Motorola today has launched the new “chic” version of its RAZR2 - The RAZR2 Pink Silver. It Features a pink casing with espresso coloured keypad that enhances an elegant touch. Its obviously not targeting you men, unless if you wish to reveal your feminine sense.

“With its luxurious yet tranquil look and carefully-selected features, the RAZR2 Pink Silver was designed to appeal to the confident young generation,” said Lim Joung Ah, Marketing Director of Motorola Korea.

Motorola will be launching another exclusive model for the ferrari lovers, the Motorola V9 Ferrari edition. The Z8 Ferrari has started selling at TimTechs.com last week and yet to show popularity. The V9 Ferrari will not be any different from the standard Motorola V9 except for the phone’s metal surface, red trim, and prancing horse theme pictures and other special minor changes .

Expectation surrounding the release of the Motorola ZN5 Motozine centers around suspicions that it will feature the 5 megapixel Kodak camera and these live pics look like proof positive the ZN5 is one to beat.

Another 5 mp camera in a crowded marketplace with leaders such as Nokia N95 and LG Viewty maintaining a firm grip ma seem daunting for the suffering manufacturer but with Kodak onboard and Xenon Flash and auto-focus the first 5mp from Motorola may just open a new door.

Global Mobile Phones Shipments and Marketshare 2008 Q1:

Nokia is still on top with a constant growth in sales; 91.1 Million handsets in Q1 2007 to 115.5 Million handsets in Q1 2008. The clearest changes are seen in Samsung and Motorola ; Samsung has increased sales by 33% from the last Q1 and Motorola has dropped sales by 39.4%.

Sony Ericsson’s Q1 2008 is not a reliable sales estimate as most of their 2008 releases will only be released around mid of this year.

The Motorola A1600 developer sheet has been leaked and offers the specifications for the forthcoming model.

The 120g clamshell phone runs on Linux and features 2.4 inch TFT touchscreen display with handwriting recognition, GPS and A-GPS, 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and 8x digital zoom, video recording, Bluetooth and microSD expansion.

Whilst not a 3G or WiFi phone, the MotoMing2 has quad band GSM/EDGE connectivity.

Release dates are yet to be released but will its lack of 3G and WiFi cool interest in the much talked about phone?

Motorola has launched their latest 3G handset the UIQ-based Z8m kick slider in Korea.

A follow-up on the Motorola Z8 it features the same UIQ, unusual design and HSDPA connectivity, which it updates to 7.2Mbps., as well as 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and Bluetooth connectivity.

Check out the video of the launch at the Grand Hinton in Seoul.

Early leaks of the Motorola roadmap for 2008 caused excitement but new photos have peaked interest in what is though to be the most exciting model to come from the ailing manufacturer, the Motorola ZN5.

The Motorola ZN5 MOTO Zine (pictured above) leaks are coming thick and fast so one expects an announcement may not be too far away for this triband GPRS/GSM/EDGE, Montavista Linux 2.6.1 OS operating, 5 megapixel camera phone.

The Nokia 7310 Classic (pictured below) shares similarities with other budget fashion phones. Running S40 and featuring 3.2 megapixel camera, quadband GPRS/GSM/EDGE, FM Radio, memory card expansion, Bluetooth and 3.5mm audio jack, the Nokia 7310 Classic is a good entry into he mid-range music phone market.

The leaked Motorola roadmap indicates 9 devices planned for rollout in 2008 including some expected candidates and a few surprises.

The officially announced models include the W270, E8 and U9 and leaked phones like ZN5, A1800, A1600 and A810.

The biggest news is the inclusion of the L800T and VE75. The L800T will be Motorola’s first foray into TD-SCDMA devices and the candybar will feature 1.9″ 176×220 260K color display, 2 megapixel camera and dip in at 110 grams and 49×112×15mm. The VE75 slider will feature 2.6 inch WQVGA (400×240) 260K color 16:9 screen, dual SIM support, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and weighs 120 grams.

Perhaps the most exciting model in the mix will be the ZN5 with its 5 megapixel AF camera and Xenon flash the linux 2.6.1 operating, TV-Out featuring phone will all come in at under 12mm thick.

Will Motorola manage to reverse their fortunes with this lot?

While motorola seems to be in the midst of a crisis, their former employees are expressing their feelings towards their former employer; Motorola, the Cell Phone Giant. Please note, due to their current unemployed situation, their statments could be considered baised and unreliable.

Former Motorola employee, Numair Faraz, who worked closely with the late Geoffrey Frost — Motorola’s former Chief Marketing Officer and father of the RAZR handset. From reading Faraz’s words, both former CEO Ed Zander is pitched as a complete idiot and slave driver who literally worked Frost to death and current CEO Greg Brown is pitched as a technological moron who can’t even use email (his secretary prints off messages to read to him later).

American’s struggling handset makers- Motorola, who layed off 10,000 positions since the start of 2007 announced at the CTIA the “Smart Rider”, which sports a built-in GPS accompanied with powerful navigation features such as voice-guided directions, real-time traffic reports and automatic re-routing — the Smart Rider also features 2.8 inch screen, Bluetooth, and voice activation.The Smart Rider will be sold worldwide and will be available on the market in June 2008.

According to speculators, their new entry to the GPS feature will slowly left Motorola’s sales ( that is only considered keeping up with the market, as their currently atleast 3 laps behind ) .