Motorola’s Moves On To The DEXT, First Android Phone!
They’re back.
The company that thrust mobile phones into the mainstream with the StarTac and insanely successful RAZR range has returned from the wilderness with cutting edge hardware, social networking functionality and the Android operating system combined in the Motorola DEXT.
A slender handset with a slider form factor hiding a QWERTY keyboard, the Motorola DEXT has a 5 megapixel camera, 3″ capacitive touchscreen and all manner of connectivity expected from today’s smart phones including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and 3.5mm headphone jack.
The DEXT is the first Android-toting mobile from Motorola, and their unique spin on Google’s OS is a social streaming interface called ‘MotoBLUR’.
Dovetailing all of your social contact information from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, MotoBLUR injects it all into a gorgeous customisable homescreen and presents it seamlessly…without apps, sign-ins and icons slowing up the experience.
A threaded universal inbox presents texts, e-mail, posts, status updates and tweets from all your mates in one place, making them ready to reply to from wherever you are.
If you’re worried about losing your world if leaving your DEXT on the night bus, the handset is trackable by the internal GPS and can be remotely wiped if necessary.
Thankfully, constant updates and background syncing of your data to the MotoBLUR ‘cloud’ means that all your precious information will be protected and back on your next DEXT in moments, akin to Apple’s MobileMe service…only for free.
The Motorola DEXT (called CLIQ in the US) is due for release in early October, and is geared up as an Orange exclusive device.
Pricing is yet to be released, but pre-registration starts on September 22nd, so details will be out in due course.
Big hopes for Motorola are pinned on this device, and it looks well placed in the DEXT.
Embracing the social networking explosion was a wise move, and the DEXT is sufficiently distinct from HTC’s Android devices to trade on its own merits.
Check out the full Motorola DEXT features on the site, and get a look at MotoBLUR streaming happily in the video below.
