Motorola’s First Android Phone Coming to UK Motorola the US mobile phone manufacturer announced the launch of its very first Android phone this week, to be named Cliq. Next month, the company plans to introduce the model to the UK, under the slightly different brand name, Dext.

The new phone will be exclusive to the Orange network who are to offer it on a two-year contract of £25 a month or an eighteen-month deal for £30 a month. The Dext will have a touchscreen display of 3.1 inch, 320 x 480 pixels similar to the iPhone. It has a keyboard that slides out with a multi-directional pad, WiFi, GPS, accelerometer and a five-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash and a micro SD memory slot.

The Dext is being run on Google’s Android platform (version 1.5) with Google Tools enabling social networking integration of sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Photobucket and MySpace.

The new model uses a customised user face called MOTOBLUR, which has a unique widget called the Happenings, allowing access to all the user’s social networks. All contacts can be seen together without having to visit the social networks separately although of course you can do that too.

The other major benefit from MOTOBLUR is that it has one single application for messaging, supplying one inbox to hold all messages from all the user’s email accounts.

Motorola CEO for Mobile devices Sanjay Jha said: “Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR differentiates the Android experience for consumers by being the only smartphone that automatically syncs conversations, contacts and content, and delivers a solution that’s instinctive, social and smart.”

The CEO added that we can look forward to more smartphone models being launched by the company. The new smartphone spells new hope and a revival for the traditional Motorola company.

Source: Mobile Marketing News