Motorola Cliq

• BlackBerry users with a TiVo box can now record their favorite shows remotely with the TiVo app — The Boy Genius Report
• Borders will be rolling out free WiFi in 500 store locations across the country — CrunchGear
• Wired chats with Felicia Day about the Guild and what it's like to be a geek in Hollywood — Wired
• A BlackBerry desktop manager for Macs is said to be coming out on Oct. 2 — Engadget
• Zipcar releases a pretty sweet iPhone app that will even unlock your car for you — USA Today
• The Motorola Cliq android handset is coming to stores on Nov. 2 and will cost $200 — Gizmodo
• It's giveaway and game time on GeekSugar! Be sure to log in and play our Best Video Game Ever bracket! — GeekSugar

• Sony has just announced a Final Fantasy PS3 Slim which will be released in Japan on Dec. 17 — CrunchGear
• Phew. Twitter's soon-to-be-announced location-based tweets will be opt-in only for security reasons — Mashable
• Motorola's line-up of pre-loaded apps for the Cliq is actually quite impressive — Engadget
• AT&T will start offering MMS for the iPhone tomorrow — Wired
• Some skateboarders in San Francisco put neon Tetris shapes on their head and made this neat video — Switched
• It's giveaway and game time on GeekSugar! Be sure to log in and play our Best Video Game Ever bracket! — GeekSugar

• All you need is a working email address from a university and you can pick up Microsoft 7 for only $30 — Gizmodo
• The Motorola Cliq shows off its very first promo video — CrunchGear
• The popular ShopSavvy app which is currently available on Android devices is coming to Windows Mobile — The Silicon Alley Insider
• Those hot Pentax DSLRs I mentioned yesterday? Well they'll be coming in DYO colors, too! — Engadget
• Best Buy is advertising some $199 Nintendo Wii deals — Kotaku
• It's giveaway and game time on GeekSugar! Be sure to log in and play our Best Video Game ever bracket! — GeekSugar

Last week I told you about the new Motorola Cliq Android handset, which will soon be coming to T-Mobile. The actual look and feel of the phone doesn't really differ that much from your standard smartphone, but what is unique about the Cliq is the MotoBlur interface, which equips the phone with some fancy features. Here's a little demo I had which showcases MotoBlur's many functions, most notably, the social integration.

A new Android handset has been born, and her name is Cliq. Announced yesterday here in San Francisco, Motorola unveiled their first Google Android device from T-Mobile — the Motorola Cliq. I got a hands-on demo of the shiny new phone and was pretty impressed with its fancy new features. With the looks of a MyTouch 3G and an interface that resembles the Palm Pre, at first glance, the Cliq may look like just another smartphone.

But what makes it stand out is MotoBlur, Motorola's social genius interface. With MotoBlur, you can do things like update your Facebook profile, Twitter, and MySpace pages with one status update; check your email from various different accounts at once; and see your contacts status updates, photo uploads, profile changes, in the happenings section (all from your home screen using three widgets). And yes, you can keep everything running at once, without having to close applications to view updates or email . . . although I must admit, your screen could appear to be a hot mess for those who aren't that tech savvy.

Other notable features include a 5-megapixel camera and a video camera, both a touchscreen and a qwerty keyboard, it's 3G-capable, has a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, it boasts GPS functionality and it is WiFi friendly. I couldn't seem to get the guy doing the demo to spill the beans on a price, but he said it will soon be announced, since the phone's release date will be in the next couple of months . . . just in time for Christmas. Color availability right now includes titanium or winter white, although he did say they'd add more colors, depending on the phone's popularity.