{"id":249818,"date":"2010-01-29T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/18b665c3479fe7f216b68af3b997c35e"},"modified":"2010-01-29T15:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T20:54:00","slug":"article-nexus-two-motorola-at-work-on-next-google-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/249818","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Nexus Two: Motorola at work on next Google Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/1\/92610-nexusTwo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Image via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/16\/motorola-shadow-is-nexus-two-with-sliding-qwerty-keyboard\/\" >Engadget<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2010\/01\/motorola-bringin-on-the-android\/\" >Dustin<\/a> over at DroidDog has the lowdown on Motorola&#8217;s busy week of earnings calls, rumors, and rumor confirmations. The part that you probably care most about? Moto is at work with Google on what we&#8217;ll call the Nexus Two, aka the next Google-branded smartphone to be sold direct via the fledgling Google online store. During an earnings call, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha had this to say about Motorola, Google, and Android:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;W<span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">e plan to launch at least 20 devices, including at least one direct-to-consumer device with Google.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So I take two things from that statement: First, Nexus Two, or whatever it winds up being called, will be a Motorola device. &nbsp;That based on Dr. Jha&#8217;s quote from this week, and the fact that he was at the Nexus One launch even though that phone was made by HTC, not Motorola. As a CEO, you don&#8217;t show up for the launch of somebody else&#8217;s device unless you&#8217;ve got some assurance from a higher power that you&#8217;ll be cut in on the action in very short order. And oh yeah, he also kinda said so in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/07\/a-quick-sitdown-with-motorola-co-ceo-sanjay-jha\/\" ><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Engadget<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What wil the device look, feel, and be like? Dustin&#8217;s got an image of the Moto &#8220;Shadow&#8221; up on his DroidDog post. So I figured I&#8217;d put one on my post, too. Seems reasonable enough.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Motorola&#8217;s putting their eggs in the Android and entry-level phone baskets and likely going to abandon &#8211; or all but abandon &#8211; the whole &#8220;messaging phone&#8221; segment that AT&amp;T and Verizon are apparently trying to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonedog.com\/cell-phone-research\/blog\/at-t-to-require-messaging-plans-on-feature-phones.aspx?utm_source=Rss&#038;utm_cammpaign=PhoneDog&#038;umt_medium=Blog\" ><span style=\"color: #000000;\">squeeze every last penny out of<\/span><\/a>. Also makes sense, seeing as smartphones are pretty much on the verge of sending messaging phones on that proverbial long walk off a short plank. But Moto can&#8217;t turn into an Android-only shop because there&#8217;s still a huge market for low-end voice and text phones in many, many corners of the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and one other thing. Get ready for Blur, Blur, and more MotoBlur in 2010. MotoBlur&#8217;s gonna be all over the 18 or so Android phones Motorola&#8217;s supposedly set to roll out this year. And Blur is going to expand beyond social networking to media functionality and other applications, too.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">[Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2010\/01\/motorola-bringin-on-the-android\/\" >DroidDog<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/28\/motorola-will-broaden-the-scope-of-blur-sell-a-phone-through\/\" >Engadget<\/a>&nbsp;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/x72Ih_fwvgjn64_AC_Y_eCyPcn0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/x72Ih_fwvgjn64_AC_Y_eCyPcn0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/x72Ih_fwvgjn64_AC_Y_eCyPcn0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/x72Ih_fwvgjn64_AC_Y_eCyPcn0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/Vj0A_G1mcyc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Image via: Engadget] Dustin over at DroidDog has the lowdown on Motorola&#8217;s busy week of earnings calls, rumors, and rumor confirmations. The part that you probably care most about? 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