Motorola has fallen for Android

The marriage of Motorola and Google is surely a lasting one as Google's Android is far more luring than ever before for the mobile phone giant. A year ago Motorola planned to invest in making smartphones for Android and began to build its team.

Here is what Scott Webster of Android Guys.com speculated almost a year back:



And here is what Dino Brusco, the Senior Director,Platforms & Services at Motorola said about Android apps on Motorola:




Motorola's CLIQ

Motorola has announced its first Android handset this week, the CLIQ. As expected it runs the new MOTOBLUR Android skin, and Moto's calling it "the first phone with social skills" to highlight the social networking integration. Now everything is where you want it – in one place, on tap. Your friends, pics, emails, messages, and Facebook™, MySpace and Twitter happenings. Motorola CLIQ is the first phone to come with MOTOBLUR, the only service that can sync them all, with continuous updates and back ups. There are no logins or apps to open, and your data's always safe. Talk about socialized.

Heare are the key features:


Talk and Standby Time for GSM4
360 minutes/6 hours of continuous talk time, and standby of 325 hours/13.5 days


Form Factor
QWERTY side Slider, Full Touch


Band/Modes
WCDMA 900/1700/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, GPS


Operating System
Android 1.5


Weight
163.00 g; 5.7 oz


Dimensions
58 x 114 x 15.6 mm; 2.28 x 4.49 x 0.61 in


Browser
Android HTML Webkit


Email Types
POP3/IMAP embedded (including Macmail, Gmail, Yahoo!, MSN and AOL1), Push Email


Battery
1420 mAh


Connectivity
Bluetooth3 1.5, 3.5mm, USB 2.0 HS, Over the Air Sync (OTA); Wi Fi


Display
320 x 480 pixels (w x h), 187 DPI


Messaging
MMS, SMS, Email (POP3/IMAP embedded, Push Email) IM (Embedded) Open Source


Audio
AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, AMR NB, MIDI, MP3, WAV


Video
Playback - H.264, H.263, MPEG at 24fps at HVGA resolution; Capture - H.263, MPEG at 24fps at HVGA resolution


Camera
5 megapixel, auto-focus


Memory
Removable 2GB MicroSD card (included); Supports 32GB MicroSD (optional)


Location Services
Integrated 5-way navigation, GPS, Turn by Turn directions, Google Maps with Street View , E-Compass


Size
103.15 cc; 6.32 inches


Antenna
Internal / Antenna diversity (2 antennas to enhance reception)


WLAN
802.11b, 802.11g


Address Book/Calendar
MOTOBLUR aggregates Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Gmail, and syncs your work contacts, email and calendar

It'll come in two colors, Winter White and Titanium, and have a 3.1-inch 320 x 480 screen, 3G, WiFi, and a five megapixel camera that'll also shoots 24fps video. Internationally, the CLIQ will be known as the DEXT, and it'll be on Orange, Telefonica, and America Movil.