The
Motorola Q is a
Windows Mobile smartphone first announced in the Summer of 2005 as a thin device with similar styling to Motorola's immensely popular
RAZR. Motorola in a partnership with
Verizon Wireless released the Q on May 31, 2006. A version for
Sprint was released early in January 2007 and one for
Amp'd Mobile in April 2007.
The Q differs from Verizon's flagship Windows Mobile phone in that it is very thin, runs the
Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition OS (lacking touchscreen support), and has a landscape 320x240 screen. It also employs a thumbwheel on the right side of the unit, similar to the industry-leading, at the time,
BlackBerry.
Motorola hoped to position the Q as an attractive alternative to the
BlackBerry.
The Q was first released in Canada on June 15, 2006 with
Telus Mobility.
Bell Mobility began offering the phone later that year (September 22) and then became the first North American carrier to offer a black version of the Motorola Q on November 13, 2006.
In late July 2007, a new model of the Moto Q, the
Motorola Q 9, was released. The
Motorola Q 9h was released in Italy and across Europe and in November in the US through AT&T. In August,of the same year, the
Motorola Q9m was released in the US through Verizon. In November, Sprint offered the
Motorola Q9c. All Q9 models run Windows Mobile 6.
Specifications
- Mobile phone, CDMA model with 800/1900-MHz bands, CDMA2000 1x and CDMA2000 EV-DO......
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