Motorola's out in San Francisco today at
GigaOM's Mobilize 09 event to finally dish the real story
on its Android-flavored future -- and considering that T-Mobile's CTO Cole Brodman is co-keynoting with Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha, it's reasonable to think that T-Mobile will once again be leading the way for carrier adoption of the platform in the US (Verizon's rumored
Sholes, on the other hand, might be a no-show). We'll know soon enough what's going down, but user agent profiles recently published on Moto's own site detail two Android-powered devices -- model numbers MB200 and MB300 -- that feature UMTS (and very likely HSPA in some form), HVGA displays, and in the case of the MB300, probably a 5 megapixel cam considering a mention of 2592 x 1944 resolution. The MB200's profile oddly mentions 640 x 480 in its place, and it really doesn't sit well with us to think that Moto would be working on a 3G HVGA Android phone with a measly VGA cam that reeks of 2004 technology -- but all will revealed soon enough. We're live on the scene for the keynote that starts at 1:25PM ET / 10:25AM PT, so keep an eye out for our coverage!
[Via
CellPassion]
Read - MB200 profile
Read - MB300 profile
posted Sep 10th 2009 12:41PM
*Crossing fingers for more Sholes info*
I thought my younger brother N97, taught you guys a lesson about putting the joypad on the left...
Just kidding bro...
Too bad almost nobody knows about you.
Bring on the Sholes for Verizon.
I am going to have to smash something into tiny little bits if there is not news on the Sholes.
Puhleeeez sholes info. Verizon might be dead to me if they don't get an android phone. May jump to sprint.
I got a Pre a couple days ago. The one thing I was hesitant about was waiting to get the Sholes from Verizon, but without the Sholes and now with Sprints unlimited mobile-mobile, easy decision.
An HVGA phone on TMO might be nice though. I don't understand why they would put a crappy camera on it though, leave the camera off of one model completely so it can be used by businesses.
TMobile onsite?...(loses hope that a ATT 3G compatible device...AGAIN) Why on why did sprint have to hack off the chin from the Hero! TMo 3G is nonexistent here, and I refuse to switch to verizon. ATT why hast thou forsaken mee!!
Live stream:
http://www.livestream.com/gigaomtv
Please make an announcement about the Sholes on Verizon!
I will be violently angry if we know nothing more about the sholes after this event.
if sholes.info != announced then sprint.pcs == new.carrier
I welcome the Sholes on Sprint personally, and its probable that I might preferr it over the Samsung Instinct Q -- the Sholes processor alone makes the phone a great piece of hardware.
Thanks for that link Iron Lung....Video feed is live now guys!
A VGA only Android? I want one! Should be affordable, and I always have my DSLR with me, so I couldn't care less about the included camera...