Motorola PEBL V6

Expected Q3/Q4 2005
15th February 2005

Note this article has been updated here

Another addition to the RAZR and SLVR lineup is the PEBL V6, a smoothly stylish looking device.. but is it as advanced as it appears?

The short answer to that question is "no". Although the PEBL looks absolutely fabulous, it's basically almost identical in every way the the V620 and most of the newer V500 range.

The PEBL has a 176x220 pixel main display in 262,000 colours, 96x32 pixel external display, a VGA resolution camera, 5Mb of internal memory, Bluetooth, EDGE and GPRS data and voice dialling. Like the other phones in the latest batch of Motorolas, this features the "Dynamic Idle" system to give "zero click" access to news and information sources.

Also there's a WAP browser and email client, and the PEBL also has an instant messaging client and MMS support, plus of course Java and polyphonic ringtones.

Size and weight are reported to be almost identical to a V500/V600 series handset at 87x49x20mm and 110 grams. The PEBL will be available in two tri-band GSM configurations (900/1800/1900 and 850/1800/1900) depending on region.

In much the same way that the RAZR is clever packaging of pretty standard features, the PEBL is just a V500/V600 with a makeover, but that's a pretty good place to start and the end result is that the PEBL is a gorgeous phone and probably the best looking handset in the Motorola lineup.

Motorola say that the PEBL will be available some time in the second half of 2005.

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