Motorola: How quickly can we build an Android phone?

Apparently we were not the only ones taken with T-Mobile’s Android event last week. Seems in addition to the predictable fans made by the event, Motorola was watching closely. Reports suggest they are building an Android team now.

Motorola inspired?

As I included them in last week’s “Who’s on Crack” for being late to the better phone party, maybe it was my chastising that lit the fire. Maybe it was the leak of their Q11 phone that was met with lackluster interest. Maybe they’ve taken a good, hard look in the mirror and still want to create another Razr phone that everyone loves.

Bet they called on a RAZR

Whatever the case, they’ve been calling up Android developers like a some guy I knew right before the Prom looking for a date. Motorola was an original member of the Open Handset Alliance, so it boggles my mind why they’ve waited until now to get the ball rolling. No faith in Google?

According to TechCrunch, Moto has a 50 person team and they are looking to take that to 350. To me, that sounds like a pretty serious investment in the OS and sounds like more than just one device. Tech Crunch’s source also saw folks from Verizon and Nokia at Android developer parties conference last week.

I, for one, can’t wait to see what these companies get out of Android. If Moto can mate the OS to a sexier phone than the G1 (and it wouldn’t take much), they’ll already be on the right track.

Read: [TechCrunch]