Comments on: Motorola announces Motorola CLIQ for T-Mobile, DEXT for international carriers

By: angel

angel — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:18:40 +0000

I love the Cliq. I was actually in the market for a Blackberry Curve, but saw that it didn’t look as attractive up close as it did on the t-mobile website. Similarly, I didn’t think the Cliq was attractive on the website but looked fabulous up close. It doesn’t look or feel like a calculator, I love the textured keyboard, screen size, widgets, and the numerous apps

What bothers me about the Cliq is that there is no flash for the camera. I thought with newer phones, flashes came standard. I will have this phone for two years, and I don’t like the idea of having a flashless camera for that long unless there is a way I can have a flash installed. I don’t want to just take pictures in the daytime. Is there a way I can have a flash installed for this phone, and how much will it cost? I think the Cliq will even have a leg up on the iPhone if they all came with flashes

By: Allyant

Allyant — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:32:02 +0000

T-Mo I’m waiting for a UMA phone too. Come on already. It is a must for me too.

By: kv66

kv66 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:16:21 +0000

UMA..UMA…UMA…UMA…Now!!!!!
Are you listening T-Mo????
No UMA is a non-starter!!!!

By: dawhoo

dawhoo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:03:47 +0000

The Cliq does have WiFi, but it does not have UMA. Sorry.

By: Crypto

Crypto — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:38:21 +0000

@Carig,

Blur is a service running on servers, not the phone, IT IS NOT a UI.

There are some widgets on the phone that are normal Android Applications which do not change the standard Google UI so the phone can still be an Android 2.0 (Eclair) Showcase phone an be a Google Experience.

By: Alan Franklin

Alan Franklin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:23:26 +0000

Listen up, T-Mobile! The moment an Android phone becomes available with UMA I will buy it to replace my Pearl 8120. UMA is indispensable, my wife’s MyTouch and our crappy 3G coverage in suburban Denver make that obvious.

Please! UMA and Android! NOW! Every message board in the world has this complaint.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:22:16 +0000

WTF, still no UMA!!! I really wished someone else had a UMA android. I would buy my contract out and be gone. People just don’t know what it is and don’t really know they should have it otherwise they would hear our cries!!!!

By: Peter G

Peter G — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:49:37 +0000

I just ReRTFA and saw the UMA shout was removed.

Too bad. I thought android was designed for us nerds in basements who don’t get cell service!

By: Peter G

Peter G — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:45:43 +0000

BGR what is the source of the UMA information? Wifi calling is essential for me and a dealbreaker if not available.

It is not listed in any official specs from Moto or Tmo. Inquiring minds want to know!

By: Deez

Deez — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:20:09 +0000

@archboy

A total of 4 existing handsets available across all U.S. carriers with an OS thats not even officially a year old.

Yeah, Moto is SOOOOOOOOO late. They might as well put a gun to their head and give up now! lol

By: jazzyl

jazzyl — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:08:32 +0000

Looks nice but i will stick to my Berry and Nokia!!!!!!

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By: toursux

toursux — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:28:08 +0000

I believe apple started this dumb trend of no camera flash with the iphone.It seems like there trying save a bucks by leaving the flash out.

By: Mr. Thomas

Mr. Thomas — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:02:52 +0000

Is that the same hinge from the motorola sidekick slide that was discontinued??? awe shucks thats not looking good… That phone was DOA I hope this hinge is far superior! The phones OS Looks great love what they did with Android. And think that this and the Hero are “flagship” devices. I hope it adds the abality to add friends from the widget or apps so theres no logging into the site from the browser. and will video playback be possible from vids i upload to the mem card? ive yet to see a android device handle non streaming video. this is the phone that definately fits every one of my needs so im rooting that it performs well. any info yet on processor speed and internal memory size? Love that they added a camera button and a 3.5mm headset jack (c’mon mytouch & G1) but still what’s with this growing trend of no camera flash? Xenon flash was on the ZN8 why not this? And UMA is a dream come true for android im very pleased by what this phone offering and hope motorola dosent treat it like a trend and decide to not advance it and improve it over time much like a blackberry or sidekick do. Well there goes my rant for the year. Keep the great info coming BGR!!

By: Sonya

Sonya — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:02:45 +0000

The Sholes will not have Blur. But I’m pretty sure someone will find a way to put it on there. At any rate this phone ran pretty decently with all the stuff it had going on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB4k9EqiWe4&feature=player_embedded

By: wallyson

wallyson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:28:08 +0000

Man, I’m going to change my name around here to Weight Police. Again another heavy one. Definitely not a bad looking phone though but I’m also concerned about the processor speed.

By: E

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:12:26 +0000

Someone have a ballpark idea of when this is going to drop????

By: jb1811

jb1811 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:08:46 +0000

Can someone from Boy Genius please verify the UMA capability of this phone? A lot of us have been foaming at the mouth waiting for a 3G and UMA phone, but the only place it’s said to have it is here. None of the spec sheets list it out, nor is it mentioned on the T-mobile website or Motorola’s website. If it can be confirmed, this phone could be a good alternative to waiting for the Blackberry 9700.

By: Mr. Thomas

Mr. Thomas — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:29:55 +0000

So going to get this and not the samsung galaxy this phone fits perfectly for what i want in a phone. The Hero is dope too but this is way cooler and has a keyboard. Android is a tech geeks dream come true!!

By: archboy

archboy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:24:29 +0000

Nice phone but isn’t this what the HTC Hero already did? My friend has the Hero and it does a nice job on integrating facebook, twitter, etc in a very easy format.

Moto is a little late to the game but they certainly did a good job.

By: twoboxen

twoboxen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:49:22 +0000

@mistermix

Amen.

By: mistermix

mistermix — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:48:39 +0000

The T-Mob phone I want is the N900. If I’m going to have to put up with T-Mob’s network, I don’t a glorified Sidekick. They give me a 2G SD card? Gosh, how generous. The N800 has 32 G built in, and a SD slot. 320X480? Try 800×480.

Maybe VZW won’t completely cripple the Sholes and keep me as a customer. Very doubtful.

By: Carig

Carig — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:41:35 +0000

will the sholes have blur too?

I really hope it does, but considering it’s the launch phone and flagship for android 2.0, would google want to make it a google experience device?

By: madog

madog — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:40:59 +0000

Hey Jenny who ever wants the TP2 and its winmo garbage don’t need your help deciding. U obviously have never tried using a g1 with with 4 or 5 widgets running in the background. The phone slows to a crawl because the processor can’t handle the strain. If widgets are a big part of the new ui then the processor should be a big issue.

By: Cingulair

Cingulair — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:37:35 +0000

@Seth,

How long have you been a VZW customer? Ask yourself what was the latest and ground breaking handset VZW has gotten? Ok the Storm. Jeopardy music playing in the background.

I’ll help you. None! VZW is focusing on network bragging rights. And that’s how they have them. No great handsets that can do a lot of great things through a full web browser or great apps, no bogged down network. That leaves them to rag on Att, T-Mobile, and Sprint for actually trying to cater to customers with a full package. By The Way, don’t hold your breathe for that Verizon Pre either. Att will be next. Verizon is always last at handsets like this. If not, this would be a first, with the exception of the Storm. The Storm was just an opportunity to redeem themselves. Also to help with the Alltel merger.

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By: Cingulair

Cingulair — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:25:21 +0000

@victorythagr8,

The only one worth taliking about is the Storm 2. The Touch Pro 2 will be outdated in a month or so. Windows Mobile 6.5 will be out. Verizon will drag their heels on an upgrade. Then in true Windows Mobile fashion the Touch Pro 2 will become a snail in hand computing fashion.

The Storm 2 will actually be what the original should have been.

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By: umaluver

umaluver — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:22:20 +0000

uhm. the d-pad is on the wrong side :/

By: twoboxen

twoboxen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:53 +0000

Jenny… it would have decent specs if it were not positioned as a device for a “power user” with a “large, high resolution” screen or if it were fall 2007. Of which, none of those are true.

You can have your texting phone and be happy–that’s fine. They just need an actual power user’s phone (NOT the TP2)… like, how about the n900?

By: spyla

spyla — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:56:57 +0000

UMA, Capacitive & Full Exchange support

I like it

By: twoboxen

twoboxen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:55:42 +0000

Capacitive is the end of the good news. Video resolution, screen resolution, processor, RAM, storage… all VERY disappointing.

By: craino21

craino21 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:47:05 +0000

This is the only place I’ve seen that mentions UMA. That would definitely be worth upgrading from the MT3G. Is that confirmed, because I haven’t seen it in any of the specs?