Nokia and Motorola put their latest cards on the table yesterday, announcing five brand new smartphones between them in a matter of hours. Here are images and video of each of the handhelds, along with release information, where available. Yesterday was a big day in the smartphone world: First, Motorola announced three new Android smartphones at a launch event in New York; and just hours later Nokia responded by announcing two new Lumia handhelds that will run the upcoming Windows Phone 8 software from Microsoft. Here’s a quick breakdown of the all the new devices, along with images and video. Motorola DROID RAZR M Motorola RAZR M Smartphone The DROID RAZR M is currently available for pre-order on Verizon Wireless’s website, and it’s expected to be released on September 13. Motorola DROID RAZR HD Motorola RAZR HD Smartphone Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD Motorola RAZR MAXX HD Smartphone Motorola hasn’t announced any specific pricing or release details for either of the new RAZR MAXX devices, but they’re expected to become available “before the holidays.” Both the DROID RAZR M and the DROID RAZR HD will be available in black and white, but the RAZR MAXX HD will initially only come in black. You can find more information on all three new devices on Motorola’s website. The Nokia Lumia 820 Nokia Lumia 820 Smartphone The Nokia Lumia 920 Nokia Lumia 920 Smartphone Both Nokia Lumia devices are compatible with a new wireless charging “pillow,” called the FatBoy, though the Lumia 920 has built-in charging functionality and the Lumia 820 and needs an external shell to enable the feature. The Fatboy Recharge Pillow The Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone will be available in yellow, red, grey, white and black, and the Lumia 820 will come in red, yellow, grey, cyan, purple, white and black. Nokia says both Lumia phones will be available in pentaband LTE and HSPA+ variants. And they’ll be available for purchase some time later this year. No pricing information is available at this time. Read more about the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 on Nokia’s website. And read the company’s press release for technical specifications and more details. AS Al Sacco covers Mobile and Wireless for CIO.com. Follow Al on Twitter @ASacco. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline and on Facebook. Email Al at asacco@cio.com Related content brandpost Resilient data backup and recovery is critical to enterprise success As global data volumes rise, business must prioritize their resiliency strategies. By Neal Weinberg Jun 01, 2023 4 mins Security brandpost Democratizing HPC with multicloud to accelerate engineering innovations Cloud for HPC is facilitating broader access to high performance computing and accelerating innovations and opportunities for all types of organizations. By Tanya O'Hara Jun 01, 2023 6 mins Multi Cloud brandpost Survey: Marketers embrace AI at expense of metaverse investments Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has quickly rocked the world of marketing. Sitecore polled B2B marketers on their perceptions of GAI. Here’s what they said. By Dave O’Flanagan, Sitecore Jun 01, 2023 4 mins Artificial Intelligence news Zendesk to lay off another 8% of its staff, cites macroeconomic issues The new tranche of layoffs comes just six months after the company let go of 300 staffers and hired a new CEO in order to navigate its operations through macroeconomic distress. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 01, 2023 3 mins CRM Systems IT Jobs Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe