Motorola Morrison engineering sketches emerge, has Android written all over it

Okay, so maybe there's not literally any text penciled in on these drawings, but if you've been looking for multiple angles of Motorola's sure-to-be-forthcoming Morrison, these are about as good as it gets. Not surprisingly, the design here seems pretty conventional; for all intents and purposes, it's just a QWERTY-packin', full touchscreen slider smartphone with all the makings of a sub-$100 (on contract) Android offering. Hit the read link if you're eager for more, and go on grab another handful of patience while you're at it.

[hickhamt Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:17AM]

that translation is hilarious! i wonder if this is going to be a cheap gsm for tmo to add to it's menu.....

[Rinum009 Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:18AM]

Im waiting for a new android phone to drop before i upgrade but this phone is beyond ugly.

come on hero

[hickhamt Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:23AM]

i just wish it was coming on tmo... not sprint... i dont want to switch... but i love the hero... i may go for the mytouch and put the hero rom on it.. i've heard it works great.... but yes.. the hero is very slick...

i just tried chatting with a sprint online rep and she had no clue what i was talking about when i asked about the hero...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:30AM]

I never thought a sketch could look better than the actual product.
Moto you seem to impress me.
Haha.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:41AM]

Epic fail. The keyboard, it's all 2's.











Who can text with that?!?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:42AM]

Or N's.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:56AM]

haha
http://bit.ly/1dX5Qt

[Plothole Posted Aug 7th 2009 5:40AM]

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[HarZens Posted Aug 7th 2009 2:10AM]

Am I the only one who thinks this looks a lot like nokia's n97? (the front part at least)

[Mr Oos Posted Aug 7th 2009 3:07AM]

No, that's exactly what I thought when I first saw it. Totally N97ish, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I think Moto will have to do more than just come out with a well-worn design, throw Android on it, and expect for the best. I'm all about Sony Ericsson's new tinkerings...

[KRISC123 Posted Aug 7th 2009 3:51AM]

I have android written all over me...........I get bored very easily.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2009 9:01AM]

omg, a dpad on the left side

[Venom Posted Aug 7th 2009 9:43AM]

Android suck
OSX > Android

[nukee Posted Aug 7th 2009 9:45AM]

Go be a dumbass elsewhere.

[LucasHenderson Posted Aug 7th 2009 9:47AM]

Here's the part where I pray it comes out for AT&T.

[Denholm Posted Aug 7th 2009 10:09AM]

If the rumors of a 3.2" inch screen is correct we're looking at a device with the following dimensions:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9563/motorolamorrisonsize.jpg

Quite slim, a lot less bulky than the G1.

[Vijay Posted Aug 7th 2009 10:10AM]

I'm glad Motorola's finally building a revolutionary phone. This thing looks NOTHING like the G1, or the Nokia N97, or the HTC Tilt, or the HTC TouchPro2...

Oh... Wait.

[iA Posted Aug 7th 2009 11:01AM]

Moto lost my business long ago when it crushed my hopes and dreams with the RAZR. And the moto phone I had before it, can't even remember what model it was, that was how bad it is. This phone would have to cook me breakfast every morning to actually get me to buy it.

[BurningBeard Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:17PM]

Android? The left button under the screen looks like the classic Windows button to me.

[Levi Posted Aug 7th 2009 3:49PM]

There's no way it's an Android phone. Ever since 1.5, manufacturers have given the physical keyboard the shaft for all Android devices...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 7th 2009 8:53PM]

If this has Android written all over it, why the hell does it have a Windows Start button right on the front?

[asw Posted Aug 10th 2009 4:46AM]

I was wondering that too :-)