Hands-on with Motorola Evoke QA4, Better Than I Thought

In my earlier post on the Evoke QA4, I expressed serious skepticism about the appeal of this slider for the masses, but now that I’ve had time to play with it I’m warming to Motorola’s latest effort. The design is very attractive and the touchscreen responsive. And the Evoke offers some pretty cool widgets to boot, including YouTube.

This device’s 2.8-inch display looks colorful and sharp in person. I really like the touch QWERTY keyboard. Unlike most touchscreens, typing quickly and accurately was no problem, and the haptic feedback wasn’t over the top like some other devices. That brings us to the dialpad, which is nice and large and should make for easy dialing. I still don’t think it’s necessary, but it will provide piece of mind for those who prefer a more traditonal phone experience.

As far as the interface goes, it’s pretty smooth. The full HTML browser is not as good as what you’ll find on most smart phones, and you’re limited to the widgets on board, but the Evoke QA4 could be a solid feature/multimedia phone if Verizon or Sprint decides to pick up this EV-DO device.