Motorola announce the Motorola WILDER

 Motorola Mobility has today announced the new Motorola WILDER, expected to be in Carphone Warehouse stores from July for £49.95.

The Motorola WILDER is the perfect social touch screen phone for users-on-the-go, integrating their social networking accounts including Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and YouTube, so you can connect with friends and stay on top of the latest news all day long. Motorola WILDER also features a secondary notification screen, highlighting important information that matters to users most, like incoming messages from friends and family, as well as information on the music track they’re playing.

There’s a great new sizzle reel on YouTube showing everything that you need to know about the  Motorola WILDER here, and high-res images of the handset can be found at the bottom of this email. You can also find further information on the handset at www.motorola.com/uk.

Full press release below:

Jump into the heart of the action with the latest splash and dust-resistant touch phone from Motorola Mobility UK Ltd. Motorola WILDER enables users to live life for the moment without worrying about their phone, whether hanging out on the beach, relaxing poolside, or amidst the muddiest and rowdiest festival scenes. Motorola WILDER is expected to be available from July for £49.95 at The Carphone Warehouse.

With a durable 2.8-inch touch screen, Motorola WILDER lets users access and integrate their social networking accounts, like those from Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and YouTubeT, so they can connect with friends and stay on top of status updates all day long. Motorola WILDER also features a secondary notification screen, highlighting important information that matters to teens most, like incoming messages from friends and family and information on the music track they’re playing.

Motorola WILDER offers an FM radio for streaming the latest hits, exciting games, including Need for Speed, and cool apps, such as Soundhound. The 2-megapixel video camera lets users document their wild adventures, and the Web browser keeps them entertained and informed while on-the-go.

“Motorola WILDER provides on-the-go consumers with a touch screen experience that is splash and dust-resistant, offering a cost-conscious option that is still cool,” said Andrew Morley, vice president of marketing, international markets, Motorola Mobility Inc. “The durable phone is a great addition to our device portfolio and was developed with our customer needs in mind.  With integrated social media and a secondary notification screen, users can stay on top of what really matters to them, and being splash and dust-resistant, they can get into the action without worry.”

Motorola WILDER Features:

· Compact GSM dual-band phone with 2.8-inch QVGA resistive touch screen

· Social networking integration for sites like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and YouTube

· Embedded games & apps: Tetris, Game of Life, Need For Speed, Soundhound

· Entertainment delivered with a FM radio and MP3 player.  MP3, AAC +, AAC +, eAAC +, AMR NB, AMR WB, Midi, WAV

· Capture the action with a 2-megapixel camera and 15fps video capture/playback

· 5MB on-device memory, up to 32GB expandable memory to store music, photos and more¹

· HTML Web browsing (opera mini) and support for messaging applications including SMS, MMS and e-mail

· Bluetooth®² capabilities for wireless calls and music

· Secondary notification display

· 910mAh battery delivers talk time up to 575 minutes and standby time up to 255 hours³

· Accessories: a 3.5mm headset and micro USB charger

· Splash and dust-resistant

Pricing and Availability

Motorola WILDER is expected to be available from The Carphone Warehouse from July for £49.95.

Information about Motorola WILDER can be found at www.motorola.com/wilder or on YouTube.

Posted by: James