Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), today announced that its eagerly-awaited handset, the MOTOKRZR, is now available for consumers in Hong Kong. Setting yet another benchmark for mobile design, this new handset will wow consumers with a unique solid glass front, full suite of multimedia services, premium craftsmanship, precision detailing and elegant finishes.

The cutting-edge mobile is also available throughout greater China including Taiwan. In coming weeks, millions of consumers can expect to see announcements from operators and carrier allies around the world announcing the availability of MOTOKRZR.

“MOTOKRZR embodies Motorola’s commitment to originality and innovation. We are excited to be putting a sophisticated mobile with a wide range of premium voice and multimedia features into the hands of consumers around the world,” said Ron Garriques, president, Mobile Devices Business. “The MOTOKRZR is the definitive handset for individuals who have an appreciation for cutting-edge designs and an exciting mobile experience.”

Following the footsteps of the world-renowned MOTORAZR™, MOTOKRZR is made with elegant and robust materials. Showcasing a multi-dimensional, metallic gloss finish for visual depth, the MOTOKRZR radiates a subtle elegance through magnesium, polished chrome and hardened glass. The solid glass on the front – a technological breakthrough and a first for a large-volume handset – results in a high-gloss luster balancing the soft velvet-like finish on the back.

The MOTORAZR v3i is the Latest Addition to the Award-Winning RAZR Family of Products, Offering Cingular Wireless Customers the Ultimate in Design and Entertainment, Including iTunesВ®

Cingular Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) continue to raise the bar in mobile music with their latest music device, the MOTORAZR v3i. Like its predecessors, the MOTOROKR E1 and the MOTOSLVR L7, the MOTORAZR v3i is another Cingular exclusive handset featuring iTunes®, giving mobile music lovers another great option for enjoying their favorite PC-based music collections on one of Cingular’s most popular handset designs.

“To date, Cingular remains the first and only carrier in the United States to offer a phone with iTunes,” said David Christopher, vice president of product management, Cingular Wireless. “The Motorola RAZR is one of our most popular handsets and, with the addition of iTunes, we are thrilled to offer Cingular customers yet another great device that addresses both their communication and entertainment needs while on the go.”

“Following its game-changing predecessors like the MOTOSLVR L7, the MOTORAZR v3i embodies Motorola’s philosophy of eye-catching design coupled with advanced technologies,” said Jim Wicks, vice president of Consumer Experience Design, Motorola, Inc. “The razor sharp MOTORAZR v3i combines the best of style, audio, imaging and technology – all in one slim, mobile device.”

RAZR Sharp Features
The MOTORAZR v3i is ideal for those consumers who want the convenience of having one device that essentially does it all. The phone, fashionably colored Silver Quartz, comes packaged with everything music lovers need to transfer their favorite iTunes collections from the PC to the wireless phone, including a pre-installed 512 MB MicroSD card, a power charger, USB cable, stereo headset, 3.5 MM headset adapter, and desktop iTunes software (www.itunes.com).

The MOTORAZR v3i also features a color display for viewing album art. Music fans can randomly auto-fill or manually fill the mobile phone with playlists from their favorite music, audiobooks and podcasts from their iTunes library via a USB connection. The MOTO RAZR v3i pauses music automatically when users take a call and offers the ability to listen to music while messaging* with friends or snapping a photo.

The Bluetooth®-enabled MOTORAZR v3i is also rich in multimedia features, including a powerful upgraded 1.23 megapixel digital camera with an 8x digital zoom, video record and playback and Multimedia Messaging capabilities to boot. Cingular customers can also get the quickest access to their favorite online content with Cingular’s MEdia Net, which gives customers access to news and entertainment headlines, sports scores, financial quotes, local weather and more.

Successful EV-DO Rev. A trial leads to agreement to equip sites with EV-DO Rev. A and includes core network gear and services

Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading wireless provider, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) have extended their supply agreement to include upgrades to existing 1x Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision 0 sites and incremental upgrades to CDMA 1xRTT sites to 1x EV-DO Revision A. CDMA 1xEV-DO Rev. A offers fast downlink speeds and enhances the uplink data speeds for wireless broadband data users, providing new quality of services features needed to support simultaneous video, voice and data applications. The financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.

Ed Salas, vice president of network planning, Verizon Wireless, said, “Motorola has been a long-time CDMA infrastructure supplier to Verizon Wireless, and continues to offer us high-quality CDMA technology solutions that help us meet our customers’ ever growing needs for wireless broadband services.”

“This agreement highlights not only Motorola’s past investments in CDMA 1XRTT and 1x EV-DO technology, but our ongoing and projected future investments to insure our most valued customers like Verizon Wireless can continue to offer leading edge broadband data and multimedia services. We expect to continue to evolve CDMA 1X EV-DO technology over time to insure the technology maintains competitiveness with other broadband wireless technology options,” said Fred Wright, senior vice president, Networks & Enterprise, Motorola.

CDMA 1xRTT and 1x EV-DO technology are widely use in many regions of the world including North America, Japan, Korea, China and many countries in Southeast Asia, serving more than 275 million subscribers. The technology offers an evolution path that maintains backward and forward compatibility with earlier versions of CDMA technology while providing a future upgrade path to even faster broadband data rates.

Motorola has been providing wireless communications solutions for nearly 80 years and was one of the co-inventors of cellular telephone technology in the 1970s and early 1980s. Motorola serves CDMA customers in 32 countries around the world and supports approximately 80,000 cell sites of CDMA equipment worldwide.