Motorola Shadow: TI Not QSD
It seems that the initial report about the Motorola Shadow that was left in a US network Verizon operated corporate gym was not as accurate as we had expected. According to new sources, the Shadow will be using the old Texas Instruments OMAP 3630 CPU which is clocked at a speed of 720MHz.
Not exactly the high end CPU that we were hoping for; since the 1GHz Snapdragon is now a common feature for the average Android smart phone but that does not make the Shadow any less impressive. The device still comes packed with a 4.1 inch capacitive touch screen, 8GB of internal memory and an 8 mega pixel camera. All in all, it is still a pretty decent smart phone. The only thing that does not add up is why the specs are generally low for what was supposed to be a high-profile Android device.
It was originally rumored that the Motorola Shadow is the project that the phone manufacturer has undertaken as part of their efforts to make the next Google branded Android smart phone. Since the Nexus One already had impressive hardware specs to boot, it was an easy assumption to make that the next phone in the series would have better hardware –or at the very least, specs to match.
For many Milestone fans, this latest bit of news is certainly a disappointment –especially since the Shadow looks so much like the original DROID in terms of form factor. In fact, one can even say that the Shadow is the more stylish device of the two.
So far, Motorola has not yet announced what the final specs on this handset really are nor have they stated which version of the Android operating system it will originally have. Many are expecting the handset to come out with the newer 2.2 Froyo OS since it is expected that the phone is not going to be launched until a much later time.
