Cricket Communications has announced that the Motorola Hint QA30 is now available to it’s customers. A non-touchscreen, non-smartphone from Motorola, the Hint is nevertheless capable of performing the same functions as most OS-based smartphones.
The Hint has a full QWERTY keypad, a large color display, 2MP camera with video recording, an MP3 player, Bluetooth, 3G access, web browser and application/widget download capabilities.
The Hint is can be bought through Cricket for $249.99
From the release:
“For the customer who prefers to access their email and 3G Mobile Web via a QWERTY keyboard the Hint offers all this and more. Hint is an extremely versatile device that will allow our customers to conduct their mobile lifestyles with speed and agility,” said Jeff Toig, vice president of product marketing for Cricket. “Hint has a wide array of features such as an MP3 player, 2MP camera and camcorder for high quality entertainment on the go. It’s a great way for customers to take advantage of Cricket’s unlimited offerings, such as texting, email, Mobile Web and Mobile Video.”
“Hint is a great match for Cricket’s popular services,” said Dan Papalia, vice president, Motorola Mobile Devices. “The stylish slider design combined with Cricket’s high-speed network makes it easy for customers to keep in constant contact with friends and family in a variety of ways.”
What we think?
This phone is a predecessor to the recently launched Evoke QA4 from Motorola – and it raised much the same questions. At what point does a feature phone become a smartphone? The line between the two was blurry to begin with, and is becoming practically invisible these days. Apart from a desire to have the newest, shiniest gadget, I can’t see any truly good reason to buy a higher-end smartphone instead of this.
Apart from the fact that it’s an ugly little brick, that is.
