Android 2.1-equiped Motorola Sholes tablet spied in China as XT701?
No sooner do we get brief corner glimpses of the supposed Motorola Sholes tablet do we get tipped off to this writeup from Androidin.net which has a number of pictures of an eerily similar keyboard-less handset with a 3.7-inch screen, Android 2.1, FM radio, and interestingly enough, only a 5 megapixel camera — last we heard it was going to be 8. Also debatable is a HDMI port, since the image that would show it is a tad too blurry. Otherwise, it seems to be about in line with what we expected, and it also seems destined for China Unicom as the XT701 (analogous to China Mobile’s Motorola Android device). Now how about a few dashes of hope we’ll see this stateside, eh Moto? Two more shots after the break.
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Android 2.1-equiped Motorola Sholes tablet spied in China as XT701? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: December 3rd, 2009
at 11:46pm by Ross Miller
Topics: Android, Android2.1, BreakingNews, ChinaUnicom, Motorola, Motorola sholes, MotorolaSholes, MotorolaSholesTablet, SholesTablet, Xt701, android 2.1, breaking news, china, china unicom, motorola sholes tablet, sholes, sholes tablet, tablet, xt 701
Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’
We knew Verizon Wireless would soon be throwing caution to the wind in an effort to sway uncommitted smartphone buyers towards Big Red, and it looks like the November-bound Motorola Droid will be VZW’s anti-iPhone. The spot, which launched tonight and can be view in its entirety after the break, is a 30 second clip that begins by mocking Apple’s cutesy music and iconic font typically seen in iPhone plugs. It reels off a number of things that the iPhone can’t do, and then abruptly goes into full-on tease mode by flashing glimpses of a robot-controlled future and a tagline that simply states: “Droid Does.” No shots of the actual Motorola Droid (or Sholes, as it was known in the past) are shown, but a dedicated teaser portal has already been erected; through that, we’re told that the phone will boast Android 2.0 and a 5 megapixel camera. At this point, we’d say the gloves are definitely off — AT&T, have anything to say for yourself, or is the iPhone doing just fine on its own?
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Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 17th, 2009
at 11:04pm by Darren Murph
Topics: Android, Motorola, Motorola Droid, Motorola sholes, MotorolaDroid, MotorolaSholes, VerizonWireless, ad, commercial, droid, google, moto, sholes, verizon, verizon wireless, video
Motorola Sholes makes underwhelming FCC appearance
Well, it unfortunately doesn’t include any elaborate test setups or a thorough dissection of the device, but it looks like the Motorola Sholes (a.k.a. Droid) has indeed finally made at showing at the FCC, although it’s unfortunately (for some of us, anyway) the non-CDMA, European version of the phone. Interestingly, it appears that this may have been a small slip-up on Motorola’s part, as all references to the phone other than the one above seem to have been omitted from the documents. Then again, the Sholes seems to be making a habit of showing up plenty of places Motorola may not want it to.
[Via Androphones.com, thanks Silver]
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Motorola Sholes makes underwhelming FCC appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 16th, 2009
at 4:14pm by Donald Melanson
Topics: Android, Motorola, Motorola Droid, Motorola sholes, MotorolaDroid, MotorolaSholes, droid, fcc, moto, sholes
Giant Eclair Delivered to Google; Android 2.0 Imminent? [Android]
In the past, the delivery of a giant dessert item (cupcake or donut) to Google’s lawn meant a new version of Android was incoming. Today, a giant eclair was delivered: We deduce that Android 2.0 should see release shortly.
This is all unconfirmed, of course: A giant pastry is not what we professionals would call incontrovertible evidence. But when a huge donut was dropped on Google’s front lawn in September, Android 1.6 was released to developers within a few days. Rumor has it that Motorola’s Sholes, due out for this holiday season, would be the first Android 2.0 phone, which would be in line with, well, this enormous eclair. Check out a video of its delivery below. [TechCrunch]
Posted: October 15th, 2009
at 12:00am by Dan Nosowitz
Topics: Android, Android eclair, Motorola sholes, android 2.0, eclair, google
Verizon Motorola Sholes not running MOTOBLUR?
We’d been hearing rumors that the Motorola Sholes on Verizon wouldn’t be running MOTOBLUR because it’s to be a “Google Experience” device, and while that seemed silly at first, it certainly looks like the device Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam was waving around this morning was running stock Android. How can we tell? For starters, Blur has a different 3G icon in the menu bar, and different icons for several apps — Calendar leaps out to us here. What’s more, that certainly appears to be the default Android search box lurking back there, something that’s not part of the Blur homescreen. That’s definitely odd, considering how big a bet Motorola seemed to be placing on Blur as its handset differentiator — and doubly odd since the HTC Hero Eric Schmidt was holding at the same photo op was running Sense on top of Android. We’ll have to see how this one shakes out when the Sholes is actually launched, but for now we’d say those rumors are looking awfully true.
[Image credit: Associated Press, under license; thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Verizon Motorola Sholes not running MOTOBLUR? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 6th, 2009
at 5:51pm by Nilay Patel
Topics: Android, Motorola sholes, MotorolaSholes, google, motoblur, sholes, verizon
