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Lookie here! Those who thought Motorola was messing around with the revitalization of itself best take notice, as the company’s CLIQ — which was literally just announced moments ago — has already surfaced on T-Mobile USA’s website. At least initially, T-Mob will be the exclusive carrier for the phone in America, and it’ll be shipping in both black and white. Sadly, there’s no clues yet as to when it’ll launch and how much it’ll set you back, but feel free to hit that read link if you’re interested in subscribing to updates.

[Thanks, Micah]

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Motorola CLIQ finds a home on T-Mobile’s website originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I got a brief chance to handle the Motorola Cliq Android phone—no pictures yet, unfortunately—and came away pleasantly surprised. The phone itself is about as tall as an iPhone, but it’s definitely thinner than most QWERTY sliders.

Compared to the G1 this thing is svelte, and the keyboard is aligned correctly with the screen so there’s no weird jarring going on when you’re typing. The addition of the D-Pad, like we noted in the liveblog, is going to be fantastic for gaming/emulation gaming, and works like a D-Pad when navigating the phone as well. Very useful.

The sliding mechanism feels solid and desirable, as in, I want to open and close the thing all day just to hear the sound. The version I saw was white, and the finish was classy without being ostentatious, and definitely not cheap feeling. There’s a heft to it, but it’s definitely not heavy.

No hands-on photos yet, so you’ll have to take another look at the press shots:

It’s apparently still not 1,000 percent official, but that A3300 we spied not long ago from Motorola is looking a lot more real now that we’ve got pictures that look like they’ve been taken with something remotely resembling pro photography gear. sina.com.cn is reporting that the full-touch WinMo phone has sprouted a “c” on the end of its name, a shout-out to the CDMA radio it’s packing as it prepares for a launch on China Telecom’s EV-DO-based 3G network. Other goodies on board include a 5 megapixel cam, WiFi, AGPS, and a WQVGA display — and no, unless you’re in China, you probably can’t have it since Moto’s all about Android now.

[Via motorolazine.biz]

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Motorola A3300c coming to China Telecom with WinMo, 3G? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s an interesting case. A new Motorola GPS unit, the MOTONAV GC550, has popped up in a filing to the FCC. It’s got external photos, a full manual, all the relevant tests, the works — and yet, somehow as of this writing, it seems to have never been mentioned anywhere on the internet, at least as far as Google, Bing, and Twitter are concerned. From what we can glean from the manual, the touchscreen device sports 3D mapping, voice commands, Bluetooth pairing with your phone for hands-free use, a microSD slot (presumably for updates like the previous models), Google local search, and information on weather, traffic, and flights. Not contained in these unearthed documents, unfortunately, is price or release date. Come on, Moto, don’t keep us waiting long.

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MOTONAV GC550 GPS device found in FCC filing, nowhere else on the internet originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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See that image there on the right? Yeah, it’s a pretty drastic departure from the Sad Moto[TM] face that had become all too common when talking about the company’s financials. Just a quarter after posting a dreadful $291 million loss, the outfit responsible for creating the RAZR and then doing nothing for half a decade is finally showing a profit once more. The Q2 numbers show an “unexpected” $26 million profit on sales of $5.5 billion, $1.8 billion of which came from the handset division. Of course, that very division managed to lose $253 million and see its global market share slip to 5.5 percent, but with a big bang from Android reportedly just months away, CEO Sanjay Jha ain’t taking time to frown.

Just hours after the Verizon-branded Sholes smartphone surfaced, Mr. Jha was quoted as saying that two Android devices would be “in stores for the holiday season,” with launches occurring on “two major carriers in North America and multiple carriers outside the US.” He also noted that plans were in place to ship “several additional Android-based devices in the first quarter of 2010,” but details beyond that were vague. So, is this the beginning of a new, happier Moto? Our aged copy of Photoshop certainly hopes so.

Read – Motorola’s Q2 results
Read – Jha on future Android devices

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Motorola posts $26m Q2 profit, promises cheap Android thrills, does a little dance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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