Motorola unveils Quench Android smartphone

Motorola has launched a new Google Android phone called Motorola Quench or Motorola CLIQ XT in the US market and will feature Motorola’s MotoBlur UI. It runs on the Google Android OS for access to Google Search, Google Voice Search, Google Talk, Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps and Android Market.

The Motorola Quench boasts of a 3.7 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with pinch and zoom functions, a navigation touchpad and a virtual QWERTY keyboard and SWYPE support for faster typing and 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, support for Adobe Flash Lite.



The Motorola Quench also comes with a 3G, Bluetooth 2.0, HSDPA, A-GPS, E-compass and WiFi, voice-activated search (English only), dual microphones with noise cancellation and FM radio. The phone measures 116.7 x 59.4javascript:void(0) x 12.3 mm and weighs 123.5g and is powered by 1420 mAh battery that provides a talk-time of up to 6.5 hours. It also features media player, MP3 store downloads, SoundHound, GoTV, YouTube and TuneWiki, FM streaming.

The Motorola Quench will be available in some markets starting the first half of 2010 but will be available in the U.S. in March from T-Mobile USA as the Motorola CLIQ XT. The price is still under wraps.