T-Mobile to Sell Motorola Cliq on October 19 for $200
T-Mobile said it will begin selling the Cliq, Motorola’s first Google phone, on October 19 for $200.
The Bellevue, Wash.-based carrier said existing customers can pre-order the Cliq online before the smartphone becomes widely available in stores on November 2.
Motorola reorganized its entire handset unit around the development of Google’s Android phones, betting that smartphones will help it regain lost market share from rivals Apple’s iPhone and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry devices in the fast-growing smartphone market.
The highlight of the Cliq is Motorola’s new “MotoBlur” software — an interface that pushes updates from contacts, messages and emails, along with postings and photos from social networking portals like Facebook and Twitter into one combined view.
Stored information is backed up on a secure server, so users can retrieve, or erase, data from a lost or stolen handset remotely.
“T-Mobile customers text message and access social messaging on mobile devices more than those of any other carrier,” said Wendy Pinero DePencier, T-Mobile’s vice president of brand marketing. “That’s why we’re excited to give them the first opportunity to purchase the Cliq.”
T-Mobile said the Motorola Cliq will be able for pre-order online on October 19 and in stores on November 2, costing $200 with a two-year contract.