ZDNet associate editor, Andrew Nusca, posted a hands-on review of the Motorola CLIQ.  Powered by Google Android, this QWERTY touchscreen smartphone is slated to join the T-Mobile family this fall.

Here are a few excerpts:

Hands-on with the CLIQ

My take: Motorola’s CLIQ is a game-changing device for T-Mobile.

To me, the CLIQ is a power user’s dream phone: it combines touch and keyboard for choice of input; it offers Microsoft Exchange support as well as built-in Google services integration; it’s got robust support for images, audio and video; it offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G GSM connectivity.

The CLIQ isn’t a revolutionary device the way that Apple’s iPhone was, but that’s part of its appeal. A clever refinement of the Android platform, the Motoblur-powered CLIQ manages to pair the robust feature set of a BlackBerry with the smooth visual interface of an iPhone.

Together, that adds up to a compelling smartphone that could, if not poach users from other carriers, please T-Mobile customers immensely.

The post includes a video where Christopher Conrad Edwards, a senior manager in Motorola’s consumer experience design department, runs through the main features of the CLIQ (Note: It is a little fuzzy).

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You can view ZDNet’s photo gallery for the Motorola CLIQ here.

See our previous post here.

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