Personal Data Assistants have become dinosaurs, and after taking the Motorola Q for a test drive, it’s easy to understand why. Just about anything you’d want to do with a PDA you can do with a smartphone like the Q — and a lot more. The Q is about the size of a PDA — 2.5 by 0.5 by 4.6 inches — and beefy like one, too, at 4.1 ounces. My pewter gray review unit from Sprint had a gorgeous color display that measured 2.5 inches diagonally. It was bright and sharp. Text was easy to read — not even a hint of jaggedness — and images “popped” on the screen.
Another incredible feature with the Motorola Q is that it can actually become the first wireless music player. If you use Mercora through it, you can access your digital music library wirelessly, and up to five friend's additionally. Digital streaming music through your Q...very cool.
Over 75% of the people in our organization who have used the Q were not happy with it. Most preferred the Treo - even the Windows Mobile version of the Treo - or Blackberry they were using before. (Although the Palm OS Treo is most stable and syncs most reliably.) Lack of system stability and difficulty of use are the most common complaints.
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Lots of Features Lend Appeal to the Motorola Q
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 12, 2007 04:00 AMPersonal Data Assistants have become dinosaurs, and after taking the Motorola Q for a test drive, it’s easy to understand why. Just about anything you’d want to do with a PDA you can do with a smartphone like the Q — and a lot more. The Q is about the size of a PDA — 2.5 by 0.5 by 4.6 inches — and beefy like one, too, at 4.1 ounces. My pewter gray review unit from Sprint had a gorgeous color display that measured 2.5 inches diagonally. It was bright and sharp. Text was easy to read — not even a hint of jaggedness — and images “popped” on the screen.