Motorola Alexander is the codename of a new handset prepared by the Schaumburg-based company and set to bring back its lost glory. How could it do this? Well, recently
appeared rumors say that the so-called Alexander will have a 8 Megapixel camera, an NVIDIA graphics chip, a new UIQ OS (version 4.0, apparently), GPS and lots of other features that are currently kept secret.

Chances are that the new Alexander is a touchscreen phone and, for Moto’s sake, it better be. I say this because the future of high-end mobile devices is touchscreen-only, and this fact is sustained by all the important manufacturers which, after Apple’s iPhone huge success, started to bring lots of new full-touch handsets to the market.

In order to be a great device and attract as many mobile users as possible, Motorola Alexander will need more than just a great list of specs. The phone will have to be easy to use, smartly priced and nicely designed.

For the moment, we can’t possibly imagine how the new Alexander will look, especially since Boy Genius Report (the website that came up with the leaked details) doesn’t have any image of it. But if it’s somehow similar to E10, the thin and fancy music-oriented phone appeared back in April, then Motorola will indeed have a hit in this new 8 Megapixel phone. The E10 looks really unique, even if compared to other touchscreen handset currently on the market, so it wouldn’t be bad at all if Motorola tried to leverage more on this kind of design.

If you remember, another Moto handset with a nice look and an advanced photo camera got recently leaked, a 5 Megapixels slider with Wi-Fi and other nice features. The name of the slider is not known, so it might be a phone that will come together with the new and mysterious Alexander, which should be announced sometime at the beginning of this fall.

The bottom line is that Moto’s really trying to come back and offer awesome handsets. The company already has some pretty cool new phones, like the Z10 and the ZN5, but apparently it’s not enough. Let’s wait then for Alexander and see if it will be as great as the legendary king Alexander the Great, who probably inspired Moto to name its new handset.

Motorola A1800, the latest touchscreen phone released by Motorola (and also one of the few Motos to come with a touchscreen display), appeared in a new commercial meant to lure the Chinese businessmen with its features. Why
Chinese businessmen only? Because the phone seems to be targeted exclusively for China, in a move that doesn’t seem too smart from Motorola. Not that China doesn’t have enough mobile users (it has about 565 millions, actually), but because the A1800 comes with some features that we don’t get to see too often in a Motorola device. Plus, it has a pretty weird clamshell form factor, so it’s quite a unique phone.

Also known as Motorola Ming A1800 (Ming is a common Asian name), the new handset is available via China Unicom, the second largest Chinese mobile operator. The specs that could attract users in need of business features include: dual-SIM capability (allowing you to use a GSM and a CDMA SIM card at the same time), built-in GPS with pre-installed maps, plus a 2.4 inch touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels, 262K colors and handwriting recognition. The last feature (handwriting recognition) seems to be a really useful one for Chinese users, as it easily transforms what you write on the display into Chinese characters.

Aside from the above mentioned stuff, the new Moto A1800 also comes with a Linux OS, Music player with lots of formats supported, a 3 Megapixel camera (auto focus and video recording included), email and Internet capabilities, Bluetooth, SMS firewall and 150MB of built-in memory expandable to up to 4GB.

While hoping that Moto will come soon with a worldwide version of the A1800 (with 3G too), we can watch the new Chinese commercial with the handset, found below. And while we’re at it, we’ll also hear how “Hello Moto” sounds in Chinese (it sound the same as in English, actually).