Motorola 'Calgary' to bring BLUR to Verizon, Droid not looking worried

The Droid's shaping up to be a beast of an Android phone -- well played, Verizon -- but Motorola's banking much of its future on its MOTOBLUR platform, which the Droid curiously lacks (though Android 2.0 adds at least some of BLUR's functionality back in). Don't worry, though -- Verizon hasn't forgotten about BLUR altogether, and the rumored Calgary is looking to arrive as the carrier's next Android phone from Moto featuring BLUR in all its social network-aggregating glory. It's clearly positioned as a lower-end device than the Droid, stepping down to a 3 megapixel cam but still managing nifty features like an optical pad, 3.5mm jack, and naturally, a full QWERTY keyboard. Considering Rubin's ties to Danger, you could think of this as the ill-fated Sidekick Slide all grow'd up. Word has it this might hit before the end of the year, so we'll see just how much breathing room Verizon and Moto feel like giving the Droid before coming back for Round 2, eh?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 2:45PM]

I like the DROID better,Calgary can stay in Calgary an I wont mind....

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 5:20PM]

Does that have two network bar indicator.... ?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 3:27PM]

1x and EVDO.

or

EVDO and WiFi

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 2:48PM]

I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Why are they naming a phone after this city?

[A Man Posted Oct 20th 2009 3:39PM]

Because Calgary is a great place to live!!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2009 4:56PM]

I wonder if Verizon will be coming out with an Android phone that is touchscreen only.

That's what I'm waiting for. My current contract ends in August, 2010, so I hope there's one that has no physical keyboard by then.

[SoCoolCurt Posted Oct 20th 2009 6:38PM]

gotta say ive been impressed with VZW as of late. as a long time customer, there coverage has always been great but they always had shitty phones to choose from. now with phones like the TP2, Imagio, Droid, Calgary, Hero, Storm 2, either already on the network or coming soon, ive never been happier.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2009 1:55AM]

I've always wanted to go to Verizon, but they had no phones that interest me(I don't need a blackberry). But Droid has me wanting to chuck my G1 away already. I'm just waiting to see if tethering over USB/WiFi is available with it and I'm sold(as if I'm not already).

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2009 5:23PM]

Sorry but this phone looks cheap and am I blind or is there no directional pad?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2009 11:59PM]

That is a horrible looking phone. Not surprised that its Verizon thats rolling it out. They must think the people that buy their phones are blind or have no sense of design what so ever. It looks worse than a G1 and that is a pretty ugly looking phone too...but not as bad as this Calgary from Motorola. Just by this picture you can tell that cheap cheap cheap was drilled into the industrial designers mind when they came up with this. The quality of the finish, the fisher price buttons, etc. all point to one direction....Verizon+Motorola=Crap.
Look what happens to a phone when a company with money and sense of design (Google) gets involved.= Droid

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 22nd 2009 7:52AM]

JC - this phone is in development still. I'll bet you a two year contract that it doesn't look like this when it's released... word I've heard is that it's quite sweet looking

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 24th 2009 8:47PM]

Wow, Is it just me or does that look like one of those cheap Chinese knock offs?