Motorola's Hint QA30 gets official

by Tim Stevens, posted Nov 25th 2008 at 9:58AM

We weren't particularly impressed when we got our first peek at MOTO's QWERTY-sliding Hint QA30 yesterday morning, finding the form factor to be a little too squat for our tastes whether open or closed. Today the phone has been given the official treatment and, while things look a little better in a new set of glamor shots from Motorola (no more Alltel branding on the UI), the "innovative" design still doesn't look particularly comfortable to carry or to use. Now that we can make out the buttons on the front we see that they'll serve as controls for the media player when closed, again making us think this should be a good choice for your family's texting-addict rocker. The specs we got before are confirmed, the one exception being that the microSD support tops out at 8GB, not 32GB -- better turn down that bitrate, son.

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola

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Philip @ Nov 25th 2008 1:47PM

This is hideous. These days, looks and "sexyness" are as important as functionality. Motorola is just going downhill.

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sat1410 @ Nov 25th 2008 1:59PM

Nice job spelling the "Alltell Shop" in the image that doesn't show the keyboard. I wonder if the carrier name will be wrong on the versions that are in stores, too?

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Chris Canty @ Nov 25th 2008 4:38PM

these companies are idiots. What are the 2 hottests handsets on the planet right now? Iphone and the blackberry curve. I know everyone is copying the all touchscreen iphone, but why not copy the curve. Just make a candy bar qwerty with NO SLIDE. The pantech slate is a great example of this and hopefully people will follow suit.

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Miguel @ Nov 25th 2008 7:06PM

I heard Motorola just hired 1989 to do all of their designs since 1988 just wasn't that hip with the youngsters.

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Jose Roque Brienza @ Feb 3rd 2009 2:10PM

Motorola's Hint QA30 gets official
Motorola is a pioneer in good communication devices and our present competitive world have take from Motorola all what they know in communications, particularly in remote areas of the globe where only Motorola exist on buses and crafts ate the sea and otter type of transportation's, we should be supportive of those pioneers they deed the first they do the best. Praise the Lord.

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Jose Roque Brienza @ Feb 3rd 2009 2:23PM

How many times we owe our life to the right communication between carts and they supportive ground stations or headquarters'?
why we talk bad about our American Products when they are the best in the world
Not that we are the most intelligent but because the Lord choose to brink to USA the best brains available. So pray for the peace of Jerusalem and to the return of our Lord so we may prosper listen to Brienza an old man!