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Motorola's new W7 Active Edition is an updated version of the original W7, a fugly handset selling today in China. It is still a low-end 3G-capable slider with some sports-centric features like pedometer, but at least now it looks decent.

The W7 Active Edition will be available in three colors by June 2009 in Asia and Latin America, but there's no word on pricing yet.

A couple of blurry live pictures of the upcoming Motorola Rival a445 previously known as the Rush 2 for Verizon have surfaced today. This phone comes with a colorful QWERTY sideways-sliding keyboard, as well as EV-DO, GPS, Bluetooth and a 1.3Mpix or 2Mpix camera.

It looks like Telus' Mike will be the second iDEN carrier in Canada to offer the Motorola i465 Clutch. It is a low-end messaging handset with a front-facing QWERTY keyboard, and features like PTT, threaded SMS/MMS, Bluetooth support, and a cr@ppy VGA camera.

Boost Mobile has announced the new Motorola Clutch i465, a low-end rugged handset with a QWERTY keyboard, apparently targeted at users who mostly use their phones for messaging. The Clutch is not pretty on the outside, but we can't say it's prettier on the inside, offering:

• Push to Talk functionality;
• Threaded SMS and MMS, POP3 email support;
• Bluetooth;
• VGA camera

Hopefully the price for the Clutch i465 will be corresponding.

Motorola often comes up with ugly handsets, and here is the latest addition to the party, the unannounced W7. The device has received China’s telecom certification, and will be available sometime next month in the said market.

Features:

• 2.2" QVGA display;
• Secondary video camera for video calls;
• microSD card exp

The Motorola A4500 Napoleon “World Edition” has finally received the FCC approval and is now due to land on Verizon. This model is a successor to the Motorola Q series handsets, and is pretty decent in terms of specs:

• World-roaming, quad-band GSM, EV-DO;
• Wi-Fi, GPS, Stereo Bluetooth;
• Windows Mobile 6.1;
• 2Mpix camera;
• Fingerprint scanner

There was no word form Moto or Verizon, though.

Motorola's latest mid-range handset has been announced today in South Korea. It's called Motorola V10, and is basically the same RAZR2 V9 with a few design tweaks. Spec wise the V10 didn't change.

Specifications:

• Two screens (internal and external);
• Bluetooth connectivity;
• 2Mpix camera;
• EV-DO Rev. 0 connectivity;

Good news for Alltel customers: the carrier has released and is now offering the company's newest slider, Motorola QA4 Evoke, for jusr $99.99 on contract. Its features include:

• Full touchscreen;
• EV-DO;
• 2Mpix camera;
• AGPS;
• Bluetooth with A2DP;
• microSD expansion slot

Motorola has unveiled a new model in its ROKR lineup today, the W6.

The device is targeted at sports enthusiasts and is packed with training software, a stopwatch app, calorie trackers, push-to-talk and music functionality. We should also point ot such specs as the 1.3Mpix camera, A2DP Stereo Bluetooth, and a nice battery providing up to 400 mins of talk time, and 350 hours in standby.

MetroPCS is now offering the Motorola QA30 as the Motorola Hint to its customers. The device is priced at $249, which makes it the most expensive compact handset with full QWERTY keyboard from the said carrier.