Motorola has recently announced the availability of its touch-based Crush from U.S. Cellular. The phone has:
2.8" 240 x 400 WQVGA display
Virtual QWERTY keyboard
2Mpix camera
Stereo Bluetooth
3.5mm headset
jackmicroSD slot (up to 16GB)
Built-in pedometer
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Motorola Crush from U.S. Cellular
Motorola DEXT CLIQ MB220 quick review.
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Design
The Motorola DEXT is a bit too chunky for me, it's even bulkier than the HTC Dream. I have two Motorola phones which are more than 2 years old and aside from some paint peelings and scratches here in there, I'm glad to report that those two mobile phones are still complete, intact and pretty much useable. That's why I'm a bit surprised with the build quality of the Motorola DEXT. The slider mechanism is a bit wobbly and I'm worried that over time, it might come off. I think there are some other reviews which says that their Motorola DEXT suffers from the same problems so I was surprised that it wasn't isolated with the units they were testing.
The Motorola DEXT has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard which even though the buttons are somewhat cramped, still manages to be quite useable.
User Interface
I was pretty excited about the Motorola Blur. I was hoping it could match the HTC Sense. However, I was disappointed that all the Motorola Blur really is is widgets for your social network contacts. Now for those addicted to Facebook and Twitter, this is good news but for those who, like me, only uses Facebook to play games, well, then the Motorola Blur UI is pretty much useless. However, screen responsiveness is really top notch. Everything is snappy and yes, very much comparable with the iPhone. Although the Motorola DEXT has a capacitive screen, it doesn't offer multi-touch which is really a bummer. The UI also lags a bit when multiple applications are open.
The Motorola DEXT's UI is limited to the homescreen which means you get Android on everything else. Now there's really not much problem with that except that I hoped Motorola would do some more with the UI, like add their own icons perhaps, kinda like what Samsung does with their WinMo phones.
Messaging
The Motorola DEXT is a message-centric mobile phone. Your Facebook, Twitter contacts can be linked with the messaging feature so you can choose whether you want to Tweet your contacts or just send them a text message. This is good advantage again, for those whose life revolves around social networking, and those with unlimited data plans.
Web Browser
Browsing on the Motorola DEXT is quite good and pretty fast. I haven't quite browsed that much Android mobile phones so I was surprised that browsing on the Motorola DEXT is almost comparable with iPhone's Safari. Of course, it doesn't have flash support which is too bad.
Audio quality
I've always found that Motorola makes phones with great speakers, I mean, they're the pioneer for surround sound on mobile phones, right? My aging Motorola V6 Maxx still trumps some of Samsung's latest mobile phones when it comes to audio quality, speaker-wise. The same is true for the Motorola DEXT. Audio quality through the speakers is pretty good, better than some Samsung mobile phones. The music player is standard on all Android phones and you can view your Album Art for all your music.
Conclusion
After being silent for these past few months, you'd expect that the Motorola DEXT would put Motorola back in the game, right? Well, for those into social networking, this is definitely a must-have mobile phone. The Motorola Blur UI makes social networking a breeze. You'll also get a nice web browser and pretty decent music playback. I'm just a bit torn with the MotoBlur. Obviously, those who are addicted to social networking are mostly tweeners but you can't really expect them to shell out £35 a month for the next two years to get the Motorola DEXT for free or around £450 for an unlocked version, only business users can afford that kind of dough. So putting MotoBlur on a smartphone is not really that great of an idea. Still, it's an Android phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard, a good option other than the aging HTC Dream which is currently the only Android mobile phone with a physical keyboard in the market, until the LG GW620 shows up in the next month of course.
New Motorola W766 Cell Phone Coming Soon
It is learned that the Motorola W766 cell phone will be customized by verizon and will be available in the end of September, the price of 39.99 U.S. dollars.
Motorola V3i-Stainless Steel Gold with 855 Diamonds
We have seen many ultra luxury phones at mobimadness, and this Stainless Steel and Gold Motorola V3i falls into the same category. Studded with 855 diamonds that weighs 3.8 carats the V3i is really one luxurious accessory. The designer of this phone Peter Aloison is also the maker of the $1.3 million Diamond Crypto Smartphone and diamond-encrusted Motorola KRZR models.
Motorola Android Phone Cliq Unveiled
Motorola’s first Smartphone, which runs on Google’s Android OS, was unveiled on Thursday. This unveiling is an opportunity for Motorola to regain it position among the world's top cell phone manufacturers.
Cliq, as the device has been named, will be available in US by 2009 end via T-Mobile. According to Sasnjay Jha, the CEO of Motorola, This touch-screen phone will provide the users with MotoBlur, a new service from Motorola, which will the users in synchronizing messages and contacts.
"MotoBlur makes text, e-mail, Facebook, Twitter feeds and photos from sources like MySpace, Gmail, Yahoo and corporate e-mail appear in a single stream and sync them together with no different logins," Jha said. "This means you can focus on what people have said instead of how and where they said it."
The Cliq comes with a full, slide-out keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera and will provide the users with access to all the Google applications which can be accessed via Android OS.
The phone, which will be known under the name of Dext in overseas markets, will soon be launched in France, Britain and Latin America. The details regarding the cost of the phone have not been disclosed.
The integration of social networking with phones can give Motorola a hold to fight with its competitors.
The launch of Smartphones had proved to be very hard for Motorola. Motorola had launched Razr, which had been the best mobile phone during the earlier part of this decade.
Jha has disclosed that Motorola in now focussing to manufacture mobiles which will bring about a revolution in the mobile phone markets. He said the Cliq was crucial to the company's recovery.
"It's a very important starting point for us," Jha said. "I see smartphones as the future of computing. If it doesn't fit in your pocket, I don't think it's going to be a relevant device."
Motorola RIZR Z10 Review
Overview
Motorola RIZR Z10 is 2G, 3G slider mobile phone. This smart phone works on Symbian OS v9.2, UIQ 3.2. This Motorola mobile phone includes 3.15 megapixel camera, phone book, organizer, microSD, bluetooth, USB, and Music player. Motorola RIZR Z10 comes in black, and chrome colors.Find bellow complete Motorola RIZR Z10 specs and details.
Technical Specifications
Network- GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- HSDPA 2100
- TFT, 16 million colors
- 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Scratch resistant
- 119 g
- (109.7 x 50.7 x 16.8) mm
- Unlimited entries: with multiple contact storage entries
- Internal memory: 70 MB
- RAM: 64 MB, ROM: 128 MB
- Expansion slot: microSD (TransFlash), up to 8 GB
- TI OMAP 2420 processor
- GPRS Class 12
- EDGE Class 12
- HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
- Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- miniUSB v1.1
- MP3, Polyphonic
- Vibration
- 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
- Autofocus, LED flash
- Video recording: QVGA@30fps
- Second camera: VGA for video call
- Standard battery, Li-Ion 1130 mAh
- Stand by time up to: 400 h
- Talk time up to: 7 h
- SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, IM
- Symbian OS v9.2, UIQ 3.2
- WAP 2.0, xHTML
- Organizer
- t9 text feature
- Music player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, MP4, WMA, iMelody
