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The MOTO Q q9 and MOTO Q gsm continue to build upon the QWERTY phone that made thin in.

The MOTO Q q9 runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 and Motorola’s Good Mobile Messaging technology. The handset provides personal and corporate email, calendar access and content management wherever you are. HSDPA connectivity makes listening to music, watching videos or sharing pictures fast and “PlaysForSure” enables compatibility with music and video stores. A removable micro-SD card compliments the 256MB of on board memory. Motorola has also redesign the keyboard and five-way navigation key to enable fast, accurate text entry. MOTO Q q9 also boasts one a smart screen display, automatically adjusting to produce the best visual experience, indoor or out. Finally, the battery has been optimized for superior performance.

The MOTO Q gsm maintains the layout of the original CDMA Q (found on Verizon and Sprint) but includes quad-band GPRS and EDGE and upgrades to Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 OS.

MOTO Q q9 will be available in Q2 2007. MOTO Q gsm will be available in the second half of 2007.

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It’s official - Sprint gets to be a part of the new Moto Q, announced today by Motorola and Sprint. The Sprint Mobile Broadband Smart Device Moto Q will be available later this month in Sprint business sales channels and available to consumers mid February 2007.

The Moto Q runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone which includes messaging, security features, email, web access and multimedia playback. For those of you with enough free time to enjoy sports, Sprint also has exclusive NFL stats, scores and downloads.

Other features include:

• Enhanced email capabilities with Good Mobile Messaging – provides secure, real-time access to email and corporate data with a familiar, Outlook-like interface. Available directly from the Sprint Powerdeck, allowing for convenient and easy installation


• QWERTY keyboard for easy, accurate messaging


• Flexible push e-mail capabilities including support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Good Mobile Messaging, as well as consumer email solutions such as POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP protocols


• Wireless synchronization with Microsoft Outlook e-mail, calendar, tasks and contacts


• Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for playback and streaming of music, video and audio


• Large, high-resolution display


• Integrated version 1.2 Bluetooth wireless technology 1.2


• 1.3 MP camera with flash and 6x digital zoom, video capture with sound and playback


• Externally accessible mini SD card slot for additional storage


• Five-way navigation button and thumb wheel for single-handed operation

My favorite feature, and a bit of a role reversal, is that Sprint is enabling the Moto Q with phone-as–modem functionality so you can use the smartphone for high-speed access.

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The guys over at Gizmodo have made a little size comparison chart with the two popular smartphones, the Moto Q and Palm Treo - and thrown in the new guy on the block, T-Mobile Dash.  As you can see, the Q and Dash are almost the same size while the Treo is as well - until you take into account its gurth (great word).  It’s twice the thickness of the other two competitors...which is just plain sad.  Palm, lets get a thin Treo already, ehh?

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