Purported Motorola roadmap uncovers Sholes Tablet, Motus and other mythical mysteries

Okay folks, this is the moment where hauling a spoonful of NaCl down the chute would be highly recommended. DialAPhone seems to have unearthed what looks like a Q4 2009 - Q1 2010 Motorola roadmap, and while the finds are certainly intriguing, we're still hesitant to believe this thing is legit. For starters, this is obviously a European plan, so what we're viewing here may never make the tedious journey across the pond anyway. Secondly, how many of you honestly believe Moto's cooking up a Sholes Tablet? Exactly. That said, we'd be the first to drool should that device (or the Motus and / or Zeppelin) launch early next year, and you can bet your bottom dollar that we'll be scraping the floor for details when CES kicks off in just a few months.

[Thanks, dejan]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2009 12:30PM]

The tablet could just be the name for the qwerty-less version of the sholes!! i rememer reading about this and seeing an image as well. And did no one notice an 8MP CAMERA WITH XENON FLASH?!?! AND 720P HD VIDEO!!!!
I have been wating a LONG time for the sholes to come out, but now i kinda of feel like waiting until next year to see if the tablet is indeed the qwerty-less version of the sholes here is the picture i remember seeing:

http://phandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/motoflash.jpg

i am so EFFING EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2009 1:09PM]

pwetty.

[rbrome Posted Oct 14th 2009 1:12PM]

Exactly. The slide shows that both the "Sholes" and "Sholes Tablet" share the same 3.7" display, so clearly "tablet" doesn't mean something bigger, it just means a tablet shape, as in no sliding keyboard. What's hard to believe about that?

In fact, it implies that they replaced the keyboard with a better camera, which is sensible and common. Witness the difference between the HTC Touch Pro2 and Touch Diamond2.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2009 5:22PM]

This is funny. Other times Engadget got a roadmap they were all over it, this time they don't believe it.

This is a real roadmap for the GSM phones. Tablet means no keyboard.

Look around CES all you like, but you have the information here and you are ignoring what you have.

[JAG Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:24AM]

SHOLES TABLET really looks like the phone im looking for.

With Android 2.0, a real iPhone Killer