Or is it Motorola DEXT, but codename Cliq? We may never know. I just saw a Gizmodo handson for this Android handset and I am pumped. Not because it’s the phone that signifies the Motorola revival. No not at all. But am pumped with its integration with the social networks. Motorola’s Blur is supposedly very different than HTC’s Sense UI. Instead of skinning Android and giving it a different look. Motorola is concentrating more on widget development. It’ll look very much like the standard Android interface, no complaints about that though, Cupcake is gorgeous. It’ll also use all the modern web APIs and integrate between all the different networks that Web 2.0 is so familiar with. That will be a killer feature.
In terms of specifications it is almost exactly like a HTC Hero, but with triband HSPA. Very much a Motorola thing to do. Otherwise it’s exactly the same. I still don’t like separate onboard storage and ROM storage. This limitation may become Android’s downfall as Apple and Palm has made efforts to avoid that and their OS is installed into the internal storage. A manufacture should figure out how to get rid of the ROM/internal storage separation. That 528 MHz processor all the Androids is becoming dated fast. Not to say that Apple and Palm utilize much faster solutions. Albeit Apple is slightly advantageous performance wise with their implemention of OpenGL.
Am I the only one who’s noticed that Motorola killed iTap? I’m not saying it’s a better system than T9 but this handset bears no resemblance whatsoever with the Motorola we once knew.
I need an upgrade to a phone with 256 MB of RAM. You just can’t compare the iPhone 3G to these newer releases anymore.
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