3GSM – Motorola Makes it a Double with Q9 and Q GSM

[Mike Temporale]

Motorola makes a move to prevent being left behind in the exploding QWERTY market for Windows Mobile Smartphones. They have announced the GSM Q, which we knew about for a long time now, and the Q9 – a smaller, tighter packed version of the Q. The Q9 sports HSDPA, a USB2 connection and 256MB of onboard memory! Finally you’ll be able to transfer music to your phone quickly and easily. The Q GSM is pretty much a clone of the CDMA version from what I can tell. I’ll update this shortly with more info and press release links. <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20070212-MotoQ9-Large.jpg"><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20070212-MotoQ9.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/></a> <b>Update:</b> You can read all the details in Motorola's <a href="http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=7722_7651_23">press release</a><b>Update 2:</b> Sorry - it looks like I got the name wrong. It's actually called <b>Q q9</b> and not just Q9 as I had stated. Me thinks someone needs to talk with Moto about cool names and version numbers. :roll: <!> <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20070212-MotoQgsm-Large.jpg"><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20070212-MotoQgsm.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/></a>

[Jerry Raia]

I like the changes to the keyboard on the GSM version. This could be a very compelling device. Maybe I jumped down Motorola's throat too soon! :oops:

[SJ]

Finally...

I've been dreaming about the GSM Q for many years. Instead, I have to settle for a Samsung i320N.

Hope the battery won't be as bad as the i320N.

[Mike Temporale]

Finally...

I've been dreaming about the GSM Q for many years. Instead, I have to settle for a Samsung i320N.

Hope the battery won't be as bad as the i320N.

Tough call. The original Q eats batteries faster than the i320. Hopefully they've improved power consumption.

[raaden]

Very Nice,

What would be very nice would be to get the keyboard from the Q9 in the case of the QGSM (along with HSDPA of course). I think the BlackJack and I are going to have to have that talk :( in the near future.
Does this mean it will come to Cing... after all the marketing investment they made with the BlackJack that doesn't really seem possible in Q2

[Jerry Raia]

I think it will come to Cingular and I think it will wipe out any chance of a BlackJack upgrade.

[Rocco Augusto]

I like the changes to the keyboard on the GSM version. This could be a very compelling device. Maybe I jumped down Motorola's throat too soon! :oops:

well then climb back up! use all those old MPx220's as your footing ;)

[Jerry Raia]

I like the changes to the keyboard on the GSM version. This could be a very compelling device. Maybe I jumped down Motorola's throat too soon! :oops:

well then climb back up! use all those old MPx220's as your footing ;)

:lol:

[Kris Kumar]

I would like to see the Q9 in person; seems like it has a lot of shiny surface. One thing I noticed about the SCPL Moto phones is that it is slippery (so is the silver Q) and prone to accidents.

I am becoming a fan of the rubberized body.

The thing I like about the Q9 - the memory and the keyboard buttons (square instead of the ridiculous oval ones).

The Q9 is slated for Q2, read it as June end and Q GSM is slated for the second half, read it as October or November. :?

[aussienick]

Q9 looks great, pity the Q9 isnt GSM... :(

[Kris Kumar]

Q9 looks great, pity the Q9 isnt GSM... :(

It is. It is a 3G GSM unit.

[Mike Temporale]

Opps! Looks like I got the names a little messed up here. It's actually called Q q9 and Q GSM

[Jerry Raia]

Ok I had these backwards then? The GSM Q looks like the old Q?

[subzerohf]

Why don't they just call it the Q junior, or something like that :roll:

[Kris Kumar]

It's actually called Q q9....

Q q9? 8O What's with the capital Q and lower case q? :roll:

[Jerry Raia]

So is the Q q9 Standard or Ultimate, oh wait. Basic or Standard Plus, wait....

[aussienick]

Q9 looks great, pity the Q9 isnt GSM... :(

It is. It is a 3G GSM unit.

So is the "MOTO Q q9" (the top picture in the original post) a CDMA or GSM device? I'm confused now...

[Kris Kumar]

So is the "MOTO Q q9" (the top picture in the original post) a CDMA or GSM device? I'm confused now...

It is a GSM device. Since HSDPA is a 3G GSM technology.

[aussienick]

It is a GSM device. Since HSDPA is a 3G GSM technology.

Cool, thanks for the info. I think i just found my next smartphone... :D