Verizon Wireless and Motorola have just announced the Motorola Devour handset, that will be made available in March. This is the newest MOTOBLUR handset available, complete with Android and a 3.1 inch capacitive touchscreen display.
A touch-sensitive navigation pad is also on board, as well as preloaded apps from the Google suite (Gmail, Google Talk, YouTube, Google Search and Google Maps). Android Market will give Devour’s users access to over 20,000 apps, while MOTOBLUR also includes the Happenings Widget, able to push status and photo updates, wall posts from social networking sites to your home screen.
The slide out full QWERTY keyboard makes this device great for messaging and writing emails, while the security segment is approached via the backup and security feature, with data automatically backed up on the secure MOTOBLUR portal. Moto Devour will come with an 8GB microSD card pre-installed and support for Bluetooth A2DP.
There’s a brand new teaser video available for Moto’s latest Android handset, the Backflip, complete with MOTOBLUR UI. We’re really wondering what the theme song for this ad is, since it does sound a lot like Green Day’s “American Idiot”. Any ideas?
We remind you that Motorola Backflip sports an unique form factor, with a reverse sliding QWERTY keyboard, the possibility to turn the back 5 megapixel camera into a front one and the Backtrack navigation tool placed behind the screen. The device packs a 3.1 inch HVGA display, WiFi, Bluetooth, image editing tools and a customizable home screen.
Photo sharing via MySpace, Photobucket, Picasa and Facebook is supported and we also know that Backflip packs a 1400 mAh Li Ion battery, providing 6 hours of usage and 13.5 days of standby time. The full suite of Google Apps is supported, plus there’s an accelerometer on board and a microSD card slot (32GB cards max).
Motorola stole the show today in Las Vegas, during CES 2010, by introducing the Backflip handset, complete with MOTOBLUR social streams. This Android handset supports multitasking and it’ll be available in North America, Latin American, Europe and Asia starting Q1 2010.
Backflip features an unique reverse flip design and a QWERTY keyboard, plus it’ll use the MOTOBLUR solution to sync contacts, posts, images, messages and more via Facebook, MySpace, Gmail or Twitter. Email and LastFM are also supported and all of the content you need is delivered straight to the home screen.
There’s also a high resolution 3.1 inch HVGA touchscreen on board and an innovative feature called Backtrack. The latter is a touch panel placed on the other side of the handset, providing a new method of scrolling through the web, texts and email, without using the home screen. The phone also supports 3G connectivity and WiFi access, plus it’ll use the Android Market to get cool new apps and widgets.
There’s also a 5 megapixel camera at the back with flash and the possibility to upload your favorite photos to social networking sites. aGPS and stereo Bluetooth complete Backflip’s package.
AT&T has finally confirmed its very first Motorola Android smartphone, a device formerly known as the MB300 Backflip. Turns out that the phone will run MOTOBLUR, with its cool social networking features and it’ll include a distinctive hinge, plus a backward-facing QWERTY keypad.
The device will be sold exclusively through AT&T and launched in the first half of 2010. During the official press event, Moto’s officials announced that this new handset will be available ahead of Dell Mini 3 and HTC’s fresh Android phones, scheduled to reach AT&T as well.
No info on price or the official name of the handset, so we’re stuck with Backflip for now.
Motorola Motus was spotted a couple of days ago, as a blurry picture leaked online, together with the Sholes Tablet and Moto Zeppelin. Now, we’ve also got info regarding its specs, that you’ll find after the break.
Just like CLIQ, Moto Motus runs Android 1.5 and uses the Motoblur interface. The handset pictured above supports quad band GSM connectivity, plus 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz WCDMA bands, so T-Mobile and AT&T will be able to sell it.
The phone’s specs list includes a 3.1 inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels), a full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. There’s also a 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A processor on board, together with 512 MB ROM and 256 MB RAM. Expect Motus to be announced in Q1 2010.
MOTOBLUR is only a testimony to the current trend of creating an interface that messes with social networking features and brings up all the contacts and services to the Home screen. Motorola’s technology is also similar to the one used on webOS and uses Android’s features to the max, so porting it to other Android devices shouldn’t be a problem:
The MOTOBLUR software has just been ported to the very first Android device, the T-Mobile G1 aka HTC Dream. The ROM is in beta status, but it looks pretty good, although it lacks support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This is yet another proof of how customisable and hackable Android is right now and how it can ported from one hardware platform to another.
T-Mobile USA has just launched its pre-order page for Motorola CLIQ, a handset that will be made available by the carrier in October with a $200 price tag on contract. The handset will be launched in two colour versions: Titanium or Winter White.
Pre-orders take place from October 19th through November 1st and we remind you that the handset is also coming to Europe soon, dubbed as Motorola DEXT. This is the first official Motorola Android phone, that comes with the MOTOBLUR interface, Android 1.5 (Cupcake) and support for MySpace, Picasa, Facebook, Photobucket, social networking services and messaging features.
There’s also a customizable home screen on board, a 5 megapixel camera, geotagging, a sliding QWERTY keypad and 3.1 inch HVGA display.
After getting the first details regarding Motorola’s CLIQ Android phone last week, its European version, DEXT has just been detailed by Orange UK. The carrier announced the handset yesterday, with an exclusivity deal and the MOTOBLUR feature on board, that you can check out in the video below:
MOTOBLUR is a software solution that synchs all the contacts, feeds, posts, photos, messages, mails and more, pushing them to the main screen of the phone. The sources used for syncing are Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail and even LastFM, plus tons of other social networking or email services.
Motorola DEXT is a QWERTY slider, that comes with a touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and video capture, 3G support, GPS, support for Android Marketplace, a microSD card slot (32GB max) and WiFi. Orange UK will sell the phone in early October for free with £34.26 monthly contract, lasting 2 years.
An internal T-Mobile PowerPoint that just recently leaked on the web shows that Motorola CLIQ will be released in October by the US carrier. Don’t be fooled by the fact that the slide below says “November”, since this is an old version of the PowerPoint available below.
We remind you that CLIQ is Motorola’s first official Android phone, packing the MOTOBLUR customized version of the OS/UI and quite hot features. The touchscreen-QWERTY keyboard combo will be deadly and Moto might finally have a hit on their hands. We’ll just have to wait and see…
T-Mobile USA has just made official the Motorola CLIQ handset, a first for the US market, since it’s an Android device made by Moto. The most interesting aspect of this phone is surely MOTOBLUR, the customized version of Google’s OS.
Expect CLIQ to hit T-Mobile later this Fall, supporting Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, all of them with updates delivered to the Home screen. The new Moto phone packs a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a full touchscreen display and support for 3G connectivity. There’s also a 5 megapixel camera on board, with support for video recording, plus UMTS/HSDPA, Wi-Fi with UMA and a 3.5mm headset jack on the specs list.
After hitting T-Mobile USA, CLIQ will be made available as Motorola DEXT by international carriers.
