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A recent PowerPoint slide (shown below) revealed that the Motorola Zeppelin (shown above), named the CLIQ XT should be coming to T-Mobile USA launching on March 10th. It’s been described as a “CLIQ without a keyboard”, and should appeal to users that want MotoBLUR, but in a much slimmer design. Specs include MOTOBLUR running on 1.5 (why oh why?), a 3.2-inch HVGA screen, GPS, 5 MP camera with flash, and touch sensitive trackpad and navigational buttons. The price point is rumored to be at or below the current CLIQ, making it an attractive option for new smartphone buyers that don’t need to the high end specs of more expensive models.

[via PPCGeeks]

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I’m sure many of you have already seen it. But for those of you that haven’t, I recommend you read BGR’s preview of the Motorola CLIQ. Overall, it throws out some very good info about the phone and it’s software. A few negative points here and there, which may or may not be attributed to preproduction software and/or hardware. I’m hoping the final version does have these things fixed, because I’m very excited about the Moto CLIQ. I would like more info on the battery life though. It was a major drawback on the T-Mobile G1, and could potentially cripple the potential of the CLIQ. I wouldn’t say the review is negative, BGR is always very objective. Hit the read link for all the goodies and plenty of pictures.

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BGR got word that the T-Mobile release date for the Motorola CLIQ could be November 11th. Still just a rumor at this point, but seems logical for a late October pre-sale. Still nothing solid on pricing though. We’ll keep you posting as the details are revealed.

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Motorola has a little simulator/demo setup where you can play with some of the features of BLUR.

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Here’s just a quick video showing of some of the features of the new Motorola CLIQ from the Mobilize conference yesterday. Even if you can’t go to conferences yourself, you always know someone will be there with a video camera.

[via GigaOm]

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Yesterday Motorola announced their new handset, the CLIQ which is coming to T-Mobile. But more important than the phone itself is the skin that it runs on top of Android, called MOTOBLUR. Akin to other offerings from Palm and HTC, MOTOBLUR brings together your contacts and social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and last.fm into one seamless information center. The jury’s still on how well it works with Android and how it compares to other software.

The handset, the Motorola CLIQ, also know as the DEXT outside the US is very similar to the spy pictures we saw of the handset known as the Morrison. Featuring a 3.1 inch capacitive touch screen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, they also opted for a directional keypad instead of the trackball on other Android phones. It will be Motorola’s first Android phone and the third Android for T-Mobile, behind the T-Mobile G1 and the myTouch 3G. The CLIQ has a 5MP camera that can record video at 24fps, onboard GPS, and a much welcomed 3.5mm headphone jack. Although it’s being shown off as having a thin profile, it’s 0.64 inches thick, a hair thicker than the G1’s 0.62 inch thickness.

The Motorola CLIQ is already on T-Mobile.com as “Coming Soon” and the rumored pricing will be free on contract, or $399 outright. And it will be available in 2 colors, Winter White or Midnight Titanium.

[via CNET]

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