BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Motorola said its hot-selling Razr phone began a limited reappearance in stores Monday after Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile temporarily stopped selling the Razr due to a technical glitch.

    Last Wednesday and Thursday, T-Mobile and Cingular Wireless pulled the Razr from store shelves after Motorola informed each of a glitch that caused calls to disconnect on some phones.

    Motorola spokesman Alan Buddendeck said the faulty phones were sold to operators between January 16 and February 28, with the first of the U.S. shipments on February 1. He did not say where else the phones were sold.

    The Razr, lauded for its thin design, was first sold in late 2004 and is still a key product for Motorola.

    The Razr is a "flip phone;" normally when it's flipped shut, a call gets disconnected. The glitch involved a component that was misreading the Razr as closed when it was actually open, thus cutting off calls.

    A new shipment of Razrs had reached Cingular's distribution centers by Friday, and phones from that batch had been shipped to some stores by Monday, said Jennifer Bowcock, a spokeswoman for Cingular, one of the two largest U.S. wireless carriers.

    She said the Razr was being sold again Monday in the Washington and Baltimore area, but couldn't confirm any locations beyond that.

    Motorola spokesman Alan Buddendeck said stores should be fully stocked with the Razr soon. "Within a matter of days, it will be widely and readily available." Enditem

(Agencies)