Want to Be the Real Q? Apply Here

If you want to be the gadget inventor for Her Majesty's Intelligence Service, the MI5—British Military Intelligence Section 5— is actually offering the real post now. The best thing: It's part-time. More »

Samsung Saga and Renown for Verizon Available Online, In Stores Dec. 1

Just like we thought, Samsung's i770 Saga QWERTY phone and clamshell world phone Renown are available online. The Saga is for sale as of yesterday, going for $200 after a $70 mail-in rebate and with a 2-year contract, and the Renown will go live on November 19th for $180 after a $50 MIR with the 2-year lock-in. The Saga is most notable at this point for being the first phone to require Verizon's mandatory $29.99 a month plan. Specs after the jump. More »

Q Totally Phones in Bond's New Quantum of Solace VAIO

Overheard in MI6 4th-floor martini lounge: "Man, it used to be fun heading down to Q's lab. Shit blowing up all the time, everyone just grinning and shaking their head knowingly (oh, James) when I accidentally incinerated prototype after expensive and high-time-investment prototype. Now? Dude's just going to down to the high street shops and slapping some logos on. Look at this laptop—it's garden variety Z-series: 13.3 inches, Core 2 Duo, 128GB SSD, 4GB RAM, 3G connection, Blu-ray. And he's billing M £3,000 ($5,300) for it. Same for my phone. I mean, they're nice and all, but WTF?" [Gadget Review, T3]

Motorola's Q Going Windows Mobile 6.1 Through AT&T

The Motorola Q is finally getting the Windows Mobile 6.1 treatment through AT&T, who's stores are said to be taking in shipments of a new silver version of the handset. This is good news for enterprise customers who are tied into the WinMo world. No word yet on when these will hit the shelves, or if there will be an upgrade available for current AT&T Q9h owners, but it's likely we'll hear something soon. [BGR]

The Veldini Q Wristwatch Was Inspired By James Bond: And it Has the Spy Gadgets to Prove It

Even if eavesdropping on your co-worker's personal phone calls is the closest you will ever get to becoming a spy, a watch filled with spy gadgets is hard for any man to resist. Perhaps that is why Veldini plans on releasing at least 3 different models of their new "Q" James Bond inspired wristwatch. Each will feature its own set of tools geared towards a specific scenario: outdoor use, spy use, and everyday use. More »

Official: Motorola Q Coming to AT&T

For those of you who were waiting, praying for the Motorola Q to come to AT&T, we have two things to say. One, you can quit it, because AT&T's just put up a promo page detailing that their Q wil have WM6, 3G, integrated GPS, quad-band GSM, BlackBerry Connect, Push Email, XPress Mail, and the same old Moto Q design. The second thing: get some taste in phones. Motorola Q's are pretty darn lousy, as both Wilson and Charlie can attest to. [AT&T]

Motorola Q Goes Global with Moto q9 and Moto GSM

Now people all over the world can be annoyed by the Motorola Q, with the Moto Q q9 officially rolling out in Barcelona with the ability to handle that quick like a bunny HSDPA connectivity. There's also a Moto Q GSM model debuting, so now you can connect up all over the world on the Q with quad-band GPRS and Edge capability. Plus, both of the these latest Q family members have the latest Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 software on board. More »

Motorola Q Pro Spotted Again, Next to Lesser Q

The upgraded Motorola Q has been spotted yet again. This time it is resting cozily next to its lesser, insignificant brother, the regular Q. It looks like Motorola ditched the red letter seen earlier for some normal, white letters.

Not much info. My friend just told me it was "fast", so I'm betting it has HSDPA/UMTS.

Hopefully this Q will be a bit better so people will stop their bitching already. –Travis Hudson More »

Black Motorola Q: Improved, or Just More Expensive?

While the only visible difference between the black Motorola Q, and the $50 cheaper regular Motorola Q is the coat of paint, there are actually various improvements on the inside as well. More »

Motorola Q Spotted, Defiled By Sprint

Eager Sprint users should finally be getting their Motorola Q Windows Mobile-based smartphone soon. After months of waiting for the exclusive Verizon/Motorola agreement to be over, pictures have finally surfaced of the Q's Sprint branding. More »

Motorola Q Pro Early 2007?

According to one report from Gartner Symposium ITxpo, the Motorola Q Pro is confirmed for launch in the first quarter of 2007. Aside from unspecific hardware upgrades, the Moto Q Pro will come in black (the new black) and sport the Motorola MOTOPRO Mobility Suite - allowing remote device and application management along the ability to disable the camera. Interesting catch-phrases, but it's all propaganda until we see how this new software actually functions. More »

Video of Motorola Vending Machine

This lousy video of the Motorola vending machine is blurry because it was taken on a Motorola RAZR. Still, you can see that it looks similar the the Sony one we saw before, and features various RAZRs and SLVRs waiting to drop down into your ham-soaked hands. More »

Motorola Q Heading to Sprint Nextel Q4 2006

Good news to all you poor bastards who are tied to Sprint Nextel because that's the service that some schmuck at work—who's long gone by the way—decided the company should use. Sprint Nextel's CEO Len Lauer said that they're going to get the Motorola Q come Q4 2006. Their poor financial results discussed at during today's conference call were seen by some analysts as caused by not carrying the popular Motorola phones like the RAZR or SLVR. More »

Possible HTC Excalibur Picture

Is the HTC phone with the codename Excalibur this phone? Smartphone thoughts thinks it is, and says it's only a few millimeters thicker than the Samsung i320 and 2 millimeters shorter. The keyboard on the front makes this a Motorola Q/Samsung i320 contender, and the Quad-band and WiFi connectivity makes GSM users (Cingular, T-Mobile) jump for joy. More »

Motorola Q: A Deal at $75, on Amazon.com

Just a heads up for bargain hunting Gizmodo readers. Over at Amazon, the Moto Q is now as cheap as it is thin, at $75 after Verizon and Amazon rebates. We find that the phone runs a little slower than we'd like, and the design isn't as nice as the RAZRs. But at this price, I'd call it the best deal of all the smartphones.– Brian Lam More »

Samsung Set to Ship SGH-i320 QWERTY Smartphone

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The invisibleSHIELD Reviewed With A Key and a Motorola Q

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Motorola Q Slingbox Mobile Video

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Motorola Q Officialness

Yes, finally, the Motorola Q has gone official. Basically meaning the plethora of rumors and speculation that we have posted in the past are no longer rumors because a fancy press release says so. Here it is—get ready—it is big and monumental. More »

Motorola Q and Samsung i-320 Video

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Motorola Q Not Really Launching On Verizon Next Week?

Either Motorola CEO Ed Zander is confused, or some spokesperson is going to get a whuppin'. More »

Motorola Q To Launch Next Week

None other than Motorola's CEO and President Ed Zander proclaims that Motorola's Q is launching next week. The smartphone is being released on EVDO, which means Verizon and Sprint will get it first, the GSM UMTS and possibly HSDPA version should roll out sometime later this year. More »

Motorola's Q Contest

The marketing campaign for the Motorola Q is heating up. And by heating up, we mean it's no longer nonexistent. Cashing in on The Da Vinci Code fever, Motorola is holding a contest where you can enter to win your own Q (not John de Lancie). This is only available in the US, so tough luck Denmark. More »

E3 2006: Motorola Q Spotted In The Wild

We forget who this Microsoft guy onstage with Bill Gates at Microsoft's E3 press event just now is, but he was very proud to be using a Motorola Q. Stil no idea when this thing is coming out, but we can tell you now that if wearing Hammer Pants are a requirement for Q usage, we're going to have to pass. More »

Motorola Q Gets Delayed ... Again

The Motorola Q news has been running rampant lately. We've seen it being rumored to be released last month, seen it in the wild and even heard about it's latest abandonment of a European release, but today we are hit with another shocker as the Q gets officially delayed another month. The Q had an initial release date of Q1 2006 and with this delay the Q might be pushing that estimated release to its furthest boundaries. At this point we are just hoping to see it by the 2006 holiday season. More »

Verizon To Release Motorola Q Next Week?

We're not sure how reliable the source is, but in an interview this week, a Motorola design manager told one of your faithful Gizmodo newshounds that the Q could be released as soon as next week. What makes us think it might be legit? He was holding a working model in his hands, and it was up and running on Verizon's network. More »

Motorola Q Phone Says Buh-Bye to Europe?

BargainPDA is passing on the rumor (via the French website Mobinaute) that "the Motorola Q has been cancelled in Europe and the only model that will see the light of day is the CDMA version to be released in the US on the Verizon network." You may remember that the Q phone was originally slated for this month, then Motorola announced it would be available for Christmas—but never delivered on the promise. The fate of this phone is anyone's guess, but after getting some hands-on time with it at CES I don't see why Motorola would continue delaying it. Unless, of course, they want to replace the Windows Mobile 5 with that new Linux OS (the one they announced with the ROKR E2), which would be more than fine by me. More »

Motorola Q in the Wild

Some rascally rabbit out there got a hold of the not-yet-released Motorola Q and decided to feed the smartphone fan love by releasing some pictures and information. The Q is available through Verizon and the rumors bouncing around are placing a $2,500 price tag on this beast. Early reports are saying that the web browsing via EV-DO is amazing, but complaints are coming in regarding the key layout. This phone should be out in early 2006. Check out the linkage for more pictures. More »

Motorola Q In the Wild

Here we go. Let the cavalcade of Q leaks begin. BengalBoy is the first with his collection of Q photos sans his normal displays of horrible, filthy vulgarity involving his Kittens. What kind of man wants to watch scantily clad women writhing around a handheld? I blame Grand Theft Auto. More »

Motorola Q Launched, But You Can't Have It

The Motorola Q, named after the affable yet superintelligently dangerous villain on Star Trek: The Force Is With You, will appear on store shelves in 6-9 months reminding us that, like the common house shrew and the human female, electronics have a lengthy gestation period. More »