Motorola wants to get in on the Android act, and here’s a sneak peek at Calgary, its first foray into GooglePhoneLand. As you can see, it’s on its way to Verizon. Admire along with me the angular lines of this horizontal slider, as I try to overlook that flat (yet backlit) keyboard. It sure would be easier to press those buttons if they were raised a bit more.
That said, I’m looking forward to more phones using Google’s open-source Android operating system, which I’ve been tinkering with on a T-Mobile G1 phone here at the Midwest Test Facility. It’s clean, easy to use, and being a Gmail user, I like the way Google applications so well integrated.
There is a murky rumor about this handsome handset making its first appearance during the second quarter of this year, giving it until the beginning of July to show its pretty face. That wouldn’t be a minute too soon — Calgary would be a welcome star in the slowly expanding Android firmament.
