Has Motorola made a BlackBerry killer?

Has Motorola made a BlackBerry killer?

Is the Motorola Q phone a BlackBerry killer? Or just a pretty face?

The Q, which went on sale Wednesday from Verizon Wireless for about $200, has a full-sized keyboard for composing e-mail and text messages. So does Research in Motion's BlackBerry, which has become a fixture of business culture.

The Q has a bright, color screen. Ditto the comparably priced, newer BlackBerry models.

And both have the ability to receive e-mail on the fly.

So what's that different about the Q? Its ergonomics and looks — no small matters given that many of us now use cellphones throughout the day.

Motorola's Q is the first full-keyboard cellphone that could be called sleek — it's less than half an inch thick.

By comparison, the BlackBerry 8700c, which came out this year, is about three-quarters of an inch thick, and older models in the line are close to a full inch.

Palm's Treo, which has a full keyboard, too, also bulks up to almost an inch at its thickest point.

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