Motorola Atila gets leaked: think Alexander sans QWERTY

While legend has it that the Alexander possesses a beauty that only a mother could see, Motorola's Atila looks pretty sharp from here. The codenamed handset is said to be Alexander's non-QWERTY counterpart, boasting quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, tri-band UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA, a 2.8-inch QVGA (320 x 240) display, 802.11b/g WiFi, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and a Qualcomm 7201A chipset. Mum's the word on a price or release date, but we'll be sure to keep you in the loop.

[From My Cube @ Aug 11th 2008 1:35PM]

atleast moto is moving in the right direction...to bad their reputation is whats killing them

[DssTrainer @ Aug 11th 2008 1:42PM]

Atila?! as in "the Hun" ?!? This is a name that Motorola wants for its cell phone? No wonder they are dying.

[justinmandell @ Aug 11th 2008 3:19PM]

It's an internal code name for the product dumb ass!

[grull27 @ Aug 11th 2008 1:39PM]

Is it really that hard for Motorola to make a good-looking phone these days?

[chefgon_ign @ Aug 11th 2008 1:45PM]

It looks pretty sleek to me. It's got that iPhone style minimalist look without being a blatant copy.

[McFly @ Aug 11th 2008 7:58PM]

agree with chefgon, looks good to me

[dale_nx26 @ Aug 11th 2008 8:07PM]

are u f-in kidding me. it looks great! what's with you people and your bias.

[nova62400 @ Aug 11th 2008 1:42PM]

what's wrong with the way it looks?

[rehs @ Aug 11th 2008 1:48PM]

fugly, like its counterpart alexander, but the specs are nice (for once on a motorola phone) :)

[Y00. @ Aug 11th 2008 4:39PM]

Fug you.

[rehs @ Aug 11th 2008 4:50PM]

no nevr mind dat shig i wrote...give it tmobile 3g and 5mp autoflash camera and its good 2 go...oh and keep the wifi and 13.75mm thin body plz

[John Aubrey @ Aug 11th 2008 1:50PM]

maybe fake? Running what looks like WM 6 Smartphone when there is no keyboard? Interesting.... maybe WM 7? or touch smartphone?

[Phoenix @ Aug 11th 2008 5:29PM]

That's WM6.0 standard, good call...

Someone at Moto fucked up there...

[Zeek @ Aug 11th 2008 1:51PM]

More like 'Meh' is the word.

[John Aubrey @ Aug 11th 2008 1:52PM]

nevermind, its professional. I can't read apparently...

[Todd @ Aug 11th 2008 1:58PM]

That's Moto's Android phone!

[Quikboy @ Aug 11th 2008 2:38PM]

I guess you didn't notice the Windows Mobile menu bar at the bottom :^)

I seriously hate the 2-paned menu system on mobile phones. It's pretty cumbersome enough. I hope WinMo 7 changes this.

[Todd @ Aug 11th 2008 2:56PM]

Moto did NOT sign a exclusive agreement with Microsoft. And the folks at Qualcomm have a boner for Android;

"...For quite a long time now, Google and Qualcomm have been working diligently on a collaborative Android phone OS in hopes that it will be able to take on the colossal iPhone. According to Chief Operating Officer Sanjay Jha, the iPhone's good, but "there are opportunities to do some things better." That's where Android comes in.

“It is our expectation that a large number of Android phones will run on our platforms,” says Jha of the open-source operating system, often viewed as leverage to give Google a bigger place on the mobile internet.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/08/04/qualcomm-and-google-prepare-iphone-competitor

[Todd @ Aug 11th 2008 2:57PM]

Moto did NOT sign a exclusive agreement with Microsoft. And the folks at Qualcomm have a boner for Android;

"...For quite a long time now, Google and Qualcomm have been working diligently on a collaborative Android phone OS in hopes that it will be able to take on the colossal iPhone. According to Chief Operating Officer Sanjay Jha, the iPhone's good, but "there are opportunities to do some things better." That's where Android comes in.

“It is our expectation that a large number of Android phones will run on our platforms,” says Jha of the open-source operating system, often viewed as leverage to give Google a bigger place on the mobile internet.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/08/04/qualcomm-and-google-prepare-iphone-competitor

[TareX @ Aug 11th 2008 3:07PM]

Motorola has bought TAT's "Cascades" UI for its Android phone.

It looks really good. Google for the videos...

[waiownsyou @ Aug 11th 2008 2:00PM]

Motorola Atila? What happened to calling it MOTO ATLA?!

[tawak @ Aug 11th 2008 2:02PM]

motorola sure knows how to make ugly phones

[scott @ Aug 11th 2008 2:10PM]

it looks like a skipping stone...

[Spiny Norman @ Aug 11th 2008 2:11PM]

For cryin out loud, it's 2008! What's with the shitty QVGA screens? A smartphone had better have VGA before I'll even begin to look at it.

[DoomGaZer @ Aug 11th 2008 2:17PM]

...........and Android, and an Nvidia handheld gfx chip, and GPS, and 3G, and.....and.....oh wait, there's a hole in my pocket and money keeps falling out.............

[Spiny Norman @ Aug 11th 2008 3:30PM]

Yea, no kidding.

Motorola, I have a new tagline for you:

"Motorola. Serving up yesterday's technology tomorrow."

[plaid thermos @ Aug 11th 2008 2:27PM]

It's still Windows Mobile, no matter how pretty it is it will still suck ass.

[Joshua Walters @ Aug 11th 2008 2:33PM]

I love the word "sans".

[Nouman @ Aug 11th 2008 2:49PM]

Perfect for art class when you need to draw that oval.

[pr @ Aug 11th 2008 2:50PM]

Would be nice, except the silver border looks like crap and you know the build quality is going to be garbage.

[Jon Doe. @ Aug 11th 2008 2:52PM]

You'll take my QWERTY mini keyboard on my phone when you pry it out of my cold, skinless, bony dead fingers.

[Abhishek @ Aug 11th 2008 3:12PM]

Amen!!

[Evangelion @ Aug 11th 2008 3:48PM]

Needs more cowbell. :)

[Ricardo @ Aug 11th 2008 4:37PM]

Wow, a bulky phone with a low resolution screen is just what I need!

[PiTT @ Aug 11th 2008 4:52PM]

hmmm, look familiar?

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1287

Inventec is probably the ODM

[Phoenix @ Aug 11th 2008 5:30PM]

Not... really...

that phone in turn looks like a HTC Touch crossed with a Touch Diamond

[PiTT @ Aug 12th 2008 12:14AM]

dude, it's the SAME EXACT PHONE. with the same exact specs, same button placement, etc. look closer, just a different ID.

[happy_penguin @ Aug 11th 2008 5:48PM]

I like what I see in the pic but only a hands on test can reveal if it's any good. I'd love to see Motorola do well.

[johnzilla @ Aug 11th 2008 6:41PM]

That thick silver/gray/chrome band looks fugly to me, not sleek.

[Sridher @ Aug 12th 2008 5:38PM]

is MOTOROLA into M$ os

[gottfroa @ Aug 13th 2008 12:35PM]

Atila?? ATTILA was/is the correct spelling of the famous hun