Motorola CLIQ Android Phone, Winter White
- 3G-enabled, Google Android OS-powered smartphone with MOTOBLUR social networking, 3.1-inch touchscreen, and slide-out QWERTY keyboard
- Well-matched with T-Mobile’s 3G network (available in select markets); T-Mobile’s myFaves service provides unlimited calling to your five most called contacts
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); GPS location services; 5-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion to 32 GB
- Up to 6.0 hours of talk time, up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, USB cable, 2 GB memory card, wired stereo headset, quick start handbook
Amazon.com Product Description
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email.
The first phone with MOTOBLUR, the CLIQ automatically delivers your messages, contacts, email, updates and photos from social sites, and more–right to your home screen. |
Powered by the Android OS, you can customize your Motorola CLIQ with thousands of apps available via the Android Market. |
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With integrated Google technology, the Motorola CLIQ brings one-touch access to the ordinary Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Road View, YouTube and Picasa. CLIQ also provides simple access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts supported by Chat Server and Gmail.
Enabled for T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, the CLIQ offers quick data manner of speaking and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites. The CLIQ offers GPS location services for turn-by-turn directions using Google Maps and Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go. Other features contain a 5-megapixel camera for still photos and video capture, Bluetooth for both hands-free communication and stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, an included 2 GB microSD memory card, and up to 6 hours of talk time.
Key Features
- Powered by the Android operating system with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market. (Learn more)
- Innovative widget-based MOTOBLUR overlay to Android automatically delivers Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal email updates to the home screen in simple-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications. (Learn more)
- Update Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once instead of opening individual apps with MOTOBLUR as well as upload your photos to Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.
- MOTOBLUR continuously displays your friends’ latest profile pics as part of your texts, calls, emails and address book
- View your friends your way: MOTOBLUR lets you view friends from A to Z, by contact description or in groups you make yourself.
- Customize your home screen with your pet widgets and small cuts
- Your information is continuously updated and backed up into a secure background, so you’re connected and protected even if you lose your phone.
- Quick 3G connectivity via T-Mobile’s HSDPA/UMTS network. (1700/2100 MHz bands, UMTS/HSDPA; see more about T-Mobile’s 3G service below)
- Quad-band GSM phone for excellent comprehensive voice connectivity. (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
- myFaves competent (Learn more)
- Built-in GPS with turn-by-turn directions provided by Google Maps and other third-party apps (for real-time directions). With Google Maps, you can instantly view maps and satellite imagery, as well as find local business. And Google Maps Road View enables you to explore cities at road-level virtually while on the go. If your phone’s missing in action, log into My MOTOBLUR to track it down with GPS.
- 3.1-inch touchscreen show (320 x 480 pixels, 262K color depth)
- Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with familiar layout lets you type messages easily without scrolling for the letter you want.
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera/camcorder for sharing images online and making high-quality prints. Features contain digital zoom, manifold white balance settings and color effects, three quality choices, and editing options for both still photos and video.
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of well-matched Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (2 GB card included).
- Multi-format digital audio player with dedicated Amazon MP3 Store app for over-the-air downloads.
- YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi relations.
- Real HTML Web browsing provides more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
- Visual Voicemail allows you to listen to your voicemail messages in any order, respond in one click and easily manage your inbox without ever dialing in to the network.
- Voice-activated dialing lets you call someone with simple voice commands when your hands are busy
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Speakerphone
Vital Data
The Motorola CLIQ weighs 4.9 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.61 inches. Its 1420 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile’s 3G network (1700/2100 MHz).
T-Mobile Services
- High-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile’s 3G network: In addition to its quad-band GSM connectivity, this phone is also well-matched with T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide quicker data speeds when accessing the Web.
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to hear service on the via T-Mobile’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Comprehensive Evolution”). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is quick enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
While this phone is optimized for use with T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, many of its functions will also work well on the moderate-speed EDGE network. If you plot to access the Internet extensively on your phone, 3G network coverage may serve you best.
Activities that work well on EDGE or 3G networks:
- Email, instant messaging, and texting
- Downloading ringtones, CallerTunes, wallpaper, light data files
- Sending photographs via email or picture messaging
Activities that work best on a 3G network:
- Viewing content-heavy websites (lots of images or videos playing)
- Viewing YouTube and other video files (they will play on EDGE, but require loading time)
- Uploading large files (photos, videos, presentations) to sharing websites
- Downloading large files from an email or a website
T-Mobile’s 3G network is currently available in 222 cities nationwide and covers more than 160 million broadcast. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to approximately 200 million broadcast crosswise the U.S.
- myFaves Competent: This phone is well-matched with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most ordinary contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Android Power
The Power of Android and MOTOBLUR
The Motorola CLIQ runs the Android operating system, which provides simple access to a wide assortment of messaging tools and Google apps. With Android, you’re able to fully personalize the entire theme of the Motorola CLIQ with new widgets, icons and wallpapers–which can be added directly on the home screen–in order to truly make it your own.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR is an innovative solution that manages and integrates communications–from work email to social networking activity–on your CLIQ. 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 simple-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications to keep up with the latest content.
CLIQ also features multitasking capabilities and one-touch access to the Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Road View, YouTube and Picasa. Simple access to both personal and corporate email, calendars, and contacts is supported by Chat Server and Gmail. email and contacts are also supported by Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, and other POP3 and IMAP email services. It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.
The app screen. |
All your messaging in one place. |
Contacts with recent status updates. |
Additionally, the Android Market hosts a wide variety of unique applications, and with the Motorola CLIQ’s one-click access to it you can find and download a wide range of innovative software applications–from games to social networking and on-the-go shopping–to personalize your phone. Here’s a sampling of just some of the available applications:
- Sherpa, made by Geodelic, learns a people likes and dislikes through behavior and user feedback, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Sherpa features a learning machine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences.
- imeem Mobile streams music customized to your tastes, recommending new songs and artists based on which songs you identify as your favorites.
- WorldTour puts live webcams from around the world onto your home screen.
- Phonebook offers an upgraded, more personalized phonebook for Android.
- FreshFace is a theme engine to further customize your phone.
- Movies by Flixster takes the aspect of movie reviews to the next level. Through integration with Facebook, you can find friends who also want to see that movie or read reviews from friends who have by now seen it.
The Motorola CLIQ is pre-loaded with the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) operating system update, which includes the following improvements:
- Simple upload of photos to Picasa and videos to YouTube
- Spanish language support
- Edit manifold messages in Gmail
- Quicker My Location acquisition in Google Maps
- Quicker web browsing with smoother page scrolling
- Improved camera with quicker start-up and persona capture
- In-call keypad timeout to eliminate face dialing
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-I despise that the Cliq doesn’t use the miniUSB universal port for its charger outlet. The Cliq also does not charge when connected to a computer via the supplied USB cable. It only charges when connected to the wall outlet or the car charger.
-I don’t like the onscreen “slide to answer” iPhone copycat approach they took.
-Wallpapers need to be set in landscape orientation because the Cliq stretches the persona out over all 5 panels.
-The scroll is too sensitive; when you touch a contact name when you are scrolling down it starts calling them straight away. There is no “end call” button as on the G1, just an onscreen button that seems unresponsive when you are hastily trying to end a mistakenly touched call.
-I miss the G1’s trackball for browser scrolling without opening the keyboard.
-I’m having distress getting the visual voicemail set up, not a problem with the phone, but with my service apparently.
-The only difference I do like about it is the 3.5mm headphone jack, but I’m going to be shelling out another $50 for a new microsdHC card that can hold all my music. (it comes ordinary with only a 2GB storage card)
-I appreciate that the Cliq allows you to use a song as the alarm and ring tones, it has to be in MP3 format. The Cliq doesn’t recognize .wma files, so I’ll have to download a converter program.
Turning out to be a lot of work for a touch that I was really hyped about before the release. Honestly I reckon it’s a fantastic phone. It’s just taking me more “getting used to” that I expected, and I don’t see much improvement over the G1.
Rating: 4 / 5
The phone would be fantastic except for the preloaded apps. Look on the web and search for remove telenav from Cliq. You will be surprised to learn that a lot of your memory is used by apps that cannot be removed. I called TMobile questioned them and they transferred me to a complete idiot at TeleNav who questioned for my device number, I gave him my telephone number and he said there was not record with that number. OK, so what, I told him that I was transferred by TMobile and he said oh you cannot remove that app. Motorola, TMobile, Telenav and the other apps you cannot remove, Please provide an app to remove the unremovable. I know I know no one listens to the consumer on a $400 dollar item. Buyer beware!
Rating: 2 / 5
I received my Motorola Cliq during the presale, so I have had it for about 2 weeks. I really delight in this phone. It is so fun to use and it does so much. I like that I can have all of my social network sites on the home screen (facebook, myspace, twitter, etc). You can also comment on your friend’s updates and update your status very quickly.
I delight in the Market feature, where I have downloaded several applications, such as, pandora (a radio), a calendar, a reminder feature, a few games (hang man, tic tac toe, pegs), a glossary, the Bible (finds the exact passage in church very quickly) and a spell checker to name a few. There are thousands of free downloads available.
There are five home screens, I can email, text and browse the Internet all while talking on the phone. Google maps is installed, so it’s like having my own personal GPS. Now I never get lost. Google maps automatically finds your exact location if you are lost. You can zoom in and out of the google maps. This feature works well with “Places” to find everything that is located near you (hospitals, hotels, shopping, food, etc). The camera is 5 mega pixels, and there is a video recording feature as well.
The only negative about this phone is the battery life. It’s very small, in view of the fact that several applications are running at once. You can extend the battery life by only having your phone check for updates every hour vs. every 5 minutes, reducing light on the screen, turning off the GPS and wifi features.
Rating: 5 / 5
I just got this phone from TMobile and I like it. The only problem with it is that the battery life is terrible. I do not use the phone all that much during the day and it dies around 6 or 7 pm every night after being charged overnight and used in the morning. Besides that, I like it, I just need to figure out how to use less battery life.
Rating: 4 / 5
The best review from a former iPhone and Blackberry user.
I have been in like with the G1 in view of the fact that it came out a year ago, but I couldn’t get over that hideous chin sticking out! I was beyond ecstatic when the MyTouch 3G was released, but after playing with the device for 3 hours I realized what a piece of crap it was and returned it. The screen wasn’t that huge and it made texting and instant messaging a living nightmare. In addition to that, the phone was not multi-touch competent, so if you’re a quick texter and really quick with the emails then the MyTouch 3G is not for you. The virtual keyboard could only handle one letter at a time and I found myself hitting the incorrect letters on so many occasions. I would hit a letter and the phone would pick up the surroundings letter. This really is ashame because the thirty-five dollar data plot is mandatory and its travesty that one can’t even use it to the best of their ability. The lack of a keyboard also made the MyTouch 3G a huge downer. Anyway, I digress.
Now, let’s get to the Motorola Cliq. This phone is everything that the G1 and MyTouch 3G should have been, but better. This device doesn’t come with Eclair (Android OS 2.0), but it functions just fine. With a bit of luck a mandatory upgrade will be made available to all Android users soon. This is a fantastic PDA smart phone for anyone who is heavy into texting, emailing, and surfing the web. It’s a full featured phone, but at the same time it’s nothing groundbreaking. There is certainly some acclimation when it comes to the Cliq because I am so use to my Blackberry 8900 and I reckon its one of the best built devices with a very responsive well built OS.
If you’re looking for a device that is very similar to the iPhone on the T-Mobile network then this is probably the closest that you will ever get. My early impression of the phone was not a excellent one because it kept asking me to start a user name and password. I thought it was asking for an email address (Yahoo, AOL, Gmail), but it wasn’t. It was asking you to start a MotoBlur account. I did, but kept getting an error message. T-Mobile customer service didn’t know what to do and [...]has an area to sign into MotoBlur & an option to start a motoblur account, but when you click it there’s nothing on screen that lets you start a name/password.
Android OS – Many broadcast have said that the Android OS is a game changer in view of the fact that its release back in the fall of 2008. It seemed like the only thing at the time to combat with the forces of the iPhone. To some extent it is and to some extent it’s just not quite there yet. To be trustworthy it’s a bit on the clunky side. It does take a few seconds to exit out of particular applications, or to even get to the main home screen menu when exiting out of email and texting. When you become so use to using your cell phone for just about everything – speed is everything. That also includes how responsive and quick your phones OS is. My only gripe is that I wish there wasn’t that few second lag in-between operations.
Motoblur – The Cliq includes MotoBlur which lets you connect your Facebook, MySpace, and twitter fiscal statement directly to the advice, so whenever your friend writes a new comment it immediately goes to the homepage of the phone. This is a fantastic thought and saves you time from going into the web browser and having to log in each account in order to check for updates. But, this feature is a battery killer. I have mine turns off, besides if you lend your phone to someone else to use (To make a call or use web browser) they will all be up in your business. I could careless about this feature.
Email – This is also not an Android device that has Google branding with it. It’s just a Motorola phone using the Android OS. There is NO G1 branding logo anywhere. But, you can still sync up your Google email address, but the Gmail feature is such a disappointment. Synchronization has to be turned on for the Gmail to function to the best of its ability & that’s a BIG battery draining feature. You can also sync your Yahoo & AOL email addresses. The AOL and Yahoo email feature is way better then Gmail and doesn’t require synchronization to be turned on. This helps save tremendous battery power. When you send an email from your desktop it doesn’t come to the phone straight away, but you can set the phone to check for new emails every 15 mins, 30 mins, or manually, etc. It doesn’t work the same with Gmail which is a huge let down. I am a huge fan of the Blackberry and it’s the only device on the market that gets an email within 2 seconds of sending it. The same can’t be said for the Android OS. Much work needs to be done.
Web Browser – One of the best features on any android device including the Cliq is the web browser. Surprisingly, it doesn’t launch [...] as the main homepae when you click browser. The Android Browser is probably one of the best browsers on the market right now and is up there with the Safari Browser and the Palm Pre’s browser. You cant pinch and zoom to enlarge the way you can on the iPhone, but there are zoom in controls which are simple to use. You also get a dedicated YouTube app that lets you mind Youtube videos. Though the video clips aren’t as sharp as the iPhone – There is a setting and option when you are watching the YouTube clip where you can see the videos in “Privileged Quality” so its crystal sharp and less blurry.
There is a huge difference that one will notice when switching from ordinary to HIGHER QUALITY.
3G – TMobile recently launched their 3G network about a small over a year ago, so they are still building from the ground up while the other networks are by now moving into 4G. It’s fantastic that the CLIQ has 3G, but it does get spotty and unresponsive sometimes. There were many times that the 3G would switch between 3G and EDGE. I didn’t have that huge of a problem with it, but I am sure over time it will get better. Wi-Fi is also included, so this is a fantastic alternative for someone who might be at home and only has EDGE access.
Instant Messaging – The CLIQ comes with Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and AIM pre-installed. My Blackberry 8900 came with all 3 and included ICQ & Windows Live. Another thing about the IM that was such a disappointment is that synchronization had to be activated in order for you to sign into the messaging client, which in turn drains the battery power like crazy. This was such a disappointment. My BB never had this issue. You sign in and start chatting. There was no extra setting that had to be activated in order to chat, but on the CLIQ it’s a requirement. The extra requirement only means that you have to charge you phone twice in one day because of heavy unnecessary treatment.
Motorola really could have done a better job with the CLIQ, especially for the price. But I reckon most of the minor flaws have to do with the Android OS. I was originally an iPhone user that became a Blackberry user and I have to hand it to the Blackberry because it’s quick, responsive, and built in such a way that its function is superb. Everything from Email to text to instant messaging is just so quick. There is hardly any lag and it’s simple to learn how to use. The Blackberry so far is the best PDA I have ever used, but its web browser needs work. Pick up the CLIQ phone because it’s a winner. There are some minor flaws, but the pros outweigh the negative.
Pros:
Android OS (Can be a pro & a con)
Full HTML Web Browser
Threaded Text message
Email sync
Android Marketplace
Full qwerty keyboard
YouTube Attention
5.0 camera/camcorder
Huge vibrant screen
3.5 MM headjack
Decent call quality (No issues yet)
Mini SD up to 32GB
Use your songs as ringers
Wi-Fi
Personal Email (Up to 10 fiscal statement can be added)
IM
My Favs
Brilliant Multimedia Player
Includes 2 chargers (Wall Charger & USB charger)
T-Mobile offers the best minute and data plans on this earth
Cons:
Poor Battery Life (Lower light setting and turn off Motoblur to save power)
Gmail is a catastrophe (Not push competent)
Needs better notification options when next text/emails come through
No PUSH email capability
Trackball (I miss you)
Occasional lag time when entering/exiting a screen/app
Micro USB (No more Mini USB)
No ear phone or free carry case
Rating: 5 / 5