4 May
Motorola Droid2 leaks: Nexus Two in tow?
Posted on 2010 under Android, Coming Soon Handsets, Droid2, Milestone, Mobile News, Motorola, Nexus Two | Comments are offThe Motorola Droid’s (or as we know it) days as the number one phone were short lived with the touchscreen/QWERTY device quickly surpassed by the in the states and the here in Blighty. But, if newly leaked rendered images are to be believed, Motorola aren’t taking this lying down and are (if the rumours are true) busy working on a Droid successor and could even be making Google’s next phone, the Nexus Two!
Going under the intriguing codename ‘Shadow’, the rumoured sports the same form factor as the current Droid/ Milestone; large display, slide out QWERTY keyboard and slim design. The Shadow is said to up the screen dimensions to a whopping 4.3″ (the Milestone featured a 3.7″ display), boast an with HD video capture (most likely 720p) and an HDMI port. Other rumoured specs include the latest version of Android (most likely 2.2 or Froyo), a 720MHz processor and 512MB of RAM.
So, that’s the Motorola Droid2 covered, but what about the Nexus Two? Well, rumour has it Motorola will be making a QWERTY-less version of the Shadow for Google to release as the Nexus Two. If true, this would mean a phone of proportions running Google’s Android OS, something Android fans have been crying out for ever since the HD2 was released. No word on official announcements or launch dates for either of these devices yet so keep ‘em peeled on the Blog for more info as and when we get it. .