Accusing a large delay on the smartphone market, Motorola seeks a return winner with a model with the Google operating system. The Dext be marketed later this year and distributed in France by Orange. As we announced yesterday, Motorola introduced its first Android smartphone. It will be marketed later this year in the United States under the name of Cliq (same name as the HTC Click …) and the rest of the world under the name Dexter. In France, Orange is to distribute the product.
The Motorola Dext offers a 320×480 pixel touch screen that hides a full sliding keyboard, a digital camera 5 megapixels. It supports standard 3G and Wi-Fi If the configuration is not unique, is the side of the OS and the overlay Motoblur developed by Motorola that is the main attraction.
Optimized for social networks
The Dext is hosted by Cupcake Android 1.5 has been optimized to maximize the integration of access to key functions of social networks. With Motoblur, subscribers to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter find widgets for each site with direct access to major functions: alerting an update of a contact, receiving messages, updating its status since the ‘home screen for one or more accounts at the same time …
When an incoming call, if the contact is identified as a member of a social network, photograph and display his latest news. It is unclear at what price DEXT be proposed. We know however that a second model should arrive shortly.
For Motorola, Android is the gateway to the smartphone market where the brand has done much behind the board and hello to finally return to growth. Recall that the manufacturer is no longer the world’s No. 4 mobile, quarter after quarter losing market share. In other words, the challenge for the U.S. is important.
The features of the Motorola DEXT:
- WCDMA 900/1700/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (category 7 / 8), EDGE, GPRS Class 12
- Wi-Fi b / g
- A-GPS
- Android-1.5 (Cupcake)
- html-browser
- OTA-synchronization
- Integrating Google services: Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk
- Touch-screen 3.1 inches (320 X 480 pixels)
- AFN-5mpx with autofocus
- Audio formats: WAV, MP3, AAC, MIDI, AMR NB, AAC +
- Video formats: H.264, H.263, MPEG 4
- Self-time: up to 6h
- Standby time: up to 325h
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- Audio jack 3.5mm
- Accelerometer
- Weight: 163g
- Size: 114 × 58×15.6mm
The Motorola DEXT will be available in the end of this year in two colors, white and titanium. All info on the official pages MotoBlur DEXT and Motorola.
