The previously rumored Motorola portrait QWERTY slider
Iron Man has popped up again, this time as the AT&T-bound Heron, with listed specs being a 2.8-inch touch screen, 3 megapixel camera with flash, aGPS, 3G, and a big red "subject to change" notice since the device has moved to (drumroll, please) Android OS. Planned availability is said to be November 2nd here, but we suspect these slides are a bit dated and that may ultimately be wholly off target. Also on the menu is another portrait slider, the Sawgrass. This one may in fact be
Alexander, and if that's the case, at least we've got a cleaner press shot to put on its tombstone. Then again, we hear from
Boy Genius Report that it's reincarnated under the name Somerset. The information you (probably) seek is in the gallery below.
posted May 24th 2009 10:41PM
all this AT&T stuff...better see equally as many new phones for verizon lol
whats the point? all the features will be crippled anyway.
For serious, the guy above knows what he's saying. Verizon takes the new phone out of the new shell and puts the old phone into said shell and sells it off as the new thing... Hate them..
Verizon sucks dick, who cares
What did Engadget do? Uncover some internal AT&T doc and now they're releasing info from it page by page?
Really this is getting ridiculous...
Maybe Engadget is hacked and the hacker just happens to like ATT?
it must be att day here at engadget
hope next week is T-mobile day.
They did some things they aren't too proud of...
I'd rather not talk about it.
Neither of those phones look like they're running Android?
Yeah...that's clearly WinMo on the screenshots. Also notice in the specs it says it's Exchange compatible and for web browser it lists: "Internet Explorer 6" ...so obviously this spec sheet needs some serious updating or the Android part is an error :/
AT&T MEGATON DAY!!!
it is great!
Its not suprising that ATT is releasing so much hardware...if u take a look at their phone roster you'd agree that the line-up can use a little refreshing when compared to the other carriers.
That "Android" looks like WinMo 7.
The slide doesn't say it's Android. It says that it is changing to Android, but it doesn't say that the photo depicts it running Android.
maybe you should actually read the article you idiot
Tis a good day to be phone shopping with AT&T. Unfortunately for AT&T I'm still happy running my unlocked E71 with its $15 data plan :) Joikuspot ftw.
Get all your tech news ATT engadget.com.
Those shots are completely fake. There is no Android even anywhere near those purported "genuine shots". Engadget, you've been duped.
One of the shots is WinMo 7, but the slide says that the phone will change its OS to Android, and for the other phone, it doesn't say anywhere that it is running Android, and even if it was, it's Linux and open source, Motorola can do whatever the hell they want with it.
Wait, you looked at the slides closely enough to surmise they're photoshopped and that Engadget was duped instead of actually reading them.
That's cool.
Actually no, derX. We'll see how many of these purported shots actually come to market at the times suggested. Hint: They're not.
The release dates in the slides have already been addressed by the editors. They've hinted that these slides are old or otherwise unreliable in regard to the release dates.
Furthermore, I see that my earlier post may have come off as an, more specifically, one on attack on your intelligence. Sorry, I did not intend it to be such at all. I was just joking around.
I love all these ATT phones
Have to say the QVGA screen and combination of Android OS and Internet Explorer 6 browser is just off.
I was about to post "WTF" since no one seemed to have noticed the IE6/Android combination, thank you for restoring my sanity
You're also sharp in mentioning the QVGA, Android doesnt support QVGA .. it's in the roadmap though (God knows why .. QVGA sucks).
Since downgrading Android to support QVGA is not straightforward ,, i dont see why Motorola would make the needed modifications and then not integrate it to the main Android fork.
Anyway, I hope this is fake .. cause QVGA is no good if you want to use your phone for sitting on the couch and casual browsing (you need WVGA or HVGA for that). So basically this phone better be priced dirt cheap if Motorola plans on betting their comeback on this.
am I on engadget mobile ?!
It's like an ugly version of the Palm Prē.
So many nice phones being shown off then, guess not all of them can be as nice as the HTCs.
holy shit i would be so freaking exited if i was on AT&T all those phones coming for them
Ok...where the crap is the slide with the 3g microcell news.
of all the phones leaked today this is the LEAST interesting. htc and the other manufacturers can afford to have their "meh" phones. motorola does not have that luxury, they are lagging behind and really need a hit to stay revelant. that thing look likes crap.
So, which rumoured/photoshopped AT&T phone that you've seen today would you buy?
Unless you are rich and stupid, you can't catch them all. They're not Pokemons.
Mortal humans can usually only afford one.
So which?
This weird stumpy little Motorola is kind of interesting, or even the cheapo Treo/Pre EOS, but I think the HTC Lancaster would be the go for me.
thats the weirdest avatar that I've seen on the endadget message boards.
Well, I like your monkey too.
(I've been using the avatar for about a year)
[If you don't get the reference then you probably weren't playing PC games in the early 1990's]
Congratulations Moto, you managed to manufacture the unthinkable: An Android powered vertical qwerty slider that I can never consider buying.
Hmmm.. and to think I could have just read all this phone news on Engadget Mobile.
What gives Engadget?
I don't understand why people are complaining about the abundance of phone news. It's still tech related and that's why people read engadget... for tech news.
looks like a short and chubby version of the nokia n86.
Good job Motorola! Shitty phone once again.
Motorola is dead or at this poing a "walking Dead"
it's time for them to get out the way and let the new guys takes take over (Meizu, HTC, and the likes)
Keep these news coming! I'd rather read about these kind of phones, no matter the carrier though I prefer AT&T :P, than a bike review or crash predicting technology or some obscure netbook no one is going to buy anyways.
It's really not a huge deal to me, but it is quite different then normal. *shrug*
If Motorola can't get better design than that its done.
This 1999 HP iPaq looking brick is not the Pre type phone Moto needs to stay alive.
Moto needs to get some new designers on board. Just because they're using Android in their phones to replace their own crappy interfaces doesn't mean they can put out phones that look like they're from the 90s. I'd say a good majority of customers base most of their decision on what the phone looks like. Display units are always non-functional and I hardly ever see anyone ask for a working unit to play around with.
It's not the designers, it's the decision makers. You can hire designers, but you can't buy taste.
when will motorola start making some worthwhile phones again....
they need to start off changing their design team, seriously!
Hello, Moto??? The only thing that comes to mind when seeing your phone is: this is one hell of an ugly Mofo...
Yep, unfortunately for Moto even cheap chinese clones look better than this. It's 2009, you can't get away with this kind of stuff anymore, not with Nokia, Sammy, LG, even HTC making pretty damn nice looking hardware.
Dear JS and ENAGADGET
First phone is not android powered and they say OS is P2K
P2k OS is Motorola java based operating system
Second phone is android base..
P2K is Java based? Ha-ha-ha
Damn, I like those ppl speaking with that mentor tone :)
Fugly.
i just going to say...
Motorola makes great paperweights.
Sanjay Jha $100m and this is what you got to show for yourself?
Moto going the way of the dodo!
Looks like a rounded Samsung Propel to me.
sweet!