Comments on: The Motorola Cliq: An Android smartphone powered by the social media star, MOTOBLUR

By: coolfx35

coolfx35 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:08:38 +0000

Im from the Netherlands and still waiting for the launch of the Motorola Cliq. It will probably be available in a fourtnight. However the Dutch version will be white. But I think the Samsung will be the most appealing Android phone up till now (Amoled display, battery, etc).

I’m a webdesigner and love internet and it’s possibilities. And Android/Google will make the future different. Hopefully it will be a better place, but surely it will be fun.

Hope to receive my Galaxy soon. Then I will post my experiences on http://www.Motorola-Cliq.com Also hope to learn a lot here of the Samsung and Android.

By: HD Camera Operator

HD Camera Operator — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:24:30 +0000

I’m a MAC user, due to my industry, so steering away the iphone isn’t going to happen for me.

However, it’s interesting to watch companies fight for the future of the mobile media world. Apple simply heard the starting gun long before anyone else and vertically integrated.

Content will rule the day though and the studio will have the last say. Although they came late to the game, Hulu will continue to grow. It will be interesting to see what the ultimate studio play is when it comes to cell phone distribution. All cell phones will ultimately becomes mobile media players able to plug into tvs through HDMI most likely. The ipod did this with SD. Again, Apple envisioned the future long before anyone…and everyone else is in their wake.

By: a_usman

a_usman — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:57:23 +0000

I have not used any android phone yet, but this one looks impressive. I hope I will get it soon.

By: Victoria Slinyavchook

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:56:05 +0000

Looks great. Android is a cool platform. Personally I like it more than iPhone. And I hope there will be more nice devices on Android platform.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:29:58 +0000

The design looks cool, features meet all the basic expectations. Hope this integration of Motorola and Android would sound great. Android spreads.

By: joaquinadley

joaquinadley — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:45:48 +0000

Awesome!The first Motorola device ever with an Android. Looks good. Remote wipe and phone tracking via the Internet is impressive. But we shall wait and see how far the new device competes with the iPhone!

By: 7eco

7eco — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:21:20 +0000

It does. See “Sensors” + “Additional Features” (Location Services) on its spec page:

http://developer.motorola.com/products/handsets/cliq/

By: John Adams

John Adams — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:28:03 +0000

Google Voice is available in the Android Marketplace, so I would think you would be able to run it on this phone (and also any other android-based phone).

By: John Adams

John Adams — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:24:11 +0000

Why do you think it’s “fugly” exactly?

I think it has a pretty clean design, the UI looks good, and I’m digging the physical keyboard!

By: Dhawal

Dhawal — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:59:16 +0000

Doesn’t seem to have a compass. So I guess no AR for Cliq.

By: Srikanth Nagandla

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:26:01 +0000

@Jason, If you like to type with an onscreen keyboard, they have that too. But for many, a qwerty pull-out keyboard is much more useful and doesn’t require the “getting used” phase :)

By: ewpl

ewpl — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:06:15 +0000

is it really true that no multi-touch screen?! that means no easy zoom-in-out in such tiny screen ….

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:49:31 +0000

I’m with Jason — I can type faster on my iPhone than I ever could with my old Blackberry. Tiny keys are annoying.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:47:54 +0000

You can type faster on the iPhone than “some” people who iTap? That doesn’t seem like much of an accomplishment to me.

By: J. Erik Schaeffer

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:12:38 +0000

Phone looks great, UI is well put together, bravo Moto. And thank goodness for the keyboard. I’ve got an iPod Touch and I have to say that as good as the virtual keyboard may be, there is just no comparison to the real thing.

I think my G1 may just “break” around the 4th quarter.

By: Lee Lloyd

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:11 +0000

Well, as someone who has used just about every handheld platform that’s ever been released, I can say that if you really think an on-screen keyboard can keep up with a hardware keyboard, you are delusional.

But then like some living, breathing caricature of an Apple customer, you don’t really care how well it works, do you? As long as it looks great, design wise of course, and keeps away all that icky dust, then it’s all good, right?

By: Nick Renny

Nick Renny — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:37:16 +0000

Is this Motorola’s swan song or Phoenix from the flames?

By: Michael Arrington

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:25:34 +0000

that is one fugly phone.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:45:25 +0000

This looks pretty sweet. I was planning to get a MyTouch this fall, but I might just wait to see how this feels. I like the idea of a physical keyboard, as long as they can keep it from being too thick like the G1. This phone also has a 5MP camera compared with 3.2MP on the MyTouch, another significant advantage.

I’m planning to use whichever phone with the Google Voice app. I wonder how it will jive with the extra Motorola social features that look like they are tied into the dialer. I also wonder if those features can be turned off so the phone can be used with the default Android interface.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:40:39 +0000

*Disclaimer* – This has nothing to do with the operation of this phone.

I remember all the bad press of the iphone “virtual keyboard” and how you could never get used to typing like that. Well, I for one can make the screen smoke when I type and can type out full sentences faster than some do itap.

The pull out keyboard looks clunky, gets dust between it, and just doesn’t look great design wise.

Sorry, Ill keep my iphone and it’s virtual keyboard, thanks.