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Motorola Planning 2GHz Android Phone For Later This Year

Posted by Soulskill on from the soon-we-can-expand-crysis-jokes-to-phones dept.

rocket97 writes "On Wednesday, at the Executives Club of Chicago, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha reportedly decided to chat about the relatively near future of the mobile landscape as he sees it — which, in part, includes the ultimate demise of mobile computers in favor of highly-capable smartphones. This being his vision, Jha discussed Motorola's plans for a smartphone with a 2GHz processor — by the end of this year. While Jha did not want to divulge any further information, Conceivably Tech cites another anonymous Motorola executive who was a little more chatty, talking up a device intended to 'incorporate everything that is technologically possible in a smartphone today.'"

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  1. Initial reaction by AdmiralXyz · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Ow, my hand!"

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    1. Re:Initial reaction by FooAtWFU · · Score: 2, Funny

      Initial reaction: "2GHz? What runs on that band? I thought all the normal unlicensed and WLAN stuff was on 2.4Ghz because that whole area of the spectrum was kinda junk and not good for transmitting very far..."

      ah, the joys of telecommunications.

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    2. Re:Initial reaction by dnahelicase · · Score: 5, Funny

      Psh. Noob. I liquid cool and overclock my snapdragon to 4.5 GHz. The battery life is only about 30 seconds but it's worth it to play mobile crysis at 200fps.

  2. Re:So? by Pharmboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haven't even the marketing types learned by now.that Ghz is a measure of frequency, not speed?

    But it's TWO Ghz! It's rated at TWICE the bogomips, it has to be faster! This is so fast, I can start talking before I even dial the number! Believe me, when it comes to talking on a phone, this faster CPU will make it much, much better!!!!!1

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  3. Re:2Ghz what? by geekoid · · Score: 1, Funny

    YES IT IS! - AMD

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  4. Not from Apple == Do not want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Specifications are useless without the design and the status. My equation is simple. If Apple makes it, it is worth buying. If anyone else does, no thanks.

    Think Different.
    Think Better.
    Think Apple.

    1. Re:Not from Apple == Do not want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or in your case, don't think at all.

  5. Re:Motorola Has Crappy UI by pitchpipe · · Score: 2, Funny

    It seems like Motorola has the crappiest and most confusing user interfaces ever. If they were loading pure Android, that'd be great. However, Moto customizes the OS with something called "MotoBlur."

    What's wrong with that? It does exactly as the name implies, it 'blurs' the clarity of the user interface.

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  6. Get the title right by alta · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why does it have to be android? I read the summary, nowhere does it say android. Maybe moto already has a deal to license iOS.

    Maybe the subject could read "Moto to make 2Ghz iOS phone by the end of the year" Someone's assuming it's android, aren't they?

    Take "Android" out of title to be accurate. :p

    Yeah I know... it's probably android. I'm just in a bad mood ;) And no way apple would license.

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  7. Re:2Ghz what? by space_jake · · Score: 2, Funny

    Burn! (no really)

  8. Re:Carrier problems by mcvos · · Score: 2, Funny

    What sort of tiny pockets do you have?

    Big enough for a Fujitsu Tablet, apparently.