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Motorola on Monday announced the Cliq XT Google Android-based handset, a keyboard-less new handset that will use the Motoblur platform and be known as Quench overseas. The device, which uses a full virtual QWERTY and sports a rounded square navigational touchpad on the front, offers a new messaging feature called Swype for text entry. Judging from this promotional video, Swype is a drag-your-finger-around instead of tap type of input: The Cliq XT/Quench is Motorola s eighth Android device to date, and was announced at Mobile World Congress 2010. The handset is aimed at the same social media-meets-multimedia audience that the original Cliq was, and its new media player allows users buy and download music from a store as well as integrate third-party apps such as …

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