MOTO QA30 leaked – Motorola’s first QWERTY slider

Motorola seem to be absolutely flooding the handset market these days but does this new phone show a change for Motorola?

Moto QA30

Why look what we have here: MOTO QA30, the very first Motorola slider that features a full QWERTY keyboard.

The QA30 has a pretty weird form factor, somehow resembling AT&T’s Samsung Propel. Unlike the Propel, however, which is a GSM phone, MOTO QA30 is a CDMA one that, according to the images found at Howard Forums, will be released by Alltel in the US.

Of course, we don’t know yet when this will happen. We do have, though, most of the specs and features that MOTO QA30 will come with.

Here they are:

1x-EVDO connectivity

2.5 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels and 65K colours

Threaded messaging

Full HTML browser

Facebook access

Email, IM

3.5mm headset jack (nice!)

Stereo Bluetooth 2.0

USB 2.0

2MP camera

MicroSD / MicroSDHC card support, up to 32GB

There are no details on the price of MOTO QA30, but the handset shouldn’t cost too much. After all, it’s not even a smartphone, hence it doesn’t have Windows Mobile, like the latest official device from the Q series – Motorola Q 11.

Moto QA30 Keyboard view

With Motorola never being able to get the “I look good” factor into any of their phones, this one is no different. It might well be a first for MOTO but for us it’s just another ugly Motorola Mobile Phone.

Posted by: John

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