It's a source code-palooza these days! Fresh off that huge
HTC code name find, someone's dug into the
Motorola CLIQ's source code and found references to a new Motorola device dubbed "La Jolla." Meaning "The Jewel" in Spanish, La Jolla apparently means "low-end Android clamshell" in Motorola-ese, with mention of a WQVGA screen, 528MHz processor and what seems to be a QWERTY keyboard. (What such a phone
might look like is pictured above. Thanks, LG). In fact, a QWERTY Android clamshell (the clamshell bit was extrapolated from the display driver by the folks at
AndroidandMe, but sounds reasonable) seems to be the perfect cure for the recent rash of QWERTY featurephones we've been seeing lately, perfect for the SMS / email junky that doesn't want to bother with high-powered apps or a big price tag or the resistive touchscreen-only typing of the
HTC Tattoo. Now, if only could find some device source code that could solve our trigger shyness brought on by this steady stream of Android handsets -- not that we're complaining.
posted December 4th 2009 3:28PM
ANDRAZR anyone?
@Jeff I'm up for one. Kind of disappointed to say the least though. I've always wanted an Android flip in a RAZR3/Klassic body but with a 3' and WVGA screen without being huge like those Japanese phones. I suppose some dreams just don't happen. Back to the topic, why must they always go with the friggin' Qualcomm processors!? You would think that Moto would start putting quality processors ever since they introduced the Droid.
@Jeff
YES! Exactly, a RAZR with two large back to back OLED touch screens running android with a qwerty keyboard like the one on the Samsung Alias.
Make it as big as you want, and only activate one screen at a time so it doesnt overdue the processor. We can only dream...
Verizon sure loves that form factor. 50% plastic, 50% screen...
@000000 Your giving them too much credit with the 50% screen.
somebody forgot to PS 'LG' to 'Moto'?
La Jolla? The same name as a city in San Diego? seriously? You might as well dub the phone Redondo or Los Angeles. I guess it makes sense... but it's still funny.
@johnwin
La Jolla meant 'The Jewel' in Spanish hundreds of years before California was colonized.
@johnwin
funny how la jolla, the town = high end living vs. la jolla, the phone = low end phone
@thrilla from manila I live in La Jolla yet still use a very old, very cheap Motorola flip-phone. Perhaps I'm the target demographic?
@AtomicPlayboy
you can't live in la jolla without penny pinching elsewhere
@johnwin Jolla! Isn't that what Black Spaniards say?
Droid does...exist at varying price points
@216
Well I'm excited...
People who can't afford Droid like me will have a cheaper Android option. Frankly I just need anything that isn't in complete and total lockdown from Verizon's firmware crap. Maybe something that just isn't as much eyehurt...
OUCH. "The jewel" in Spanish is "La joya". Notice the "Y".
@Nosgoroth Im no spanish speaker, but arent double ls pronounced as ys?
@Oli D Correct, they do sound alike. They are not interchangeable, though.
Indeed, a quick search for 'jolla' in Spanish yields no results.
Whoops, Engadget!
@Zanzibar BB McFate Or perhaps more embarrassingly whoops Motorola...
@Oli D
"Y" is pronounced like "ee" in English.
"LL" is pronounced similarly to "j" in English.
@Nosgoroth
La Jolla is pronounced as La Hoya.
/resident
@Zanzibar BB McFate
its because its not spanish. La Jolla comes from kumeyaay and means the hole or cave.
La Jolla is also a city in north San Diego county.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jolla,_San_Diego,_California
@Maddy "H" at start of word never makes a sound. "J" always does. There is no way those words are pronounced the same.
/resident /native
Android is taking over.
@nelagster
I noticed.
Somehow the smartphone world is better with it. It'll get Microsoft to start pushing out better releases of WinMo
"Trigger shyness" definitely defines where I am with Android phones as well. I know I want one, I just don't know which one, and whether or not a better one will come out as soon as I get one.
@webran61 I was in the same boat as you, I was getting sick of my Pre so I ditched it for a Hero...I know in a few months there's going to be a whole slew of new android phones out, but oh well I am loving my Hero so far.
In Spanish, La Jolla means "The Jolla". La Jolla is a neighborhood in north San Diego.
@darklighter i believe you meant "Whale's Vagina"
There is no cake. The cake is a lie.
This would actually be kinda cool. I'm not looking for a super expensive or super high end smart phone, but I do want a smart phone. I'm also a current and happy LG Voyager owner, and I do enjoy the clamshell design, so this could potentially be something I'd be interested in.
I want a QWERTY, but the Droid is a little too expensive for me. Maybe the "Jewel" or the Calgary that got leaked a little while back would be the right fit for me. I'm not eligible for an upgrade until the summer anyway, so I got a little while to wait. Who knows. Maybe the Droid will be discounted enough by then, lol.
"La Jolla" in some Italian regions is slang for "the joint". NOT to mean a junction :D
Is that my enV?
i don't personally like the desgin but this would be perfect for my girlfriend. i've loved my g1 since day 1 and i want her on the android bandwagon.
@trexxcrap
That's not the design of the actual phone, it's just an EnV with Android photoshopped onto the screen.
Apparently nobody has any idea what the actual phone's going to look like besides the insider's at LG.
i wish my env touch had android :(
I prefer a slide-out or a slide-down keyboard to a clamshell, but give me better keys than the one on the Droid.
Oh yeah, and is it REALLY too much to ask for an Android phone that you aren't forced to buy a data plan?? (or honestly a smart phone based on any OS)
yeah, yeah, yeah... I fully expect the "but why would you want a smart phone with no data plan?"... maybe because I don't enjoy getting raped by the ridiculous cost. $80+ a month (~$40 for calls + ~$40 for data) is absurd. I would like to get some of the apps available for a phone like the Droid, a nice keyboard, and WiFi, but without dropping over $1000/year.
AT&T please. And don't require a data plan . .
And have wifi? And a decent camera?
/dream
I know y'all had to use a pic of some phone, but that's my envTouch. Where's the love?
How about Motorola getting low-end (or even any good) WinMo phones out?
Apparently I'm not the only geek who googled "Trevor Gilley" and "Vanessa Eskridge"
'La Jolla' sounds like something a suicide bomber would yell.
Even Verizon's "Feature Phones" have a data plan (10 for 25mb and 20 for 75mb) but what is that. 300-900 page views? Most of the features in a "smart" device are overkill but the feature phones never have the right combo. How about this. One that handles Social Media Apps not a lnk to the mobile website, Exchange Sync and web browsing without a $30...maybe the $10 if the amount of data is good enough.
So Motorola is LG?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but thanks to the chosen system-on-chip (and especially the CPU portion of it specifically), aren't pretty much all current Android phones "low-end"?
La joya = the jewel..
Okay, you need to get better spy's.
La Jolla is a city in San Diego (and yes that is where the name is from in the source code).
La Jolla is a platform, the Cliq (aka Morrison) was based upon the La Jolla platform.
Furthermore, La Jolla is a Qualcomm based platform. Guess who is headquarted in the San Diego area???
Oh, and there is a La Jolla based product coming that is touch screen only. ;)
Okay, you need to get better spy's.
La Jolla is a city in San Diego (and yes that is where the name is from in the source code).
La Jolla is a platform, the Cliq (aka Morrison) was based upon the La Jolla platform.
Furthermore, La Jolla is a Qualcomm based platform. Guess who is headquarted in the San Diego area???
Oh, and there is a La Jolla based product coming that is touch screen only. ;)
I think that this will be a good high end featurephone. motoblur isn't a competitor to sense, it makes android something that a regular texter can use. this is the direction motorola should be taking with their blur phones