Issue: Motorola’s MOTOROI Might Be Heading to U.S.

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Issue: Motorola’s MOTOROI Might Be Heading to U.S.

Posted by admin on Jan 20th, 2010 // No Comment

Motorola launched a new Android phone in Korea this week, which appears to be coming to the United States at a future time.

The oddly-named Motorola Motoroi, which runs Android 2.0, “is expected in other markets around the world and we have no additional news to share at this time,” a Motorola spokesperson said Tuesday.

Oddly enough, the only person to confirm that the phone will be shipped to the U.S. is a senior vice president of the Motoroi’s carrier, SK Telecom — who would have absolutely no say in whether the phone ever arrives on American shores.

Still, that didn’t keep Bae Joon-dong, a senior vice president at SK Telecom, from making it official: “”The Motoroi is a different model from the Droid, (Motorola’s Android smartphone launched in the United States), and it will be launched in the United States around March,” Joon-dong said, according to the English-language Korea Herald.

Here’s a list of the reported features, attributed to Nexus404 until we can track down the specs:

3.7-inch touchscreen display
HD WVGA resolution: 480 x 854
Google services integration: Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk
Widget support
8-megapixel camera with Xenon flash and 720p HD video recording HDMI support
DMB connectivity and up to 24 TV and audio channels for free (at least in the version shipped to Korea)
3.5mm headphone jack
8GB storage space
microSD support up to 32GB
docking station
multitouch support
5 text-input methods: 3×4 keypad, full QWERTY and half QWERTY keyboard, hand writing and writing pad (all software-based, from what we can see)