The Motorola Q smartphone is a great looking device and may be a great smartphone, but will any of us find out? There have been many false release dates and such about the device, and in typical Motorola fasion, they just can’t seem to get their devices ready for prime time in a reasonable amount of time.
Check out this post over at Engadget Mobile and then participate in the survey at Smartphone Thoughts.
Oh, and msmobiles.com has another post about the Q.
I can, its just that nobody I know uses Skype. The other part of it is that I’m not a chatty person anyway – but the technology and concept is so cool to me that I wish I could. I’ve set up an account and checked out the service, and it is really neat.
I wanted VoIP years ago when I got my first taste of it with NetMeeting. At the time, I even tried to use it with one of those early Connectix QuickCams that you attached to the parallel port (seriously). Now that the reality of VoIP and desktop video conferencing is nearly ubiquitous, the challenge is not as great as it once was.
So whats the next really cool, tough challenge for the technology buff to play with?
So there are two awesome thin new phones coming out soon that are similar in layout to traditional BlackBerry devices. Say hello to the Motorola Q (top), which you’ve probably read about, and the Samsung SGH-i320 (bottom).
The two phones both run Windows Mobile 5 and will be available in the coming weeks in the US. Both have recently been approved by the FCC for use in the USA. While we know that the motoQ is currently a CDMA phone and will be available from Verizon, the SGH-i320 is a GSM phone and could be used on either T-Mobile or Cingular (or some of the regional GSM providers) here in the States.
Unfortunately, the i320 is a tri-band phone (900/1800/1900) and would only really have decent coverage on the T-Mobile network as theirs is primarily a 1900 band network. Cingular relies heavily on the 850 band and has significant 1900 band holes everywhere. Cingular sells only tri-band phones that have both 850 & 1900MHz, or quad-band phones that support all GSM frequencies around the world. T-Mobile has recently rolled out a number of 850MHz towers and has signed a roaming agreement with Cingular for vast 850MHz streaches of the country, and in addition has also taken to selling quad-band phones or tri-band with 850/1900 band support.
At any rate, its great to see this style of phone coming out from two of the top three Windows Mobile phone vendors. Now all we need is to see an HTC version of this format, one that builds on the great layout that BlackBerry has demonstrated, and these two have copied.
For more information on either of these phones, check out these great articles:
Enthusiast site PhoneAreana has a full-on review of the T-Mobile SDA Smartphone. With a QVGA screen, Quad Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth 1.2, 1.3MP camera, MiniSD, and music controls on the keyboard, this phone is a fantastic device. This device does work with bluetooth keyboards, headsets and many other items.
T-Mobile has finally announced the BlackBerry 8700g, one of the new BB devices that supports EDGE. Cingular launched their version about two weeks ago, if I remember correctly. Found this news on RIMarkable this morning. Good news to those who will be looking for the latest in BB devices. Having the 8700 available on both of the nationwide GSM carriers is a good thing.
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