Motorola Announces Motorola CLIQ Android Smartphone

Posted on 10 September 2009, at 5:15 pm, by Thomas R. Hall

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Motorola announced the addition of a new smartphone handset running the Android operating system. The Motorola CLIQ features a custom user interface called MotoBlur. The handset will be available on T-Mobile exclusively later this year. This announcement realizes the move for Motorola to Android for their smartphone handsets. More details after the break.

Specifications

Slide-out QWERTY Keyboard
3.1″ 320×480 Screen
3G and WiFi connectivity
GPS
5 MP camera with 24 frame-per-second video capability
Standard headphone jack
MotoBlur interface
Google services including Google Maps, Google Search, Gmail, etc.
Available in Winter White and Titanium colors
On the T-Mobile network later this year

The MotoBlur interface is one of the distinctive features of the Motorola CLIQ. It integrates all messaging accounts into a single graphical interface, including email, text messages, and social network alerts (including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace).

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More information and photos can be found on the T-Mobile page or via the Motorola interactive demo.

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Tags | Android Devices, Mobile Phones, Motorola, T-Mobile

3 Comments For This Post

Joel McLaughlin Says:
September 10th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I have about 1 year until my G1 is up and unless something else better comes along, this may be my next phone. I like what Motorola has done here vs the sens interface. Motoblur is a change but the phone is still very much a Android like interface. Not as drastic as the HTC Sense interface. I like it.
Thomas R. Hall Says:
September 10th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
@Joel – Looks like a great handset and a worthy successor to the G1. I wonder what HTC will announce to replace the G1? Are you worried at all about long-term upgradability of the OS, since it has been heavily customized, as compared to the HTC/Google versions on the G1 and myTouch 3G?
Wayne Schulz Says:
September 11th, 2009 at 6:39 am
The proof will be in how fast this thing can run. Do we have to put up with a lot of lags while typing, etc.

My biggest pet peeve with the MyTouch3G is the damn thing nearly shuts down on me while it syncs email with Google. It will respond to the screen but oh-so-slowly…

First Android to get rid of the lags will then be able to (begin to) compete directly with iPhone.