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

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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”.

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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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