GSM Motorola Sholes hits FCC
Interesting news for the non-Verizon users: the GSM version of the Motorola Sholes got certification this week from the FCC. What was strange was that the Motorola Sholes already cleared the FCC last month, in Verizon-ready CDMA form (Verizon Droid). This is probably the EU version of the Sholes.
Source: MobileCrunch
Verizon tweet about the Sholes / Tao / Droid
Phandroid reports that in response to a tweet rant of Dao777:
i hope verizon releases the motorola sholes/tao android phone BEFORE i hurl my blackberry pearl against the wall
Verizon replied in a tweet that
@dao777 no hurling please:-) you will have the phone very soon.
and to Eric Sabe tweet:
@VZWOffers android phone before Halloween? you can say coming soon for “yes” or it will be announced shortly for “no”
they said:
@ericsaber “right around the corner”
Well we are waiting for the corner…
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Motorola Sholes / Droid live photos
BGR has new photos of the Motorola Sholes / Motorola Droid. We are ready for an Oct. 30 launch!
Motorola Droid (Tao / Sholes) in Verizon Before Black Friday
Gizmodo received a note from a reliable source hinting that Motorola Tao / Droid / Sholes will be available before Black Friday.
Motorola Sholes coming to Sam's Club
It looks like the Motorola Sholes (aka Motorola Tao, aka Motorola Droid) is coming to Sam’s Club:
Source: BGR
Motorola Android Droid/Tao/Sholes latest news
So the Motorola Android Droid (Tao or Sholes) for Verizon is expected to be announced soon. Till then here are some news about the new Verizon Android phone:
Brighthand reports that it will have a 3.7-inch screen and a resolution of 480 by 854 pixels (WVGA+). It will use Google’s standard Android user interface and not one created by Verizon. Neither will it have MotoBlur, Motorola’s social-networking service that will debut on the Motorola Cliq.
There are disagreements on the rumor sphere whether the phone will have a 500 or 600 MHZ CPU. Some also say that the device also packs a second 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor), plus a PowerVR SGX 530 GPU.
Most still speak of a December 1 launch.
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Motorola Android on CNN Money
CNN Money has a good article about Motorola and their attempts at the smart phone market.
Here are some points from it:
Jha, 46, an engineer who joined Motorola (MOT, Fortune 500) from wireless chip maker Qualcomm in August 2008, has bona fide technology chops. And it wasn’t lost on the crowd that Jha had picked Apple’s backyard to reveal the devices that would form the centerpiece of his strategy for turning around the company’s moribund handset business. Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) even sent its mobile czar, Andy Rubin, to sprinkle some extra high-tech pixie dust on Jha’s presentation.
The mood quickly turned to disappointment. After describing two upcoming phones, Jha demonstrated only one: a smartphone with a slide-out keyboard, a touchscreen, and software that pulls together different social-networking sites.
If the device was cool-looking, the audience couldn’t tell. It was barely visible in Jha’s fist as he waved it aloft. Then he announced the full name: Cliq with Motoblur. (It will be branded “Dext with Motoblur” outside the U.S.) Huh? “So is ‘blur’ the name of the phone or the software?” a woman in the back row asked me.
With so much riding on its new handsets, such confusion spells trouble for Motorola, based in Schaumburg, Ill. (For the record, Cliq is the name of the phone; Motoblur is the software.)
More than 20 Android-powered phones will come to market in the next year alone, and many of the manufacturers at least aspire to rival the iPhone or take down Research in Motion’s Blackberry. (For more on leading smartphones, see “BlackBerry vs. iPhone.”)
If Motorola can’t blow consumers’ minds with a true breakthrough of a product — the kind of gadget high-schoolers beg their parents to buy for them or the “it” device that makes executives abandon their BlackBerrys — its devices could end up collecting dust on retailers’ shelves, along with dozens of other wannabes.
Silicon Valley remains skeptical. Tech blogs slammed the San Francisco presentation as short on gee-whiz details. Jha himself admitted it took analysts and reviewers more than 15 minutes before they understood the value of the Cliq. (Google’s Rubin calls the phone the “first state-of-the-art example” of how to incorporate Android in a device.) Jha thinks they’ll also like what they see in a few weeks when the company launches its second Android-powered phone, this one for business users.
The final judges, of course, will be consumers. If the Cliq and subsequent phones click with customers, Motorola’s stock (and Jha’s bank account) could be on the rise.
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Is Motorola Sholes now Motorola Tao?
After passing the FCC review, Motorola Sholes is rumored to be called Motorola Tau, at least according to Phone Arena.
Here is some information from the FCC about the Motorola Sholes (Motorola Tau ?), according to Phandroid:
Comes with EVDO Rev A, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, CDMA 800/1900, aGPS and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.
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Good news for the Motorola Sholes?
It seems that Verizon has decided to drop the Palm Pre. That could be great news for Motorola and its Android Phone for Verizon — the Sholes, which will become the only interesting (non BlackBerry) phone in the Verizon lineup.
Why You Can’t Get a Good Phone With Verizon?!
Motorola Sholes information from PhoneDog
Cliq was getting all the attention, but here is a video that includes some information about the Sholes (and other Verizon phones)
