixel, 7x Digital Zoom, Fixed Focus
Memory	130MB end user; up to 8GB expandable
Form Factor	QWERTY Slider
Navigation	GPS/VZ Navigator¹

Motorola Rival™ A455 is expected to be available in Q2 2009. For more information regarding pricing and product availability in your region, please contact your local Motorola representative. To experience Motorola Rival A455, please visit www.motorola.com/rival.

Certain mobile phone features are dependent on the capabilities and settings of your service provider’s network. Additionally, certain features may not be activated by your service provider, and/or their network settings may limit the feature’s functionality. Always contact your service provider about feature availability and functionality. All features, functionality and other product specifications are based upon the latest available information and are believed to be accurate; however such product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

¹Network and/or SIM card dependent feature, not available in all areas. Airtime, data charges and/or additional charges may apply. Wireless email functionality requires an email account with wireless server capabilities.

² All talk and standby times are quoted in Digital Mode, and are approximate. Battery performance depends on network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, features selected, and voice, data and other application usage patterns.

³ This device supports Bluetooth A2DP, HSP, HFP profiles. In order for Bluetooth devices to communicate with one another, they must utilize the same Bluetooth profile. To determine the profiles supported by other Motorola devices, visit www.motorola.com/bluetooth. For other devices, contact their respective manufacturer.

Certain Bluetooth features including those listed may not be supported by all compatible Bluetooth-enabled devices, and/or the functionality of such features may be limited in certain devices, or by certain wireless carriers. Contact your wireless carrier about feature availability and functionality.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. The Bluetooth trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used by Motorola, Inc. under license. Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved.

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About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 86.6 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 86,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.

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