Well now this is a pleasingly rapid transition from announcement to review samples to market availability. Motorola’s Android-loving CLIQ (already on sale under the moniker DEXT in the UK), its QWERTY keyboard and all the apps you could desire are now ready to be had, should you already have an account with T-Mobile, the device’s exclusive US carrier. It was expected that only pre-orders would be taken today, but it appears for all the world that T-Mobile is ready to start shipping the CLIQ to its loyal customers ahead of the November 2nd full release date. Prices start from the previously reported $200 on a two-year agreement — a move that will give you plenty of time to wonder if you shouldn’t have waited for more details about the Droid mashup from Verizon, Motorola, and Google.

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Motorola CLIQ available to T-Mobile customers now, great masses November 2 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Statesiders will have to wait another month before getting their hands on the Motorola CLIQ, but the party’s getting started early in the UK: the DEXT, as it’s called across the pond, goes on sale at Orange shops tomorrow and Phones4U stores the day after. Still not soon enough for you? We’re also told that the Orange store in Milton Keynes will be having early sales today — do let us know if you snag one, won’t you?

[Via Boy Genius Report]

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Motorola DEXT goes on sale in the UK tomorrow, maybe sneaking out today originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Motorola CLIQ hasn’t gone on sale yet, but that hasn’t stopped a few units from leaking out here and there — Eldar at mobile-review just posted up one of the most thorough photo previews of the chunky slider we’ve seen yet. Interestingly, the keyboard continues to draw mixed reviews — while we rather liked it when we tried it out, m-r says it’s just “okay” and that the five-way rocker “wasn’t very handy.” We’ll have to use this thing a while for ourselves before we make up our minds, but for now, we’d direct you to the read link for a ton more photos.

[Thanks, MrArgie]

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Motorola CLIQ / DEXT exhaustively photographed, previewed originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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