Motorola Q to go UMTS
by Evan Blass 
posted Feb 14th 2006 at 5:00AM
GSM-lovers, we're happy to report that you won't remain Q-less after all. Although CDMA
carriers will be the first to offer Motorola's Windows Mobile 5.0-powered candybar smartphone, Moto announced today at
3GSM that they are indeed working on a UMTS version of the Q. This GSM Q will supposedly be available for
"operator trials" in late Q4 of this year, which means all you T-Mobbers and Cingularities will probably have
to wait until 2007 to get your hands on one. Still, if you can hold out for just twelve months or so (ages in the world
of consumer electronics, we know), a shiny new Q will be your reward.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
agent lead @ Feb 14th 2006 9:34AM
im so over the Q already./...i mean..yeah it was nice..2 years ago...when i first saw it...
but now theres 15 phones that all look similiar and do similiar things..that are ALREADY on the market...
motorola always drops the ball and waits WAY TOO LONG to release anything...
im still pissed at them for teh mpx fiasco...
now that was a phone that i would have bought...
oh well...gg moto
agent lead @ Feb 14th 2006 11:46AM
im so over the Q already./...i mean..yeah it was nice..2 years ago...when i first saw it...but now theres 15 phones that all look similiar and do similiar things..that are ALREADY on the market...motorola always drops the ball and waits WAY TOO LONG to release anything...im still pissed at them for teh mpx fiasco...now that was a phone that i would have bought...oh well...gg moto
Brice M. Cambas @ Feb 14th 2006 5:10PM
Motorola makes some of the most durable phones on the market (especially those produced for Nextel). I think the Q will be no exception. It would be very nice to have a phone that you don't have to worry about breaking just from dropping it a few feet (I am on my 4th Treo 650).
I am definitely not over the MotoQ yet, even though I did switch to Verizon some time ago in anticipation, and I am definitely going to buy one when it comes out. The only issue that concerns me is Windows.
I really wish that old Steve Jobs would release a Mac OS of some sort for smartphones. Could you just imagine the stability, convenience, and ease of use? A linux smartphone is another possibility that, for the life of me I cannot understand why, has not yet come around.
Hopefully the new windows mobile 5.0 and the MotoQ will be the door to smaller and better things for us smartphone users.
Brice M. Cambas @ Feb 14th 2006 5:11PM
Motorola makes some of the most durable phones on the market (especially those produced for Nextel). I think the Q will be no exception. It would be very nice to have a phone that you don't have to worry about breaking just from dropping it a few feet (I am on my 4th Treo 650).
I am definitely not over the MotoQ yet, even though I did switch to Verizon some time ago in anticipation, and I am definitely going to buy one when it comes out. The only issue that concerns me is Windows.
I really wish that old Steve Jobs would release a Mac OS of some sort for smartphones. Could you just imagine the stability, convenience, and ease of use? A linux smartphone is another possibility that, for the life of me I cannot understand why, has not yet come around.
Hopefully the new windows mobile 5.0 and the MotoQ will be the door to smaller and better things for us smartphone users.
ranron @ Feb 15th 2006 7:48PM
Brice, I believe the Motorola E2 already runs Linux, so looks like MacOS is the last one?