Posted by Smartphone Review on March 7, 2010
Motorola CLIQ Android Phone Titanium T Mobile
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile, is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email.
The first phone with MOTOBLUR, the CLIQ automatically delivers your messages, contacts, email, updates and photos from social sites, and more–right to your home screen. |
Powered by the Android OS, you can customize your Motorola CLIQ with thousands of apps available via the Android Market. |
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With integrated Google technology, the Motorola CLIQ brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services millions of people use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. CLIQ also provides easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail.
Enabled for T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, the CLIQ offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites. The CLIQ offers GPS location services for turn-by-turn directions using Google Maps and Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go. Other features include a 5-megapixel camera for still photos and video capture, Bluetooth for both hands-free communication and stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, an included 2 GB microSD memory card, and up to 6 hours of talk time.
Key Features
- Powered by the Android operating system with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market. (Learn more)
- Innovative widget-based MOTOBLUR overlay to Android automatically delivers Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications. (Learn more)
- Update Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once instead of opening individual apps with MOTOBLUR as well as upload your photos to Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.
- MOTOBLUR continuously displays your friends’ latest profile pics as part of your texts, calls, emails and address book
- View your friends your way: MOTOBLUR lets you view friends from A to Z, by contact history or in groups you make yourself.
- Customize your home screen with your favorite widgets and short cuts
- Your information is continuously updated and backed up into a secure environment, so you’re connected and protected even if you lose your phone.
- Fast 3G connectivity via T-Mobile’s HSDPA/UMTS network. (1700/2100 MHz bands, UMTS/HSDPA; see more about T-Mobile’s 3G service below)
- Quad-band GSM phone for good global voice connectivity. (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
- myFaves capable (Learn more)
- Built-in GPS with turn-by-turn directions provided by Google Maps and other third-party apps (for real-time directions). With Google Maps, you can instantly view maps and satellite imagery, as well as find local business. And Google Maps Street View enables you to explore cities at street-level virtually while on the go. If your phone’s missing in action, log into My MOTOBLUR to track it down with GPS.
- 3.1-inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels, 262K color depth)
- Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with familiar layout lets you type messages easily without scrolling for the letter you want.
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera/camcorder for sharing images online and creating high-quality prints. Features include digital zoom, multiple white balance settings and color effects, three quality choices, and editing options for both still photos and video.
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (2 GB card included).
- Multi-format digital audio player with dedicated Amazon MP3 Store app for over-the-air downloads.
- YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.
- Real HTML Web browsing provides more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
- Visual Voicemail allows you to listen to your voicemail messages in any order, respond in one click and easily manage your inbox without ever dialing in to the network.
- Voice-activated dialing lets you call someone with simple voice commands when your hands are busy
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Speakerphone
Vital Statistics
The Motorola CLIQ weighs 4.9 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.61 inches. Its 1420 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile’s 3G network (1700/2100 MHz).
- High-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile’s 3G network: In addition to its quad-band GSM connectivity, this phone is also compatible with T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide faster data speeds when accessing the Web.
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to receive service on the via T-Mobile’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
While this phone is optimized for use with T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, many of its functions will also work well on the moderate-speed EDGE network. If you plan to access the Internet extensively on your phone, 3G network coverage may serve you best.
Activities that work well on EDGE or 3G networks:
- Email, instant messaging, and texting
- Downloading ringtones, CallerTunes, wallpaper, light data files
- Sending photographs via email or picture messaging
Activities that work best on a 3G network:
- Viewing content-heavy websites (lots of images or videos playing)
- Viewing YouTube and other video files (they will play on EDGE, but require loading time)
- Uploading large files (photos, videos, presentations) to sharing websites
- Downloading large files from an email or a website
T-Mobile’s 3G network is currently available in 222 cities nationwide and covers more than 160 million people. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to approximately 200 million people across the U.S.
- myFaves Capable: This phone is compatible with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Android Power
The Motorola CLIQ runs the Android operating system, which provides easy access to a wide assortment of messaging tools and Google apps. With Android, you’re able to richly personalize the entire theme of the Motorola CLIQ with new widgets, icons and wallpapers–which can be added directly on the home screen–in order to truly make it your own.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR is an innovative solution that manages and integrates communications–from work email to social networking activity–on your CLIQ. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email. MOTOBLUR automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.
CLIQ also features multitasking capabilities and one-touch access to the Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. Easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts is supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. email and contacts are also supported by Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, and other POP3 and IMAP email services. It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.
The app screen. |
All your messaging in one place. |
Contacts with recent status updates. |
Additionally, the Android Market hosts a wide variety of unique applications, and with the Motorola CLIQ’s one-click access to it you can find and download a wide range of innovative software applications–from games to social networking and on-the-go shopping–to personalize your phone. Here’s a sampling of just some of the available applications:
- Sherpa, created by Geodelic, learns a person’s likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
- imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
- WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
- Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
- FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your phone.
- Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have already seen it.
The Motorola CLIQ is pre-loaded with the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) operating system update, which includes the following improvements:
- Easy upload of photos to Picasa and videos to YouTube
- Spanish language support
- Edit multiple messages in Gmail
- Faster My Location acquisition in Google Maps
- Faster web browsing with smoother page scrolling
- Improved camera with faster start-up and image capture
- In-call keypad timeout to eliminate face dialing
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars motorola cells
Qlic phone the most of the pages requier flash player this phone doesn’t have any access for big formats than all videos in youtube special HD videos stop every 10_12 secons. Battery so bad I have to keep connected with the charger all the time.
4 Stars Not the best, but getting there
The keyboard is a lot smaller and more cramped compared to a G1. Motoblur is useful unless you have thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, then it’s a drain on the battery and your patience. Had a few random restarts and freezing, but as far as Android phones are, this one is pretty decent. But outdated already.
2 Stars Had to return it
I didn’t have such a great experience with this phone in just one week I had already experienced enough problems with it to make me want to return it. The first problem was dropped calls, I spent more time redialing numbers, then having an actual conversation. Second, was the poor battery life, I would charge this phone during the night and by the time it reached noon, the battery was more than halfway drained. The last straw was when I noticed the back light on the physical keyboard stopped working all of a sudden. I googled a solution for the back light problem, and apparently lot of others had the same issue, and the only solution was to exchange or return the phone. In fear that I would get another lemon I ended up exchanging it for a completely different phone. Now I’m not gonna say that everything on this phone sucked because it didn’t. I did really enjoy the web browsing experience,and the app store which contained lots of free apps. I also like the customizable home screen, and all the different little widgets you can add to it. The touchscreen was okay even though sometimes it was a hassle to scroll with it, and sometimes the end call button was unresponsive, and the touch keyboard was just impossible to type with. As for the Motoblur feature I guess its pretty convenient for those who like to keep updating their social networking accounts without having to go into the app itself to do so, it is a little annoying, but you can remove that widget off your screen, if you feel its too much. I personally didn’t care much for it. I liked the physical keyboard and the fact it was pretty spacious, I was texting super fast with it. I also like the slider build it was really nice and firm and non-wobbly, making it a sturdy phone. If the backlight problem hadn’t occurred most likely I would’ve kept this phone.
4 Stars My First Smartphone
I’m new to smartphones, so I don’t have anything to which to compare the Moto Cliq, but so far, I’m really enjoying it. I was about to get the iPhone until I checked this one out further; it’s the slide out keyboard *combined* with touchscreen capability that I wanted more than anything. It took a while to set up and learn basic functionality, and I’ve called and hung up on a few people by accident. Other reviewers are not exaggerating about battery drain, but if you’re used to charging your phone daily, then it’s no big deal. Otherwise, it’s been a joy to use and I’m surprised how much it has enhanced my life in terms of syncing to my google calendar, personal email, social networks. Also works great as an mp3 player, which was an unexpected bonus, especially in the car because when a call comes in, the phone automatically switches to speaker mode and I can talk hands free. T-Mobile support has been surprisingly good in providing expertise on functionality.
5 Stars Tastefully Updated Adroid
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R320GGVJTTPSRY Just my little take on the Cliq. I think it’s a great device and is a better contendor in the behold 2 vs motorola cliq fight.
Buy/More Info
Posted by Smartphone Review on February 25, 2010
Motorola CLIQ Android Phone with MOTOBLUR Titanium T Mobile
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile, is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email.
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The first phone with MOTOBLUR, the CLIQ automatically delivers your messages, contacts, email, updates and photos from social sites, and more–right to your home screen. |
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Powered by the Android OS, you can customize your Motorola CLIQ with thousands of apps available via the Android Market. |
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With integrated Google technology, the Motorola CLIQ brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services millions of people use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. CLIQ also provides easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail.
Enabled for T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, the CLIQ offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites. The CLIQ offers GPS location services for turn-by-turn directions using Google Maps and Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go. Other features include a 5-megapixel camera for still photos and video capture, Bluetooth for both hands-free communication and stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, an included 2 GB microSD memory card, and up to 6 hours of talk time.
Key Features
- Powered by the Android operating system with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market. (Learn more)
- Innovative widget-based MOTOBLUR overlay to Android automatically delivers Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications. (Learn more)
- Update Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once instead of opening individual apps with MOTOBLUR as well as upload your photos to Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.
- MOTOBLUR continuously displays your friends’ latest profile pics as part of your texts, calls, emails and address book
- View your friends your way: MOTOBLUR lets you view friends from A to Z, by contact history or in groups you make yourself.
- Customize your home screen with your favorite widgets and short cuts
- Your information is continuously updated and backed up into a secure environment, so you’re connected and protected even if you lose your phone.
- Fast 3G connectivity via T-Mobile’s HSDPA/UMTS network. (1700/2100 MHz bands, UMTS/HSDPA; see more about T-Mobile’s 3G service below)
- Quad-band GSM phone for good global voice connectivity. (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
- myFaves capable (Learn more)
- Built-in GPS with turn-by-turn directions provided by Google Maps and other third-party apps (for real-time directions). With Google Maps, you can instantly view maps and satellite imagery, as well as find local business. And Google Maps Street View enables you to explore cities at street-level virtually while on the go. If your phone’s missing in action, log into My MOTOBLUR to track it down with GPS.
- 3.1-inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels, 262K color depth)
- Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with familiar layout lets you type messages easily without scrolling for the letter you want.
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera/camcorder for sharing images online and creating high-quality prints. Features include digital zoom, multiple white balance settings and color effects, three quality choices, and editing options for both still photos and video.
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (2 GB card included).
- Multi-format digital audio player with dedicated Amazon MP3 Store app for over-the-air downloads.
- YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.
- Real HTML Web browsing provides more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
- Visual Voicemail allows you to listen to your voicemail messages in any order, respond in one click and easily manage your inbox without ever dialing in to the network.
- Voice-activated dialing lets you call someone with simple voice commands when your hands are busy
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Speakerphone
Vital Statistics
The Motorola CLIQ weighs 4.9 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.61 inches. Its 1420 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile’s 3G network (1700/2100 MHz).
- High-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile’s 3G network: In addition to its quad-band GSM connectivity, this phone is also compatible with T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide faster data speeds when accessing the Web.
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to receive service on the via T-Mobile’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
While this phone is optimized for use with T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, many of its functions will also work well on the moderate-speed EDGE network. If you plan to access the Internet extensively on your phone, 3G network coverage may serve you best.
Activities that work well on EDGE or 3G networks:
- Email, instant messaging, and texting
- Downloading ringtones, CallerTunes, wallpaper, light data files
- Sending photographs via email or picture messaging
Activities that work best on a 3G network:
- Viewing content-heavy websites (lots of images or videos playing)
- Viewing YouTube and other video files (they will play on EDGE, but require loading time)
- Uploading large files (photos, videos, presentations) to sharing websites
- Downloading large files from an email or a website
T-Mobile’s 3G network is currently available in 222 cities nationwide and covers more than 160 million people. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to approximately 200 million people across the U.S.
- myFaves Capable: This phone is compatible with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Android Power
The Motorola CLIQ runs the Android operating system, which provides easy access to a wide assortment of messaging tools and Google apps. With Android, you’re able to richly personalize the entire theme of the Motorola CLIQ with new widgets, icons and wallpapers–which can be added directly on the home screen–in order to truly make it your own.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR is an innovative solution that manages and integrates communications–from work email to social networking activity–on your CLIQ. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email. MOTOBLUR automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.
CLIQ also features multitasking capabilities and one-touch access to the Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. Easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts is supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. email and contacts are also supported by Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, and other POP3 and IMAP email services. It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.
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The app screen. |
All your messaging in one place. |
Contacts with recent status updates. |
Additionally, the Android Market hosts a wide variety of unique applications, and with the Motorola CLIQ’s one-click access to it you can find and download a wide range of innovative software applications–from games to social networking and on-the-go shopping–to personalize your phone. Here’s a sampling of just some of the available applications:
- Sherpa, created by Geodelic, learns a person’s likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
- imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
- WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
- Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
- FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your phone.
- Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have already seen it.
The Motorola CLIQ is pre-loaded with the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) operating system update, which includes the following improvements:
- Easy upload of photos to Picasa and videos to YouTube
- Spanish language support
- Edit multiple messages in Gmail
- Faster My Location acquisition in Google Maps
- Faster web browsing with smoother page scrolling
- Improved camera with faster start-up and image capture
- In-call keypad timeout to eliminate face dialing
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Not the best, but getting there
The keyboard is a lot smaller and more cramped compared to a G1. Motoblur is useful unless you have thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, then it’s a drain on the battery and your patience. Had a few random restarts and freezing, but as far as Android phones are, this one is pretty decent. But outdated already.
4 Stars My First Smartphone
I’m new to smartphones, so I don’t have anything to which to compare the Moto Cliq, but so far, I’m really enjoying it. I was about to get the iPhone until I checked this one out further; it’s the slide out keyboard *combined* with touchscreen capability that I wanted more than anything. It took a while to set up and learn basic functionality, and I’ve called and hung up on a few people by accident. Other reviewers are not exaggerating about battery drain, but if you’re used to charging your phone daily, then it’s no big deal. Otherwise, it’s been a joy to use and I’m surprised how much it has enhanced my life in terms of syncing to my google calendar, personal email, social networks. Also works great as an mp3 player, which was an unexpected bonus, especially in the car because when a call comes in, the phone automatically switches to speaker mode and I can talk hands free. T-Mobile support has been surprisingly good in providing expertise on functionality.
5 Stars Tastefully Updated Adroid
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R320GGVJTTPSRY Just my little take on the Cliq. I think it’s a great device and is a better contendor in the behold 2 vs motorola cliq fight.
3 Stars motorola cells
Qlic phone the most of the pages requier flash player this phone doesn’t have any access for big formats than all videos in youtube special HD videos stop every 10_12 secons. Battery so bad I have to keep connected with the charger all the time.
5 Stars Just Amazing!
ok i never write reviews for ANYTHING! I got this phone 2 weeks ago and it is just amazing. I am so happy I decided to post a review. I had the Iphone and I hated not havin a keyboard. It’s so hard to type on the screen depending on the size of your fingers. This phone has aol messenger, yahoo messenger & MSN msgr. It has a touch screen yet it still has a keyboard to use. You can use the screen keyboard or the sliding keyboard. You can get entertainment news, surf the web, google maps, email EVERYTHING !!!!!!! I truly love this phone. Best one i’ve had (and i’ve had a few)
Buy/More Info
Posted by Smartphone Review on February 12, 2010
Motorola CLIQ Android Phone with MOTOBLUR Titanium T Mobile
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile, is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email.
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The first phone with MOTOBLUR, the CLIQ automatically delivers your messages, contacts, email, updates and photos from social sites, and more–right to your home screen. |
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Powered by the Android OS, you can customize your Motorola CLIQ with thousands of apps available via the Android Market. |
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With integrated Google technology, the Motorola CLIQ brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services millions of people use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. CLIQ also provides easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail.
Enabled for T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, the CLIQ offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites. The CLIQ offers GPS location services for turn-by-turn directions using Google Maps and Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go. Other features include a 5-megapixel camera for still photos and video capture, Bluetooth for both hands-free communication and stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, an included 2 GB microSD memory card, and up to 6 hours of talk time.
Key Features
- Powered by the Android operating system with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market. (Learn more)
- Innovative widget-based MOTOBLUR overlay to Android automatically delivers Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications. (Learn more)
- Update Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once instead of opening individual apps with MOTOBLUR as well as upload your photos to Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.
- MOTOBLUR continuously displays your friends’ latest profile pics as part of your texts, calls, emails and address book
- View your friends your way: MOTOBLUR lets you view friends from A to Z, by contact history or in groups you make yourself.
- Customize your home screen with your favorite widgets and short cuts
- Your information is continuously updated and backed up into a secure environment, so you’re connected and protected even if you lose your phone.
- Fast 3G connectivity via T-Mobile’s HSDPA/UMTS network. (1700/2100 MHz bands, UMTS/HSDPA; see more about T-Mobile’s 3G service below)
- Quad-band GSM phone for good global voice connectivity. (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
- myFaves capable (Learn more)
- Built-in GPS with turn-by-turn directions provided by Google Maps and other third-party apps (for real-time directions). With Google Maps, you can instantly view maps and satellite imagery, as well as find local business. And Google Maps Street View enables you to explore cities at street-level virtually while on the go. If your phone’s missing in action, log into My MOTOBLUR to track it down with GPS.
- 3.1-inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels, 262K color depth)
- Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with familiar layout lets you type messages easily without scrolling for the letter you want.
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera/camcorder for sharing images online and creating high-quality prints. Features include digital zoom, multiple white balance settings and color effects, three quality choices, and editing options for both still photos and video.
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (2 GB card included).
- Multi-format digital audio player with dedicated Amazon MP3 Store app for over-the-air downloads.
- YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.
- Real HTML Web browsing provides more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
- Visual Voicemail allows you to listen to your voicemail messages in any order, respond in one click and easily manage your inbox without ever dialing in to the network.
- Voice-activated dialing lets you call someone with simple voice commands when your hands are busy
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Speakerphone
Vital Statistics
The Motorola CLIQ weighs 4.9 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.61 inches. Its 1420 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile’s 3G network (1700/2100 MHz).
- High-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile’s 3G network: In addition to its quad-band GSM connectivity, this phone is also compatible with T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide faster data speeds when accessing the Web.
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to receive service on the via T-Mobile’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
While this phone is optimized for use with T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, many of its functions will also work well on the moderate-speed EDGE network. If you plan to access the Internet extensively on your phone, 3G network coverage may serve you best.
Activities that work well on EDGE or 3G networks:
- Email, instant messaging, and texting
- Downloading ringtones, CallerTunes, wallpaper, light data files
- Sending photographs via email or picture messaging
Activities that work best on a 3G network:
- Viewing content-heavy websites (lots of images or videos playing)
- Viewing YouTube and other video files (they will play on EDGE, but require loading time)
- Uploading large files (photos, videos, presentations) to sharing websites
- Downloading large files from an email or a website
T-Mobile’s 3G network is currently available in 222 cities nationwide and covers more than 160 million people. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to approximately 200 million people across the U.S.
- myFaves Capable: This phone is compatible with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Android Power
The Motorola CLIQ runs the Android operating system, which provides easy access to a wide assortment of messaging tools and Google apps. With Android, you’re able to richly personalize the entire theme of the Motorola CLIQ with new widgets, icons and wallpapers–which can be added directly on the home screen–in order to truly make it your own.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR is an innovative solution that manages and integrates communications–from work email to social networking activity–on your CLIQ. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email. MOTOBLUR automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.
CLIQ also features multitasking capabilities and one-touch access to the Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. Easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts is supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. email and contacts are also supported by Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, and other POP3 and IMAP email services. It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.
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The app screen. |
All your messaging in one place. |
Contacts with recent status updates. |
Additionally, the Android Market hosts a wide variety of unique applications, and with the Motorola CLIQ’s one-click access to it you can find and download a wide range of innovative software applications–from games to social networking and on-the-go shopping–to personalize your phone. Here’s a sampling of just some of the available applications:
- Sherpa, created by Geodelic, learns a person’s likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
- imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
- WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
- Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
- FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your phone.
- Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have already seen it.
The Motorola CLIQ is pre-loaded with the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) operating system update, which includes the following improvements:
- Easy upload of photos to Picasa and videos to YouTube
- Spanish language support
- Edit multiple messages in Gmail
- Faster My Location acquisition in Google Maps
- Faster web browsing with smoother page scrolling
- Improved camera with faster start-up and image capture
- In-call keypad timeout to eliminate face dialing
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Not the best, but getting there
The keyboard is a lot smaller and more cramped compared to a G1. Motoblur is useful unless you have thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, then it’s a drain on the battery and your patience. Had a few random restarts and freezing, but as far as Android phones are, this one is pretty decent. But outdated already.
5 Stars Tastefully Updated Adroid
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R320GGVJTTPSRY Just my little take on the Cliq. I think it’s a great device and is a better contendor in the behold 2 vs motorola cliq fight.
4 Stars My First Smartphone
I’m new to smartphones, so I don’t have anything to which to compare the Moto Cliq, but so far, I’m really enjoying it. I was about to get the iPhone until I checked this one out further; it’s the slide out keyboard *combined* with touchscreen capability that I wanted more than anything. It took a while to set up and learn basic functionality, and I’ve called and hung up on a few people by accident. Other reviewers are not exaggerating about battery drain, but if you’re used to charging your phone daily, then it’s no big deal. Otherwise, it’s been a joy to use and I’m surprised how much it has enhanced my life in terms of syncing to my google calendar, personal email, social networks. Also works great as an mp3 player, which was an unexpected bonus, especially in the car because when a call comes in, the phone automatically switches to speaker mode and I can talk hands free. T-Mobile support has been surprisingly good in providing expertise on functionality.
3 Stars motorola cells
Qlic phone the most of the pages requier flash player this phone doesn’t have any access for big formats than all videos in youtube special HD videos stop every 10_12 secons. Battery so bad I have to keep connected with the charger all the time.
5 Stars Just Amazing!
ok i never write reviews for ANYTHING! I got this phone 2 weeks ago and it is just amazing. I am so happy I decided to post a review. I had the Iphone and I hated not havin a keyboard. It’s so hard to type on the screen depending on the size of your fingers. This phone has aol messenger, yahoo messenger & MSN msgr. It has a touch screen yet it still has a keyboard to use. You can use the screen keyboard or the sliding keyboard. You can get entertainment news, surf the web, google maps, email EVERYTHING !!!!!!! I truly love this phone. Best one i’ve had (and i’ve had a few)
Buy/More Info
Posted by Smartphone Review on February 9, 2010
Motorola CLIQ Phone with MOTOBLUR Titanium T Mobile
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile, is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email.
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The first phone with MOTOBLUR, the CLIQ automatically delivers your messages, contacts, email, updates and photos from social sites, and more–right to your home screen. |
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Powered by the Android OS, you can customize your Motorola CLIQ with thousands of apps available via the Android Market. |
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With integrated Google technology, the Motorola CLIQ brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services millions of people use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. CLIQ also provides easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail.
Enabled for T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, the CLIQ offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites. The CLIQ offers GPS location services for turn-by-turn directions using Google Maps and Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go. Other features include a 5-megapixel camera for still photos and video capture, Bluetooth for both hands-free communication and stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, an included 2 GB microSD memory card, and up to 6 hours of talk time.
Key Features
- Powered by the Android operating system with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market. (Learn more)
- Innovative widget-based MOTOBLUR overlay to Android automatically delivers Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications. (Learn more)
- Update Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once instead of opening individual apps with MOTOBLUR as well as upload your photos to Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.
- MOTOBLUR continuously displays your friends’ latest profile pics as part of your texts, calls, emails and address book
- View your friends your way: MOTOBLUR lets you view friends from A to Z, by contact history or in groups you make yourself.
- Customize your home screen with your favorite widgets and short cuts
- Your information is continuously updated and backed up into a secure environment, so you’re connected and protected even if you lose your phone.
- Fast 3G connectivity via T-Mobile’s HSDPA/UMTS network. (1700/2100 MHz bands, UMTS/HSDPA; see more about T-Mobile’s 3G service below)
- Quad-band GSM phone for good global voice connectivity. (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
- myFaves capable (Learn more)
- Built-in GPS with turn-by-turn directions provided by Google Maps and other third-party apps (for real-time directions). With Google Maps, you can instantly view maps and satellite imagery, as well as find local business. And Google Maps Street View enables you to explore cities at street-level virtually while on the go. If your phone’s missing in action, log into My MOTOBLUR to track it down with GPS.
- 3.1-inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels, 262K color depth)
- Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with familiar layout lets you type messages easily without scrolling for the letter you want.
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera/camcorder for sharing images online and creating high-quality prints. Features include digital zoom, multiple white balance settings and color effects, three quality choices, and editing options for both still photos and video.
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (2 GB card included).
- Multi-format digital audio player with dedicated Amazon MP3 Store app for over-the-air downloads.
- YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.
- Real HTML Web browsing provides more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
- Visual Voicemail allows you to listen to your voicemail messages in any order, respond in one click and easily manage your inbox without ever dialing in to the network.
- Voice-activated dialing lets you call someone with simple voice commands when your hands are busy
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Speakerphone
Vital Statistics
The Motorola CLIQ weighs 4.9 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.61 inches. Its 1420 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile’s 3G network (1700/2100 MHz).
- High-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile’s 3G network: In addition to its quad-band GSM connectivity, this phone is also compatible with T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide faster data speeds when accessing the Web.
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to receive service on the via T-Mobile’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
While this phone is optimized for use with T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, many of its functions will also work well on the moderate-speed EDGE network. If you plan to access the Internet extensively on your phone, 3G network coverage may serve you best.
Activities that work well on EDGE or 3G networks:
- Email, instant messaging, and texting
- Downloading ringtones, CallerTunes, wallpaper, light data files
- Sending photographs via email or picture messaging
Activities that work best on a 3G network:
- Viewing content-heavy websites (lots of images or videos playing)
- Viewing YouTube and other video files (they will play on EDGE, but require loading time)
- Uploading large files (photos, videos, presentations) to sharing websites
- Downloading large files from an email or a website
T-Mobile’s 3G network is currently available in 222 cities nationwide and covers more than 160 million people. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to approximately 200 million people across the U.S.
- myFaves Capable: This phone is compatible with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Android Power
The Motorola CLIQ runs the Android operating system, which provides easy access to a wide assortment of messaging tools and Google apps. With Android, you’re able to richly personalize the entire theme of the Motorola CLIQ with new widgets, icons and wallpapers–which can be added directly on the home screen–in order to truly make it your own.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR is an innovative solution that manages and integrates communications–from work email to social networking activity–on your CLIQ. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email. MOTOBLUR automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.
CLIQ also features multitasking capabilities and one-touch access to the Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. Easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts is supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. email and contacts are also supported by Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, and other POP3 and IMAP email services. It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.
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The app screen. |
All your messaging in one place. |
Contacts with recent status updates. |
Additionally, the Android Market hosts a wide variety of unique applications, and with the Motorola CLIQ’s one-click access to it you can find and download a wide range of innovative software applications–from games to social networking and on-the-go shopping–to personalize your phone. Here’s a sampling of just some of the available applications:
- Sherpa, created by Geodelic, learns a person’s likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
- imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
- WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
- Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
- FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your phone.
- Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have already seen it.
The Motorola CLIQ is pre-loaded with the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) operating system update, which includes the following improvements:
- Easy upload of photos to Picasa and videos to YouTube
- Spanish language support
- Edit multiple messages in Gmail
- Faster My Location acquisition in Google Maps
- Faster web browsing with smoother page scrolling
- Improved camera with faster start-up and image capture
- In-call keypad timeout to eliminate face dialing
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars My First Smartphone
I’m new to smartphones, so I don’t have anything to which to compare the Moto Cliq, but so far, I’m really enjoying it. I was about to get the iPhone until I checked this one out further; it’s the slide out keyboard *combined* with touchscreen capability that I wanted more than anything. It took a while to set up and learn basic functionality, and I’ve called and hung up on a few people by accident. Other reviewers are not exaggerating about battery drain, but if you’re used to charging your phone daily, then it’s no big deal. Otherwise, it’s been a joy to use and I’m surprised how much it has enhanced my life in terms of syncing to my google calendar, personal email, social networks. Also works great as an mp3 player, which was an unexpected bonus, especially in the car because when a call comes in, the phone automatically switches to speaker mode and I can talk hands free. T-Mobile support has been surprisingly good in providing expertise on functionality.
4 Stars Not the best, but getting there
The keyboard is a lot smaller and more cramped compared to a G1. Motoblur is useful unless you have thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, then it’s a drain on the battery and your patience. Had a few random restarts and freezing, but as far as Android phones are, this one is pretty decent. But outdated already.
5 Stars Just Amazing!
ok i never write reviews for ANYTHING! I got this phone 2 weeks ago and it is just amazing. I am so happy I decided to post a review. I had the Iphone and I hated not havin a keyboard. It’s so hard to type on the screen depending on the size of your fingers. This phone has aol messenger, yahoo messenger & MSN msgr. It has a touch screen yet it still has a keyboard to use. You can use the screen keyboard or the sliding keyboard. You can get entertainment news, surf the web, google maps, email EVERYTHING !!!!!!! I truly love this phone. Best one i’ve had (and i’ve had a few)
5 Stars Tastefully Updated Adroid
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R320GGVJTTPSRY Just my little take on the Cliq. I think it’s a great device and is a better contendor in the behold 2 vs motorola cliq fight.
2 Stars Don’t purchase CLIQ unless it has Android 2.0
The phone has great features to offer but with that, comes many restrictions as well. Comes installed with version Android 1.5 (outdated since this phone is launched) software from Motorolla and T-Mobile have yet to update the software to 2.0, which by the way has been out for a while at this point. You will find that you can’t view or update your Adobe Flash player, so that will limit your web interactive features that many sites use today.
Right out of the box, many user have experienced Bluetooth compatibility issues from the go, due to some software problems released with 1.5 and was poor Q.C. from many aspects.
You can’t delete pre-installed software such as IMEEM mobile, which was bought out and is no longer in service.
Buy/More Info
Posted by Smartphone Review on February 3, 2010
Motorola CLIQ Phone with MOTOBLUR Titanium T Mobile
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile, is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email.
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The first phone with MOTOBLUR, the CLIQ automatically delivers your messages, contacts, email, updates and photos from social sites, and more–right to your home screen. |
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Powered by the Android OS, you can customize your Motorola CLIQ with thousands of apps available via the Android Market. |
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With integrated Google technology, the Motorola CLIQ brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services millions of people use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. CLIQ also provides easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail.
Enabled for T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, the CLIQ offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites. The CLIQ offers GPS location services for turn-by-turn directions using Google Maps and Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go. Other features include a 5-megapixel camera for still photos and video capture, Bluetooth for both hands-free communication and stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, an included 2 GB microSD memory card, and up to 6 hours of talk time.
Key Features
- Powered by the Android operating system with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market. (Learn more)
- Innovative widget-based MOTOBLUR overlay to Android automatically delivers Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications. (Learn more)
- Update Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once instead of opening individual apps with MOTOBLUR as well as upload your photos to Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.
- MOTOBLUR continuously displays your friends’ latest profile pics as part of your texts, calls, emails and address book
- View your friends your way: MOTOBLUR lets you view friends from A to Z, by contact history or in groups you make yourself.
- Customize your home screen with your favorite widgets and short cuts
- Your information is continuously updated and backed up into a secure environment, so you’re connected and protected even if you lose your phone.
- Fast 3G connectivity via T-Mobile’s HSDPA/UMTS network. (1700/2100 MHz bands, UMTS/HSDPA; see more about T-Mobile’s 3G service below)
- Quad-band GSM phone for good global voice connectivity. (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
- myFaves capable (Learn more)
- Built-in GPS with turn-by-turn directions provided by Google Maps and other third-party apps (for real-time directions). With Google Maps, you can instantly view maps and satellite imagery, as well as find local business. And Google Maps Street View enables you to explore cities at street-level virtually while on the go. If your phone’s missing in action, log into My MOTOBLUR to track it down with GPS.
- 3.1-inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels, 262K color depth)
- Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with familiar layout lets you type messages easily without scrolling for the letter you want.
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera/camcorder for sharing images online and creating high-quality prints. Features include digital zoom, multiple white balance settings and color effects, three quality choices, and editing options for both still photos and video.
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (2 GB card included).
- Multi-format digital audio player with dedicated Amazon MP3 Store app for over-the-air downloads.
- YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.
- Real HTML Web browsing provides more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
- Visual Voicemail allows you to listen to your voicemail messages in any order, respond in one click and easily manage your inbox without ever dialing in to the network.
- Voice-activated dialing lets you call someone with simple voice commands when your hands are busy
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Speakerphone
Vital Statistics
The Motorola CLIQ weighs 4.9 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.61 inches. Its 1420 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile’s 3G network (1700/2100 MHz).
- High-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile’s 3G network: In addition to its quad-band GSM connectivity, this phone is also compatible with T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide faster data speeds when accessing the Web.
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to receive service on the via T-Mobile’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
While this phone is optimized for use with T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, many of its functions will also work well on the moderate-speed EDGE network. If you plan to access the Internet extensively on your phone, 3G network coverage may serve you best.
Activities that work well on EDGE or 3G networks:
- Email, instant messaging, and texting
- Downloading ringtones, CallerTunes, wallpaper, light data files
- Sending photographs via email or picture messaging
Activities that work best on a 3G network:
- Viewing content-heavy websites (lots of images or videos playing)
- Viewing YouTube and other video files (they will play on EDGE, but require loading time)
- Uploading large files (photos, videos, presentations) to sharing websites
- Downloading large files from an email or a website
T-Mobile’s 3G network is currently available in 222 cities nationwide and covers more than 160 million people. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to approximately 200 million people across the U.S.
- myFaves Capable: This phone is compatible with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Android Power
The Motorola CLIQ runs the Android operating system, which provides easy access to a wide assortment of messaging tools and Google apps. With Android, you’re able to richly personalize the entire theme of the Motorola CLIQ with new widgets, icons and wallpapers–which can be added directly on the home screen–in order to truly make it your own.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR is an innovative solution that manages and integrates communications–from work email to social networking activity–on your CLIQ. Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email. MOTOBLUR automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.
CLIQ also features multitasking capabilities and one-touch access to the Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. Easy access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts is supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. email and contacts are also supported by Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, and other POP3 and IMAP email services. It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.
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The app screen. |
All your messaging in one place. |
Contacts with recent status updates. |
Additionally, the Android Market hosts a wide variety of unique applications, and with the Motorola CLIQ’s one-click access to it you can find and download a wide range of innovative software applications–from games to social networking and on-the-go shopping–to personalize your phone. Here’s a sampling of just some of the available applications:
- Sherpa, created by Geodelic, learns a person’s likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
- imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
- WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
- Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
- FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your phone.
- Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have already seen it.
The Motorola CLIQ is pre-loaded with the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) operating system update, which includes the following improvements:
- Easy upload of photos to Picasa and videos to YouTube
- Spanish language support
- Edit multiple messages in Gmail
- Faster My Location acquisition in Google Maps
- Faster web browsing with smoother page scrolling
- Improved camera with faster start-up and image capture
- In-call keypad timeout to eliminate face dialing
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Not the best, but getting there
The keyboard is a lot smaller and more cramped compared to a G1. Motoblur is useful unless you have thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, then it’s a drain on the battery and your patience. Had a few random restarts and freezing, but as far as Android phones are, this one is pretty decent. But outdated already.
4 Stars My First Smartphone
I’m new to smartphones, so I don’t have anything to which to compare the Moto Cliq, but so far, I’m really enjoying it. I was about to get the iPhone until I checked this one out further; it’s the slide out keyboard *combined* with touchscreen capability that I wanted more than anything. It took a while to set up and learn basic functionality, and I’ve called and hung up on a few people by accident. Other reviewers are not exaggerating about battery drain, but if you’re used to charging your phone daily, then it’s no big deal. Otherwise, it’s been a joy to use and I’m surprised how much it has enhanced my life in terms of syncing to my google calendar, personal email, social networks. Also works great as an mp3 player, which was an unexpected bonus, especially in the car because when a call comes in, the phone automatically switches to speaker mode and I can talk hands free. T-Mobile support has been surprisingly good in providing expertise on functionality.
5 Stars Tastefully Updated Adroid
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R320GGVJTTPSRY Just my little take on the Cliq. I think it’s a great device and is a better contendor in the behold 2 vs motorola cliq fight.
2 Stars Don’t purchase CLIQ unless it has Android 2.0
The phone has great features to offer but with that, comes many restrictions as well. Comes installed with version Android 1.5 (outdated since this phone is launched) software from Motorolla and T-Mobile have yet to update the software to 2.0, which by the way has been out for a while at this point. You will find that you can’t view or update your Adobe Flash player, so that will limit your web interactive features that many sites use today.
Right out of the box, many user have experienced Bluetooth compatibility issues from the go, due to some software problems released with 1.5 and was poor Q.C. from many aspects.
You can’t delete pre-installed software such as IMEEM mobile, which was bought out and is no longer in service.
5 Stars Just Amazing!
ok i never write reviews for ANYTHING! I got this phone 2 weeks ago and it is just amazing. I am so happy I decided to post a review. I had the Iphone and I hated not havin a keyboard. It’s so hard to type on the screen depending on the size of your fingers. This phone has aol messenger, yahoo messenger & MSN msgr. It has a touch screen yet it still has a keyboard to use. You can use the screen keyboard or the sliding keyboard. You can get entertainment news, surf the web, google maps, email EVERYTHING !!!!!!! I truly love this phone. Best one i’ve had (and i’ve had a few)
Buy/More Info
