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Review: The Linux-based Motorola RAZR2 V8

Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 17th Aug 2007 06:10 UTC

PureMobile sent us in the brand new Motorola handset, second generation RAZR: the Linux-based V8. One of the most sleek and most-wanted phones in the market, and we take it for a serious spin.

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Not a smartphone

by DigitalAxis on Fri 17th Aug 2007 06:54 UTC

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2005-08-28

But... is it intended to BE a smartphone? My general impression is that the RAZR^2 is, like the RAZR, primarily a fashion phone with a little bit of everything in there somewhere.

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RE: Not a smartphone

by Eugenia on Fri 17th Aug 2007 06:57 in reply to "Not a smartphone"

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2005-06-28

Yes, Motorola's new Linux phones (not the older ones) *are* intended to be smartphones, when the SDK is released next year. The new SDK will support all Linux phones from the V8 and later (again, not their older ones).

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