The onscreen keyboard is also pretty cramped, so composing even the quickest text message required extra time and more concentration. Fortunately, there is an alternative to the standard Android keyboard and that's Swype.
We first saw Swype on the Samsung Omnia II and the software basically allows you to spell out words by dragging your finger from letter to letter on the keyboard. If you're skeptical, we totally understand; we were, too. However, Swype works surprisingly well and is quite accurate.
It gets a little tricky when you're spelling out longer words, and we wish there was a dedicated. On the upside of things, the Cliq XT offers multitouch capabilities, so you can use the pinch-to-zoom gesture in the browser and picture gallery. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in Google Maps, so you'll have to use the onscreen magnifying glass icon if you want to get a closer look at anything. The display also has a built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor, and a small LED above the screen glows intermittently to alert you to notifications for missed calls, calendar appointments, updates, news messages, and so forth.
Below the screen, you get the usual home, menu, search, and back buttons found on most Android smartphones but the Cliq XT also offers a navigational touch pad. With it, you can scroll through lists and menus and switch home screen panels and press on it to select an item. It works perfectly fine, but we often just ended up using the touch screen. One helpful tip: if you hold down the Home key, it will bring up a small window of all your running apps so you can easily switch between them.
For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page. We're not going to dive into every detail of Motoblur and the OS here for more information, please read our full review of the Motorola Cliq for T-Mobile but instead will focus on some of the new functions specific to the Cliq XT.
Before we move on, however, we know many of you are wondering when these smartphones will be upgradeable to Android 2. Motorola has posted a general release schedule on its support site , and the upgrade for the Cliq as well as the Cliq XT we're told is planned for Q2.
Unfortunately, we don't have a more specific date for you, but we can only hope the over-the-air updates will be pushed out on the earlier side, starting in April. Additionally, the Cliq XT features a revamped onscreen keyboard. Given the 3. The handset also includes Swype , which allows you to spell out words by dragging your fingertip from letter to letter.
It sounds bizarre, but it's a handy alternative for a smartphone that's more at home in one palm than two. That big rounded square pad on the front, by the way? It's a touch-sensitive directional pad. I thought it was a nice inclusion for fine on-screen selection, but its large size had me accidentally selecting things quite a bit when I'd absentmindedly rest my thumb on it.
The device also supports pinch-to-zoom gestures in the browser and picture gallery, which themselves are updated with refreshed graphical interfaces for this device. Regrettably, pinch-to-zoom is not available in Google Maps.
Despite its differences from the original Cliq, the Cliq XT fails to differentiate where it counts: screen size and processor. The XT carries the same 3. In my use, I sometimes found the handset rather quick, sometimes entirely frustrating. If I was trying to achieve a simple task check my e-mail , it was fine -- but if I had more than one browser window open, it faltered. Nevertheless, its constant updating completely drained the battery before the end of the workday, and several times I finished my night with a dead phone, having done nothing but carry it around in my pocket.
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The expanse of textured battery cover of which Motorola provide two color choices in the box is calling out for a more inspiring treatment, and the hardware feels either underwhelming like the HVGA resolution or lackluster chipset or underused like the 5-megapixel camera. The CLIQ XT fits reasonable in the hand and is certainly more pocketable, but it does feel a little like T-Mobile are treading water having previously led the carrier pack when it comes to Android.
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