Motorola Q Review by PC Magazine

Kris Kumar · Last edited by Kris Kumar on Fri May 26, 2006 6:00 am; edited 1 time in total

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,189...,1967188,00.asp

"It's the Q, the Motorola Q. The RAZR-thin Motorola Q is the coolest smartphone in America. It's a terrific voice phone, a dandy music player, and a swell e-mail machine. Just be warned: Expensive service plans mean it isn't as cheap as it appears. The Q is an unusually wide (2.5 inches), very flat (0.5 inches thick) 4-ounce slab with a bright 320-by-240 screen and a raised, angled QWERTY keyboard. There's a scroll wheel and button on the side, just like those on BlackBerry devices, and a five-way cursor pad above the keyboard, like the ones on Palm Treo handhelds. You can use both sets of keys for navigation, making the Q unusually convenient to use with one hand. A miniSD card slot sits on the edge opposite from the scroll wheel."

Sascha Segan over at PC Magazine is very impressed with the Moto Q in spite of some of the issues he encountered. The thing that I was happy to read was - "For voice quality, the Q is the best Verizon smartphone I've tested." Smile

Am I the only one annoyed by the fact that the push e-mail or MSFP is not available at this time on the Q in spite of the delayed launch? Confused

crispeto · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

To be honest, I'm not sure what all the hype is about with this phone. I'm glad it's getting good reviews and all but what is it really offering that other phones don't? Is it because it's from Verizon? I wouldn't trade my the Q plus $$$ (well, it depends how much) Wink

for my SDA (gotta have my wifi). Since I have my BT keyboard, I can care less about the thumb board. An then after all that it doesn't even ship with the update for true push mail? How is this phone really any better than the 2125, 8125, MDA, 700w, or the SDA. I honestly think it's a good phone and people will like it. I just don't see what all the hype is about.
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Edgar · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:17 am Post subject:

CNET has a good writeup as well, giving it an eight out of ten

It's cons

1> NO BLUETOOTH WIRELESS MODEM CAPABILITY! WHAT THE HECK!?
2> Face Juice smudging of the screen is apparent (well, ok, they didn't say "face juice")
3> No Wi-Fi
4> No cameraless version
5> No analog roaming - uhhh WHO CARES, thats all but dead already.

They call it a "sexy little package" - perfect for Jerry!

-Edgar

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crispeto · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:59 am Post subject:

Please understand that I think the Q is a great phone. Lots of features. I just don't necessarily see it as being better than what's already out there. I had a BB with a qwerty thumboard and it was fine but I like having my SDA with the BT keyboard MUCH better. I think whether or not it's a hassle is up to the individual user. It's not a hassle at all for me. Typing on a thumb board is actually more of a hassle for me. There is just so much hype surrounding this phone and that's the part I don't quite get.
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crispeto · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:

I wonder if some of the hype of because of the marketing. "it's coming" "it's delayed" "it's coming, I think" "ooops, it's delayed again." Now that it's here ( and has good reviews) I think it's created quite a buzz. I think if audiovox just came out with this phone yesterday and no one had heard of it before, I don't think we'd be as wow-ed. But it's Verizon and Moto that we're talking about. I might just be weird though-I never really understood the whole ipod craze either Laughing

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Kris Kumar · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject:

The hype - I would say is because of the form factor - the size, the keyboard, landscape screen, the scroll-wheel and now to some extent the price.

Blackberry form factor is known to be bulky, chunky, clunky...Moto has redefined the form factor.

Now that Moto has provided the hardware, it needs to be seen if software can live up to the expectations of the world.

Kris Kumar · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: