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The new device, dubbed the Moto Q is said by Motorola to combine good mobile phone reception with full data capabilities

Email is provided via Microsoft's new mobile platform and, of course, provides mobile messaging support via Exchange Server 2003 out of the box. The selling point being that large companies can use their current investment in Microsoft back office solutions to provide mobile email

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messaging to their out-of-office staff.

The phone also boasts Bluetooth capabilities, the ability to surf web pages, a high-quality speakerphone for conference calls, voice-activated dialling, and a 1.3 megapixel built in camera.

The Moto Q is expected to be available early in 2006. No UK pricing has yet been set.

'Wickedly cool - when's the last time you heard those words used to describe a QWERTY device?' declared Ron Garriques, president of Motorola's mobile devices business. 'Probably never. At least until now. With the Moto Q, we've combined the best voice, data and design technology in one ultra-thin, intelligent, hard-working, and incredibly must-have device.'

Measuring 117 x 64 x 11.5 mm, it weighs 115g and has a 2.4" 320 x 240 TFT display. With dual speakers, the audio formats supported are: iMelody, MIDI, MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, WAX and QCELP. Supported video formats are: H.263, MPEG-4, GSM-AMR, AAC and WMV. There is a Mini-SD removable memory card slot.