Rumor: Motorola readying first Android phone
Motorola might be getting ready to pick itself up off the canvas and rejoin the smartphone fight.
The Boy Genius Report got its hands on some information and photos of Motorola's supposed first Android phone, code-named Calgary. If the information is correct, it's a slider phone with a QWERTY keyboard that will appear on Verizon's network at some point later this year.
Motorola has been essentially sitting out the last year or so of the smartphone market as the company tries to figure out whether or not it actually wants to be in that business. But the company was an early backer of Google's Android project, and has been rumored for some time to be working on Android-powered handsets.
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Also, the slider keypad in that mockup is so impractical its funny.
- by lo266 May 7, 2009 12:52 PM PDT
- Can CNET please run an article relating to Android's inability to save apps to an SD card? Lack of internal storage on the G1 is a major issue that has hampered app sales and prevented developers from bringing feature rich products to the Market.
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(8 Comments)Google has neglected its users in this regard. Please don't do the same by not pointing this out. Thanks.