Motorola announced that the CLIQ mobile phone will be available on T-Mobile by 4Q of this year, just in time for the holidays. Why some companies to choose to announce products that won’t be coming out for months, I have no idea. The CLIQ runs on the MOTOBLUR operating system based on an Android skin. In PR terms, Motorola is calling this phone, the “first phone with social skills.” The phone will be available in Winter White and Titanium colors. The CLIQ has a 3.1″ screen based on a 320×480 resolution. For quick downloads the phone has WiFi and a 3G connection. The phone has a built in 5 megapixel camera and it can shoot 24fps video. Across international waters, the phone will be known as the DEXT. The phone will be available on the following mobile networks: Orange, Telefonica, and American Movil.
Amobee Media Systems, a mobile advertising company has raised $22 million. The $22 million round was led by Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) and Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO). Amobee raised a total of $52 million thus far. Previous investors in Amobee includes Telefonica, Accel Partners, Vodafone, Sequoia Capital, and Globespan.
Amobee’s goal is to help fund telecommunication companies through advertising. Vodafone Spain is using Amobee to insert advertisements into Vodafone’s mobile site.
“We have built the first and only telco- grade ad-serving solution specifically designed to address the unique needs and requirements of the mobile operator across multiple channels and services,” states Amobee’s Operators page.
Amobee was founded in 2005 and launched in Feb. 2006. Amobee’s headquarters are in Redwood City, Calif. and has research and development based in Herzliya, Israel. Amobee is lead by CEO Zohar Levkovitz.
