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The QWERTY-powered Motorola i465 Clutch is now available from Boost Mobile for $129.99 out the door. It's a low-end phone, which could be easily ignored if it wasn't the only messaging option Boost's customers have.

• QWERTY keypad;
• Push to Talk / Walkie Talkie;
• threaded SMS and MMS, POP3 email support;
• Bluetooth;
• VGA camera

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The regional iDEN operator SouthernLINC has added the Motorola i9 Stature to its handset lineup. The phone goes for $240 on a contract.

And here's another Android phone bound for AT&T. Its called Motorola Heron, and is scheduled for launch on November 2nd. Specifications:

• QWERTY keyboard;
• 2.8" touch screen;
• 3Mpix camera with flash;
• aGPS;
• 3G support;
• Android OS

Also check out a photo of the upcoming Motorola Sawgrass slider.

Motorola Evoke QA4, previously available at Alltel, is now up for pre-order at Cricket Wireless. The phone goes for $279.99 without contract, which seems to be a good deal. Features include tri-band GSM support, touchscreen display, a 2Mpix camera, and stereo Bluetooth.

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 expansion;

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.