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Motorola’s sexiest next handset will probably be the Droid Shadow, but after seeing another handset pop up on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s certification site, Motorola’s clearly got other hardware coming out first. The Motorola XT502 packs a touchscreen, quad-band EDGE, tri-bad 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a 3.5 mm headphon jack, and some flavour of Android. We’re not sure what kind of camera is on there or what the screen resolution will be, but based on model number it’s likely to only launch in China anyway (although the bands could, in theory, support North American carriers).
Motorola’s milking Android for all it’s worth, and boy do they need to if they want to stay ahead of Apple in global market share. Motorola seems willing to play around a fair bit with their form factors, but this Greco is pretty standard, closely resembling the HTC Magic or Nexus One. We’ll keep an eye out for more info on the XT502, and if actually ever comes to North America.
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
