Well folks, it appears that our friends to the north have greased Motorola's palms with a few extra loonies, eh. Indeed, the northerly division of Motorola will be the first company to launch the new Moto Q in Black, available exclusively from Bell Canada. This new piece of ebony elegance comes with all the same features you'd expect from the previous
Q: EV-DO, 2.4-inch screen, 65,000 colors, 64MB RAM / 128MB ROM, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. It's basically the same as the old Q, except that it's black (duh), with a soft touch finish. It's available for C$150 ($132) with a new voice plan, and minimum C$60 ($53) data package on a three-year contract. To our American countrymen and countrywomen who are already making a run for the border, a word of advice: that same trick with the loonies probably won't work with US Customs when you try to smuggle it into the lower 48. Instead, just sit tight and wait until this handset
hits Verizon -- sometime soon, we hope.
posted Nov 13th 2006 1:02PM
when would a Q come to Sprint?
The Q has been here on Telus for quite a while, in silver, so no biggie. Same lousy battery life, now in black!
Is this a glossy black or rubberized black?
The Bell Q is silver not black. The pic was wrong for now and for all you telus fans, Bell's version has been updated from your ancient version so it can double as a modem. Too bad for Telus users huh
Yeah, the battery life issues will still remain. I've gotten into the habit of turning bluetooth off, my camera light off, and just about everything you can turn off, off.... in order to preserve battery life. There are a few other hints at techniques to preserve battery life at our http://forum.motosmartzone.com.
If I was to buy a Moto Q (silver) that was used with Bell from Bell (Canada), can I use it on Telus' network in canada?
The battery life is just a pain in the ass. The Q freezes to many time all over the day. So you need to turn off, pull out the battery, set it all again, turn on e pray. It sucks!