About the release of Motorola’s first Android based smartphone has been rumored for a while. The device was called Motorola Morrison and was expected to be announced around sometime now. Finally device was officially presented to the public. The model was named Motorola CLIQ (outside the U.S. it will be called Motorola DEXT). Besides the phone the company also unveiled a new interface MOTOBLUR, which is used in this device. According to the representatives of Motorola, the new phone and the interface that allows to receive massages from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, e-mail, LastFM, etc., view them on the start screen and automatically synchronize with the contact list, withdraw mobile communications to a new level.
The phone is a side-slider with QWERTY-keyboard and touch screen. Motorola CLIQ supports 3G networks (WCDMA 900/1700/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7 / 8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12), has GPS, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 1.5 modules. The model is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and microSD memory cards slot with up to 32 GB. The battery capacity of 1420 mAh provides 325 hours standby time or 6 hours talk time. Dext/Cliq is not very large (58x 114×15.6 mm), but rather weighty (163 g).
The customers of T-Mobile USA will be the first to appreciate Motorola CLIQ and be able to purchase the device this fall. Later, in the fourth quarter of 2009 British and French will be able to get it from Orange under the name DEXT, in Spain it will be released by Telefonica, and in Latin America – by America Movil. Regarding the price and entry to other markets nothing has been reported yet.
