Motorola XT316, Another Android QWERTY Keypad

Android phone that combines a touch screen and a physical qwerty keyboard beneath it will more and more. Motorola announced the presence of Motorola XT316.

"With a fun design, beautiful and a great social media options, the Motorola XT316 provide experience using a smartphone on a busy user at affordable prices," said Fei Liu, Senior Vice President, Mass Market Consumer Products Motorola Mobility.

Gingerbread Android-based handset that has a touch-screen portrait width of 2.8 inch QVGA screen with a qwerty keyboard. Other features such as a 3MP camera, WI Fi, GPS and other smartphones standard facilities.

By relying on the CPU 600MHz ARM 11 processor with Adreno 200 GPU, 256MB of RAM and 512MB of built-in memory. Not quite powerful indeed, but it's not too disappointing.

Motorola XT316 already available in China at a price of 165 Euros or about U.S. $ 200. The handset will soon be marketed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Latin America, Europe and several countries in Asia.

Besides Motorola, LG is also preparing to launch a handset with a similar form factor. LG Optimus Pro, ready to be marketed at a price more or less the same.

Motorola XT 316 Specifications:

• HSDPA7.2Mbps/UL384Kbps, WCDMA850/1900 or 850/2100 or 900/2100
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 EDGE class 12
• Dimensions : 116.5 x 58x 13.45mm (4.6 x 2.3 x 0.53 inches)
• Weight: 110g
• Display : 2.8” QVGA display with capacitive multitouch and full QWERTY keypad
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• Connectivity: 3.5mm audio jack
• Network: EDGE class 12; HSDPA; DL7.2 Mbps/UL384Kbps
• WLAN: Wi-Fi b/g/n
• Camera: 3MP camera
• Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer
• FM Radio with RDS support
• Audio:128poly MIDI, AMR, MP3, AAC, eAcc+ and AAC+
• Video: Capture/playback/streaming, H.263, H.264, MPEG4
• Memory: 512MB ROM / 256MB RAM
• MicroSD card slot up to 32G external
• GPS/aGPS, E-compass
• Battery: 1420mAh battery
• Up to 8 hours talk time and 27 days standby in 3G mode