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June 23, 2009 10:34 AM PDT

Motorola unveils the Karma QA1

by Nicole Lee
Motorola Karma QA1

Motorola Karma QA1

(Credit: Motorola)

Motorola and AT&T have launched the Motorola Karma QA1, a new messaging phone with a slight social-networking focus.

Motorola says that you can have one-click access to Facebook and MySpace directly from the device's home screen. Of course there's also a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy messaging. Other features include A-GPS, a 2.0-megapixel camera, an MP3 player, stereo Bluetooth, a 3.5-mm headset jack, a microSD card slot capable of holding up to 16GB cards, quad-band GSM, and 3G.

The Karma QA1 will be available on June 28 for $79.99 with a new two-year service agreement.

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Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also pretty geeky--she likes World of Warcraft, comic books, and shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole.
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by jlt0x June 23, 2009 11:07 AM PDT
Interesting....but again, why couldn't Palm have done something like this a couple of years ago. Will VerizonWireless get a version of this? Probably not.
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by externallain June 23, 2009 12:55 PM PDT
What does Palm have to do with this post?
by soysauce559 June 29, 2009 4:45 PM PDT
actually the VERIZON BLITZ is the almost the same as this,.n it came out long time ago
by externallain June 23, 2009 12:56 PM PDT
Interesting, this exact phone was rumored to be coming to Sprint back in May but they never released it.
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by mmo365 June 23, 2009 7:41 PM PDT
What does Palm have to do with this post?

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by CalyndraM July 1, 2009 5:38 PM PDT
I just got mine and I love it so far. Slightly smaller than the Blitz, classier looking. I admired the Blitz and wanted a phone like it and was delighted when ATT came out with one. Very clear bright screen, easy to use menus, clear sound. Haven't had it long enough to comment on battery life but if you want a snazzy little slider phone, I'd highly recommen it.
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by July 3, 2009 4:33 PM PDT
What is the operating system on this phone? Does it sync with Outlook?
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by mstedi62 August 16, 2009 7:20 AM PDT
I would like to know if you can use Motorola software from the computer with the Karma QA1
I used it with my old phone it was very happy with making ring tones and transfering songs... can I still use it?
thanks
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by oharris96 November 1, 2009 6:54 PM PST
My comment is I just got this phone. And one of the features I am not liking is that, I am trying to delete my message recipients from my Motorola Karma QA1 and I do not see how to do this or how to set the time between snoozes on the alarm clock. I need some help in resolving these two issues. Thanks!
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