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RIM registers nearly 300 domains for BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360, and 9370

Blackberry Curve 9350, 9360, and 9370

Research in Motion always goes big when it comes to domain name registrations that coincide with a new product launch.

This week the company unveiled three new smartphones, the BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360 and 9370.

A day before the announcement was posted to The Official Blackberry Blog, Research in Motion registered nearly 300 new domain names centered around the devices.

The domains are all over the board, ranging from .com, .net, .biz, and .org, to apps domains and hyphenated domains.

Earlier this month when the BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 and the Blackberry Torch 9810 were released, Research in Motion registered over 500 domain names.

The latest group of domains were all registered on August 22. 

You can see the full list here.

Discussion: Ricksblog.com and DomainTools blog

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HTC Rhyme, HTC Enamor coming soon

HTC smartphone

HTC Corporation filed trademarks on August 10, 2011 for HTC Rhyme and HTC Enamor, hinting at that at least two new devices may be on the way by the smartphone and tablet device maker.

The trademark applications, four in total, cover computer hardware and software, as well as devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.

Below are snippets of the actual trademark applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

HTC ENAMOR
Serial Number 85394703
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer hardware and software for enabling, operating, enhancing, customizing, updating and managing mobile, portable, smart, voice-over-internet-protocol, and wireless telephones, tablet computers and wireless devices; user interface software; computer hardware and software for delivering, enabling, creating, enhancing, customizing, updating, and managing user interfacing, telecommunications and telecommunications services; computer hardware and software for transmitting and receiving voice, image, data, audio, video and multimedia content; wireless modems; accessories for the above goods, namely, headsets, headsets with wireless transmission function, connection cables, stylus pens, phone and wireless communication device cradles, in-car phone mounts, face plates, replacement parts for the above-listed goods, batteries, power adaptors, phone and wireless communication device chargers, cases, pouches, in-vehicle phone and wireless communication device chargers, in-vehicle holders, remote controls, keyboards, microphones, and loudspeakers

HTC ENAMOR
Serial Number 85394677
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Mobile phones, smartphones, cellular phones, portable computers, tablet computers, and personal digital assistants and wireless handheld digital electronic devices for communicating, recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, storing, and reviewing text, data, image, and audio files

HTC RHYME
Serial Number 85394342
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer hardware and software for enabling, operating, enhancing, customizing, updating and managing mobile, portable, smart, voice-over-internet-protocol, and wireless telephones, tablet computers and wireless devices; user interface software; computer hardware and software for delivering, enabling, creating, enhancing, customizing, updating, and managing user interfacing, telecommunications and telecommunications services; computer hardware and software for transmitting and receiving voice, image, data, audio, video and multimedia content; wireless modems; accessories for the above goods, namely, headsets, headsets with wireless transmission function, connection cables, stylus pens, phone and wireless communication device cradles, in-car phone mounts, face plates, replacement parts for the above-listed goods, batteries, power adaptors, phone and wireless communication device chargers, cases, pouches, in-vehicle phone and wireless communication device chargers, in-vehicle holders, remote controls, keyboards, microphones, and loudspeakers

HTC RHYME
Serial Number 85394336
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Mobile phones, smartphones, cellular phones, portable computers, tablet computers, and personal digital assistants and wireless handheld digital electronic devices for communicating, recording, organizing, transmitting, manipulating, storing, and reviewing text, data, image, and audio files

Nothing official has been released by HTC yet.

Discussion: Engadget, Ubergizmo and Electronista

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Motorola Kore: It’s going to be a pair of workout headphones, not a tablet

workout

Motorola squashed any speculation that recent domain name registrations around the word “Kore” would be for the company’s next tablet device, after filing a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for headphones that monitor a person’s physical activity and fitness.

The trademark filing came on August 3, the same day Motorola registered domains such as MotorolaKore.com, but the filing (Serial Number: 85388115) didn’t appear online with the USPTO until yesterday. 

The mark is limited to the following goods and services: “ELECTRONIC NON MEDICAL PORTABLE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITOR AND FITNESS DEVICE FOR MEASURING MOVEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL’S ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ACCESSORIES THEREFORE, NAMELY, HEADPHONES; SOFTWARE FOR DEVELOPING AND MONITORING PERSONAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE PLANS, TRAINING PLANS, TRAINING GOALS AND GIVING FEEDBACK ON THE ACHIEVED RESULTS”. 

Many people had speculated (including myself) that Motorola Kore would be the device maker’s next tablet.  Given that one of the rumored features for Motorola’s upcoming tablet would include a quad-core processor, the name seemed fitting.

A day after registering the “Kore” domain names, Motorola also registered “Energia” domain names.  As it turns out, Motorola has similar “headphone” plans for Energia as well, filing a trademark (Serial Number: 85388873) the same day it filed for “Motorola Kore”.

With Kore and Energia slated for headphones, it looks like we won’t know the name of the company’s next generation tablet for some time.

UPDATE 8/11/2011 2:40 AM EST:.  Droid Life pointed out by email to me that “Motorola Kore” could very well be the company’s “all-in-one fitness and music personal fitness device”.

Discussion: Geeky Gadgets, SlashGear, Droid Life, Phone Arena, Xataka, Droid Forum, GottaBeMobile, geek.comPhandroid, AndroidGuys, Electricpig and Stuff Middle East

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Motorola continues domain buying spree, next device may be called the Energia

Motorola Energia

Yesterday’s story on Motorola Mobility’s latest domain registrations centered around “Kore” generated plenty of interest in the tech community, with a lot speculation about the company’s plans to unveil new smartphones and tablets.

The domain buying spree continues as the company has registered five more domain names, this time around the word “Energia”, which translates to “Energy”.

The newest list of domains come a day after the Kore registrations and include energiamotorola.com, moto-energia.com, motoenergia.com, motorola-energia.com and motorolaenergia.com.

Registrant:
      Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC
      Domain Admin
      600 North US Highway 45
      Libertyville, IL 60048
      US
      Email:

   Registrar Name….: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
   Registrar Whois…: whois.corporatedomains.co

   Domain Name: motorolaenergia.com

      Created on…………..: Thu, Aug 04, 2011
      Expires on…………..: Sun, Aug 04, 2013
      Record last updated on..: Thu, Aug 04, 2011

   Administrative,Technical Contact:
      Motorola Mobility, Inc.
      Domain Administrator
      600 North US Highway 45
      Libertyville, IL 60048

There’s been no official announcement from Motorola about launching the “Kore” or “Energia” just yet.

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Next tablet for device maker Motorola will be called the Kore? [UPDATED]

Motorola Kore

There have been rumors of Motorola making a new Android tablet device that will have a 4:3 aspect ratio, like the iPad.

If a company’s domain registrations are any indication of what’s in store, then Motorola’s next tablet may be called: Kore.

On Wednesday August 3, Motorola  registered five new domain names centered around the word “Kore”.  These appear to be the company’s first domain registrations in months.

The names include MotorolaKore.com, KoreMotorola.com,  Moto-kore.com, MotoKore.com, and Motorola-Kore.com.  

Registrant:
      Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC
      Domain Admin
      600 North US Highway 45
      Libertyville, IL 60048
      US
      Email:

   Registrar Name….: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
   Registrar Whois…: whois.corporatedomains.com
   Registrar Homepage: www. cscprotectsbrands.com

      Created on…………..: Wed, Aug 03, 2011
      Expires on…………..: Sat, Aug 03, 2013
      Record last updated on..: Wed, Aug 03, 2011

   Administrative,Technical Contact:
      Motorola Mobility, Inc.
      Domain Administrator
      600 North US Highway 45
      Libertyville, IL 60048

[Updated on August 11, 2011:. Motorola Kore: It’s going to be a pair of workout headphones, not a tablet.]

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