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Low-end Motorola La Jolla Won't be the Jewel of the Androids

Kat Hannaford — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:26:20 EST

Translating to "The Jewel" in Spanish, Motorola's leaked La Jolla sounds like it'll be anything but gem-like. With the Cliq and Droid being feature-laden Android badboys, we'll allow the newly-reformed Motorola to have a miss or two.

Promising 10 more Androids for the coming months, Motorola's La Jolla sounds like a cheap PAYG at most. Unearthed in source code of the Cliq, the existence of the Motus, Morrison and Zeppelin were confirmed, along with a new one to us—La Jolla. Specs appear to include a Qualcomm 7201A proessor, MAX7359 keyboard and Kionix accelerometer.

Thanks to the newly-released Android 2.0.1 SDK, manufacturers are now able to use differently-sized screens, like the 240 x 400 resolution WQVGA the La Jolla supposedly has. While it won't break any records or wow with its beauty, the La Jolla will help attract the lower-end of the market to Android, thus making it more popular. [AndroidAndMe via PhoneArena]

Motorola's Verizon Android Phone Looks Like We Thought

Jason Chen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:13:31 EDT

The first leaked photo of Verizon's Motorola Android phone looks exactly like the renders. The "Sholes" has a keyboard, a weird D-Pad deal and an HTC-like chin. Sup with that? [Phonearena]

Motorola Morrison Spied Again, This Time With Android

John Herrman — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:19:23 EDT

Until this fine morn, rumors that Motorola's hazily-leaked Morrison handset would run Android were just that: Rumors. A second set of shots now gives us a clearer view of the kid-colored piece, including a clear confirmation of its alleged Google-ness.

Aside from Android and a new black faceplate (instead of the toylike white one we saw before), there's really nothing surprising here, and we're left with the same question: Where is Motorola aiming with this? Based on the bright colors, plastic body and apparently small size the going theory is that this'll not only be Motorola's first Android handset, but the T-Mobile's first cheapo Android handset, for texting tweenz and the like—something that's definitely overdue for the free OS, and which should be easily possible with current hardware.

Alternately, this is Motorola's direct competitor for flagship handsets like the Hero, in which case it could quite easily get murdered, to death. [Phandroid]

Motorola Building a Huge Development Team for Android, With 350 Humanoids

John Herrman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:00:00 EDT

TechCrunch is reporting that Motorola is getting pretty serious about Android, with immediate plans to expand their dedicated project team from 50 to 350. If true, this could mark a turning point for Motorola, whose phones have been seeming less and less competitive every day. While putting more than a few eggs in Android's basket might not be advisable quite yet, our own succinct Brian Lam put it best: "Motorola hardware plus Android OS = WANT" (This is how he always talks, by the way). In case you were wondering what exactly that unfamiliar sound was, Motorola, I'll tell you. That was the sound of unbridled enthusiasm for one of your potential phones, AFTER 2004. Did you enjoy it? Then keep hiring. [TechCrunch]