Motorola i90c Limited Edition Phone with Pearlized Finish is Latest Mobile Phone to be Sold at Bloomingdale’s Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Bloomingdale’s today announced the pearlized Motorola i90c Limited Edition phone, the latest in a series of limited edition Motorola mobile phones to be offered by Bloomingdale’s. This pearly white flip phone is a sophisticated communications device that’s also an elegant fashion accessory.

“After the success of the translucent Motorola i90c Limited Edition phone, we wanted to offer Bloomingdale’s customers something new and different,” said Peter Aloumanis, vice president and general manager of the U.S. Markets Division, Motorola’s iDEN(R) Subscriber Group. “With its pearlized finish and silver colored trim, this phone is sleek, elegant and stylish, while also offering the most advanced features such as a two-way radio, speakerphone, musical ring tones, and downloadable games.” “Bloomingdale’s customers are fashion-conscious consumers who want to express their personal style through both their clothing and their personal electronic devices,” said Anne Keating, senior vice president of Bloomingdale’s. “

The pearlized Motorola i90c Limited Edition mobile phone is a stylish alternative for the customer who wants something different.” The pearly white Motorola i90c Limited Edition wireless phone is a compact 3.5 x 1.9 x 1.1 inches (89 x 48 x 28 mm) and weighs just four ounces (113 g). Features include blue backlighting that makes it stand out in dimly lit environments, dual displays that show Caller ID on the outside of the phone, voice recognition, and voice recording.

Ten selectable musical files and ten selectable ring tones allow users to personalize the ring style with rich polyphonic sound. Users can customize the phone by wirelessly downloading applications, such as games and productivity tools, to meet their individual needs. Pre-installed applications include Checkers, Blackjack, Video Poker, Calculator, and Unit Converter. The Motorola i90c Limited Edition handset will be available beginning this week at select Bloomingdale’s stores in New York City, Huntington Station, White Plains, and Garden City, New York; Hackensack, Wayne, and Bridgewater, New Jersey; Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles. It will be also featured in the Bloomingdale’s Mother’s Day catalog. Suggested retail price is $399. 

Ericsson Technology Licensing announced that it has signed a licensing agreement to provide its latest Blue tooth radio core, the K-D1, to National Semiconductor, a premier analog company focused on the market for wireless handsets. National plans to introduce products incorporating Ericsson’s radio next year.The Bluetooth radio core K-D1 from Ericsson gives National Semiconductor a Bluetooth design solution that can be completely ported into its manufacturing process.

This enables National Semiconductor to differentiate products for different manufacturing processes and different market segments.“National’s broad portfolio of Bluetooth products, from chip sets to modules to accessories, will be enhanced by our licensing agreement with Ericsson,” said Jean-Louis Bories, Executive Vice President of National Semiconductor’s IA and Wireless Division. “We are strong believers in Bluetooth and the added value Bluetooth solutions provide customers in applications such as mobile handsets and PDAs. ““By signing a licensing agreement with National Semiconductor, one of the world’s top semiconductor companies, we have taken a big step toward reaching our goal of integrating our Bluetooth solution into mass market consumer products,” says Maria Khorsand, President of Ericsson Technology Licensing. “This puts new fuel into the Bluetooth market - where the demand for chips is expected to grow more than 300 percent next year.”

The fourth generation radio is the latest in Bluetooth radio design and features complete on-chip integration of the radio front end using a 0.18-micron RFCMOS process with some key features as lowest external components count and no radio sensitive external components. The package includes evaluation hardware and design database, as well as simulation results and schematics. Furthermore, qualified samples manufactured in the foundry mother process are also included. This has been proven to accelerate the process of porting and to minimize engineering efforts.