Motorola’s touchscreen Android smartphone spied?
By Will Park on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 AM PST In Android, Devices, Motorola, Photos, Rumors, Windows Mobile
Could it be? Is Motorola (NYSE: MOT) working on a slate-based touchscreen smartphone with an industrial design that actually evokes feelings of longing and approval?
Well, if this latest set of spy-pics, tipped to Engadget Mobile, turns out to be legit, we could very well see Motorol preparing to launch a new touchscreen smartphone powered by the Android OS. The folks over at Engadget Mobile posit that the Motorola handset you see pictured will hit market as a high-end smartphone with the right stuff to compete with the likes of Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), Samsung, and LG.
The photos show the mystery Motorola handset rocking a Kodak-branded 5-megapixel camera with Xenon flash, a huge touchscreen display that dominates the front face of the device, and some TV-out goodness. As for the Moto phone’s Android aspirations, it’s hard to see this particular piece of kit running the Google (NSDQ: GOOG)-made mobile platform. The lack of any “Home” or “Menu” buttons on the front face of the handset make it unlikely that we’ll see Android running the show.
Perhaps these spy-shots are showing off a new Motorola smartphone based on the upcoming Windows Mobile 7? Wishful thinking? Yup.
[Via: EngadgetMobile]
hmmm, I think I do see a home button, right in between the call and hangup buttons on the bottom of the front of the phone. the picture is pretty small though, so i can’t be sure…
I can only pray this is legit and will have Android w/ a capacitive TS.
Plus the proven 5MP cam and Xenon would just be icing on the cake.
HOWEVER if you look closely, the lighting on the phone is the same, meaning it is actually just 2 pictures (front and back) rotated around a bunch of times. This makes me think it’s been photoshopped.
Crossing my fingers as this is the phone I’ve been waiting for!
spy-shots are showing off a new Motorola smartphone based on the upcoming Windows Mobile 7? Wishful thinking? Yup.