CHEAP Motorola Q9 Here | Say hurray for Motorola's new QWERTY keyboard cell-phone entry, the MOTO Q9 running Windows Mobile 6 Standard. This sleek and robust device is packed with power, functionality and offers a cool design that satisfies the appetite of gadget lovers, business professionals and even fashion conscious consumers. The MOTO Q9 is more than just a device ? it's a statement of power and personality. Its precise and compelling form factor highlights the devices' visual appeal and feel. Within its lean form lies High-Speed Downlink Packet Access ( HSDPA ) technology for lightning fast speed and immediate downloading capabilities. The MOTO Q9 offers a host of features such as access to corporate and personal. |
Personal and Corporate Microsoft Exchange instant messaging are also viewable from the home screen. With advanced imaging, music functionality, integrated stereo Bluetooth wireless technology and ample memory, the MOTO Q9 is a mobile revolution at your fingertips! Available unlocked for your choice of GSM compatible service carrier. Integrated Class 2 Bluetooth wireless technology (A2DP, AVRCP - stereo) for hands-free connectivity with compatible Bluetooth enabled stereo devices Messaging via MMS and SMS, Instant Messaging and Windows Pocket Outlook Supports a variety of audio formats including AMR NB, AMR WB, MWA, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, MIDI for your music enjoyment Video formats supported includeH.263, MPEG4, WMV, H.264 decode Internal Memory 128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM Up to 2 GB of optional removable storage space with a microSD memory slot Integrated 2.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom and LED photo indicator light Special productivity features - Opera browser, Attachment Viewer or Editor, Voice Recognition, File Manager, Voice Notes, VPN capability and Anti-Virus protection Not sold with a USA manufacturer's warranty
Design
The Q9 Global is a slim, slab design phone with a QWERTY thumb keyboard. RIM originated the basic design years ago with their BlackBerry smartphones, but Motorola was the first to slim it down and add a bit of sex appeal with the original Q. RIM has always has the best keyboard, with the Treo trailing, but this time Moto takes the lead: the Q9 series keyboard is wonderful. Though the Q is wider than the Samsung BlackJack with which it competes, this affords extra room for a wider keyboard that's much easier to type on. The large keys are square and domed for good tactile feedback and control. Though the key surfaces aren't quite as rough as the Motorola Q9m's, they have enough texture to prevent finger slips. The blue backlight is adequate for night typing, but not annoyingly bright, and the number keys have a bar above for easier dialing.
Several dedicated application keys mean you can avoid Windows Mobile's sometimes ponderous navigation: there are dedicated keys for calendar, contacts, Windows Media Player Mobile, the camera and voice command along the bottom row. Press and hold the Home button to bring up the profiles manager which also handles keyguard, power and wireless radio management.
The large circular d-pad is easy to use one-handed and the call send and end buttons are large and in standard locations. Buttons for the web browser (Opera in the Moto Q9's case rather than IE Mobile) and email flank the d-pad. Like the call send and end buttons, these are actually flat surfaces separated by ridges that give a tactile click when pressed. The call send and end buttons as well as the separator lines backlight in blue, but the browser, email and softkey buttons do not light up.
Gone is the first Q's jog dial, replaced with up/down rockers on the smartphone's right side. These navigate icons and scroll pages and there's a center action button to launch a highlighted application or open a link. Below these is a back button, again easing one-handed operation. Motorola's "Personalize my Q" application allows you to reassign the right softkey to the application of your choice, change the start menu view, set home screen shortcuts and change themes. Though you can do many of these things on all Windows Mobile devices, we like that Moto has put them all in one place.
Features
The Moto Q9 Global is a Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition smartphone with a landscape QVGA non-touch screen, a 2 megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, 325MHz TI CPU, 256 megs of flash memory and 96 megs of RAM. A tad wider than the Moto Q9m and the original Q, the Global also adds more memory, a better camera and GPS, so we'll easily accept a millimeter or two. In the Moto Q tradition, The Q Global is exquisitely thin at 0.47" and is a middleweight at 4.73 ounces. AT&T and Motorola include a standard and extended battery in the box (and the extended battery door), a microUSB to standard 3.5mm stereo headphone adapter, charger and USB sync cable.
GPS
The Moto has an internal GPS, though we doubt it's a SiRF III. It was slower to pick up satellites on a cold start (first time using GPS after booting up) than the Tilt, and took about 45 seconds to a minute. Thereafter it hung onto 3 satellites indoors near an exterior wall and behaved well in the car. When using the included TeleNav GPS Navigator, it sometimes complained that the GPS signal was weak, but it never lost the signal nor did it get us lost. TeleNav is an excellent subscription-based mapping and navigation package that does some of the best routing and prompting in the business. It has a very good POI database, up-to-date maps and traffic checking with re-routing. The only thing it doesn't do is contacts integration. The Q9 Global has a link to download TeleNav and there's a free trial, after which you'll have to pay $9.99/month for unlimited routes or you can buy a pack of 10 routes for $5.99 if you don't need the GPS frequently.
For those who prefer the free route, Google Maps smartphone edition works fine with the GPS-- just select Track Location in Google Maps to turn on the GPS and find yourself in the world. Windows Live Search works well with the GPS as well, and offers some cool extra features like finding gas stations or movies playing nearby (movie theatres can even be called directly from with Live Search).
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