Motorola Heron and Sawgrass headed to AT&T
The AT&T leakfest wraps up with two Motorola offerings. Be ready for names and relationships that will befuddle even the most ardent genealogist. First up is the Android-based Heron which we scooped back in April as the IRONMAN. From the slide, it appears as if the handset was meant to be a Windows Mobile device that was switched over to Android. The specs, which are subject to change of course, give the phone quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA/HSUPA, 2.6 inch QVGA screen, 3 megapixel fixed focus camera with auto-flash and aGPS. So the IRONMAN is also known as the Heron — pretty straight forward there. Hit the jump for more.
Next up is the Motorola Sawgrass which apparently is the QA1 “Karma” and showed itself on the recent AT&T rebate form. The Sawgrass will sport quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA, 2 megapixel camera, A2DP Bluetooth, aGPS, microSD expansion up to 32GB and a full HTML browser. This handset bears a rather striking resemblance to the Motorola Somerset, which of course was formerly known as the Alexander. Even the little known specs from the Somerset/Alexander (3.5mm stereo jack, A2DP, MMC support, and a camera) line up nicely with what we know about the Sawgrass/QA1 Karma. The only piece of the puzzle that doesn’t quite fit is the camera — Alexander was supposed to sport a killer shooter but this little guy is only packing 2 megapixels. Hmm.
So there you have it folks, some messy names and a load of information on what Motorola is sending down the pike to AT&T.
First!!! these phones are fn ugly!
1st !!! Hey an ANDROID over @ BIG BLUE ??? Move over Apple 3.0 …
3rd !!!
4th!!
5th!
motorola Heron looks cool but touch pro 2 is on the way.
^^^^assholes!! Fuck it 5!
6th? Idk…
really motorola? you act like you can afford to release these bullshit phones.
Karmas fugly, Heron is okay. So what does T-Mobile have now? AT&T gets Android and iPhone, Sprints gets Palm Pre, and Verizon gets Storm. Nothing exclusive for T-Mobile nop\w.
dude engadget had all of theses at&t leaks yesterday get with it. BG
Hhmm. thses phones are 3 years LATE!
Only motorola users would go around commenting 1 – 6 lmao!
hmmm… Motorola is officially the old Palm.
Did anyone notice the OS they’re running on those phones? or have at least put “in” the marketing material.
It looks very much like the alpha of Windows Mobile 7 to me.
Hmmm…
Is it just me, or are those Android handsets running Windows Mobile 7?
haha, i like the looks of the heron but the sawgrass is um… clunky… ish. unfortunately, with the lousy camera, it’s still not enough to win over my money.
What is with all the fowl language? I blame BGR for not cleaning this up, or insisting that the text MESSAGE is clean for all .
finally some hot phones from moto,android yah!!!
anyone know what “LE date” and “TA date” stand for?
these will not sell extremely well.
I wish they would make a nice phone!!!these aren’t going to do anything for them.
T-Mobile gets to keep the Sidekick. Those are still popular, with the teenagers.
Those Android phones include Internet Explorer 6? Don’t think so. Those appear to be Windows Mobile phones.
If you read the slide, it clearly says in red at the top:
“Subject to Change Due to Move to Android”.
Therefore these were the original specs given to AT&T from Motorola, who later said that the phone was moving to Android. So, most of the hardware specs and form factor are the same, but the Heron will be the first vertical Qwerty slider on Android. I wonder how it will compare head-to-head with the Palm Pre ?