ATLANTA—Strip a phone of any fun features, cut its retail price and—bingo!—you have a handset aimed at business and government users in the United States. Such is the logic behind Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s introduction of the Motorola Inc. L2, a “Slvr-like” phone that has no camera, music capabilities or external memory. It sells for $117 with a two-year contract.
The phone answers “the yearnings of corporate America for a Motorola Slvr-like device that adheres to stringent workplace policies,” said Michael Woodward, executive director of mobile professional solutions, for Cingular.
The “voice-centric device” follows the slim, candy bar design of its full-featured Slvr L7 counterpart and provides Bluetooth connectivity, speaker phone, e-mail, messaging and quad-band technology that allows roaming for voice and data in the United States, as well as 180 other countries for voice and 100 countries for data.
Now, if it only allowed the oft-maligned, typically underpaid public servant to kick back with tunes and pictures, it might stir some actual human yearnings.
