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Motorola updated their lineup with design, music, media, high-speed performance, wireless broadband and connecting the unconnected at the 3GSM mobile conference in Barcelona, Spain.

The MOTORIZR Z8 offers ultra-fast HSDPA technology, a 16 million color 35x50mm QVGA full screen display, video playback of up to 30 frames per second, and is Motorola’s first “kick slider”—taking a page from Samsung’s past successes. The new MOTOKRZR K3 provides a downloadable/streaming multimedia experience through HSDPA connectivity.

The new MOTOMOBILE portfolio (entry-level, mass market phones) now includes features such as a mega-pixel camera, speakerphone, MP3 playback and video functionality, as well as Motorola’s CrystalTalk technology, improving conversations in noisy environments. Mobiles in the line are the: Motorola W510 with a 262k color TFT screen, the MOTOSLVR L9 with a 2.0 mega-pixel camera and integrated FM radio, and the MOTORIZR Z6 with the latest music features running on the first Linux-Java OS that incorporates Windows Media technology—allowing you to sync music to your phone from over 200 music stores worldwide.

Like Nokia, Motorola has taken Bluetooth wireless technology on the road with its new Phone-based Navigation System T805 and T815 featuring MOTONAV.

Finally, Motorola expanded its MOTOQ platform with the new MOTO Q q9 and MOTO Q gsm (which we covered here).

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With the same form factor as the original MOTOSLVR L7, Motorola has upgraded the look of the phone from black to blue. MOTOSLVR L7e also houses a new software interface, similar to the MOTOKRZR, boasting more user-friendly functionality and less crashing.  That handset has Push-To-Talk, Push-To-View, a 1.3 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, full screen video capture with 4x digital zoom and video playback, A2DP Stereo Bluetooth2 connectivity, progressive downloading and video Streaming, GPRS and EDGE Class 10 technology, GSM quad-band technology, MMS, IM and email. The handset provides up to 20 MB of Internal User Memory and supports up to 2 GB of expandable MicroSD External Memory Card. Finally there is an integrated audio player, supporting audio formats in MP3, AAC, AAC+, and ACC+ Enhanced music files.

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