Motorola DEXT MB220
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- Anonymous
- nsB
- 12 Dec 2009
Call quality over T-Mobile's network was very good. I made a few calls on a busy street corner and could hear my contacts perfectly. Motorola says that the phone incorporates two microphones as well as noise-cancellation technology. Callers on the other end of the line told me that my voice sounded very clear, although one noted a faint hiss during our call.
The Motorola Cliq is the first phone to showcase MotoBlur, Motorola's skin for Android. Before we delve into Android, however, I should note that the Cliq doesn't ship with the latest version of Android OS 1.6 (more deliciously known as Donut). T-Mobile says that it won't announce any plans for 1.6 at launch, but the company did mention the ease of making over-the-air upgrades via MotoBlur, so perhaps you can expect one later in the year.
When you start up your Cliq for the first time, you have to register for a MotoBlur account. This establishes a registration record of your phone on the MotoBlur servers so you can receive updated information without interruption. You then choose which social networks or accounts--such as such as Facebook, Last.fm, MySpace, and Twitter--you want to associate on your Cliq. MotoBlur then aggregates all of the information from your networks and delivers it to the phone.
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- Anonymous
- nsB
- 12 Dec 2009
The Web browser loaded pages quickly; but the Cliq doesn't support Flash, so certain videos and pages won't load. Though Flash 10 for Android is coming soon,you'll just have to hold out until it is available. The browser itself is reasonably easy to use: You can open multiple windows, bookmark pages, and search for words on a page.
Holding down the dedicated shutter button launches the camera application. My outdoor pictures looked great, with bright, accurate colors and sharp details. Snapshots taken in dimly lit indoor settings didn't fare as well, however. Some test images had yellow or blue color casts and looked grainy. One shot of an acoustic guitar had a noticeable amount of noise in the lines of the wood. In addition, the shutter speed is disappointingly slow, and you can't adjust it, so you'd better make sure that your subject stays put for a good 3 seconds to ensure a decent shot.
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- Anonymous
- nsB
- 12 Dec 2009
The Android music player is straightforward and easy to navigate. You can download DRM-free tracks from the Amazon MP3 store, which is a nice alternative to iTunes. Music playback sounded good (though slightly tinny) through the included earbuds. Video playback looked great on the Cliq's 3.1-inch display--but again, I wish that the display were a little bigger.
For hardcore social networkers, the Motorola Cliq is a dream phone. You get fast access to all of your accounts and a well-designed QWERTY keyboard for typing long messages. If you aren't into social networking or if you want to keep that information limited to your computer, you may be turned off by the Cliq. The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G might be a better Android option, or you could choose one of the many BlackBerry models on T-Mobile
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- Anonymous
- nsC
- 12 Dec 2009
Call quality over T-Mobile's network was very good. I made a few calls on a busy street corner and could hear my contacts perfectly. Motorola says that the phone incorporates two microphones as well as noise-cancellation technology. Callers on the other end of the line told me that my voice sounded very clear, although one noted a faint hiss during our call.
The Motorola Cliq is the first phone to showcase MotoBlur, Motorola's skin for Android. Before we delve into Android, however, I should note that the Cliq doesn't ship with the latest version of Android OS 1.6 (more deliciously known as Donut). T-Mobile says that it won't announce any plans for 1.6 at launch, but the company did mention the ease of making over-the-air upgrades via MotoBlur, so perhaps you can expect one later in the year.
When you start up your Cliq for the first time, you have to register for a MotoBlur account. This establishes a registration record of your phone on the MotoBlur servers so you can receive updated information without interruption. You then choose which social networks or accounts--such as such as Facebook, Last.fm, MySpace, and Twitter--you want to associate on your Cliq. MotoBlur then aggregates all of the information from your networks and delivers it to the phone.
The best example of how MotoBlur organizes this information is your contacts. The application collects all of the contacts from your various social networks. If you're friends with the same people on multiple networks, MotoBlur condenses all of their information into a single listing to avoid duplicating data on your phone. You can then see each of your contacts' current information--birthday, status update, current profile picture, e-mail address, phone number, and the like. You can view your communication history with a particular contact as well as viewing that person's activity on different social networks.
When your friends update their information in one of the supported social networks, MotoBlur will update their listing on your phone. To see how quickly the updating would occur, I used my PC to change my picture on Facebook via the Web. My picture updated in my contact info on the Cliq in less than 30 minutes.
Android is easy enough to get the hang of, but it lacks the aesthetic appeal and intuitiveness of some other OSs. This is where MotoBlur comes in: MotoBlur uses Android's live widget capabilities to bring all of your messaging and social networking activity to the phone's homescreen.
At first glance, MotoBlur is a bit overwhelming: Text, talk bubbles, and images fly out at you in every direction. And the text and icons don't pop out as much as the ones on iPhone OS or the Palm Pre do. Fortunately, you have five homescreens to fill with the widgets and applications of your choice, which helps reduce the clutter (a small indicator at the top of each page tells you which page you're on--much as on the iPhone. In addition to the standard Android widgets (Music, Clock, Calendar, and Search, to name a few), you'll see four MotoBlur widgets: Messages, Status, Happenings, and Weather.
As its name implies, Messages delivers your most recent unread texts, social network messages, and e-mail messages to the homescreen in a speech bubble. The sender is identified at top of the message in bold, so you can easily tell whether the message is important or just spam. A snippet of the e-mail appears, but when you tap on it, you jump the full message, at which point you can reply or delete it. You can also view all of your messages in a universal inbox similar to Palm's WebOS--or you can view your messages by account, if you prefer.
MotoBlur's Happenings widget gives you instant access to your social networks from the homescreen. Facebook, Gmail, Last.fm, MySpace, Twitter, Yahoo, and other social networks are constantly connected and continually updated on the app. Honestly, I found Happenings a bit annoying. Do I really want some random former classmate's status popping up on my phone?
Status is fairly self-explanatory, too: You can use it to update your status to one or all of your social networks from your phone. This feature is pretty convenient because you don't actually have to open the application to enter a status update; instead, you can do it from the homescreen.
MotoBlur's best feature may be its ability to track your lost or stolen phone via GPS and remotely wipe it. And since all of your data is stored in the MotoBlur cloud, you won't have to reload everything into your new phone.
The Web browser loaded pages quickly; but the Cliq doesn't support Flash, so certain videos and pages won't load. Though Flash 10 for Android is coming soon,you'll just have to hold out until it is available. The browser itself is reasonably easy to use: You can open multiple windows, bookmark pages, and search for words on a page.
Holding down the dedicated shutter button launches the camera application. My outdoor pictures looked great, with bright, accurate colors and sharp details. Snapshots taken in dimly lit indoor settings didn't fare as well, however. Some test images had yellow or blue color casts and looked grainy. One shot of an acoustic guitar had a noticeable amount of noise in the lines of the wood. In addition, the shutter speed is disappointingly slow, and you can't adjust it, so you'd better make sure that your subject stays put for a good 3 seconds to ensure a decent shot.
The Android music player is straightforward and easy to navigate. You can download DRM-free tracks from the Amazon MP3 store, which is a nice alternative to iTunes. Music playback sounded good (though slightly tinny) through the included earbuds. Video playback looked great on the Cliq's 3.1-inch display--but again, I wish that the display were a little bigger.
For hardcore social networkers, the Motorola Cliq is a dream phone. You get fast access to all of your accounts and a well-designed QWERTY keyboard for typing long messages. If you aren't into social networking or if you want to keep that information limited to your computer, you may be turned off by the Cliq. The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G might be a better Android option, or you could choose one of the many BlackBerry models on T-Mobile
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- top 10 2009
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- 12 Dec 2009
Top 10 Cell Phones PC World
Nov 13, 2009 11:30 am
1. Motorola Droid
Keyboard: Yes
Bottom Line: The first Android 2.0 phone impresses with a strong suite of Web features and a stunning 3.7-inch display, but some users might have trouble with the shallow keyboard.
2. Apple iPhone 3GS
Keyboard: No
Bottom Line: Performance enhancements distinguish the otherwise evolutionary step-up iPhone 3GS from its previous iterations.
3. Motorola Cliq
Bottom Line: The beautifully designed Motorola Cliq is a social butterflyâs dream phone, but others may find the MotoBlur user interface overwhelming.
4. Research in Motion BlackBerry Bold 9700
Bottom Line: The best BlackBerry available, the Bold 9700 packs a multitude of features into a sophisticated, slimmed-down design.
5. T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Keyboard: Yes
Bottom Line: The T-Mobile myTouch 3G is a big improvement from its predecessor, but the physical keyboard is sorely missed.
6. Palm Pre
Form Factor: Candy bar
Bottom Line: The Pre's webOS software is touch-friendly and fun, but the cramped QWERTY keyboard detracts from the phone's usability.
7. Samsung Behold II
Keyboard: Yes
Bottom Line: With a gorgeous AMOLED display and an excellent camera, the pricey Samsung Behold II will appeal to multimedia junkies with deep pockets.
8. Research in Motion BlackBerry Tour 9630
Keyboard: Yes
Bottom Line: The BlackBerry Tour entices with an ergonomic keyboard and gorgeous display, but the omission of Wi-Fi disappoints.
9. HTC Droid Eris
Keyboard: Yes
Bottom Line: If you can live without a hardware keyboard, the HTC Droid Eris is an affordable and feature-packed alternative to the Motorola Droid.
10. HTC Hero
MegaPixels: 5MP
Bottom Line: The HTC Hero marks a giant step in innovation of the Android platform, but it isn't without flaws
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- Anonymous
- 0FR
- 12 Dec 2009
Nagendra Anubhukta, 12 Dec 2009Picked Up Moto Cliq from T-Mobile. My inputs so far. 1. ... morethx for your opinion i want get this phone
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- Nagendra Anubhukta
- ID3
- 12 Dec 2009
Picked Up Moto Cliq from T-Mobile. My inputs so far.
1. Great Android Phone.
2. All the Social Networking Tools Integrated Works Just Fine
3. QT-Keyboard is Perfect.
4. Screen resolution and Size Ok
5. Touch Experience Good(coming from iPhone0
6. Device Response / Speed is Great
Over All a Mear-Complete Mobile computing Device
Will post more in few weeks.
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- Anonymous
- nsC
- 11 Dec 2009
very nice phone
i like dext and want to buy it
i love dext over all than android phone around
best price and best buy = moto dext
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- Anonymous
- qp0
- 11 Dec 2009
Kostas, 11 Dec 2009Hi to everyone i am about to buy this phone but i have two ... moreNot sure about Garmin - don't think I've seen it in the Android Market but there are a couple of other paid ones that are good and there's also Google Maps with Navigation (best nav ever period. free.). However since you mention you're outside of the US - you'll need to learn about how to ROOT your phone and install custom software as well as hacked version of Google Maps with Navigation that works outside the US (currently GMapsNav is in US only beta but works flawlessly all around the world with the hacked versions).
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- Kostas
- m{J
- 11 Dec 2009
Hi to everyone i am about to buy this phone but i have two questions.Can i use garmin for gps?I have used it many years now and it's the best.Also is there an application to load greek language since i live in Greece and will buy it from England?
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- Andrei
- 0Up
- 10 Dec 2009
Cliq is another Android made by Motorola and features QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera and hot applications. We made a review here, http://www.itsagadget.com/2009/12/motorola-cliq-is-another-android.html
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- Anonymous
- Ley
- 10 Dec 2009
android is best os at world
and new moto phone have perfect features
well done moto
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- Anonymous
- IaH
- 10 Dec 2009
Anonymous, 10 Dec 2009i think about moto dext and x2 both have proximate feat... morethis is android and very beter than win mobile
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- Anonymous
- Sbg
- 10 Dec 2009
i think about moto dext and x2
both have proximate features and performance
but x2 have beter camera
and
dext have beter screen capacitive and price
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- Lolli
- F4m
- 10 Dec 2009
does this phone handle DRM protected songs?
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- Anonymous
- IaH
- 09 Dec 2009
The CLIQ features 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM and a Qualcomm MSM7201A processor at 528 MHz, which is pretty standard for Android devices. It was no slower or faster than recent smartphones we have tested; there were times we found ourselves waiting longer than we would have wanted but in general it was snappy enough. There is not much in terms of preloaded software beyond the already-covered Motorola enhancements, but with the Android Market now over the 10,000 app mark there are plenty of items for the user to explore and download
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- Anonymous
- IaH
- 09 Dec 2009
Videos taken with the CLIQ can be cropped, but that is the extent of the editing capabilities. The MPEG-4 videos we use as test files were not able to be edited. Videos looked great on the display, and while native codec support is weak there are apps for that (or at least ones that are coming soon.)
The camera interface is pretty simple, but one nice feature is that when you take a picture it displays your location information and integrates that into the filename. Settings are fairly sparse; the user can adjust resolution, geotagging preferences, color effect, toggle auto focus and choose from automatic or preset white balances. Images turned out quite well however, with good color saturation and above average detail. The color representation was often made better by the auto-correction via the photo editing software, and we were quite pleased with the CLIQ’s performance.
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- Anonymous
- IaH
- 09 Dec 2009
Multimedia and Camera:
The Motorola CLIQ utilizes Android’s native music player. There is nothing inherently wrong with it, but it could use some more polish. Still, it handled all of the mp3s we threw at it just fine, properly displaying album art and track info. Music can be downloaded OTA via the Amazon MP3 store.
Motorola has reworked the picture gallery and video player so they are now prettier to look at. When flipping through pictures, for example, the transition is much like turning a page. The photo viewer allows for picture editing as well. Users can adjust a number of variables, such as RGB, brightness, contrast, color saturation and others, and an auto-fix noticeably touches up images. There is a very cool preview feature where half the picture stays as the original and the other half is adjusted so you can compare the differences. The image can be cropped and rotated, or have the resolution cut down. The user can select from different color effects or add speech bubbles, clip art and frame the picture. All-in-all, it offers some very handy stuff.
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- Anonymous
- IaH
- 09 Dec 2009
The CLIQ is without a doubt geared towards the younger generation, and the design embodies that. It is on the small side, which means a smaller screen and keyboard, but is still heavy. It has a good weight to it, but we’re not crazy about the feel. When closed the slider is loose and when held by the bottom half the top piece will wiggle, but thankfully this goes away when opened. Still, the CLIQ isn’t exactly what we’d call solid, and the cheap plastic housing doesn’t do much to reassure us.
The 3.1” capacitive HVGA display is quite nice. The 262K colors offer more depth than screens we’ve seen from HTC and it is plenty responsive
User Interface:
Motorola’s take on Android is what they call MOTOBLUR. The user can sign into accounts from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Last.FM, Picasa, Photobucket, Yahoo! Mail and Google, as well as corporate and other personal email accounts. Similarly to webOS, contacts are pulled from each location and merged together, and if a contact’s info isn’t recognized you can link to other services. Thankfully info from one service does not get pushed back to another; for example if you have a Gmail contact who is also a Facebook contact and they have different email addresses with the two services, Gmail is not updated with the Facebook address. Similarly to HTC’s contact management you can view your communication history within a contact, as well as their “happenings,” or social network updates.
The homescreen has several custom widgets as well. The Happenings widget pulls all of this social network info and gives you a constant feed of updates. Messaging offers your standard SMS, MMS, etc. but also integrates Facebook, Twitter and other messaging services. There is also a News and Entertainment widget that displays relevant info. Lastly is Social Status, which allows you to quickly update your status for the various services. The best feature of these widgets is that a tap brings up more info right on the homescreen without launching an app. For instance, if you tap on a news headline it will bring you a brief synopsis, with a link to launch the full story. If you click on a Facebook profile update in Happenings it gives you the full text, ability to read any comments and the option to comment yourself. On any of them you can swipe across the screen to get to the next item
MOTOBLUR is not nearly as ambitious as HTC’s Sense UI, but we do appreciate that it integrates more services than HTC does. When it comes down to it MOTOBLUR isn’t so much an overhaul of the Android interface like Sense is, but rather a tweaking. It boils down to better contact integration (something we’re seeing in Android 2.0 anyway) and some decent custom widgets. There are also five homescreen pages, instead of the stock three. With the constant barrage of information the interface is very “in your face,” something we think will be very polarizing. Keep in mind that you don’t have to use the widgets, however, and we really did the contact integration
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- Anonymous
- Msg
- 09 Dec 2009
write phone arena for mor information