Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/17/motorola_readies_3g_q_pro/
Motorola announced it was working on a 3G UMTS version of its Q Windows Mobile-based smart phone way back in February this year. It promised to ship the product in Q4 (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/14/moto_umts_q/). So why are smart-phone watchers getting into such a fuss about the Motorola Q Pro?
Motorola mentioned the name 'Q Pro' at market-watcher Gartner's Symposium ITxpo last week, earmarked for a release in Q1 2007 and planned to ship in a black case, according to Windows Mobile device retailer BuyWindowsMobile.com.
The site's brief blog entry (http://www.buywindowsmobile.com/Blog/tabid/139/Default.aspx?www.reghardware.co.uk) also points to the release of an enterprise-oriented software suite designed to make it easier to manage a fleet of Q Pros: provision them with software, disable the on-board camera, set up the security policy, that kind of thing.
In February, it emerged Motorola had canned a proposed GSM/GPRS Q, presumably targeting European as well as US buyers. Ron Garriques, head of Motorola's phone division, said the UMTS version will "expand the capabilities and geographic reach" of the handset, suggesting GSM connectivity will only come as a back-up for the 3G Q. ®
Motorola launches 3G Q smart phone (12 February 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/12/moto_takes_q_3g/
Motorola Q Pro prototype pops up on web (13 November 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/13/moto_q_pro_spied_on_web/
E-Ten touts 'world's thinnest' PocketPC phone (30 October 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/30/e-ten_glofiish_phone/
T-Mobile inks tattoo'd RAZR deal (24 October 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/24/moto_miami_ink_razr/
Sony Ericsson kit in demand as world phone sales surge (19 October 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/19/sa_world_phone_sales_q3_06/
LG debuts Shine ultra-slim slider phone (18 October 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/18/lg_debuts_shine/
Motorola's Q3 doesn't cut it (18 October 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/18/motorola_q3/
Moto ships battery-based battery recharger (13 October 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/13/moto_ships_p970/
T-Mobile launches Motorola KRZR in the UK (27 September 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/27/t-mobile_motokrzr/
Motorola gains ground on Nokia (28 August 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/28/moto_gains_market_share/
Motorola shows 9mm-thick mobile phone (26 July 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/26/motorola_9mm_fone/
Motorola changes mind on Q ship date (29 March 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/29/motorola_q_ship_date_change/
Motorola promises 3G Q PDA phone for Q4 (14 February 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/14/moto_umts_q/
Motorola unveils would-be Blackberry beater (26 July 2005)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/26/moto_q_treo/