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Motorola Q the Windows Mobile Smartphone of 2006, From CES 2006 January 12, 2006 [MS Smartphone] | By anonymous 6. Its been called the RAZR-Berry, because it has all of the style of a Motorola RAZR, with the form factor or a BlackBerry. Style and looks aside, the Motorola Q is an exceptional device with Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, and a unique 320x240 landscape display. 
We had a chance to play with the upcoming Motorola Q at CES 2006. The phone is wonderful, its a small device with a great form factor. Like the Motorola RAZR, its very thin and sleek. The included applications worked well with the landscape 320x240 QVGA display. We are very skeptical about third party applications however. With the amount of applications that have problems with 240x320 QVGA displays, the amount of compatible applications for the Motorola Q will probably be much less. 
The Motorola q has a very impressive and very bright screen. The screen was very easy to see and brighter than most devices we have seen. The landscape screen was equally impressive, we had expected it to be annoying and riddled with problems associated with the orientation, we were pleasantly mistaken. All of the included applications were great on the landscape screen, however menus were a bit annoying. If the menu had more than 7 items, it would take the full screen height and only show 5 of the menu items, allowing you to scroll thru the remaining items.  Motorola would not give details about the release or price, however the device will be released in the first quarter of 2006, and should target the 399 price range with a wireless plan. A GSM version is in development and should be released in 2006 as well, no other details were available. Hopefully Motorola will release the Q with not only the current silver, but also a black, and other colors with which the RAZR has been released.  One of the best features of the device is the thumb board. It fits well on the device, and is very reminiscent of a blackberry device. The thumb board works very well, and has a great layout for not only small fingers, but also works amazingly well for large fingers as well. The device also has a thumb scroll similar to a BlackBerry. The thumb scroll is very useful on BlackBerry devices and should prove to be an extremely useful feature for the device. We were unable to test the voice quality, and other functionality of the device like GPRS performance, due to a lack of time with the device. We hope to get our hands on a review device as soon as possible, and give a full review of the device. The device does not have any protection for the screen which could lead to scratches on the display. The blackberry devices are similar in this regard, however they come with a holster. Upon release we will see if the Motorola Q is shipped with a holster. Word like Slim, slick, and useful describe the new Motorola Q very well. Despite the quality of the device, the big drawback will be lack of compatible third party software. Hopefully Motorola will work with the top third party developers to make certain the top applications are available and work well with the device, much like the way Palm and Microsoft did for the release of the Palm Treo 700w. We are certain you will start seeing Motorola Qs all over the place when they are released. The first release will be a CDMA device on the Verizon network. • Thinnest QWERTY device in the world – 11.5mm • Full, ergonomic QWERTY keyboard, 5-way navigation button and thumb wheel • Video clip capture and playback • Connectivity via Bluetooth, IrDA and mini-USB; compatible with Motorola's line of Bluetooth-enabled wireless headsets • Multi-Media Messaging (MMS) • Dual, stereo-quality speakers • Audio formats supported: iMelody, MIDI, MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, WAX, QCELP • Image formats supported: GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, WBMP, BMP, PNG • Video formats supported: H.263, MPEG-4, GSM-AMR, AAC, WMV • Mini-SD removable memory card slot • Large, high-resolution display (320 x 240 pixels, 65K TFT) • 1.3 mega pixel camera with photo lighting • PIM functionality with Picture Caller ID • Advanced speech recognition and speakerphone - by Adam  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 9 Comments ]
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