Mike Temporale
01-25-2007, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://phonearena.com/htmls/Motorola-Q-gets-GSM-version-and-a-successor--Motorola-Q2.-SCPL-phones-coming-article-a_1746.html' target='_blank'>http://phonearena.com/htmls/Motorola-Q-gets-GSM-version-and-a-successor--Motorola-Q2.-SCPL-phones-coming-article-a_1746.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"In addition to the good-old Motorola Q, Verizon has been offering for months, the leaked financial document also gives some information about a few other Q-based ideas. All part of Motorola’s Enterprice products, they will run on Windows Mobile Operating System. Motorola Q EDGE – this is probably just a GSM/EDGE version of the well-known Q. It was announced together with the first Q and was supposed to be available a long time ago. Its specifications are the same as the Q, which Verizon carries, but its color is in black. Don’t expect 3G here. The document mentions Motorola Q2 HSDPA and EV-DO. While we are willing to see both HSDPA and EV-DO in one device, we guess there will be just a couple of versions – one for GSM and one for CDMA. There’s no information on what the specifications will be, but expect the devices to be announced during the 3GSM show."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20070125-MotoQGsm.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />It's been a long time coming, but it looks like the wait is almost over. Motorola appears to be set to announce a GSM version of the Qat the upcoming 3GSM conference. The real question is; Does anyone care? There are now 2 solid QWERTY based GSM devices in the Windows Mobile Smartphone market. Unless the Q manages to add WiFi or 3G, then the other devices will remain more feature rich and a bigger draw.