Motorola unveils Android-based Cliq

Motorola has announced their first Android smartphone, the Cliq, which will be available for T-Mobile users and will feature touchscreen slider hardware.

Making the phone unique is its use of MOTOBLUR as a UI, which has customized home screen widgets for social status, weather, messaging and more, without the need to open separate apps.

All info is synced online and is easily resynced even if the phone is lost and then replaced.

As is now standard, the phone has 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a 5MP camera, and a touchscreen as well as QWERTY keypad. Notably, the device is lacking the trackball found on most Android devices.

Official specs say the phone uses Android 1.5, but rumor has it the device will ship with 2.0, Google's upcoming promised firmware upgrade.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 10 Sep 2009 17:38

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5 comments

Morreale

Looks nice... Probably cheaper then an HTC. I like how most of Motorola phones have their standard headphone jack placed at the top of the phone :)

10.9.2009 19:14 #1

shaffaaf

where the palm pixi news aD?

10.9.2009 20:15 #2

jetyi83

this phone is a good step, and i like the control pad, but ill wait for something a little higher end.

11.9.2009 00:07 #3

plazma247

pie pie htc... now if tomtom or someone would come up with a turn by turn app for android that doesnt require constant 3g chatter to get the maps im about ready 2 swap... proally would i stayed if M$ would o shipped wm7 when they said they would... now they have just fallen so behind ... wm7 is going to look outdated compared to whats out there now... andorid... DArnG Nab it come on TOMTOM...

11.9.2009 09:14 #4

jackl1495

That looks like a really cool phone, but I have to say, in my experience, T-Mobile's network coverage is very bad. particularly in Northern California, where I live, but in a number of other places too.

11.9.2009 16:25 #5

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