Motorola could very soon release the long-awaited Q multimedia phone said Ed Zander, Motorola’s CEO, during an interview given to CNET at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in San Francisco this week. The Q is said to be the slimmest QWERTY device in the world.
The Motorola Q is a smartphone that will be aimed at both; individuals and corporations. Its functionality is similar to that of the BlackBerry®, but has a “RAZR-thin” profile - 11.5mm. The company says it is 50% thinner than its top competitor. This combination of form and function should make it very usable as regular mobile phone as well as a temporary substitute to a laptop.
Key features:
• Runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0; Optimized for Microsoft Exchange 2003 and a variety of third party email solutions that enable a broad set of corporate email capabilities*
• Thinnest QWERTY device in the world – 11.5mm
• Full, ergonomic QWERTY keyboard, 5-way navigation button and thumb wheel
• Video clip capture and playback
• Connectivity via Bluetooth, IrDA and mini-USB; compatible with Motorola’s line of Bluetooth-enabled wireless headsets
• Multi-Media Messaging (MMS)
• Dual, stereo-quality speakers
• Audio formats supported: iMelody, MIDI, MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, WAX, QCELP
• Image formats supported: GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, WBMP, BMP, PNG
• Video formats supported: H.263, MPEG-4, GSM-AMR, AAC, WMV
• Mini-SD removable memory card slot
• Large, high-resolution display (320 x 240 pixels, 65K TFT)
• 1.3 mega pixel camera with photo lighting
• PIM functionality with Picture Caller ID
• Advanced speech recognition and speakerphone
