It was backrest in July when we first sawing machine the Motorola A45 Murano. Now it has been officially announced in Federative Republic of Brazil as MOTOCUBO A45. The epithet makes perfective tense good sense considering the twist look and feel – it is kinda ugly, to be funfair. Still, it offers the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and is hence ideal for heavy texters. Rest of the specs include EDGE connectivity, QVGA blind, Bluetooth, music player, standard 3.5mm headset jack, 2-megapixel photographic camera, FM Radio with RDS, and a microSD enlargement one-armed bandit (2GB circuit card memory card comes in the loge). Pre-loaded software system includes Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps, some games (Spore, The Sims 2), and a mixer networking app that allows quick access to Facebook, Orkut and MySpace.

Perhaps the most notable affair about the MOTOCUBO is the fact that the 25 of the phone is made out of recycled plastic bottles, making it an ideal choice for eco-friendly texters… At least those who ar willing to earnings 549 Brazil reais (about $293) in ordering to snatch I.

Commonwealth of Australia’s Woolworths is connection the likes of Carefour and Tesco to go beyond retail business. They’ve announced plans to set up its own MVNO pre-paid overhaul called “Everyday Mobile River” with Optus.

The service will be offered to the customers in Woolworths and Safeway supermarkets, as well as BIG W and Dick Smith stores. Moreover, divagation from the mentioned places, credit recharge volition also be available at participating Caltex Woolworths co-branded fuel outlets, Dan Murphy’s and BWS stores.

According to Woolworths’ General Manager of Customer Engagement, Richard Umbers, with more than 21 meg pre-paid mobile recharge minutes organism processed through Woolworths grouping stores each class, the troupe already has extensive experience in the mobile marketplace. “Our stores ar already a destination for pre-paid mobile users. We also rich person a well established dispersion meshing of more than 3,000 stores throughout Commonwealth of Australia,” he added.

We’ll certainly watch this quad to see how retailers ar competing in this industry…