Skies have been cloudy lately for cellular phone maker Motorola. After ceding its number 2 mobile phone manufacturer global ranking to Samsung last year, Motorola has recently announced the postponement of some of its projects, and that it would apportion the size of its research laboratories to roughly 300, while transferring a number of people to other units.

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Verizon has launched the midrange W755 clamshell from Motorola.The W755 has most of the same features and specs as the RAZR V3m, but adds stereo Bluetooth and external touch controls for controlling music, Bluetooth, and the ringer. Features in common with the V3m include 1.3 megapixel camera, color external display, microSD memory card slot, and GPS navigation.

The W755 is available now in purple and black from verizonwireless.com, for $69.99 with 2-year contract and online discount.

The Samsung Glyde is now on sale for $299.99 online after a new 2 year agreement before a $50 instant online discount bringing the total to $249.99, while the Motorola Q9c is on sale for $299.99 after a new 2 year agreement before two additional discounts, one instant $100 discount and an additional $50 mail-in rebate bringing the total to $149.99.

The Samsung Glyde features a widescreen WQVGA touchscreen with haptic feedback, modified Croix user interface from the European F700, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, microSDHC expansion slot, GPS support, speakerphone, media player, and voice control.

The Motorola Q9c is identical to the Q9m and removes the Flash Lite based multimedia frontend that provides access to VCAST services while adding Windows Mobile 6 Standard and being one of the first Windows Mobile smart devices to support Version 4 of VZ Navigator.

If you are looking for a mobile phone for a great price, look no further than the Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve.Verizon Wireless, who exclusively released the RAZR MAXX Ve just last year, is now clearancing the phone for only $19.99 with a new two-year agreement.

The Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve specs include:

• Futuristic touch sensitive music keys with elegant lighting
• 2.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with 4x digital zoom
• Video capture/playback and video sharing using H.263 and MPEG 4
• Version 1.2 Bluetooth wireless technology with stereo headset profile
• EV-DO for downloading data with extreme speed
• Over 60 MB user available memory and 2 GB optional removable microSD memory

Motorola and Ferrari will re-introduce the V9 with Ferrari design, similar to Motorola Z8 Ferrari edition you will get access to videos from Ferrari, Ferrari wallpapers and ringtones, and some other goodies.Motorola V9 RAZR2 Ferrari is still the same handset with 2.2″ display, 2 megapixel camera and HSDPA connectivity.

Check out some feate

• internal antenna, tandem 2.2” and 2.0” 240×320 QVGA 262K color displays
• Touch-sensitive external music keys
• Integrated 2.0 megapixel camera, with 8x digital zoom
• Connectivity featuring Micro USB, USB 2.0 Full Speed, USB mass storage and version 2.0 Bluetooth wireless technology with Enhanced Data Rate
• 3G High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) 3.6 Mbps wireless broadband connection and EDGE/GPRS
• 45MB of end user memory and support for up to 2GB of memory with an optional microSD card
• Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology supporting A2DP and AVRCP profiles
• Video and audio streaming, capture and playback
• Video telephony and See What I See capable
• Messaging via MMS, email, SMS, MotoSync