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Review: Moto Q Smartphone Review: Moto Q Smartphone
By Mark Long
June 13, 2006 8:02AM

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The Moto Q does not ship with Wi-Fi onboard, but if you're roaming in one of Verizon's EVDO coverage areas you will receive data at speeds of 400 to 700 kbps, on average, which in many instances will obviate the need for Wi-Fi.
 

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The new Moto Q for Verizon Wireless -- dubbed the "BlackBerry killer" by some -- has hit the stores and promises to give BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion a run for the money in the smartphone market.

Featuring an Intel Relevant Products/Services processor and the Windows Relevant Products/Services Mobile 5 Smartphone Edition operating system Relevant Products/Services, Motorola's new ultrathin device incorporates a high-speed EVDO capability that enables you to push and pull data Relevant Products/Services over Verizon's broadband network Relevant Products/Services at rates approximating broadband.

But that's just the beginning of what makes the Q so impressive.

Look and Feel

Measuring 4.6 x 0.45 x 2.5 inches and tipping the scales at a svelte 4.1 ounces, the Moto Q redefines what corporate workers should expect from a handheld equipped with a Qwerty-style thumb-pad. It's like having a Razr with a boosted IQ.

Many users will appreciate having a 2.5-inch, landscape-style screen that does not require the handset to be rotated 90 degrees. The thumb pad's keys are oriented at a tilt to the left and right, a nice ergonomic benefit, and a five-way navigation button sits dead center of the device to aid one-handed operation.

When working with one hand, the device feels a bit wider than is comfortable. No complaints about thickness, though. The handset is not even half an inch thick, making it narrower than even the 0.7-inch-thick BlackBerry 8700c.

Features

The Moto Q sports a speedy Intel processor, 64 MB of RAM, a roomy 128 MB of flash memory, a Bluetooth wireless radio chip, a miniSD memory expansion card slot, a 1.3-megapixel camera, infrared and mini-USB ports, dual stereo speakers, and a duplex speakerphone.

With the Q, mobile workers can view Microsoft Relevant Products/Services Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat documents. Messages, contacts, calendars, and tasks can be synchronized with a laptop or PC. The handset's Outlook Mobile e-mail support includes access to Yahoo and Hotmail as well as standard POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts.

Corporate mobile messaging support is available right out of the box by way of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. If you're looking for a "push" e-mail capability similar to that of BlackBerry devices, the Q comes loaded with the GoodLink e-mail platform. (continued...)

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