Motorola's taken the wraps off its first Android-powered phone, called Cliq, which features a solution for social networking addicts.
The Cliq looks a bit like the iPhone on the outside, with two ribbons of black surrounding a large touch screen (in this case, 3.1 inches). Judging from the photo below, this is the phone we saw earlier under the code name "Morrison." Additional specs include a 5-megapixel autofocus photo and video camera, a 2GB microSD card pre-installed and support for up to 32 GB of removable memory.
As I said when the phone was in the rumor phase, a smartphone's only as good as the software it runs on, and Motorola's hoping to spice things up with its Motoblur application. Motoblur pulls updates from work and personal e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, throwing them all into a single stream. The photo above shows Facebook, Twitter and e-mail updates at the same time, with no need to open up an individual application.
I'm a little terrified of the information overload that Motoblur might encourage, but the idea that Motorola is offering its own unique flavor of Android seems intriguing. We're starting to see other manufacturers play with Google's mobile operating system in creative ways, too, with the HTC Tattoo running the highly-customizable Sense interface and Archos' Internet tablet offering a specialized app store.
The Cliq will be available through T-Mobile later this fall, with pricing to be revealed later. When we first heard about the Cliq/Morrison, there was reportedly another Motorola Anrdoid phone in the works for Verizon Wireless, code named "Sholes." We'll see if Motoblur makes its way onto that phone as well, or whether Motorola has something entirely different in store.
