RAZR: Can Motorola continue the magic?
Motorola announced the RAZR2 revisions this week. The RAZR phones are no longer dumb phones. Sporting an ARM11 500 MHz processor , the new phones should be blazingly fast. Apart from the processor, there is a major change under the hood - all new RAZRs run on Motorola's Linux platform. Even if these new RAZRs are only half successful as the previous generation phone, it will still help Linux capture a huge market share in the smartphone segment. But I still do not understand Motorola's logic of not providing a native SDK. Looks like a pretty dumb move for me.
By providing a phone with all radio options, right from 2.5G to 3G, Motorola has essentially covered 90% of the cellphone market segment. RAZRs are always known for people who are fashion conscious rather than for the do-it-all phone crowd. The new revision is even more thinner, shiny and looks damn sexy. (If only I can get a Windows Mobile phone in this housing. Moto, Are you listening? I don't want the Q9 by the way).
To make the RAZRs more appealing, Moto should make this design exclusive to the RAZRs. An etched keypad in most phones, even the entry level ones make these phones little unappealing as most Motos now look like RAZR. This may put off many potential RAZR2 buyers.
PS: Anyone knows who is the manufacturer of the ARM11 CPU in these phones? I have been trying to get the info, but no luck.
