Motorola Q Review

The Motorola Q is the original in what became Motorola’s line of thin “Q” smartphones. It measures 4.57" x 2.52" x 0.47" (116 x 64 x 12 mm) and weighs 4.06 oz (115 g). It has a TFT LCD screen with a high resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. It can display over 65,000 colors. The Q has the usual soft keys and launcher buttons, as well as a five way navigational pad, with a center select key and a thumb wheel. Below that is its 4 row ergonomic QWERTY keyboard. On the back is the 1.3 megapixel camera with a zoom, a flash, and video-recording capabilities.

The Motorola Q is powered by a 312 MHz Intel XScale PXA272 processor. It comes with 64 MB of built in flash memory, which is expandable by the Q’s miniSD slot. The battery has a rated talk time of 4 hours and a standby time of up to 192 hours.

The Q can work over Dual Band CDMA 850 and 1900 frequencies. It can transmit data over 1xEV-DO capable networks (CDMA 3G). It also supports Bluetooth as well as many different profiles for added Bluetooth functionality including HSP, HFP, OPP, FTP, A2DP, AVRC, DUN, HID, BIP, PAN 1.2 / DUN, HID and BIP. An infrared IR port and a miniUSB connector are also available connection options. The Q also comes with built in Assisted GPS (A-GPS) capabilities.

The Motorola Q runs Windows Mobile 5, so you get all of the functionality that comes with this mobile operating system. That includes real-time e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization with Outlook. The Q also has the ability to work with other types of email accounts including POP3 and IMAP html clients such as Gmail and Yahoo. The most popular instant messaging clients are also accessible through the Q including MSN. The Q also supports normal SMS and MMS messaging. It also includes text messaging templates.

The Q includes the ability to view Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. It also has the power to display PDF files. Now you won't have to leave your work at home when you have other places to go. Other personal information management tools on the Motorola Q include all of the Personal Information Management tools that you would expect from a device of this type. Calendar, alarm, tasks, notepad, voice recorder, calculator, to do list, etc., they are all there plus more.

The built in mobile version of Windows Media Player is capable of playing back iMelody, MIDI, MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, WAX and QCELP audio formats. Ringtones in these formats are supported as well. As far as video, it supports H.263, MPEG-4, GSM-AMR, AAC and WMV formats.

The Motorola Q was the first in the “Q” series and still holds all of the basic and advanced functions for the more casual user. Its thin form and high resolution screen are attractive to the eye and pleasing to the touch. It’s a very nice entry level smartphone and works well as a default business phone great for corporate deployment.

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