Motorola Moto Q
October 17th, 2006 - Posted in Motorola
The Motorola Moto Q mobile phone features a good QWERTY keyboard, well spaced and nicely designed. The Motorola Moto Q mobile phone runs on a Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone operating system. The miniSD card slot and 64 mb internal shared memory is enough to store all your business and personal data. The Motorola Moto Q mobile phone also comes with a good 1.3 mega pixel camera with video recording and flash capabilities. There is a also a Mp3/AAC music player to add to these great features. The battery life of the Motorola Moto Q mobile phone is about 4 hours talk time and close to 230 hours of standby.
The other features of the Motorola Moto Q mobile phone include integration with Microsoft Exchange 2003, and your email software. The Motorola Moto Q mobile phone also comes with a pretty accurate speech recognition software.
CNET Reviews has a review of the Motorola Q and writes - ‘The Motorola Q has a full QWERTY keyboard, but unlike similarly eqiupped devices, the Q is superthin at 0.4 inch. A full-fledged enterprise device, the Motorola Q will run Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0, so staying in touch with the office will be a breeze. Additionally, business users will be able to take advantage of the Motorola Q’s myriad voice features. On the lighter side, its 1.3-megapixel camera, its support for a ton of audio (iMelody, MIDI, MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, WAX, and QCELP) and video (MPEG-4, AAC, and WMV) formats, and its relatively large screen show the makings of an excellent multimedia device.’
ZDNet reviews the Motorola Q and has this to say about the phone’s camera: “The Moto Q’s 1.3-megapixel camera took some of best pictures we’ve seen from a camera phone, producing defined lines and good color. The flash also did an adequate job of illuminating pictures taken in dark environments. We experienced a slight lag in response time when launching the camera, as well as with other apps, but it’s not a deal breaker.”
MobileBurn reviews the Motorola Q and likes the handset despite its “somewhat limited battery life”. About the phone’s camera, “Motorola has never been particularly good when it comes to megapixel+ cameras in its phones, and the Q is no different. While the 1.3 megapixel camera in the Q takes reasonable photos, it does not take good photos. Contrast is too high on many of our sample photos (leading to white skies) and the photos overall are not particularly sharp. The automatic white balance works decently well in many situations, and the manual settings also do their jobs well most of the time. On the plus side, the UI in the camera application is very well laid out and easy to access.”
Digital Trends reviews the Motorola Q and writes, “For multimedia, you have to have a miniSD card inserted when you sync it to your PC to upload music and video clips to the phone. Use a 512 MB card or higher so you have the option of both automatic and manual syncing for your music files. There’s a dedicated camera key to the immediate right of the space bar, a dangerous location when inputting text. The camera (which includes a photo light) does take above-average pictures compared to other 1.3 MP cell phone cameras, but that’s damning by faint praise.”