Motorola has shown off its first Android based smartphone, along with a collection of user interfaces it is calling MOTOBLUR. The first handset, the Motorola CLIQ in the U.S. and Motorola DEXT elsewhere around the globe, will be released in Q4 of this year.
Developed by Motorola, MOTOBLUR enables users to sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more - from sources such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, work and personal e-mail, and LastFM - and automatically deliver it to the home screen. With MOTOBLUR, all conversation threads, friend updates, stories, links, photos and more are automatically delivered to live widgets on the home screen. There is no need to open and close different applications or menus. It's all organized, streamed and delivered throughout the device in unexpected ways:
Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Motorola Mobile Devices, announced MOTOBLUR today during a keynote at GigaOM's Mobilize '09 conference.
"With MOTOBLUR we are differentiating the Android experience for consumers by delivering a unique mobile device experience designed around the way people interact today," said Jha. "MOTOBLUR, which will be available on our first Android-powered device and on multiple Android devices in our upcoming portfolio, helps us to create phones that are instinctive, social and smart."
All contacts, log-in information, home screen customizations, e-mail and social network messages are backed up on a remote secure server. Lost or stolen phones can be found with integrated A-GPS from the online owner's portal, and data can even be wiped clean.
On the handset side, the Android based QWERTY phone supports a 5 megapixel camera, 3.1-inch HVGA touch-screen display and the usual generic smartphone functions. It also comes with a music player with pre-loaded Amazon MP3 store application, Shazam, iMeem Mobile, and a pre-installed 2GB microSD memory card with support for up to 32 GB of removable memory.
In the USA, Motorola CLIQ will be available exclusively with T-Mobile. Motorola DEXT will be available with Orange in the United Kingdom and France, Telefonica in Spain and America Movil in Latin America.
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