Mojo Rising For Motorola In 2009?

Motorola is counting on some snazzy colors and sleek design to add pizzazz to its line-up of cellphones next year.

A leak of some of the company's phones for 2009 shows eye-catching design that could perk up jaded customers.

Motorola's upcoming phones promise a new sophisticated look with their rounded corners, well-designed buttons, and a metallic finish in colors such as red, silver grey and metallic black.

Details are scarce but three phones codenamed Rush 2, Calgary and Inferno are going to be available on the Verizon Wireless network next year, says the Boy Genius Report.

All three are touchscreen phones and it will be interesting to see what kind of operating system they run. Motorola has said it is working on new phones that will sport Google's recently released open source operating system Android.

Motorola needs to get its 2009 releases right. The stakes are high for the company, which is looking more like beleaguered smartphone maker Palm these days.

Today Motorola said it will freeze salaries and pension plans of its employees and suspend matching 401(k) contributions as its struggles to turn around its business.