Motorola Cliq Reviewed

The Motorola Cliq with Motoblur

Pros:

• The ability to upload status updates to twitter, facebook, and myspace all simultaneously.
• With a 5 mega-pixel camera and you tube video upload you can share more than updates.
• Android operating system, need I say more!

Cons:

• Bulky and heavy phone due to the slide out keyboard.
• No trackball on the face of the phone means it has to be open to use the directional pad.
• Still sitting at Android 1.5

The Low Down:

• If you are addicted to social networking and getting the latest news and entertainment feeds then this is the phone for you.
• If you want just an android phone that does no social networking then this phone is overkill.

A taste for what this can do for you:

• With the feeds you can not only keep up with news feeds and entertainment, but can also pick your own, making this customizable part of the phone a very strong feature.
• You can upload status updates to any of the 3 major social networking sites (facebook, myspace, twitter)
• Uploading photos and videos are easier than ever with motorblur and Youtube upload. And with a 5 mega-pixel camera with geo tagging, you can prove you were there when the pic was taken.
• The brower even looks and feels like a regular desktop computer internet. Not to dis Samsung or Blackberry, but you lose the feel of the web page using these browsers.
• With the google market, the possibilities are endless by downloading what you want. Just type it into the search and download what you want. The cool thing about the market is, it grabs updates for you so you always have the most up to date version of your program.

The Hardware, Software and everything in between:

3G

GSM, 3G, WiFi, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12

ANDROID™ PLATFORM

Android™ 1.5

DISPLAY

3.1", HGVA (320 x 480 pixels); 3:2

SLIDER

Side slider

• CAMERA
• MEGAPIXELS
  5 MP
• DIGITAL ZOOM
  4x
• FOCUS
  Automatic
• IMAGE EDITING TOOLS
  Cropping, rotating, Geo Tagging

• CALLER ID
  On main display, Picture ID, Ringer ID, social network status
• PHONEBOOK
  Synchs personal and work contacts, and connected social networks via MOTOBLUR
• PHOTO SHARING
  MySpace, Photobucket, Picasa™, Facebook™
• CUSTOMIZABLE HOME SCREEN
  MOTOBLUR's Happenings, Status and Messaging widgets deliver status posts and more. Customizable RSS news widgets keep you up to date.
• MESSAGING
  Facebook™, MySpace and Twitter Direct Messaging
• MOTOBLUR ENABLED

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• MUSIC ENABLED¹
• MUSIC PLAYER
  yes
• VIDEO CAPABLE
  Playback - H.264, H.263, MPEG 4, YouTube; Video Streaming: MPEG 4, 3GP
• VIDEO CAPTURE
  MPEG-4/H.263
• PLAYABLE FORMATS
  AAC, MP3, WAV, MIDI, AMR NB, AAC+
• STREAMING MEDIA
  Audio, Video

up to 360 min / 6 hrs
USAGE TIME (CONTINUOUS)²

• BATTERY TYPE
  1420 mAh Li Ion
• STANDBY TIME³
  up to 325 hrs / 13.5 days

• EMAIL⁴
  Corporate (Exchange), Gmail™, IMAP, POP3, Attachment and browser document viewer (Microsoft Office® and pdf), HTML email composer
• MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING (MMS)⁴
• PREDICTIVE TEXT
• TEXT MESSAGING (SMS)⁴
  Yes
• INSTANT MESSAGING (IM)⁴
  Google Talk™, AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger
• IMAGE FILE FORMATS
  BMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG, Animated GIF (for email and download)
• VOICE MAIL⁴
  Standard Voice Mail, Visual Voice Mail

• WEB BROWSER
  Full HTML browser, Android Webkit
• SYNCHRONIZATION
  Support for Corporate calendar, email and contacts (Exchange 2007), Google™ contacts, calendar and Gmail™, Facebook™ contacts and messages, MySpace contacts and messages, Twitter tweets, Photobucket, Picassa, Yahoo Mail all via MOTOBLUR
• BLUETOOTH® TECHNOLOGY⁵
  Stereo Bluetooth® technology v2.0 + EDR (profiles supported: HFP, HSP, A2DP, AVRCP)
• WIFI
  802.11 b,g
• DATA ACCESS⁶
  Yes
• CONNECTOR TYPE
  Micro USB

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• DATA TRANSMISSION RATE⁶
  USB 2.0 High Speed
• GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES¹
  GPS, Google Maps™, Google Latitude™, Google Maps Street View, eCompass
• HEADSET JACK
  3.5 mm
• MOTOROLA MEDIA LINK

• WEB ACCESS
  MOTOBLUR

• TEXT TELEPHONE (TTY) COMPATIBILITY

• SPEAKERPHONE
• CALLER ID⁴
  On main display, Picture ID, Ringer ID
• AUTOMATIC ANSWER
  Auto answer
• AUTOMATIC REDIAL
• CALL LISTS
  Recent calls, frequent call
• CALL TIMER
• CALL TRANSFER
• CALL WAITING

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• CONFERENCE CALLING⁴
  Group call
• EMERGENCY DIAL
  911 dialing
• MUTE CALL
  Mute button
• NOISE REDUCTION
  Dual microphone noise cancellation
• ON HOLD CALL
• PHONE BOOK⁷
  MOTOBLUR syncs personal and work contacts, and connected social networks
• SPEED DIAL
  Quickstore Private IDs, Quickstore Phone Book, Group IDs, SDG Lists
• VIBRACALL
• VOICE DIALING
• WAIT AND PAUSE DIALING

• GMAIL™
• GOOGLE MAPS STREET VIEW
• GOOGLE MAPS™
• GOOGLE MARKET PLACE™
• GOOGLE SEARCH™⁸
• GOOGLE TALK™
• GOOGLE VOICE SEARCH™
  English only
• YOUTUBE™

• BUSINESS⁹
  Quickoffice with Document Viewing
• ENTERTAINMENT⁹
  YouTube
• MUSIC AND AUDIO⁹
  Amazon Music Store, imeem, Shazam

• NAVIGATION TOOL
  Directional key with center select
• OPERATING SYSTEM
  Android™ 1.5
• BACKLIGHT
  Yes
• CUSTOM NAVIGATION
  Multiple, customizable home screens (five)
• DEDICATED KEYS
  Volume control, Camera, Back, Search, Menu, Power/Lock, Home
• DEDICATED KEYS
  Volume control, Camera, Back, Search, Menu, Power/Lock, Home

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• KEYPAD LOCK
• LIGHT-RESPONSIVE DISPLAY
• QWERTY KEYBOARD
• TOUCH SCREEN
• VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
• VOICE COMMANDS

• RINGTONE FORMATS
  AAC, AAC+, eAAC, eAAC+, MP3
• RINGTONES⁴
  Preloaded and downloadable
• WALLPAPERS⁴
  Preloaded and downloadable

DISPLAY TYPE

TFT

COLORS

Titanium; Winter White

WEIGHT

5.6 oz; 163 grams

SIZE (H X W X D)

2.3 x 4.5 x 0.6 in.; 114 x 58 x 15.6 mm

DISPLAY SIZE

3.1-in.; HGVA (320 x 480 pixels); 3:2

ANTENNA TYPE

Internal

FORM FACTOR

Slider

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• CALCULATOR
• CALENDAR
  Calendar, Corporate (Exchange) calendar
• CLOCK
  Alarm clock
• FLIGHT MODE

• MEMORY¹⁰
  2 GB microSD pre-installed
• ACCELEROMETER
  yes
• NETWORKS⁴
  WCDMA 900/1700/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE, GPRS Class 12, AGPS
• REMOVABLE MEMORY¹¹
  supports up to 32 GB microSD
• SENSORS
  Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor

Info courtesy motorola.com

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