There's
no shortage of Motorola buzz going around lately -- thing is, nearly all of that buzz is focused on the Verizon side of the camp. What about the other six-odd national carriers in the States and Canada, five of which are using GSM? Well, for you guys, we submit this so-called XT502 -- a phone that may be codenamed "Greco" thanks to the naming of the image file found over in the Bluetooth SIG's certification directory. We can't gather much from the microscopic image the SIG is using, but they've kindly listed radio details, which indicates we can expect a triband HSPA setup working on the 850, 1900, and 2100MHz bands -- perfect for AT&T, Bell, Telus, and Rogers with a little dash of Europe thrown in for good measure. It'll also have WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and AGPS; in other words, all the basics you expect on a modern Android device. No word on a release plan, but at least it'll be coming out with some totally legal Bluetooth, right?
posted May 31st 2010 10:15PM
Looks like a decent headset, too bad it'll be nerfed by At&t and marketed horribly.
If I understand the whole flame war between Verizon and AT&T properly...and I realize I'll be burned alive if I'm wrong...Verizon lays claim to the most 3G coverage. AT&T, meanwhile, lays claim to having the most coverage OVERALL (not just 3G). If this is right...moot point. My sister and her boyfriend use Verizon here in South Jersey, and they get dropped calls and no service all the time. I only know of 2 or 3 spots where AT&T doesn't cover me, and I've never had a dropped call since I bought my first AT&T phone in '08.
Besides, I'll just swap my GoPhone SIM into this and away I go!!!
@CooterLightman No no that's fine. No one will burn you. But this is less of a network issue and more of a branding issue. What he was saying is that most of the AT&T-branded Android phones get gimped; removal of Google, locking down side-loading apps, etc.. So we await with confidence that this phone won't meet the same fate.
@CooterLightman
What I'm trying to say is, there are new cheaper alternative data plans on the horizon for android. I'm also saying, ATT will try to put you on a two year contract for 70-100$ a month. While they have two new android phones coming to Boost Mobile for $50 month unlimited prepaid. There is a new market coming America soon.
@N900
Yea, that pisses me off how they do that...fingers crossed they finally buck the trend.
@ComeShot
The only things I use my phone 's browser for are Facebook Mobile, Google searches, e-mail, the occasional YouTube clip and Engadget...the 100MB for $20 is sufficient for me 'til I can get to a PC, plus the unused data rolls over at the end of the month...shame I can't have more than 300MB at a time though.
@ComeShot Its in AT&T's contract with Apple to make Android phones fail.
@ComeShot
This looks like a half ass Android phone to not compete with the iPhone...
Does this even have a 1ghz proc?
AT&T WANTS YOU!!!!
@CooterLightman I'll bet you 20 that Rogers gets it. They've really been pushing android like mad lately
@Murphys Law
I don't care who else has it...as long as I get my hands on an AT&T-branded version...without said carrier screwing it up in the process.
That looks almost identical to the phone in Alan Wake (even tho he's on Verizon). Any one know the model used in the game, maybe confirm this?
@Palomino Link us to a picture of the cell phone.
Yet another Android phone........I love it!!!!:D
Motorola must have money to waste, you'd think they've get their act together and finally release a Droid-esqe phone for GSM carriers.
@Plazmic Flame It's called the Milestone ;-)
@geniusdog254
Thanks for the heads up bud but I'm fully aware of the milestone. Also, I wasn't talking about the Droid specifically. There needs to be a better selection of Android phones on GSM carriers, the Google Nexus one is still tops but having to choose from just one sucks.
@Plazmic Flame Agreed, I currently own a Droid on Verizon & a Nexus on AT&T, and if I had Verizon service around here I would use the Droid every day. The Nexus is good, but it has it's flaws.
On the bright side, there are some good GSM Android phones coming up, like the new Galaxy S.
@Plazmic Flame Don't blame Motorola for that, blame AT&T. They are obviously trying to not piss off Steve Jobs by only offering underpowered, outdated Android handsets.
Get it on TMobile and we'll talk. AT&T and all the phones on its network suck big time.
@beachballofdeath And T-Mobile is better? .......Please tell me that was supposed to be a joke. My friends on T-Mobile constantly have to piggy-back on AT&T and have constantly had shitty service anywhere they've gone in-network. Meanwhile, my AT&T phone has worked perfectly everywhere I've been (dare I say "even better than Verizon", except in the all-carrier dead zones). My friends with iPhones have had different luck, but everyone I know on AT&T (that don't have the JeebusPhone) have had no problems. And I personally have yet to have issues in the 10+ years I've been with them. T-Mobile may have good plans, but that's all they've got going for them.
Motorola needs a better industrial design house...
Ah, why not quad-band UMTS? Geez. Oh well, at least it's triple band, unlike d0uchebag HTC.
Question is, what would the the rest of the spec? Will it sport 2.2? Sold unlocked?
I was just thinking that what the world needs is another Android phone......and here we go.
Android 1.6? Look at the picture. :( ugh
Well I guess Android is going the way of Blackberry. Too many versions of the same thing but not much of a decent product.
@webterractive
Except all Blackberries look the same, while Android has dozens of styles and form factors.
Oh.
And with Android, the OS doesn't suck either.
Snapdragon, Android 2.1/2.2, no Motoblur, and no AT&T crapware, right Motorola?
RIGHT?
I'd consider it if they would sell it unlocked, I will not buy an ATT Android phone from ATT.
Once again a new android-based phone comes out for Verizon or AT&T
and T-mobile customers are left in the dark.
@MrBear but you guys got the HD2 (for $100 no less!) and that is all the phone I ever wanted. If I could get one with ATT 3G bands I would be the happiest camper!
mmm, i hope a good processor, 2.1 or higher, good screen size, etc
Did you just say it was 2.1GHz???? thats more than todays netbooks!
Lovin it! Lets go Android...the take over continues!