Moto Q coming in April

by Marc Perton, posted Mar 24th 2006 at 5:27PM

Waiting in vain for Motorola to release the Q? Your wait may finally be over, at least if a promotional page on a Motorola web site is accurate. The glossy Q promo, which apparently isn't entirely new, has been updated to state that the long-awaited smartphone will be "Available April 2006." Which, of course, sounds about right to us. Of course, it doesn't say when in April. Or which carriers are onboard (other than Verizon, of course). One thing's certain, though: unless this turns out to be an early April Fools prank, we can bet both this site and Verizon's online store are going to get a lot of extra traffic next month. Start exercising those F5 fingers, and we'll see you in a week!

[Via QUsers.com]

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Verizon Wireless

Subscribe to these comments

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Neutral

Roopesh Sheth @ Mar 24th 2006 6:02PM

Am I the only one who's not excited by this phone anymore? I used to think it was the holy grail, but then I found out the following:

- It's running Windows Smartphone, not Windows Mobile (PocketPC, whatever).
- No Wi-Fi
- No UMTS/HSDPA

Neutral

gw @ Mar 24th 2006 7:04PM

Roopesh Sheth

Come'on man, read the "Q" page before posting! It says Windows Mobile 5.0 all over the site!

Neutral

Ethan @ Mar 24th 2006 7:41PM

Unless they radically changed it since CES, its running Smartphone 2005, not PocketPC 2005. Big big difference (and an unfortunate one). Plus the device was slow, and didn't feel "right"

Neutral

Oliver @ Mar 25th 2006 1:24AM

Any version of Windows is enough for me to say no thanks to this phone..

..but to make matters worse that screen is quite a bit smaller than the alternatives (BlackBerry, Nokia E61), the keypad is worse and, as mentioned, it lacks WIFI.

So I'll definitely be saying "no thanks!".

Neutral

Tapani @ Mar 25th 2006 8:19AM

Pocket PC version of Windows Mobile requires a stylus and is totally useless with keyboard only. Motorola Q is very much a keyboard only device. Smartphone usability is much better when you do not have any pointing device. We are now talking about a phone and Smartphone is the interface for phones. Pocket PC is for PDA's and does not fit at all to phones. If you ever have used them both you know what I'm talking about.

Neutral

Tapani @ Mar 25th 2006 8:24AM

I have used Nokia E61 and it is not very thin and looks like a calculator.

Neutral

Tim @ Mar 25th 2006 9:48AM

The Hellomoto site cleary states that the Q will ship with Windows Mobile 5.0 software. You will use the keyboard and thumbwheel for navigation.

This is more a business user phone than a technology enthusiast user phone. Motorola is clearly going after RIM with this phone.

Neutral

crispeto @ Mar 25th 2006 9:25PM

I think I'm more interested in the upcoming HP 6915. I want the wifi.

Neutral

www.orneta.com @ Mar 27th 2006 10:11AM

Having played with one of these for a bit I am incredibly excited for official release. Best Smartphone ever made so far!

Neutral

Steven J Roberts @ Mar 27th 2006 11:05AM

So is this still slated to be a Verizon (or CDMA) exclusive for a while?

Neutral

David Gnotta @ Apr 6th 2006 11:35PM

When will it ship? Maybe this is the answer from Forbes analyst!!
Let's hope!!

http://www.forbes.com/markets/2006/04/03/motorola-razr-0403markets09.html

In case you have a problem with the link, a Forbes analyst says they expect Motorola to do well with the release of the new Q "in the next couple of weeks"

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.