Motorola announced the availability of the Motorola V557. The new flip phone is on shelves now at Cingular Wireless. The Motorola V557 is the first handset to include Motorola's SCREEN3 - a technology that pushes information out to the phone idle screen in a "ticker tape" that runs along the bottom of the screen. This technology enables consumers to get news, sports, entertainment, and other premium content and services directly from their mobile device home screen

In addition to offering "zero-click" access to the wireless web, the Motorola V557 features a VGA camera, video record and playback, and advanced messaging. EDGE (Enhanced Data Global Evolution) technology and Cingular's consumer data services, such as Picture Messaging and Cingular Sounds, enhance the multimedia offerings and enable subscribers to share images and download MP3 ringtones with unprecedented speed.

The Motorola V557 is available at Cingular Wireless retail stores, in select markets throughout the U.S., for as low as $99.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate.

Motorola V557 Features:

• Sleek flip design with chrome accents and a soft-touch finish
• Motorola's SCREEN3 technology solution featuring zero-click access to news, sports, entertainment, and other premium content.
• VGA quality digital camera with zoom, brightness adjustment and picture caller ID
• Video record and playback
• EDGE, GPRS and J2ME
• PoC options including contact list with presence, PoC over Bluetooth1 and PoC over EDGE
• Push to View to share visual experiences with ease
• MMS, IM Wireless Village and Email (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4)
• 22KHz polyphonic speakers