You might know Motorola for its flat-keyboard mobile phones aimed at the consumer and, most recently, for its banana-shaped Z8 slider phone, but the company has also branched out into the Smartphone world with the Q 9h (which you will also see referred to simply as the Motorola Q).

This is a relatively large-keyboard Smartphone running Windows Mobile 6 Standard. That means it lacks a touch-screen, but it does run an operating system that is capable of mobile e-mail, diary management, mobile music, Web browsing and more.

The Q 9h supports 3G with HSDPA, so data-based mobile activities should be fast and painless. The wide screen format is better for viewing Web pages than tall screens on Smartphones are, and with a relatively large QWERTY keypad, tapping out e-mails is not the chore it can be on some mobile devices.

Above the keyboard are shortcut buttons that indicate Motorola has not entirely forgotten about its flat number-padded mobiles. The Call, End, Back, Today Screen and soft-menu keys are all flat, just separated by raised ridges.

You pay a price for that screen and keyboard. The Q 9h might be just 12mm thick but it is tall and wide - 118mm x 66.7mm - and it is relatively heavy too at 134g. Unlike many Windows Mobile devices today it lacks Wi-Fi, though its Bluetooth supports hands-free stereo should you need to listen to music while out and about.

There is 256MB of flash memory and our review sample reported 133MB free after a hard reset. You can add more with microSD cards. A 2-megapixel camera sits on the back of the casing. There is no front-facing camera, so video calling is out of the question.

If you are interested in document creation then the copy of Documents To Go will appeal to you. With it you can create Microsoft Word documents and edit Excel documents as well as read PowerPoint and PDF files and open Zipped archives.

Interestingly, Motorola has not included the version of Internet Explorer that comes with Windows Mobile 6. Instead you get Opera, which is a very capable and versatile browser and, if anything, is a better choice.

If one thing really annoys about the Q 9h, it is that the mini USB port for charging the device and connecting the headset might look like a standard port but in fact isn't. You'll have to carry the power cable with you all the time to charge it, regardless of whether you also carry a mini USB cable to charge one or more other devices.

Anyone looking for a Windows Mobile device and needing a keyboard might find the large one on offer here alluring. But overall this is a chunky device.