Images of the Motorola Tao (Sholes) running Android
Phonearena has some pictures of the Motorola Tao. They also report that the Tao will come with a 1390 mAh battery.
And the price of the Motorola Android CLIQ is… $199
T-Mobile put a $199 price tag on Motorola’s first Android-based smartphone and said it would begin offering the previously announced 3G device for presale to existing subscribers starting Oct. 19 at www.t-mobile.com/CLIQ.
The Motorola CLIQ smartphone will ship to existing subscribers as orders are received, the carrier said. It will become available to all consumers beginning Nov. 2 in stores and online.
The $199 price is contingent on a two-year service agreement with voice plan starting at $29.99/month and qualifying data plans starting at $24.99/month.
[source: Twice]
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Motorola Cliq Box Leaked [source: androidguys]
The box artwork for the upcoming Motorola Cliq has been leaked. Looking very sexy in the black box, potential customers will see some of the more popular apps to come preloaded on the handset. All of the MOTOBLUR integrated apps are featured prominently on the case – Last.fm, twitter, Facebook, and MySpace.
source: androidguys
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Motorola CLIQ site is up in T-Mobile
T-Mobile webpage for the Motorola CLIQ is working with a counter for the Pre-Sale. 19 more days to go…
Motorola Android on CNN Money
CNN Money has a good article about Motorola and their attempts at the smart phone market.
Here are some points from it:
Jha, 46, an engineer who joined Motorola (MOT, Fortune 500) from wireless chip maker Qualcomm in August 2008, has bona fide technology chops. And it wasn’t lost on the crowd that Jha had picked Apple’s backyard to reveal the devices that would form the centerpiece of his strategy for turning around the company’s moribund handset business. Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) even sent its mobile czar, Andy Rubin, to sprinkle some extra high-tech pixie dust on Jha’s presentation.
The mood quickly turned to disappointment. After describing two upcoming phones, Jha demonstrated only one: a smartphone with a slide-out keyboard, a touchscreen, and software that pulls together different social-networking sites.
If the device was cool-looking, the audience couldn’t tell. It was barely visible in Jha’s fist as he waved it aloft. Then he announced the full name: Cliq with Motoblur. (It will be branded “Dext with Motoblur” outside the U.S.) Huh? “So is ‘blur’ the name of the phone or the software?” a woman in the back row asked me.
With so much riding on its new handsets, such confusion spells trouble for Motorola, based in Schaumburg, Ill. (For the record, Cliq is the name of the phone; Motoblur is the software.)
More than 20 Android-powered phones will come to market in the next year alone, and many of the manufacturers at least aspire to rival the iPhone or take down Research in Motion’s Blackberry. (For more on leading smartphones, see “BlackBerry vs. iPhone.”)
If Motorola can’t blow consumers’ minds with a true breakthrough of a product — the kind of gadget high-schoolers beg their parents to buy for them or the “it” device that makes executives abandon their BlackBerrys — its devices could end up collecting dust on retailers’ shelves, along with dozens of other wannabes.
Silicon Valley remains skeptical. Tech blogs slammed the San Francisco presentation as short on gee-whiz details. Jha himself admitted it took analysts and reviewers more than 15 minutes before they understood the value of the Cliq. (Google’s Rubin calls the phone the “first state-of-the-art example” of how to incorporate Android in a device.) Jha thinks they’ll also like what they see in a few weeks when the company launches its second Android-powered phone, this one for business users.
The final judges, of course, will be consumers. If the Cliq and subsequent phones click with customers, Motorola’s stock (and Jha’s bank account) could be on the rise.
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Motorola CLIQ is on United Football League
The United Football League announced today that Motorola will be one of the League’s “Premiere” Season Foundation Partners and the UFL’s exclusive communication device provider. During the UFL broadcasts on VERSUS, UFL commentators will utilize Motorola CLIQ, Motorola’s newest smart phone with social skills to communicate directly with fans who subscribe to the service.
[source: Our Sports Central]
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Is Motorola Sholes now Motorola Tao?
After passing the FCC review, Motorola Sholes is rumored to be called Motorola Tau, at least according to Phone Arena.
Here is some information from the FCC about the Motorola Sholes (Motorola Tau ?), according to Phandroid:
Comes with EVDO Rev A, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, CDMA 800/1900, aGPS and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.
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Motorola CLIQ Promotional Material
With the Cliq pre-orders supposed to begin on Oct. 19. T-Mobile, the U.S. carrier that will offer the Cliq, has started working on their promotional materials:
Motorola CLIQ Preview from Boy Genius
Boy Genius has a review of the Motorola CLIQ. Here are the highlights:
Hardware:
Motorola really hasn’t been known as the most reliable company when it comes to manufacturing, but they’ve also previously dictated trends as far a cellular devices go. With that said, the Motorola CLIQ’s hardware isn’t a surprise to us. It seems decently solid, albeit a little cheap. Physically, buttons are spread nicely throughout the casing with a loud / vibrate ringer switch on the left side of the handset, volume bottoms below that, and a microUSB port just underneath that. On the right side there’s a power / lock and unlock button (one key for all three actions) followed by a two-stage camera shutter key. On the front of the device there’s a menu key, home key, and back key. Pretty simple and clean.
Screen:
With a 3.1″ capacitive display, it’s a little tough to completely fall in love with the screen even though it’s one of the best as far as capacitive ones go. The smaller size of the display really affects usability and the on screen keyboard shows this issue the best — Motorola had to use even smaller on-screen keys for the keyboard. It’s plenty responsive but without multi-touch, it just feels primitive to say the least in some applications. The screen itself is definitely bright enough and pretty accurate in the color space, though it’s a little pixelated for our tastes.
Conclusion:
The Motorola CLIQ isn’t a StarTac. It isn’t a RAZR. It’s a decent phone with a great concept. A concept that unfortunately wasn’t executed as well as it should have been when the entire industry is watching. We feel that the Motorola CLIQ’s appeal will be to the young teen market as opposed to consumers as a whole like other Android handsets. It’s only the first phone from Motorola and their new initiative, and they deserve credit for putting together something this unique and creative. Yet compared to something along the lines of HTC’s offerings, we don’t think many people are going to spring for a clunky Android handset regardless of price.
Read the full review here
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Motorola Android Will Use Nero For Android Syncing [source: informationweek]
InformationWeek reports that the Motorola tapped Nero to craft its desktop media software. The Motorola Cliq is going to be a highly-sought device when it’s released later this year and Nero will help users manage and sync their multimedia files.
Motorola will be using Nero’s software for its Media Link software, which will enable users to manage their multimedia files with the Cliq and other Moto phones. The user interface is about what you’d expect from this type of software, and it was easy to import, find, mange, and make playlists from your files. There was a cool little ringtone maker that was simple to use, and you can purchase songs from Amazon’s MP3 store within the software. Media Link also makes it simple to get photos off your phone, and there are also basic photo-editing tools for cropping, rotating, red-eye reduction, and more. There’s some social networking integration as well, but I thought the latest Real Player software was a bit stronger on this front.
Videos can be transferred with the Media Link software as well, but if you want the really good stuff like automatic transcoding for the best resolution and screen size, you’ll have to pony up $39.99 for the premium version. The premium version also includes calendar and contact synching, but Android is pretty adept already at that over the air.
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