September 10th, 2009
Full specs: Motorola CLIQ Android phone with 'Motoblur' for T-Mobile
Motorola on Thursday announced (techmeme) its touchscreen CLIQ smartphone, running on the Google Android platform with a skin it calls “Motoblur.”
The handset will be available on T-Mobile in time for the holiday season. Internationally, it will be called “DEXT” and appear on Orange, América Móvil, and Telefónica.
[ZDNet Image Gallery: Motorola Cliq]
The phone will offer 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, a full HTML Web browser, 6 hours of active battery use, POP3/IMAP and Microsoft Exchange support.
Full specs, after the jump:
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, WCDMA 900/1700/2100, 3G, Wi-Fi
- 3.1-in. HVGA (320×480) display at 187 ppi
- Google Android 1.5 (Cupcake)
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard (also has virtual touchscreen keyboard)
- 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus, picture editing, geotagging
- Battery: 1420 mAh lithium polymer: up to 6 hours continuous usage; 325 hours (13.5 days) standby time
- E-mail support: POP3/IMAP embedded, Microsoft Exchange support
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, IM
- Imaging: BMP, PNG, GIP, JPEG
- Standard and Visual Voicemail support
- Stereo Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
- Wireless: 801.22 b/g
- MicroUSB 2.0 high-speed up to 32GB
- GPS with Google Maps and an e-compass
- Audio support: AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, AMR NB, MIDI, MP3, WAV
- Video playback: H.264 , h.263, MPEG 4, YouTube
- Video streaming: MPEG 4, 3GP
- Video capture: MPEG 4
- ShazamID song finder, Amazon Music Store, Last.fm
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Full HTML Webkit browser
- Dual-mic noise cancellation
- Mute button
- Accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
- Google Mail, Maps, Street View, Android Market, Search, Voice Search, Talk and YouTube
- Quickoffice with Document Viewing
- Accuweather
- Colors: Titanium, Winter White
- Weight: 5.6 oz.
- Dimensions: 2.28 in. wide by 4.49 in. tall by 0.62 in. thick
The “Motoblur” modification offers the following capabilities:
- the ability to see a caller’s name, number, status and profile picture
- Syncs personal and work contacts and connected social networks
- Photo sharing with MySpace, Photobucket, Picasa, Facebook
- Customizable home screen (status, messaging, RSS widgets)
- Facebook, MySpace and Twitter direct messaging
Availability is “fall” and no pricing details were announced.
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