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Motorola Quench XT5 diagrammed, spec'd?
If you lost interest after seeing the picture, we can't necessarily say we blame you -- trackballs are so 2009 -- but be that as it may, Motorola still hasn't announced or released its long-rumored Quench XT5 model. The slate has popped up on Cellpassion today with an apparent diagram (from a user's manual, it would seem) along with a bunch of specs that would place it squarely in the low- to midrange of the crowded Android arena: Eclair, integrated FM radio, DivX compatibility, and 3.2-inch HVGA display stand out to us, as does triband 7.2Mbps HSDPA radio. Interestingly, 850MHz isn't one of those 3G bands, which let's us safely rule out a US launch -- logical, of course, considering that the original Quench was a European CLIQ XT in the first place. Around back, you've got a 5 megapixel cam with flash, so not all's lost -- but needless to say, it better be priced aggressively to get any traction at this point.
Motorola Quench (and CLIQ?) XT3 / XT5 get an FCC reveal
Remember that so-called XT502 "Greco" from Motorola that the Bluetooth SIG slipped a few details on last month? We can't blame you if you don't, so allow us to refresh your memory: it's supposedly a full-touch Android device with 850 / 1900 / 2100MHz 3G, and from the looks of the tiny, crappy image they'd posted, it'd probably be a midrange phone. Well, the FCC just passed a Motorola handset codenamed "Greco," conveniently, and a look at the test docs says that this phone will be known on the market as the Quench XT3 and XT5 (we're not sure what the difference will be between the two exactly). As you might recall, the current Quench is the international version of the CLIQ XT, which makes perfect sense -- the XT is a midrange full-touch Android phone, so as far as we can tell, we're looking at its successor here. No word on who will be getting it in the US, but the version that's been approved is for WCDMA bands II and V -- so AT&T (which already offers the Backflip) seems the likely candidate. No firmware stupidity this time, alright, guys?
