Just when you were ready to hear the end of life rumors concerning the Motorola Q Series come true, someone throws you a curve ball. Verizon Wireless has announced that it will be re-releasing the Motorola Q9c. [via EverythingQ] The re-release brings the company's TALKS feature to the phone. Everything else appears unchanged. TALKS for Verizon is designed to assist blind and visually...
Behold, Motorola's White Whale, otherwise known as a Q9h with WiFi. We know these things exist, albeit in very rare numbers, and a treat when we see one in the wild. This one comes to us from EverythingQ member racingxtsy, who says the phone was bought on Craigslist. What we've got here is what for all intents and purposes on the outside appears to be a "stock" unlocked Q9h with AT&...
A few weeks we reported on HTC's leaked lineup that included more devices than you could shake a stick at. And one of the devices listed on HTC's lineup has been making a few appearances. The phone codenamed "Cedar" is a front-facing QWERTY keyboard device that by all indications will be a Windows Mobile Standard phone. Engadget Mobile is reporting that the Cedar has appeared on...
The Boy Genius has scored a Sprint deathlist, with a couple of Windows Mobile phones slated to be EOL'd – that's end of life – in the coming months.The Motorola Q9c is on the chopping block, with its execution date set for mid-June. No replacement is noted.Also on the list is the HTC Touch Diamond, which would go the way of the dinosaurs in July. There's no replacement noted for it,...
This week Mal and Dieter look over some of the strange rumors that have popped up in the past days, preview some unexpected Windows Mobile smartphones that are coming out, and overview the different options for getting push email. Listen in! Download it directly with this link Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe directly to the Podcast feed with your favorite Podcatcher here Listen to it...
Ask and ye shall receive, Sunshine. ...That's a real user name, we're not just being flip. Ok, we're being a little flip. Listen in for a 15 minute discussion comparing the Morotola Q9h (Full Review and First Look) and the Q9c (First look at the Q9m here, it's basically the same thing). Download it directly with this link Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe directly to the Podcast feed...
Luke just shot us an email about a very strange text he just received from Verizon regarding his Q9c: FREE VZW MSG. Improve your Q! Simple, one-time fix prevents issue that may affect your Q9c. Go to http://www.motorola.com/q9cfix on your PC for details. So we dutifully went over to the linked site and saw that they're asking a very strange question. When you head to Start ->...
Yesterday, when we reported on the Motorola Q11 images, we mentioned that we had some surprising Q9 news. It turns out that our initial dubious reaction to the Dapper Q9h Silver with Pinstripes wasn't really fair -- we got some hints about it during our hands-on at CTIA and arranged to find out what the real deal was with Motorola. Well, now we know, and what we know is that the...
It's not enough the that Verizon Motorla Q9c has replaced the Q9m, now it has to parade the fact that it's just gotten the upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1. Go download it. Now that the Q9c on Verizon has joined the Q9c on Sprint in Windows Mobile 6.1 land, are there any other major stragglers left out there that need updating? [via Jason Landridge]
After some gnashing of teeth over whether Sprint had put the Motorola Q9c out to pasture, EverythingQ is reporting that it's back on sale online. No word on why it was removed in the first place, though presumably it was to fix "all of the problems with the phone" that we'd reported on previously. But if that's the case, what happens to all Q9c's that are already out there? Some sort...
Sure enough, as soon as we get around to buying a Motorola Q9h of our very own, the Boy Genius goes and springs this on us. Go figure. Apparently there's now a silver-and-chrome version of the venerable slab floating around out there, with Windows Mobile 6.1 out of the box. (The rest of us mere peasants can get the lowdown on the manual upgrade here.) No word on any other goodies under...
AT&T and Motorola officially released the Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the Motorola Q9h the other day. While updates hope to breathe new life into devices, they drive me crazy. On the one hand, you get updated and improved (hopefully) performance out of your phone. On the other hand, you have to erase everything off your phone. One of these days programmers will come up with a way...
Mike, who'd previously let us know about that leaked out 6.1 update has been watching Motorola's site like a ravenous hawk hovering over a field mouse. That mouse has finally popped out of its hole: head on over to Motorola's site for the official Motorola Q9h 6.1 Update. You're going to need the standard complement of update tools before you get going: Windows XP or Vista, internet...
WMExperts has reviewed the Motorola Q9h, we've taken a close look at the BlackJack II, we've even already had one smackdown between the two devices. Still, the Q9h and the BJII are the top two WM Standard devices on AT&T and plenty of folks may still be considering one or the other. In my case, I've moved from a BlackJack II to a Motorola Q9h after a bit of thought and a bit of...
Head on over to the UK site MOTOMODDING and take a peek, the expected Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the Motorola Q9h has leaked out, as we see from this post from mexiken: Finally !!!! A very very special thank you to the Verms, aka The Verminator, for without him, none of this would be possible. Thanks dude !!!! Please give all credit to him for actually getting the file. I just...
Weren't we just suggesting that we wanted to see Windows Mobile 6.1 updates this summer? Why, yes, yes we were. Must have been a fiat, because the Motorola Q9c on Sprint has gotten the update today over at Motorola's software update page [via everythingQ]. Updates are the standard sort of WinMo 6.1 stuff you've been hearing so much about: the cool sliding panel today screen, threaded...
We heard yesterday from Everything Q that the Verizon Q9c would be hitting today, a full week earlier than previously expected. Seems to be the case, as heading over to Verizon's site shows the Q9c as available for $199 after contract and discounts and whatnot. If anybody picks one of these suckers up, we're curious to hear what the real differences are between it and the Q9m. We'...
Sneaking into the show floor before the show starts is a time honored tradition. Popular enough that, thus far anyway, the folks here know enough not to put their secret stuff out yet. Still, we managed to sneak this pic of the Moto Q9c in green. It actually looks very nice and glossy in person. Otherwise it's just a ton of set up, a couple of places chatting up their booth employees...
Update: Yeah, so it's also available in Black, er, Licorice as well. Serves us right trying to post a story during a 20 minute layover. Sorry there. Please disregard the catty comments about color availability below. Engadget Mobile is reporting the only good Motorola news we've heard in weeks - that the Q9c is going to hit Alltel and US Cellular for just $99.99 after contract....
Verizon has tossed up 2 more Windows Mobile devices on the eve of the full CTIA: the Motorola Q9c and the XV6900. They'll cost you $249.99 and $349.99 respectively (after contract of course). The differences between the Q9c and the Q9