Motorola will be launching
3G versions (PDF) of a number of popular models as well as introducing the
high end SCPL platform this spring, according to a presentation Ron Garriques
gave to investors last week. The presentation revealed a 3G KRZR, the K3, as
well as a redesigned 3G RIZR called the Z8. In addition the presentation reveals
that a GSM/EDGE Q is still on the company's roadmap, and a second generation
model, the Q2, will be announced in both HSDPA and EV-DO versions at 3GSM next
month. Garriques also mentions the SCPL (scalpel) platform that Motorola has
been has talked up for over a year now as a broadband (3G or WiMax) family of
handsets.
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