T-Mobile Will Launch the Android-based Motorola Cliq XT For March 2010

Motorola has just announced that T-Mobile USA is going to release the Motorola Cliq XT next month. This device -- previously known as the Zeppelin -- will be an affordable smartphone running Google's Android OS.

Like the Motorola Cliq that's already in T-Mobile's lineup, this upcoming model will have a 3.1-inch HVGA (320 by 240 pixel) touchscreen, but this one will use a tablet shape without a hardware keyboard.


Android OS and More

This will be an Android OS 1.5-based smartphone, and therefore come with the standard suite of software for connecting to Google services, like Gmail and YouTube. User will also be able to pick from over 20,000 third-party apps.


In addition, the Cliq XT will include MotoBlur, Motorola's software that brings together messages from a range of social-networking services like Facebook and Twitter, text messages, as well as consumer and business e-mail accounts, into a universal inbox.


Although it won't be running the latest versions of Google's operating system, Motorola has added some of latest features into this model, like pinch-to-zoom support. It will also include Adobe Flash Lite and Swype, a system designed to make it easier for users to enter text on the touchscreen.


Naturally, the Cliq XT will support T-Mobile's 3G mobile broadband service, as well as Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, and aGPS.


Dual microphones and noise cancellation technology will help make phone calls clearer.


This Motorola model is also going to include a 5.0 megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash, a microSD memory card slot, and a 1,420 mAh battery. Informed sources say the launch day will be March 10.


Outside of the U.S., this model will be called the Motorola Quench.


US-based Motorola came up at MWC with what Cnet has called the silliest name for a smartphone, the Quench, which is an Android touchscreen device that brings back Motoblur, Motorola's signature user interface that's heavy on social networking features.


The device - which is Motorola's eighth Android-based device - has a 3.1-inch touchscreen display with a touch-sensitive navigation pad just underneath it with two buttons on each side.

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