First off, let me confess: I’m not a mobile e-mail guy. I’ve never owned a BlackBerry (RIMM), nor a 
Palm (PALM) Treo. Sending a text message via the phone is nothing but a nuisance to me. My thumbs were built to grip a football or to aid in twisting the caps off beer bottles more than typing on a smart phone’s compact QWERTY keypad.
No worries, say Motorola (MOT) designers. They made the Q for people like me. It’s not really intended for hard-core mobile professionals, but rather for the masses. That’s why, I was hungry for the Q’s debut. I knew it would be slim0.45 inches thick, to be exactand I prefer phones that slide imperceptibly into my suit pocket. Motorola gets kudos for delivering yet another stunningly sleek device.
Motorola and Verizon Wireless (VZ), the phone’s exclusive provider at the moment, also deserve applause for pricing the phone reasonably. At $199 with a $100 rebate and a Verizon contract, it’s $100 less than the Treo. If only Verizon would ratchet back the monthly charge for its new swift data service [EV-DO] that the Q operates on. A typical plan costs $110 a month for 1,350 minutes of talking and unlimited Net use. Hardware News: Motorola’s Quirky New Smartphone