Motorola today introduces the MOTO U9 officially. U9 comes in an elegant form factor, Stereo Bluetooth, CrystalTalk Technology, external touch sensitive music controls and floating, animated screensavers that appear on the external display.

Seamless, small and light weight, the curvaceous U9 has been designed to fit perfectly in the pocket or hand. Its metallic gloss finish comes to life with animated screen savers that appear to “float” across the borderless external display. The external display is not just for show, however, as touch sensitive, digital keys let users control their music player from the outside.

Through an exclusive arrangement with recording artist Fergie, in select markets Motorola will provide exclusive content on the phone, promotional activities, and TV and print campaigns.

MOTO U9 Specifications

• Network: Quad-Band (GPRS Class 12/EDGE Class 12)
• Dimensions: 90 x 48.6 x 16.4 mm
• Size: 57.8 cc
• Weight: 87.5g
• Battery: Talk Time: up to approximately 430 minutes
• Standby Time: up to approximately 350 hours
• Display: 2.0”, QVGA, 262K TFT
• Exterior Display: 1.45”, 128 x 160, 65K OLED
• Touch sensitive music keys appear on the borderless external display when in music mode
• Music synchronization compatible with Windows Media Player 11
• Windows WMAv10 plus Janus DRM, MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC+ enhanced
• Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
• USB 2.0
• Memory: 25 MB
• microSD memory card slot
• 2 megapixel camera
• Video capture and playback, MPEG 4 3GPP, h.263
• Airplane mode
• New main menu UI, particularly the new "spinner" view
• Messaging via MMS, SMS, WVIM, EMS 5.04

MOTO U9 is expected to be available for purchase in Q4 in Asia, Latin America and Europe.