Motorola is getting ready to add the QA30 to their Q-Series lineup. The phone comes with a sliding QWERTY keypad. However, it’s not necessarily not a smartphone. The specs aren’t going to wow anyone but they are adequate.

It features CDMA, 1x-EVDO connectivity, a 2.5-inch TFT, Full HTML browser, a 2 MP camera, Bluetooth and MicroSD card support up to 32GB. This seems like a fairly solid choice for those of you looking for a cheap QWERTY. Moto offers no word on when and how much, however.

New Orleans resident Ronald Richard was mowing his lawn when he felt something thump his chest hard. He took off his sweater and found that a .45-caliber slug had been fired at him. His trusty Motorola Razr had stopped it. The phone quite literally took a bullet for him.

According to paramedics, the angle of the bullet and the stopping power of the cellphone saved the man from serious injury or death. Richard managed to walk away with little more than a bruise and a newfound respect for his trusty little phone.

Here is a New Orleans local newscast as they covered the incident:

According to a report from NPD, Apple’s iPhone 3G has overtaken Motorola’s RAZR in sales. This is the first time in years that Motorola’s ubiquitous RAZR has slipped from the top of the sales chart. This marks a sea change in the world of handsets, reflecting consumer’s desires for a complex, full-featured device. This news comes hot on the heels of reports that Apple has also overtaken RIM as the number two smartphone vendor in the world. Apple fans, rejoice.

According to research by Strategy Analytics, Samsung is now the leading cellphone vendor in the US. The company’s ascension to the top spot has pushed Motorola into second place. During last quarter, Samsung managed to push it’s sales up 6.2 percent over the previous years results to 47.4 million handsets.

Motorola’s market share fell from 32.7 percent last year to just 21.1 percent this year. Sources indicate this is due to the lack of an Android-type phone until late next year, therefore the company has nothing to compete with the iPhones and the G1s of the world. Sorry Moto.

With all the commotion about the release of the Blackberry Bold and upcoming Storm, Motorola’s MOTOZINE ZN5 has been placed on the backburner. Starting today though, you will be able to pick up one of these phones at T-Mobile locations or online for only $99 with a two year contract.

For those of you unfamiliar with this phone, it features a 5 megapixel auto-focus Kodak camera with Xenon flash, WiFi, quad-band GSM/EDGE, FM Radio, TV-Out and built-in Kodak instant WiFi uploading to their photo sharing website.

I haven’t been too impressed with Motorola phones in the past but I’m excited and intrigued about the inclusion of a camera in a phone that actually has the ability to take good pictures. Enough of 2 and 3 megapixel cameras with an LED flash. I think Motorola has done it right for once.