We take a look at Motorola’s new voice prompting Bluetooth headset and its companion MotoSpeak Android application. What makes this headset stand out from others on the market? Well, you’ll have to watch this episode to find out.

Link: Motorola HX550 Bluetooth Headset

Justin got a hands on with the the newest Motorola anDROID phone, the DROID RAZR. The DROID RAZR sports a dual 1.2GHz TI OMAP4430 processor, driving a 4.3-inch 960×540 qHD Super AMOLED Advanced panel. The screen is covered by a Gorilla glass, support on the back by a KEVLAR sheet for added strength. There’s 1GB RAM on board. The rear video camera does a 1080p video, while the front facing 1.3MP camera can be used for video conferencing.

The RAZR will run the Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) but will get the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgrade when it comes out later this year. On the software side, it had something called Smart Actions. Similar to Tasks, Smart Actions lets you choose a set of rules that automatically trigger particular actions attached to those triggers. It also has new service called MOTOCast which allows you to stream and share media from your desktops/laptops into your RAZR.

Motorola RAZR First Look

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The Motorola ET1 Enterprise Tablet comes with a 1GHz dual core with 1GB RAM and 4GB Flash + 4GB microSD (expandable to 32GB), a proprietary charging port, removable hot-swappable battery. The device is built to be sturdy with Corning Gorilla Glass, 7″ 1024×600 resolution at 0.63kg, IP54 sealed, MIL-STD-810G drop test, so you’re assured for having a rugged device.

The Motorola ET1 Enterprise Tablet runs Android 2.3.4 with several security and encryption enhancements, bundled together with Motorola Mobility Services Platform (MSP) for enterprise management. It also comes with multi-user support and RhoElements framework support.

The Motorla ET1 Enterprise Tablet will be be available before the end of 2011 at a list price of USD$1,535 (bulk price available).

Additional accessories like the mag stripe reader and barcode scanners will be made available early 2012.

Link: http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Tablets/…

We take a look at the first tablet built by Motorola, running on Google’s Android Honeycomb 3.0 software, as well as give a run-through on what’s so special about Honeycomb.

Link: Motorola Xoom (WiFi model)

Note that our tablet runs on Honeycomb 3.0, and that Honeycomb 3.1 is not available for the Motorola Xoom in Singapore yet, and we have no news when or if 3.1 will be available here.

Today we take a look at the Motorola Defy, a seemingly ordinary mid-range Android 2.1 smartphone with a 5-megapixel camera. There’s got to be a particular selling point on this device, right? Well, we’ll find out in this one of a kind episode of Gear65.

Link: Motorola Defy

The Motorola Defy will be out in Singapore this weekend, and we got a chance to have an unboxing of the device itself. Motorola DEFY will be available by 18 December 2010 in SIngapore at all StarHub outlets and on the open retail channel for a recommended retail price of S$528. We’ll do the review soon.

Link: Motorola Quench XT3

Motorola just launched the Motorola Milestone XT, an Android 2.1 device similar to their original Milestone, just without a keyboard, has a better camera and xenon flash, FM radio. It will be selling at up to S$198 exclusively with Starhub with a 2 year contract from tomorrow (10th June 2010) onwards.

And we are recording at our new found home, 8 Shenton Way Starbucks. (Formally Temasek Tower) So pop by every Saturday at around 10am if you want to join us. (Check out our twitter account in case there is any change in time/venue)

Daniel & Daniel, DK, Justin & Justin, Nicole and NTT (via Skype)

Stories this week

[1:40] Creative Zii MediaBook
[10:45] Michael Arrington’s CrunchPad still not available, maybe never will be?
[17:00] Motorola DRIOD
[24:50] BarCamp Singapore 4: 21 Nov 09, Suntec Tower 3, 14th Floor

[29:00] Byte of the week: Orb

The gadget to be reviewed this time… its the Motorola Razr2 V9 phone. Thanks Johahn from Fleishman Hilliard for the loan of a beautiful phone!

The V9 comes in 3 colors, Rose Gold, Mahogany, and Black.

First impressions, sleek, pretty, and definitely and eye-candy. Coupled with a nice shiny finishing, it has definitely enhance the glam factor of the phone. Though that means attracting fingerprints, but it is not as bad as I thought. One part of the external LCD is touch sensitive, thus expect loads more of prints on the screen itself.

Being a clam shell phone, one would wonder if it will be very bulky, but this phone is so thin that I could hardly feel a thing in my pockets. It hardly forms a bulge in the pockets, and sits snugly, in position. The hinge feels sturdy and thats a good thing to know

This is how it looks like when I flip the phone open.

The keypad feels flat, yet its responsive to the fingertips, and allows me to type fairly quickly, and the directional keys are a hit, allowing ease of navigation throughout the phone. The screen is large enough for one to view all the contents at one go. Graphics display are sharp and vibrant.

I like the icons, makes it very easy for one to view, and the re-ordering of icons option makes it all the more easier to customize to my preferred layout in the menu itself.

This phone is very suitable for camwhore enthusiasts… because one can snap pictures of oneself very easily via the external LCD screen, which doubles up as a viewfinder and mirror to check on your appearance.

Its a handy feature!

The external LCD also doubles up as a SMS reader (reading incoming sms), browsing call history, as well as to play music, images and even videos. Nifty feature I would reckon, for I need not flip open the phone.

The internal LCD provided a clear and crisp viewfinder to snap pictures. And I would have to say that the quality of the photos is quite decent.

The call quality of the phone is clear and sharp, and the sms interface is easy to use. Not to mention that the pre-installed games on the phone kept me entertained for quite a while on the move, bowling and suduku (pretty addictive).

The browser was decent, and allowed me to surf to plurk, twitter effortlessly, though I disabled the loading of images and sounds, so as not to eat up too much of my gprs data. (I don’t have a data plan, so it can be quite ouch at the moment).

Last but not least, the Motorola Razr2 V9 phone uses a Mini-SD card, as a source of external memory to store all that music, photos, videos etc.

Overall, the metallic gold adds to the glam factor of the sleek clam shell phone. The key pad and the screen is a hit with my mum, as she says it makes it easier for her to see The friendly user-interface is a hit, and the OS is more stable compared to the previous Motorola Phone that I had, the Moto Rokr E1.

Nicole

Don’t forget to check out our video review of the phone on Gear65!

This was a photo collage I made with all the other pictures that I took of the Aura. Thanks Johahn from Fleishman-Hillard!

At first glance, it is not your usual rectangular-ish kinda phone. Instead, I was presented with this rounded edges, and a round screen! w00t! Not the first for Motorola, if you still remember this phone which was launched a long long time ago.

The Motorola Aura reminded me of the V70.

What I see impressed me. The colours on the screen are so rich and vibrant, that I simply can’t take my eyes of the screen!

The screen contains a richness of 16 million colors, and it makes everything look crisp and sharp. And not to mention that it features a scratch resistant glass, virtually unscratchable, unless you use a diamond of course. 62 carats of sapphire crystal lens went into the circular display.

It was put to a brutal test, using a fork to scratch it (as seen in Gear65 Episode 1), scratched with a key, and even on the surface of the road (*gasp*). Impressive isn’t it? The screen does not even show up any scratches.

The metallic body of the phone adds the glam and bling to the overall design of the phone. The shell was etched with designs that gives it a elegant looking phone.

Here’s how the back of the phone looked liked…

This is taken with the cover detached. Notice the mechanical parts? These are the parts which gives the motion of flicking the cover of the phone…

The menu interface is quite unique, with the icons placed in a circular manner. The selected icon is magnified in the centre of the screen, which makes it easy to tell what is selected.

Nothing to shout about features wise apart from the standard call/sms/gprs etc… though I must say that the battery life of the AURA lasts me less than a day. The call quality is quite clear and the camera quality is not that bad at all! It can act as a paperweight, given that it feels rather solid with stainless steel casing.

Overall, I felt that the phone adds to the glam and bling factor, looking really good on its own. Its pricing is really dear, given the materials, workmanship factored into manufacturing the phone. Its a mechanical wonder, owing to the mechanical parts controlling the opening and closing of the phone. Its a feast of the for the senses.

Check out the short flash clip right here

AURA – The Return of Artistry

It feels good to have a go at using such an expensive phone. I like!

Nicole

It's the second episode of Gear65! This week, we talk about the HTC Touch 3G as well as the Motorola V9. Daniel is really excited that he finally gets to show off an HTC windows mobile phone, and explains why, while Nicole explains what's so cool about the Motorola V9.

From this week, new Gear65 episodes will be uploaded every Thursday. So now you get brand new content on Tech65 every 4 days!

It's the first episode of our brand new show: Gear65! Every week, the crew comes together and shows off/talks about/rants about new gadgets in a completely unscripted, 65bits-style.

In this first episode, Daniel, Nicole and DK take a look at the so-expensive-if-you-had-to-ask-how-much-it-costs-you-probably-don't-wanna-know Motorola Aura, as well as Samsung's new Pixon, their latest addition to the 8-megapixel camera phone collection.