Rumors Flying About Motorola Q (Updated)

Over the weekend, a rumor surfaced that one of the mostly highly-anticipated smartphones, the Motorola Q, would not ever be released in Europe.

Based on this, many people quickly jumped to the conclusion that this meant there would not be a GSM version of this device, as the version that will be released in the U.S. in the near future will be CDMA.

Although unwilling to comment on what countries the Q will be available in, a Motorola spokesperson did state categorically that there will be non-CDMA versions of this smartphone.

He also emphasized the importance of this device to his company.

Update: Since this article was written, the owner of the French web site Mobinaute was contacted by Motorola and told that the original information was in error.

More About the Motorola Q

Its maker claims that the Motorola Q will be "the world's thinnest, lightest QWERTY phone".

It will have a tablet design, with a 320-by-240-pixel screen above a backlit keyboard.

This will be one of the first devices to run Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone, and therefore will support the push email system Microsoft is developing.

The Motorola Q won't just be about email, though. It will be able to play music in a variety of formats and it will sport dual speakers.

In a slightly unusual move, it will have a 320-by-240-pixel (QVGA) that is in landscape mode by default.

A miniSD slot will offer additional storage for music, as well as other types of files.

It will include a 1.3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth short-range wireless networking.

Motorola hasn't given all the specifications on this device, but, according to a leaked description of this model, it will have 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of Flash ROM.

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