Guide to Motorola’s Android event: Moto is back

Yesterday, invitations went out to press and analysts with Google’s lovable Android mascot featured on it for an event in San Francisco on Septemeber 10, 2009. The question is no longer if Motorola will build an Android phone, but how many? Motorola could use a win since falling off after their RAZR phones and rumor has it their hopes are pegged on Android phones.

Google’s Android is finally starting to make a significant showing in numbers we expected a while ago. HTC has been showing Android phones with a custom UI that looks very slick, in typical HTC fashion. It will be interesting to see if Motorola has applied a custom UI as well.

Their UI, called Blur, according to sources mimics webOS’s web-attached functionality. From pulling contact info from the web to accessing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, the device will be connected in real-time according to the rumors. We expect Blur to be on all Motorola Android phones.

Likely candidates

Old Calgary

The phone shown there is the old Calgary. It has been leaked for what feels like eons now but just the same, the form factor looks attractive. Will this be one of the official Android phones?

Back to Shules

The Motorola Shules (to be launched under a different name, hopefully) looks interesting. This is a pre-production prototype that floated around a bit ago. The slide out keyboard and big 3.7″ screen would make a great home for that much web interaction. Word was this was coming to Verizon in October and have a 5MP camera on board, probably a Kodak branded one as Moto has been working with them for some time. Some sites say this is 100% confirmed to be official.

I am Ironman, na na na nu na na na

There is also some hope for the Motorola Ironman, a slider form factor phone. It looks launch-ready and is said to feature the same Blur OS. This one looks like a powerhouse as well as the leaks emphasize a fast processor, big camera and touchscreen.

Safe bets

Beyond these, I suspect a full touchscreen version without a physical keyboard is likely too. Though I’ve not seen leaks to confirm this, something tells me Moto isn’t going to lay off this corner niche of the market.

If half of these make a showing at the event, Motorola could be back in the game pretty quickly as these look pretty slick. Android plus some creativity could spell success for the brand many of us counted out. Let’s hope they get a few wins with these entries.

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