Motorola Clutch i465 Is Just An Ordinary Mobile Phone

There’s a simple explanation to why this new phone from Motorola is named “Clutch.” Its textured rubber-covered backside resembles the clutch of a stick-shift car, so that’s probably where it got its name.

But of course, we should not judge this phone by how weird it’s called. The only thing that confuses me now is why Motorola molded this one like the Blackberry when its features are nothing like the original Research In Motion (RIM) device. The Motorola Clutch i465 is slightly thinner than the Blackberry and its keyboard is even skimpier than that of the tiniest Blackberry. But don’t get discouraged by its tiny keyboard, its QWERTY-based keypad is actually easy to use.

The only problem that the Motorola Clutch i465 showed me is that it’s just an ordinary mobile phone with a slew of even more ordinary features like the camera, Bluetooth, GPS, voice dialing, and Push-To-Talk. But if you want to convert this into a smartphone, you can do so by availing of its offered email and Web features.

You can get this Motorola Clutch i465 from Sprint or Boost Mobile for about $99.