De eerste reviews van de Motorola CLIQ (die bij ons als DEXT in de winkel ligt) zijn op internet verschenen. Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET en TechCrunch, ze hebben het eerste Android-toestel van Motorola allemaal in handen gehad en zijn over het algemeen positief. Gizmodo werd enthousiast over de MOTOBLUR-interface, maar vond de processor van de CLIQ wat tegenvallen omdat er geen verschil is met eerdere Android-toestellen.
Gizmodo schrijft:
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…the major thing holding back the Cliq from being a fantastic phone is the processor. The animations are smooth, the UI touches are smart and the social networking stuff is useful; we just wish we could have a bit more account customization, do all of that on faster hardware.
CNET heeft een filmpje gemaakt en zegt over MOTOBLUR:
Though having all your information in one place is convenient, the overall effect can be overwhelming. Its performance also could be better and the Android OS saddles the phone with a few limitations.
Engadget is tevreden over de CLIQ, maar houdt de portemonnee nog even op zak omdat dit toestel toch nog niet helemaal ‘af’ is:
…we’d keep our wallets in our pockets for the time being — the CLIQ looks and feels like a testbed, not quite ready for primetime but a genuinely heartening sign that Moto’s still got a pulse.
TechCrunch vergeleek de CLIQ met de G1:
I`ve had a few days to play with the CLIQ and came away refreshed and hopeful. This phone is better than the G1 on all fronts but there is still a ways to go for it to beat out some of HTC`s upcoming Android offerings. Motorola didn`t hit it out of the ballpark on this one, but they`re still in the game.
Walt Mossberg van The Wall Street Journal, die eerder de HTC Hero aanraadde als beste Android-toestel, had wat persoonlijke moeite met de CLIQ:
In my tests, all of these Blur features worked nicely and proved handy, except that I couldn`t get it to consolidate both of my Gmail accounts. My biggest gripe was with the physical keyboard, which I found cramped and hard to use.
