T-Mobile Motorola Android CLIQ – Unboxing and Hands-On
Source: Digrecent
HTC to lose #1 Android market share as Motorola sweeps in to take 2010?
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Wow, what a difference a year makes. It wasn’t that long ago that we were sounding the death tone for Motorola. A company that had risen so high with their popular Razr cellphone several years back and fallen into a black hole of a slump, churning out crappy and unoriginal handsets left and right. And then came Android with it’s open architecture and high level of customization that helped Motorola find their groove again when they released the Motorola DROID back in November of 2009.
As many of you know however, the DROID isn’t Motorola’s only Android device. Here in the states they’ve also got the Cliq and Backflip with many more in the wings. It is this momentum and laser focused attention on Android and Android only that is paving the way for Motorola to take over the title of #1 Android manufacturer from HTC.
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T-Mobile Motorola Cliq Ad Surfaces
Check out the video that T-Mobile has done for the Motorola Cliq.
[source: Tmonews]
Free Motorola CLIQ
Register at T-Mobile Cliq site for a chance to win a free Motorola CLIQ.
Good luck!
Motorola DEXT (CLIQ) goes on sale in the UK tomorrow
We in the US will have to wait one more month, but in the UK, the DEXT, the European name for the CLIQ , goes on sale at Orange shops tomorrow and Phones4U stores the day after.
Will update with news and reviews.
Source: Engadget Mobile
Motorola Android Cliq Vs. the iPhone
iPhone Help has a good article comparing the iPhone and the Motorola Cliq.
Here is the comparison table they have:
iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Cliq Specifications
| Feature | iPhone 3GS | Motorola Cliq / Dext MB220
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| Network | 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900 |
| OS | iPhone OS 3.0 | Android v1.5 with MotoBlur UI |
| Display | TFT capacitive touchscreen,
16M colors 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches |
3.1″ Capacitive touch
256k colours |
| Camera | 3.15 MP / Autofocus
30 fps Video recording with audio |
5 Megapixel |
| EDGE | HSDPA supported 7.2 Mbps | HSDPA 7.2Mpps |
| Internet Browser | Mobile Safari Full HTML without Flash | Full HTML with Flash Mobile |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Emails | SMS, EMAIL, MMS |
| FM | no | No |
| Processor | 600 MHz CPU | 528Mhz processor |
| Battery | Unknown | 1420 mAh – Li-ion |
| Colours | White and Black | White, Titanium Midnight |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth AD2P (headset support only)
Bluetooth P2P games WiFi, AGPS |
Bluetooth 2.1 AD2P
WiFi , AGPS Micro USB connector |
| Memory | 256MB RAM 16 GB/ 32 GB storage | 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM
MicroSD Card Slot. 1GB Internal |
| Weight | 135 gms | 163 gms |
| Others |
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No-contract price of T-Mobile Cliq is $449.99
androidandme contacted T-Mobile and found out that:
1. How much is the Cliq for current customers who do not meet the upgrade eligibility requirements?
The CLIQ will be available for $199.99 with a two year service agreement. Additional pricing levels vary based on the customer’s tenure, but these pricing levels are less expensive than purchasing a new phone without a two year contract. In the case of the CLIQ, the no-contract price is $449.99.
2. Will pre-sale Cliqs begin shipping on October 19, 2009?
T-Mobile customers who purchase a CLIQ during the pre-sale period will receive their device within days of when the order is received. Orders will be processed right away and depending on when the device is purchased, customers could receive their CLIQ just days after Oct. 19.
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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 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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