Motorola Q

It is about .012 inches thinner than Motorola’s very own RAZR. This phone was announced in July 2005. It is a Windows Mobile smart phone and has a full QWERTY keyboard. It is said to be less expensive than most smartphones around. It has a 2.5-inch screen that features a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. It features the Verizon EV-DO broadband network. It comes with an integrated Bluetooth. It has a speakerphone. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera. A digital music and video player is featured. It is available exclusively from Verizon at the price of $199. The Motorola Q is available in silver and black respectively.

Specifications
It features the Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition operating system.

Display
The display type is TFT with 65k colors. It measures 2.5 inches and comes with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.

Design
The Motorola Q comes in an ultrathin design with its slim form factor. On the QWERTY keyboard, the Shift is located on the right side while the back/delete key forms part of the navigation array. There’s a 5-way navigation button. It features an action button array and a scroll wheel that will enable users to scroll through documents or long web pages. The Motorola Q also features a traditional navigation array with also a back arrow and twin soft menu keys. Near the space bar, there’s the camera key which opens up the camera application once clicked upon. The camera features photo light. It measures 116 x 64 x 11.5 mm and weighs 115g.

Power, Network & Connections
It supports 2G network such as GSM 850/900/1800/1900. There’s a 2.5mm stereo headphone jack that can be used to listen to music privately or watch videos. The Q just like the other Motorola phones comes equipped with a mini USB jack. The mini USB jack can be used for powering up the phone (charging) and with a PC connecting cable. There’s a MiniSD memory card slot. The Motorola Q can last for about four hours of usage time and almost nine days of standby time.

Media & Memory
This phone can be used as a digital photo album with its 1.3-megapixel camera or as a home movie viewer with its media player. This phone features a stereo speaker, speakerphone, and Bluetooth. To transfer music and video clips to the phone from your PC, you need to have a miniSD card inserted into the phone first then only will you be able to start the process. There’s a 40MB of internal memory in this phone.

Camera
The 1.3-megapixel camera comes with a resolution of 1280×960 pixels. It features LED flash. The camera can be used to take pictures as well as shoot videos.

Phone Features
This smartphone works on the Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone Edition software. It is compatible to use with Hotmail MSN Messenger. It has voice. CPU on this phone is a 32-bit Intel XScale PXA270 312MHz processor. Browser on this phone is HTML (Pocket IE). There are games featured on this phone.

Other Features
Aside from those features, the Motorola Q can be used to sms, mms and send emails. Emails can be sent with attachments on this phone.  On this phone, wallpaper and screensavers can be downloaded. Sound and alert types on this phone comes in the form of vibration and downloaded polyphonic tones. An unlimited amount of entries can be entered on its phonebook. Photocall is made possible on this phone.

Reviews

“That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with the Treo 700w, Sprint/Verizon 6700 models, or any other of the popular smartphones. Those are excellent solutions for those who need more in terms of functionality. If you access and interact with Office documents, browse the Web with regularity, or expect to install more than a few basic applications, such devices with the full version of Windows Mobile are preferred. Anything, including the Q, that runs the smartphone edition of Windows Mobile, will come up short.” (BrightHand, 2006)

“In many ways, the Q is a missed opportunity. To really differentiate the Q from other Smartphones, Motorola ought to have included a higher resolution camera, a dedicated 3.5mm stereo headset (or at least included a 2.5mm stereo/inline mic ear set), and/or Bluetooth stereo for music listening. We wouldn’t recommend the Q if your primary purpose is e-mail and texting, unless you really want to save some dough. If money and e-mail are minor issues, we’d recommend the more powerful Palm-powered Treo (700p) or the Windows Mobile version (700w), especially now that they’re on sale. But the Q exudes a lot more fun and style than both the Blackberry and the Treo, which, in our aesthetics-driven, form-over-function society, seems to count for a lot.” (Digital Trends, 2006)