Moto unwraps its Android OS smartphone

Editor’s Note: Reporter Matt Kapko is reporting live from GigaOM’s Mobilize show today in San Francisco, where Motorola Inc. introduced its first Android-based smartphone. Watch this space for live updates.
T-Mobile USA Inc. will be the exclusive carrier to offer Motorola Inc.’s first foray into the smartphone segment using Google Inc.’s Android platform. The device is aimed at the consumer and prosumer markets and streams together information from the user’s social-networking, e-mail and photo sites automatically syncs all of that information. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha noted that its MotoBlur technology offers broad applications abilities, like Apple Inc.’s iPhone, but also allows the user to go deep into those applications, similar to Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device and operating system.
Pricing was not mentioned for the device but it is expected to be available for the holidays.
“T-Mobile’s highly social and always-connected customers have a natural affinity for mobile social networking, and we’re excited to feature the Motorola Cliq with MotoBlur prominently in what’s shaping up to be our most innovative holiday product lineup ever,” said T-Mobile USA’s Cole Brodman. “The Cliq lives up to Motorola’s tradition of great design and quality, and to our history of working together to create products that enhance the lives and the relationships of our customers.”
The Cliq features a 3.1-inch HVGA touch-screen display, a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with video capture and playback at 24 frames per second, a 3.5mm headset jack, a music player with pre-loaded Amazon MP3 store application, Shazam, iMeem Mobile, and a pre-installed 2-gigabyte microSD memory card with support for up to 32 GB of removable memory.