| Until we saw what Motorola can do with an | | | | media players that connects online with YouTube, |
| antiquated Android 1.5 Cupcake, it has always been | | | | TuneWiki, SoundHound and GoTv for you to access |
| our first choice to get a smartphone with the latest | | | | and download new media content sic while playing |
| version of its OS. The eight Android phone revealed | | | | your favorite media together with 3rd party apps. |
| by the world's third largest phone maker at the 2010 | | | | There's also FM stereo streaming support. |
| World Mobile congress is one such phone. | | | | It has a radical data input option called SWYPE |
| It's the Motorola QUENCH with MOTROBLUR, | | | | feature from the same geniuses who invented the |
| powered by a Qualcomm MSM7291A clocked at 528 | | | | T9 predictive text facility. You only need to trace or |
| MHz. It goes to show that the Android versions are | | | | swipe a finger across a virtual QWERTY on the |
| really different platforms that can be tweaked to | | | | 3.1-inch capacitive touchscreen to spell the word you |
| update its features and further confirms our suspicion | | | | need. With the usual accelerometer and proximity |
| that Google never had plans to have any upgrade | | | | sensors its WideVGA screens also features a rich |
| path to its later versions. The new Acer Liquid e is | | | | Web browsing experience with pinch-zoom ability. |
| another confirmation on that suspicion as it runs the | | | | Other than these, the QUENCH is every inch an |
| new 2.1 Éclair with nothing new when Acer could | | | | upscale Android smartphone that does everything |
| have just offered an OS upgrade to the earlier Liquid | | | | else you see in smartphones on the new Android 2.1 |
| it released last November. | | | | Éclair. Among others, it's a 3G phone on the triple |
| With the QUENCH, it is plain an upgrade no longer | | | | band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA and a quad band GSM |
| matters. You have an Android running a 1.5 Cupcake | | | | GPRS/EDGE on 2G. It has WiFi. A-GPS and the usual |
| that has some of the best features for an Android | | | | Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP for local data transfers. |
| phone. We can now understand why Sony Ericsson is | | | | Imaging comes with a 5 megapixel autofocus camera |
| sticking to the same old Android 1.6 Donut on its | | | | with LED flash and CIF video recording at 25fps. |
| XPERIA X10 because with its own Rachel/UX user | | | | Stereo listening on headphones gets a choice of using |
| interface, it can maintain an edge to anything running | | | | wired 3.5mm headphone jack or wireless Bluetooth |
| the Éclair. Even with an upgrade path, users may | | | | A2DP. |
| not want to upgrade but that means any porting to | | | | Availability |
| proprietary UI such as the HTC Sense, or the SE | | | | Most of the new Android smartphones announced as |
| Rachel as well as the Motorola MOTOBLUR will | | | | early as December including those announced at the |
| disappear entirely with the new OS upgrade. | | | | 2010 MWC including the Motorola QUENCH with |
| Defining a New Android Experience | | | | MOTOBLUR will start shipping in the first quarter. The |
| The QUENCH comes with the MOTOBLUR which | | | | QUENCH will come in four body colors - while, black, |
| Motorola calls a content delivery service forming the | | | | purple and licorice. Its retail package will come with a |
| core of the unique Android experience it is offering. | | | | free 2 GB microSD card in its retail kit. Just like all |
| It synchronizes your phonebook contacts, media | | | | newly announced handsets, no pricing information is |
| content, messaging and email trail with your social | | | | disclosed. But with its feature set, expect this to |
| networking sources in a single home screen location. | | | | come in the same price point as other upscale |
| Entertainment offers another unique feature like | | | | Android smartphones. |