Motorola Devours Verizon’s Droid Brand With New Motoblur Phone
jk on the run writes about the Devour and the Verizon Droid brand. Here is a highlight:
I’m glad I’m not the only one that doesn’t quite get Verizon’s Droid branding for handsets. There’s nothing wrong with the name, but it’s confusing to have a single handset share the name as a line of handsets. Perhaps that’s why the next Droid in line is simply called the Motorola Devour. Or maybe we’ll see more Droids out of the robot factory — who knows? I do know that the Devour looks a little more modern and polished than the original Droid and that Motorola also included its custom Motoblur interface for fast access to social networking. The Devour is the first Verizon phone with Motoblur.
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Motorola DEXT/CLIQ review
This Android Life has a review of the Motorola CLIQ, here are some of the highlights:
The DEXT is a solid performer, all of the functions I’ve played around with have been nicely responsive (probably a little more responsive than the initial, pre-patch release of the HTC Hero was), although flipping between homescreens occasionally lags slightly. The slideout keyboard is tactile and straightforward to use, even though the keys are all squeezed pretty closely together, causing me to have the odd fumbled keypress. I actually found the software keyboard preferable. In fact, I found I generated fewer typos typing with the DEXT’s software keyboard than I seem to with my HTC Hero’s software keyboard.
Overall, whilst the DEXT isn’t up there with the best of the Android handsets such as the Hero or the formidable DROID, it’s still a very solid performer. There’s not much to fault in the phone, other than it’s slightly disappointing looks and uninspiring camera. The Motoblur take on contacts and social networking is innovative and plays on one of Android’s great strengths – being constantly connected. So, whilst it’s not a world-beater, the DEXT is undeniably a good addition to the Android stable.
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Motorola Cliq reviews
Since we understand that not everyone has switched to Verizon to get the Motorola Droid, here are some Motorola Cliq reviews for you:
Phone Arena has an updated review of the Cliq, here are the highlights:
When we held the Motorola CLIQ in the traditional position callers were very pleased with the sound quality, rating us at an 8.5, but just a slight movement, such as pinning the phone between our ear and shoulder with no hands, and quality significantly dropped. To us callers sounded very good, and we would agree with their 8.5 rating. Sound quality was clear, voice reproduction was good and the volume was loud enough, but in a noisy environment we would have preferred more. The battery is rated for 6 hours of talk time, which should be plenty to get most users though the day. Standby time was great, and after many days of non-use (but updates via MOTOBLUR) the battery was still well over half full.
The Motorola CLIQ offers some very nice features, and we like the theory behind MOTOBLUR even if the execution still has some refining to undergo. Our biggest complaint is the concave keyboard keys and the overall chintzy feel of the phone, but these are offset with a very good display, camera and social networking integration of MOTOBLUR. What it comes down to in the end is price: at $200 on contract the CLIQ is the most expensive Android device on the market along with the DROID, but offers none of the premium features that the DROID does. Given recent entries into the market like the DROID Eris and the Hero, T-Mobile’s entire Android lineup could use a price slashing, and at under $100 the CLIQ would be a much more compelling offering.
Smartphone Review Blog has their review of the Cliq:
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile, is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email.
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