Unannounced Motorola ‘LaJolla’ Android phone spotted in Motorola CLIQ source code!

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is making a big push with their Android lineup. Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s mobile operating system is Motorola’s last chance to bring itself out of its rut and take its place as one of the mobile industry’s hottest phone makers, and by the looks of the CLIQ and the DROID, Motorola is well on its way back to recovery. But, it’s not just the high-end that Motorola is targeting – Motorola wants to make Android phone as cheap as possible. And that’s where the Motorola “LaJolla” comes in.

Motorola just released the source code for their Motorola CLIQ Android phone, and hidden within that code are references to upcoming Motorola Android hardware. The code mentions the Motorola Morrison, Motus and Zeppelin, which doesn’t surprise us. What does surprise us, however, is the discovery of a new Motorola handset – the Motorola LaJolla (which means “the jewel,” in Spanish). The LaJolla could be the first of many Motorola Android phones aimed at the lower-end market.

The LaJolla apparently features a Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) 7201A ARM11 CPU clocked at 528Mhz, a Kionix accelerometer, and a Motorola Halo i2c touchscreen with 240 x 400 resolution. Now, given the relatively slow processor and dinky screen resolution, we’re thinking the LaJolla may be a lower-end Android phone. The CLIQ’s source code also references a device driver that might be a hint that the LaJolla will be a flip-phone Android handset – the first of its kind, as far as we know. Flip-phone form-factors are generally reserved for more down-range handsets, so all signs point to the LaJolla being a cheap Android phone.

We can’t wait to see how Motorola realizes their vision for cheaper Android phones.

[Via: Ubergizmo]