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alt="" />Not necessarily mobile news as such, we still thought you’d get a kick out of this tale of four teenage
thugs, two lovely assistants, and a man who earns his living by making stuff disappear. After Sunday’s show at Palm
Beach, Florida’s Kravis Center, illusionist David Copperfield and his female assistants were walking back to their tour
bus when they were approached by a small pack of kids. Instead of requesting the world-famous magician’s autograph
(don’t laugh, we have one), the three 17-year-olds and one 18-year-old proceeded to rob the women of their purses at
gunpoint, making off with serveral hundred dollars and a RAZR. When it came time to jack Copperfield, however, the
teens were apparently dumbfounded by his special powers, as he managed to conceal his own wallet and cellphone while
appearing to completely empty his pockets in a trick he referred to as "reverse pickpocketing." Eventually
all four morons were picked up in their stolen car after Copperfield took note of the license plate, and their cache of
loot from the night’s activities was returned to its rightful owners.

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The Motorola rumor mill is in full grind mode lately, with word of an impending slider version of the RAZR, called the "Capri," coming hot on the heels of the "Canary" photos that have been fluttering around lately. According to Cnet's Alpha blog, the quad-band GSM Capri will be no thicker than the SLVR, sport a "high-resolution" CCD (what that means for cameraphones is unclear -- 1.3 megapixels? 2.0? 3.2?), and also a TransFlash slot, probably for storing tunes. Although no pics of this rumored model are available yet, Cnet speculates that it will be quite similar to the Korea-only MS600 (pictured, also referred to as the "RAZR slider), which is a bit thicker than the SLVR but takes many of its design cues from the trusty RAZR.

[Thanks, Hitechy and Corey]

This expertly blurry shot of the unannounced and quite glossy Motorola "Canary" phone surfaced today, and it's looking rather sexy from what we can make out of the pic. Just vague rumblings of specs so far, such as a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a microSD slot, but we can confirm that the picture is a real shot of a forthcoming Moto device. Whether this "Glass Phone" will be the rumored "RAZR 2" or whatever is hard to tell, but we'll be keeping an eye out for it for sure.

In what
seems like a complete 180 for a company fond of disabling dial-up networking and simultaneous WiFi and voice usage on
their handsets, Verizon has apparently enabled the OBEX
Bluetooth profile in the recently-released 0.1.15.04 RAZR href="http://engadget.com/search/?q=v3c">V3c firmware update. As href="http://engadgetmobile.com/search/?q=razr">RAZR owners are well aware, the previous two firmware updates had
disabled and then completely removed OBEX, which gives customers a free way to transfer their files to a PC, most
importantly their pictures. The new firmware not only enables OBEX, href="http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=893475&page=1&pp=15">say HowardForums users, but actually
allows pic transfers over a wired USB connection as well using the Motorola Phone Tools software. Having seen Verizon
has take such a shocking step following their href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/02/verizon-gives-in-allows-dun-from-cellphones/">change of heart on DUN,
we’re expecting reports anytime of Apple opening up the iPod, Sony dumping the MemoryStick, and the HD-DVD and Blu-ray
camps coming to a super-last-minute compromise.

Motorola usually has a pretty nice booth, but this CTIA they've injected a couple extra ounces of fancy, being they didn't have a whole lot of new gear to show off this time around. The PEBL amongst pebbles gag got a little old, but they needed to (and did) step up their booth's aesthetic. And you know when we start going on and on about booth aesthetics, we're pretty tapped for some news, so check out the CTIA eye candy after the break.

 

Motorola appears ready to take on the Slingbox and Sony's LocationFree TV with a new service that allows customers to stream television from a DVR to a cellphone. However, there are some caveats that may make the service little more than a novelty for the time being. The biggest limitation for the moment is that the service will require both a Motorola DVR and a next-gen RAZR phone. Since Moto's DVRs are built into set-top boxes provided by cable companies, and not sold directly to consumers, this means the potential user base is defined not by customer choice, but by the vagaries of the cable market. And, of course, you need a specific phone model -- one that doesn't currently exist on the market -- to make the service work as well. However, given that the service is just in demo mode at this point, a lot can change before it goes public. And Moto may well learn from Sony's experience with LocationFree that it's better to open up, rather than trying to force customers to stick with a closed system.

 

Motorola appears ready to take on the Slingbox and Sony's LocationFree TV with a new service that allows customers to stream television from a DVR to a cellphone. However, there are some caveats that may make the service little more than a novelty for the time being. The biggest limitation for the moment is that the service will require both a Motorola DVR and a next-gen RAZR phone. Since Moto's DVRs are built into set-top boxes provided by cable companies, and not sold directly to consumers, this means the potential user base is defined not by customer choice, but by the vagaries of the cable market. And, of course, you need a specific phone model -- one that doesn't currently exist on the market -- to make the service work as well. However, given that the service is just in demo mode at this point, a lot can change before it goes public. And Moto may well learn from Sony's experience with LocationFree that it's better to open up, rather than trying to force customers to stick with a closed system.

We can hardly blame Motorola for milking their incredibly successful RAZR line for all it's worth, and that sure seems to be their plan at CTIA. Today Moto is busting out a brand new musicphone RAZR titled the V3m, which sounds to be merely a V3i plus stereo Bluetooth, with a microSD slot for up to 1GB of storage, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. We're not sure if the phone features iTunes playback or not, but we can't say we'd miss it anyways. The CDMA phone is accompanied by another in the W315, which sounds to be a no-frills clamshell, though we're low on deets and without a pic. Motorola is also bringing out some new spring colors for the RAZR V3i (pictured), including dark blue, maroon and violet. We'll have hands-on shots of these before long, so just sit tight.

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Read: V3i colors

We can hardly blame Motorola for milking
their incredibly successful RAZR line for all it’s worth, and
that sure seems to be their plan at CTIA. Today Moto is busting out a brand new musicphone RAZR titled the V3m, which
sounds to be merely a V3i plus stereo
Bluetooth, with a microSD slot for up to 1GB of storage, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. We’re not sure if the phone
features iTunes playback or not, but we can’t say we’d miss it anyways. The CDMA phone is accompanied by another in the
W315, which sounds to be a no-frills clamshell, though we’re low on deets and without a pic. Motorola is also bringing
out some new spring colors for the RAZR V3i (pictured), including dark blue, maroon and violet. We’ll have hands-on
shots of these before long, so just sit tight.

href="http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6614_6574_23,00.html">Read: V3m and W315 href="http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6616_6576_23,00.html">
Read: V3i colors