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Throwback Thursday: Motorola Vader v8160

Published Jun 10th, 2010 3:45PM EDT
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We realize we have now covered a Motorola product two out of two times, but we’re still in love with the old Motorola, and have one more up our sleeves for you… the Motorola Vader v8160. This little bugger came after the iconic StarTac and is as close to the miniature phone in Zoolander as we have gotten. The handset was a CDMA device available in the US on Verizon (I had the Bell Atlantic one) and Sprint. This was also one of the first phones to have decent WAP support, and I remember feverishly refreshing those horrible text-based menus looking at news, weather, stocks, and even movie times back then. So, come on… how many of you were rockin’ a Vader? Best phone ever or what?

BGR Throwback Thursday is a weekly series covering our (and your) favorite gadgets of yesterday and yesteryear.

Jonathan S. Geller
Jonathan Geller Founder, President & Editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Geller founded Boy Genius Report, now known as BGR, in 2006. It became the biggest mobile news destination in the world by the end of 2009, and BGR was acquired by leading digital media company PMC in April 2010.

Jonathan is President of BGR Media, LLC., and Editor-in-chief of the BGR website.

What started as a side project at the age of 16, quickly transpired into 24-hour days and nights of sharing exclusive and breaking news about the mobile communications industry. BGR now reaches up to 100 million readers a month through the website, syndication partners, and additional channels.