The Q Global provides a new, sleek form factor, offering a full ergonomic QWERTY keyboard, downloads at up to 3.6 Mbps via AT&T's UMTS/HSDPA-based network, Windows Mobile 6, built-in GPS capabilities, Documents to Go for document editing, Opera browser, a 2.0-megapixel camera with flash, and support for applications and services. These include the debut of My Q Paks, a suite of third-party applications designed to meet a user's lifestyle needs.
Windows Mobile 6 provides users with the familiar look and feel of their desktop computers at home or in the office. It delivers the ability to view email messages in their original rich HTML format with live links to Web and Microsoft Office SharePoint sites, which means that text and images are displayed as they would be on a Windows PC.
All Windows Mobile 6 devices include Microsoft's Direct Push Technology for up-to-date email delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. The Q Global also will support System Center Mobile Device Manager at around the time Mobile Device Manager is available in the second quarter of 2008.
The Q Global delivers secure mobile email by running Motorola's Good Mobile Messaging 5. Using Good Mobile Messaging 5, business users get an integrated mobile RSS reader and subscription manager, the ability to group and sort email by conversation threads, the ability to customize priority email with personalized notifications and complete calendar capabilities, including real-time free-busy visibility. In addition, business users will be able to access other services, such as:
- TeleNav GPS Navigator - This provides GPS-enabled turn-by-turn voice and on-screen driving direction, 3-D moving maps and traffic delay alerts/rerouting for use in vehicles or while walking
- TeleNav Track - This is a fully hosted, on-demand GPS-based workforce-management solution
Beyond business uses, the Q Global provides consumers with messaging and entertainment experiences. Customers can access their personal email through AT&T's Xpress Mail push email service or POP3/IMAP4 clients and communicate with friends and family via SMS and MMS messages. They can also send instant messages using AOL, MSN and Yahoo. The Q Global comes preloaded with AT&T Mobile Music, AT&T's CV video service, MobiTV and Web browsing, all through AT&T's MEdia Net.
AT&T Q Global users will be the first to have access to My Q Paks, which provide bundles of applications geared to a user's personality and lifestyle. My Q Paks can be downloaded directly over the air to the user's Q global through a quick three-step process. Usage is complimentary for one year from date of download, and AT&T customers must download their My Q Paks by April 30, 2008.
The Q Global provides access to AT&T's network in more than 200 major metropolitan areas across the U.S. and coverage outside 3G service areas via AT&T's nationwide EDGE network. Outside the U.S., customers can use the Q Global in more than 135 countries to access email and other data applications and to browse the Web, and they can make or receive phone calls in more than 190 countries.
