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Verizon Wireless DROID By Motorola: World's First Smartphone with Android(TM) 2.0.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- High-speed Web browsing, voice-activated search, customizable large screen, access to thousands of Android applications and hundreds of widgets and the best 3G mobile network in the country: DROID by Motorola is in stores NOW!

Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation's largest wireless 3G broadband network, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a pioneer in the mobile industry, today unveiled DROID by Motorola, the first smartphone powered by Android(TM) 2.0. DROID by Motorola features the brainpower and breakneck speed of a modern smartphone, designed to outperform where other smartphones fall short.

"We're proud to work with Verizon Wireless and Google(TM) on the first smartphone to feature Android 2.0," said Sanjay Jha, co-chief executive officer of Motorola and chief executive officer of Motorola Mobile Devices. "DROID by Motorola delivers a rich consumer experience with warp-speed Web browsing, a mammoth screen, and Motorola's expertise in design and voice quality. Combined with Android's open, flexible graphical user interface and the power of Verizon Wireless' 3G network, DROID is a smartphone that simply doesn't compromise."

"This is an exciting announcement for Verizon Wireless, as the DROID by Motorola is the first device that we are bringing to market under our ground-breaking strategic partnership with Google," said John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. "DROID by Motorola gives customers a lifestyle device with access to more than 12,000 applications that will help them stay in touch, up to date and entertained, using the best 3G network in the country."

DROID by Motorola has a solid exterior, intelligent interior and is one of the thinnest full-QWERTY slider phones available. It is a no-fuss, high-tech, location-aware, voice-recognizing, over-the-air updating, multi-tasking machine - and it is available just in time for holiday wish lists.

With DROID by Motorola, you can:

•Zip through the Web: Access the Internet at 3G speeds via the nation's largest and most reliable 3G network or from any Wi-Fi hotspot. The multi-window HTML browser with a massive processor delivers the Web the way you expect.
•See it all in cinema-style: View the Web, e-mail, Google Maps(TM), videos and more in widescreen on a brilliant 3.7" high-resolution screen. Boasting a width of 854 pixels to reduce the need for side-to-side panning and more than 400,000 pixels total, DROID has more than twice the resolution of the leading competitor.
•Run multiple applications at once: Customize your DROID with thousands of applications and hundreds of widgets available on Android Market(TM). Toggle back and forth between up to six applications at a time to juggle the universe and your apps.
•Perform Google Search(TM) at the speed of sound: Simply tell DROID what you're looking for using voice-activated search, and it will serve up Google search results based on your location. If you want more, simply type what you're looking for into the search bar on the home screen and DROID will also search content on your phone, such as apps and contacts, and the Web.
•Capture moments: Snap digital camera-quality photos with a 5 megapixel camera loaded with the works, such as a dual-LED flash, AutoFocus and image stabilization, or capture your friend's antics in 16 million colors with DVD-quality video capture and playback. Store it all on the included 16 GB memory card, so you always have it on hand.
•Multi-task like a master: Keep tabs on all your messages with integrated Gmail(TM) and Exchange e-mail pushed directly to you, but don't let them get in your way. With the handy Android notification panel, go straight to the message or simply ignore it, and get back to the task at hand. And, a smart dictionary learns as you type and automatically includes your contacts.
•Get where you need to go with Google Maps Navigation (Beta): DROID is the first device with Google Maps Navigation, providing turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps. It's powered by Google and connected to the Internet. Use voice shortcuts and simply say "Navigate to [your destination]," and you'll be on your way. See live traffic, use Street View or satellite imagery to view your route, and get access to the most recent maps and business information from Google Maps without ever needing to update your device.

Pre-loaded Applications and Enhancements to Google Mobile Services:

•Google Maps: With layers in Google Maps, view geographic information, such as My Maps, Wikipedia, and transit lines, right on the map.
•Gmail: Multiple accounts support and undo for common operations.
•YouTube(TM): One-touch recording and playback from homescreen widget or app, one-touch sharing with friends, and the ability to view your own uploaded videos and high-resolution videos.
•Google Talk(TM): Easily switch between chats, search your chat history, and preview pictures and videos sent by links.
•Android Market: Browse and download applications created by third-party developers.
•Calendar: Ability to see who has R.S.V.P.'d to your meeting invitations.
•Facebook: Syncs Facebook contacts to your address book, and a live widget gives the ability to update status and view latest updates from friends.
•Amazon MP3 Store: Download the latest tracks over the air.
•Verizon Wireless Visual Voice Mail: Delete, reply and forward voice mail messages without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions.

Pricing and Availability:

•DROID by Motorola will be available in the United States exclusively at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online on Friday, Nov. 6, for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.
•Experience the all-new DROID by Motorola at www.droiddoes.com.
•To get the most from DROID by Motorola smartphone, customers will need to subscribe to a Nationwide voice plan and an Email and Web for Smartphone plan. Nationwide voice plans begin at $39.99 for monthly access for 450 minutes and an Email and Web for Smartphone plan is $29.99 for monthly access.
•For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. -- Retina-X Studios, LLC announced the immediate availability of Mobile Spy for smartphones running the Android operating system. Using this groundbreaking Android technology, users can silently monitor GPS locations, incoming and outgoing text messages (SMS) and call information of children or employees -- even if activity logs are erased. Mobile Spy had already been available for the BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile and Symbian OS smartphones. The new version for the booming Android platform is now on the market.

Mobile Spy runs in total stealth mode and no mentions of the program are shown inside the Android device. After the software is set up on the phone, it silently records GPS locations at a rate decided by the owner of the phone. The entire text of all SMS text messages, along with the associated phone number, is also recorded. Additionally, inbound and outbound call information with duration of the call is recorded. Immediately after activities are logged, they are silently uploaded to the user's private online account. Accounts can be checked online from any web browser without needing further access to the phone.

"Even though I need to keep track of my teenager, I wonder if sometimes I'm better off not knowing what he has to say to his friends, especially about his parents," says Laurie Finn, a Mobile Spy user. Retina-X Studios CEO James Johns states, "Mobile Spy allows parents and employers to discover the entire truth. However, sometimes the truth hurts."

This exclusive system helps businesses enforce their Acceptable Use Policy on company-provided phones. The software can also monitor teen or family phones. It gives a parent the ability to remotely monitor their child's texting activities by logging into a website from any web browser. Another common use is to back up a user's own cell activity as a record of all important text conversations and travel details.

Mobile Spy runs on all Android devices, including the new My Touch 3G by T-Mobile and Motorola Droid. The software also has a version for iPhone, BlackBerry and other smartphones running the Windows Mobile or Symbian OS operating systems. These devices are available from most major mobile carriers. The Android version of Mobile Spy can be found at http://www.mobile-spy.com/android.html

About Retina-X Studios: RXS designs and develops tools that let users monitor their individual PC, network or smartphone. Mobile Spy has been mentioned by CNN, NBC, CBS News, BBC, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Reader's Digest and other media outlets.

Media Contact: James Johns. Email: media@mobile-spy.com or (888) 612-2076. Postal Inquiries: Retina-X Studios, LLC; 5115 N. Dysart Rd. Suite 202-125; Litchfield Park, AZ 85340.

This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com.

WHO:
Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless voice and 3G data network

WHAT:
Broadcast-quality video showing callers controlling two of Times Square’s largest digital billboards – the NASDAQ and Reuters signs – using voice commands

WHERE:
In the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia

BACKGROUND:
Verizon Wireless created a first-of-its-kind interactive experience in New York City called, “DROID Does Times Square,” letting callers control two of Times Square’s largest digital billboards – the NASDAQ and Reuters signs – using voice commands.

The digital billboards instructed passersby to call a toll-free number (1-888-376-4336) to search locations in the Times Square area. Participants can search for practically anything (e.g. their favorite restaurants, plays, movies, stores), and the search results will be displayed on the digital billboards using Google Maps. This activity will take place daily from 12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. through Nov. 20, and from 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 27 through 2:00 a.m. on Nov. 28.

Fans worldwide can view the experience in real time by visiting www.droiddoes.com/timessquare.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

AT&T Adds Substantial Capacity to its 3G Network in Central Florida to support Demand for Mobile Broadband.

Surfing the Internet, keeping up with social networking apps, sharing live one-way streaming video ‐ these are just a few of the things you can do on an AT&T* wireless device today. It's also the reason AT&T has substantially increased capacity on its Central Florida 3G wireless network in Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard and Volusia counties. The project involved the addition of a second layer of capacity, or “second carrier,” to the AT&T 3G network.

The additional capacity is targeted to support higher volumes of mobile broadband traffic and provide more consistent speeds during peak system usage. AT&T is also adding a second layer of capacity in Jacksonville and more areas in north Florida before the end of year to support the ever-growing demand for 3G mobile broadband service.

“Our goal is pretty simple: we want you to have an extraordinary experience when you make a call, check e-mail, download a song or video, or surf the Internet on your AT&T device,” said Jennifer VanBuskirk, vice president and general manager, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets in North, Central and West Florida. “The additional capacity helps to enhance the 3G network and is another way AT&T is driving to deliver a first-class wireless voice and data experience for our customers.”

This network enhancement is one part of AT&T's ongoing efforts to drive innovation by investing to deliver the benefits of smartphones and mobile broadband for customers. More smartphone customers have chosen AT&T over any U.S. competitor, resulting in wireless traffic on the AT&T network that has quadrupled over the past year. This growth includes a volume of smartphone data traffic over the AT&T network that is unmatched in the wireless industry.

AT&T plans to invest between $17 billion and $18 billion this year, with billions going towards wireless. From 2006 to 2008, AT&T's total capital investment in its wireline and wireless networks in Florida was more than $3 billion.

“Our mission is to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and to do it better than anyone else,” said Marshall Criser, lll, AT&T president, Florida. “We view our ongoing investment in Florida as an investment in our customers.”

“Business investment creates jobs and new opportunities for Floridians and is dependent on good public policy” says Jacob Stuart, President, Central Florida Partnership ” Senator Haridopolos' leadership on public policy issues has encouraged businesses like AT&T to continue to invest in our state to deploy new and innovative technology.”

Recently, AT&T announced plans to further upgrade its 3G network nationwide with HSPA 7.2 technology to deliver considerably faster mobile broadband speeds. The upgrades are planned to begin in the fourth quarter, with completion expected in 2011. supporting this initiative is AT&T's ongoing deployment of additional backhaul capacity to cell sites, which will support today's unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic as well as the future demands of next-generation networks.

AT&T's 3G mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most open and widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T's 3G network is available in more than 350 major metropolitan areas. AT&T also offers 3G data roaming in more than 100 countries, as well as voice calling in more than 215 countries.

Acquisition Enhances AT&T's Wireless Network Coverage in Rural Areas, Service for Businesses Operating in Puerto Rico.

AT&T* announced that it has completed its acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL). The acquisition enhances AT&T’s network coverage across the Midwest and Southeast United States and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The combination of the two companies’ wireless networks will allow AT&T to deliver broader wireless coverage, including to approximately 893,000 former Centennial wireless subscribers.1 With the addition of Centennial, AT&T also expands its wired network coverage to Puerto Rico, enhancing service for its business customers with operations there.

“The addition of Centennial will enhance AT&T’s assets in wireless — a strategic priority and one of our biggest growth drivers — and service for customers of both companies,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “We’re excited to give Centennial wireless subscribers access to the nation’s fastest 3G network plus our premier lineup of smartphones and unmatched portfolio of applications and services.

“We’ll also improve network reliability for our wireless subscribers who will be able to make on-network calls in the Centennial footprint,” said de la Vega. “And as Centennial’s broadband network in Puerto Rico is integrated with AT&T’s extensive global network and advanced service offerings, we’ll offer corporations that operate in Puerto Rico the benefits of end-to-end service over a single network.”

Integration Plans
AT&T plans to integrate Centennial’s networks and products with AT&T’s networks and product portfolio. The transaction extends AT&T’s wireless network coverage in primarily rural areas of Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio and Texas as well as enhances coverage in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In the mainland U.S., AT&T will move quickly to rebrand Centennial as AT&T and to make AT&T’s innovative products and services available to Centennial’s customers.2 By late January 2010, AT&T products and services will be available at more than 100 Centennial retail locations. Within the same timeframe, AT&T signage will be installed in all Centennial locations. Former Centennial wireless subscribers may keep their existing rate plans, but they will also have the opportunity to migrate to AT&T rate plans without activation or upgrade fees. Existing AT&T customer contracts will not change.

In Puerto Rico, the Centennial brand will continue through mid-2010. AT&T will honor the current rate plans and contracts of Centennial wireless subscribers. AT&T expects to make the full portfolio of AT&T products and services available in Centennial locations in Puerto Rico in the third quarter of 2010. At that point, Centennial customers will have the opportunity to migrate to AT&T rate plans without activation or upgrade fees. Existing AT&T customer contracts in Puerto Rico will not change.

To provide the best experience possible for Centennial customers who choose to migrate to AT&T service, prior to the transition, AT&T plans to deploy 3G at more than 200 sites in Centennial’s markets. This deployment plan includes adding 3G capabilities at more than 100 sites and expanding 3G coverage and capacity at approximately 100 sites.

Centennial customers who choose AT&T plans will enjoy significant benefits as they join the AT&T network. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, with more phones working in more places; more applications running over its network; and access to the nation’s fastest 3G network, which will get even faster as AT&T rolls out HSPA 7.2 technology in advance of its deployment of 4G LTE service. And unlike other wireless networks, AT&T’s network enables subscribers to talk and e-mail or surf the Web at the same time — one of the reasons, along with the industry’s leading lineup of devices, that significantly more smartphone users have chosen AT&T over other wireless carriers. Centennial customers who choose select smartphones and LaptopConnect cards will have access to AT&T’s Wi-Fi hot spot network, the largest in the U.S. with more than 20,000 hot spots, at no additional charge. AT&T will also offer Centennial subscribers Rollover® Minutes, a feature exclusive to AT&T, as well as a mobile-to-mobile calling community of nearly 82 million3 members.

Centennial’s wired network assets in Puerto Rico will also allow AT&T to better serve business customers with a presence in Puerto Rico.AT&T will continue to provide switched voice, high-capacity data and Internet Protocol solutions for business customers in Puerto Rico. Existing Centennial customers will now have access to new technologies, to AT&T’s innovative products and to both wireline and wireless services from AT&T.

Merger Synergies and Financials
The acquisition of Centennial will provide AT&T opportunities for synergies in areas such as corporate functions, advertising, customer care and network operations. AT&T expects upfront integration costs will result in minimal dilution to EPS and cash flow in 2009. As previously announced, Centennial stockholders will receive $8.50 per share in cash. Including net debt, the transaction is valued at $2.7 billion. AT&T will take prompt actions to redeem all of Centennial's outstanding debt under its indentures and credit agreement.

Regulatory Approval Process
AT&T’s acquisition of Centennial has been reviewed and approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Pursuant to a consent decree, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana have agreed to permit the merger to close.

As a result of the FCC and DOJ review processes, AT&T agreed to divest operations in eight service areas: Alexandria, La., Lafayette, La., LA-3 (DeSoto), LA-5 (Beauregard), LA-6 (Iberville), LA-7 (West Feliciana), MS-8 (Claiborne) and MS-9 (Copiah). Per the terms of a definitive agreement signed in May 2009, AT&T has agreed to divest to Verizon Wireless five of the Centennial service areas covered under the DOJ ruling. These five service areas are Lafayette, La., LA-5 (Beauregard), LA-6 (Iberville), LA-7 (West Feliciana) and MS-8 (Claiborne). AT&T now expects that this transaction will close in the first quarter of 2010, once the companies obtain regulatory approvals. AT&T also has a definitive agreement with Verizon Wireless to acquire wireless properties Verizon Wireless is divesting as a result of its acquisition of Alltel. That transaction is also subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2009.

To secure FCC approval of the transaction, AT&T committed to honor agreements for roaming on Centennial’s network. AT&T will honor existing roaming agreements with other carriers for the life of the contract — or, for carriers with fewer than 10 million subscribers, will maintain the roaming agreement for at least four years or the full term of the agreement with Centennial, whichever is longer. AT&T also agreed to certain measures restricting the flow of competitive information between AT&T and América Móvil. AT&T is a minority shareholder in América Móvil, which also provides telecommunications services in Puerto Rico.

Gsmarena have posted their review of the Acer neoTouch. Here are the phone's key features, main disadvantages and final impression.

Key features:
3.8" 65K-color resistive TFT touchscreen, WVGA 480 x 800 pixels
Windows Mobile 6.5 with Acer Homescreen, Contacts, Agenda and Gallery
Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM (300MB user available)
5 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, geotagging, image stabilizer
VGA video recording @ 30fps
Quad-band GSM support
Tri-band 3G with HSDPA (7.2Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps) support
Wi-Fi with DLNA technology
Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality
microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
FM radio with RDS
Bluetooth and USB v2.0
3.5mm standard audio jack, TV-out functionality
Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor for screen auto turn-off
Accelerometer sensor for automatic UI rotation
Smart dial
Office document editor (but no PDF viewer)
Full Flash support in the web browser (IE)
Top-notch audio output quality

Main disadvantages:
Not enough user interface customization
No camera lens cover
Poor photo and video quality
microSD slot is under the back cover
No DivX/XviD video support out-of-the-box
No navigation software, even Google Maps is not preinstalled
No active stylus
High-gloss body panels are a fingerprint magnet
Poor ringing volume

The Acer neoTouch left us with mixed feelings. On the plus side it comes with the much heralded high-end 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU. It also has a huge 3.8" display and runs the latest Windows Mobile OS. And last but not least, it handles the OS very well and packs all kinds of connectivity options.

Switching to the negatives, Acer have done little to customize the OS, there is no dedicated music or video player beyond what Microsoft have to offer (and it's not much). There's no DivX/XviD support, the camera photo and video quality is a downer and there is no GPS satnav software on board. Acer have left Windows Mobile almost stripped to the bone, and this is inexcusable given what the likes of HTC and Samsung are doing in terms of making the interface more user-friendly. The final straw comes from the less than stellar video playback and poor choice of accessories in the retail box.

We have to admit though the neoTouch is not among the top-priced smartphones out there, so the lack of sweeties in the box and other omissions such as the GPS navigation software are not a major point against. But even for a mid-priced device we don't think it's too much to ask for a decent music player and some additional codec support.

A strong competitor with that kind of CPU under its hood and an even bigger 4.1" screen is the Toshiba TG01. Yet somehow we feel that its dimensions (except for the thickness) have crossed a certain line making usability questionable. The higher price and the relatively limited market availability are also hurting the TG01's chances. Not that Toshiba have done any deep customizations of the OS themselves either.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 is on the list too, though it doesn't even come close to a 3.8" screen or a 1GHz CPU. However at this stage the HTC champ has a more attractive price tag and that - combined with the time-tested TouchFLO 3D UI - might be enough to keep users interested. More importantly though, Windows Mobile 6.5 is already available for the Diamond2. HTC devices have a wide user base too and the strong community is always ready to give you a tip or help you tweak your gadget.

By the way, the Diamond2 is an option rather than a major challenge. The HD2 however should be downright scary. The Sense UI and capacitive touchscreen may just be too much for the neoTouch to beat. Not to mention the unmatched screen estate, though the 4.3" diagonal does raise some usability questions. Oh, and for the record, we're talking Snapdragon here as well.

The Samsung Omnia II already managed to impress us and it's perhaps set to give the neoTouch a good run for its money. It might not have the sheer processing power of the Acer neoTouch but the actual handling and response were perfect. The 3.7" AMOLED screen, fully customized UI, huge internal storage and all kind of software goodies make the I8000 Omnia II a serious player in the smartphone field this holiday season. For a few euros more than the neoTouch, the Omnia II delivers a mighty capable PocketPC without worries you might be missing on any key feature.

Honestly, we can't find it in our hearts to recommend the neoTouch as strongly as we would some of their Timeline laptops. It does have its good and bad points and given the current price it might be a reasonable investment of your money. Still, you may want to wait a bit for a price drop and see what kind of extra support Acer are willing to provide to make it a more attractive device. If that happens, the NeoTouch will be a handset worth considering. As for Acer, we don't need to tell you they're worth keeping an eye on. We, for one, would be glad to meet the Liquid.

The Motorola Cliq is now available to the general public on the T-Mobile network. To celebrate the Android-running phone's MotoBlur social skills, T-Mobile announces a college-focused Motorola Cliq Challenge. The winning school gets cash plus a free Weezer concert.

The Motorola Cliq is now available in wide release on the T-Mobile network.

While existing T-Mobile customers gained access to the Cliq on Oct. 19, the general public can begin purchasing the Motorola phone as of Nov. 2.

T-Mobile was the first U.S. carrier to offer a smartphone with Google's Android mobile operating system, and with the Cliq it adds still another Android device to its roster, which now includes the HTC G1, the MyTouch, the Samsung Behold II and a 3G Fender Limited Edition version of the MyTouch, which features a guitarlike wood grain finish and was introduced with T-Mobile's holiday lineup.

For a look at the Motorola Cliq, click here.

The Cliq is the first Android phone to use MotoBlur, and it is the only device to feature MotoBlur this holiday season, according to T-Mobile. MotoBlur is socially geared technology that integrates and syncs contact information and communications.

In a statement on the Cliq's release, T-Mobile described MotoBlur: "Updates to contacts, posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from sources including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, work and personal e-mail, and automatically delivered to the home screen of the Cliq in easy-to-view streams."

In addition to MotoBlur, T-Mobile launched a T-Mobile Motorola Cliq Challenge, encouraging students, alumni, fans and faculty of four-year colleges and universities to create the largest Facebook fan club for their schools. To the winning school will go considerable spoils, courtesy of T-Mobile.

"The college or university with the highest number of votes in its clique by Nov. 30 will be awarded with an exclusive, free concert by the multiplatinum rock band Weezer, who release their new album, Raditude, tomorrow," T-Mobile said in a statement. T-Mobile will also give the winning school $1 for every vote, up to $25,000, for "college enrichment."

The Cliq features a 3.1-inch touch screen, a slide-out QWERTY keypad, a full HTML browser, a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with video capture, a music player, a 2GB MicroSD card and access to Wi-Fi connectivity in addition to T-Mobile's 3G network. It supports multiple e-mail sources, including Exchange, and is integrated with Google applications such as voice-activated Google Search, as well as Google Maps, YouTube and Picasa.

The Cliq is available in either Titanium or Winter White for $199 with a two-year T-Mobile contract.

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The Samsung Moment smartphone, now available on the Sprint network, is the struggling carrier’s second new smartphone to feature Google’s Android operating system.

The Samsung Moment is now available on the Sprint Nextel network, making it the carrier’s second to feature Google’s Android operating system, the two companies officially announced on Nov. 3.

Sprint first announced the Moment on Oct. 7, even before the arrival of its first Android smartphone, the HTC Hero, which arrived on Oct. 11.

The Moment features Sprint’s first 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, which, according to Samsung, “creates crisper colors and wider viewing angles than other display screens.” The screen is paired with a slide-out qwerty keyboard and, as an additional device-navigation option, a tiny touchpad — or “optical joystick” — just below the screen.

There’s an 800MHz processor, built-in Google mobile services, such as Google Search, Maps, Gmail and YouTube, as well as access to the Android Market, which now features more than 10,000 applications.

In addition to the Sprint network — which is the first to launch 4G technology in markets including Atlanta, Las Vegas and Portland — the Moment includes WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0, integrated GPS and an accelerometer. There’s also a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and video, Sprint TV with live and on-demand programming, quick access to social-networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, visual voicemail, support for personal and corporate email accounts, and expandable memory up to 32GB.

The Moment, and particularly its Android OS, is among the devices Sprint is putting its faith in to stop the defection of customers to other carriers, such as AT&T, which exclusively offers Apple’s iPhone. On Oct. 29, Sprint announced that during the third fiscal quarter of 2009, it lost 801,000 post-paid subscribers — which was actually an improvement from the 991,000 subscribers it lost during the previous quarter.

The Palm Pre is credited with initiating the turnaround, which Sprint hopes to continue through its support of popular Android devices, as well as the Palm Pixi, a downscaled, smaller-screen version of the Palm Pre, which will arrive on the Sprint network on Nov. 15 for $99.99, versus the Pre’s newly lowered asking price of $149.99, along with a two-year contract.

The Moment is priced at $179.99, before taxes, after a $50 instant rebate and a $100 mail-in rebate, and with a two-year service contract.

“What’s truly special abut the Samsung Moment is the way this device and the Android platform take advantage of the power of the Sprint Now Network to deliver ‘surfing the net’ like never before,” remarked Kevin Packingham, Sprint’s senior vice president of product development, in a statement first announcing the Moment on Oct. 7. “Its dynamic screen and qwerty keyboard make texting, e-mail and accessing thousands of Android applications a breeze.”

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