Motorola Zeppelin outed as the XT800 for China Telecom -- US getting it, too?

Even though Motorola's only officially announced a small handful of devices that run Android so far, this much is clear -- the company was dead serious about going all-in on the platform because we're seeing new leaked hardware practically every time we look. This time around, it's a clearer view of the Zeppelin, which turns out to be coming to market on China Telecom as the XT800. It looks like it could be a sharp-looking handset, borrowing design elements of the Instinct HD and featuring both GSM and CDMA radios for compliance with Telecom's up-and-coming 3G network. What makes this juicier, though, is the fact that QQ.com alternately identifies the Zeppelin as the Titanium, a device we'd just seen in the FCC with EV-DO Rev. A last week. That leads us to believe we could see this bad boy on Sprint or Verizon in the near future -- and with an HDMI output in this thing, 2010 is shaping up to be a great year for high-end Android gear.

[Thanks, Vitala]

[yulebellow Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:02PM]

I hope us early Droid adopters wont be screwed into inferiority within a month or two of its release

[JXCGunrunna Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:21PM]

@yulebellow
Its tech so yes we will get screwed. I find its best to do your research, choose something and not look back. The droid is a "current gen" phone so even in 2 years when we can upgrade, it should run just fine. As for the Hero, and some of those ARM 9 phones, probably not so much.

[Average White Boy Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:27PM]

@yulebellow
Don't worry about it. Motorola will be out of business shortly, so all Motorola device owners will be screwed equally.

[ZeRoCo0L Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:48PM]

@yulebellow

Is this your first jump into anything tech? Anything you buy will have a better version is just a couple months of less.

[chaos Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:08PM]

when and how much?

[Rick James Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:16PM]

Exciting year indeed for Android. Personally I think I'm going to sit and wait to see if Verizon gets a HTC w/snapdragon AND sense.

Nice to see lots of viable options in the market.

[gerrrg Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:18PM]

Well of course Motorola was all in on Android; they said they'd be doing so, nearly one year ago. And it makes a hell of a lot more sense to be all in on Android than to develop phones for different platforms, when you're trying to save money...something that Palm doesn't seem to care about.

[willowtwf Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:29PM]

here's to 2010 being a great year for android coinciding with my "new every 2" from Verizon.

now we just need to FCC to get text messaging costs back under control and we'll all be set.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:32PM]

better announce something SOON SPRINT.. times running out

[bullwinkle12 Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:40PM]

Will someone who knows more that me please tell me if I should stay with AT&T? Which network will have the most/best new phones? Which will be the best network to stick with in the long run?

[JXCGunrunna Posted Dec 14th 2009 2:58PM]

@bullwinkle12
In the long run Verizon will have LTE before anyone else and from the droid line of phones (so far the Droid and Eris but soon to add the calgary and passion that will have the Droid suffix when Verizon renames them) it looks like Verizon is serious about having some real phones.

[tehYama Posted Dec 14th 2009 3:11PM]

Did I just read that Sprint might be getting another Android phone?! Please let it be so.

[Winston Posted Dec 14th 2009 3:25PM]

Zeppelin and Titanium are different phones from different platforms. No relation to each other.

[jbcaro Posted Dec 14th 2009 3:27PM]

Did Moto go green with this phone, or is there still a little lead in that zeppelin?

[Rick James Posted Dec 14th 2009 3:53PM]

@jbcaro

Or did you mean Led in that Zeppelin?

[artshark Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:19PM]

cant be the pictured phone; android spec mandates four buttons

[trevinlovett Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:48PM]

@artshark
really? and here I was thinking that since android was open source you could change it to fit your needs. Guess I was mistaken. and yeah different versions will mean scripting hell for developers but guess what??? moto could change it so ther eare some touchscreen buttons always on the screen. just down at the bottom.

[well weapon Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:21PM]

who names a new phone after something massive and bloated?

[Saauron Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:47PM]

Mm, I like the idea of HDMI output, but I don't think this'll be displacing the Droid (if it comes to VZW) even for those who don't like Sense or don't want a keyboard - not with a 3.1 inch 480x320 screen.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/motorolas-zeppelin-spotted-found-to-contain-android-rather-tha/

I'm still hoping the "Sholes tablet" is something more like the Droid.

[astrocramp Posted Dec 14th 2009 6:33PM]

Verizon needs more global phones BADLY. I don't know why they don't enable this in every phone?? They must make a fortune from international roaming and from what I understand GSM can be enabled in software on most chipsets these days.

[kjsin1994 Posted Dec 14th 2009 7:00PM]

it's good to see Motorola get back on track.

[pointdexler Posted Dec 14th 2009 8:16PM]

There's no "wow factor" for the design... other than a great OS, the design, well typical of Motorola...