Motorola SLVR L7 with i-mode

Available now
14th February 2006

The Motorola SLVR L7 with i-mode is another variation of the SLVR line-up that includes iTunes and non-iTunes devices. As you might guess from the phone's name.. this is a SLVR with added i-mode support, plus a few cosmetic differences.

It's a familiar looking device, with a 176x220 pixel display, VGA resolution camera, Bluetooth and microSD/TransFlash expandable memory, which is certainly nothing special.. except that i-mode phones are few and far between, and the SLVR L7 is at least pretty competitive in this particular market niche.

Interestingly, the back of the handset is marked "E4xx i" in the publicity shots, as if the phone was going to be called something else. There's also a version of the L6 with i-mode, basically a cut-down variant of this handset (confusingly labelled MT340i).

On one hand, it's great to see that Motorola's engineers can adapt their products according to market, and it shows the underlying versatility of some of the platforms they are building on. But on the other hand, giving all the variants the same name just leads to muddle and confusion.

The Motorola SLVR L7 with i-mode should be availabel from Q2 2006.

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