The Motorola Droid’s (or Milestone as we know it) days as the number one Android phone were short lived with the touchscreen/QWERTY device quickly surpassed by the Google Nexus One in the states and the HTC Desire 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 phone sports the same form factor as the current Droid/ Milestone; large touchscreen 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 8.0 Megapixel camera 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 HTC HD2 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.
