Motorola "CLIQ" Uses Android, Optimized for Social Networking

T-Mobile USA says the new Motorola CLIQ, the first Android-powered device from Motorola, will be available exclusively in the United States, using the T-Mobile network, later this fall. The CLIQ uses "Motoblur," a threading system that manages and integrates communications ranging from work email to social networking activity.

Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail and work and personal email.

Motoblur automatically delivers these updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close

different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.

The 3G-capable smart phone features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a full touch-screen display and Wi-Fi capability.

Additional CLIQ features include a 3.1-inch HVGA touch-screen display, a 5 megapixel auto focus camera with video capture and playback at 24 frames per second, a 3.5mm headset jack, a music player with pre-loaded Amazon MP3 store application, Shazam, iMeem Mobile, and a pre-installed 2GB microSD memory card with support for up to 32 GB of removable

memory.

CLIQ also features multitasking capabilities and one-touch access to Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa. Easy access to both personal and corporate e-mail, calendars, and contacts is supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. E-mail and contacts are also supported by Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, and other POP3 and IMAP e-mail services.

It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger® and Windows Live Messenger.

T-Mobile`s 3G network is currently available in 200 cities nationwide and covers more than 150 million people. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to approximately 200 million people across the United States.

The Click is the first of several products Motorola is developing as a result of its shift in software strategy towards fewer platforms and major support for Android.

Many of the elements that Motoblur contains can be considered the new expected fundamentals of the smartphone experience. Multiple home screens, customizable on-screen widgets, and integrated views that combine relevant information from a variety of sources such as various social networks, contact lists and email, are all part of the MotoBlur experience.