The Cliq by Claudia Sonea

If Apple unveiled its products on Wednesday without creating the buzz it hoped, Motorola Inc did even a worse job the next day with its new and long awaited phone. Nonetheless, by the partnership with Google could bring back the glory the phone producer once had, as well as its lost market share. The truth is that Motorola no longer represents a threat for the big names of the industry like Apple or RIM, Nokia. Google might have done its first bad investment, which might cast a shadow upon its reputation of “Midas”. What did Motorola in fact unveil on Thursday? Nothing new regarding the design, but th! e main focus was on integrating social sites like Facebook or Twitter combined with Google's Android software. Cliq is the phone that emerged from the partnership Motorola-Google. It has a slide-out mini-keyboard, a five megapixel camera, and the MOTOBLUR software which facilitates the access to social sites, sending and receiving messages and photos. For instance, the phone has an application called “Happenings” that gives the user the opportunity to see multiple updates from Facebook or MySpace or others directly on its phone without having to check directly on the site and thus decide what to do, how to reply to those updates. If all the things mentioned previously did not determine you to buy it, then I would recommend it because you can always track it down due to its Global Positioning System technology and thieves will think twice before smuggling it from your bag or pocket. US residents can buy i! t from T-Mobile USA this fall, while next year under the name ! Dext, Cl iq will become European, being sold by France Telecom's Orange, Telefonica, and America Movil. How about checking it out? Enjoy!

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by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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