Motorola Crush – affordable touchscreen handset for $50

November 23rd, 2009

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If there is something that the LG Cookie, Samsung Star/Corby, and the upcoming Nokia 5230 has taught Motorola, it’s the potential of a low-cost touchscreen. It seems that Motorola has taken this to heart and is hitting this segment with “Crush”. Crush has a simple candybar handset design that resembles the Dell Mini 3i, featuring a capacitive touchscreen and two buttons on the top (lock and power). With a 2 year contract and a $50 mail-in rebate, US Cellular will probably look to sell more than just a handful of this phone. But having something like the Palm Pixi available at $99 certainly ‘crushes’ the MotoCrush. I need not mention here but this ain’t gonna bring ground breaking sales to either Motorola or US Cellular.

No information on both the internal memory and the OS is provided, but this phone probably Linux, as seen in the A760 / A1200 series from Motorola.

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Exchange your dying battery for a fully charged from US cellular, for FREE

May 19th, 2009

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Starting tomorrow, U.S. Cellular is launching the free battery swap program. The program allows you to exchange your dead or dying battery for a battery that is fully charged. The customers would not have to pay a penny for the exchange.

The phones that have been purchased within the last 18 months are eligible for the battery exchange program.

“This simple gesture is just another way for us to give our customers that added peace of mind that their phone will always be there for them in case of an emergency,” said Jay Ellison, executive VP and COO of U.S. Cellular.

via [MobilityDigest]

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