As reported earlier this week, Telus has officially released the Motorola Milestone effective today.

Pricing was as expected, as the device will cost $199.99 on a 3-year voice and data plan of $50 per month or greater. The Milestone is also available on 2 and 1-year terms for $499.99 and $549.99 respectively. The outright price is $599.99.

Some of the key features of the Milestone include:

• Thin QWERTY slider at just 13.7mm
• 3.7” widescreen display with 854 pixel width and more than 400,000 total pixels
• Pinch & zoom and double tap features
• Motorola Media Link and Motorola Phone Portal to manage and share media content across desktop, phone and the Web
• Stereo Bluetooth
• 3.5mm headset jack
• CrystalTalk Plus for superior talk quality

Additional features and apps include:

• Full suite of the Google applications: Google Maps with Latitude, Google Talk, Google Mail, YouTube
• Unified Google and Microsoft Office Contacts
• Navigation: GPS, MOTONAV turn-by-turn navigation, Google Maps, E-Compass Latitude
• Email Support: IMAP and POP, Google Mail
• IM Support: Google Talk
• Calendar: Exchange, Calendar