Introducing the Motorola SLVR

A new Motorola phone debuted this work for Cingular and I'm willing to say that it's better than the RAZR.

It's a candy-bar phone (i.e. not a flip phone), it's slim, and it comes with iTunes. Thanks to Apple, you can only have 512 MB (~100 songs) worth of iTunes, but it's still a nice feature.

I had the opportunity to play around with a prototype phone for a few weeks and I was impressed with the phone's feel and performance. The camera is nothing special, but who uses their cellphone camera anyway? The SLVR also has Bluetooth loaded with the main services, WAP 2.0 (for Web browsing), and J2ME MIDP 2.0 (for games).

The starting price for the SLVR is $199 at Cingular with a two-year contract, but I expect that to be cut in half with in 4-5 months. Within 6-8 months, the SLVR will be available for free with special deals.