Motorola Unveils Phone Focused on Social Networks - NYTimes.com

Moto goes social – and Android

The phone, called the Cliq, is meant for young people obsessed with social networks. Instead of the traditional menu of features, the Cliq’s home screen is an ever-changing mosaic of e-mail, Twitter tweets and status updates, superimposed over photos of the people sending those messages.

“It’s alive,” said Sanjay Jha, the co-chief executive of Motorola, who was hired a year ago from Qualcomm to revive its cellphone business. “Think of it like the text bubbles in cartoons, with new information pushed to you all the time.”

Motorola Unveils Phone Focused on Social Networks - NYTimes.com