I just got done reading an article in Biz Week about Motorola’s move to the Android platform.  The once dominant cell phone manufacture has fully signed on to the OS and has plans to pretty much reinvigorate their cell phone business using the open source platform.  So it’s no surprise that images of the company’s first Android handset have leaked out to the press.

Called the Shules, or Sholes - no one really knows, but it’s a terrible name, like the shoe inserts - it’s a slide out QWERTY handset with a 3.7-inch 480×854 resolution touchscreen.   There is also a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, GPS, EVDO Rev A connectivity, WiFi, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot.  The Motorola Shules is expected to land this October on Verizon Wireless.

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Leaks aren’t a good thing if your rolling in a canoe, but in the case of mobile phones we pray for them.  This time around we’ve got word on Samsung’s newest Omnia phone, the Omnia 2 or GT-I8000.  Although it lacks a touchscreen like the iPhone 3GS, it’s packing an  3.7-inch (800×400) LCD, 8.1 megapixel camera with dual LED flashes and the ability to shoot 30fps VGA recordings.  Snazziness aside you’re still gonna have to tolerate the good old Windows Mobile OS, unless of course you’re masochist.

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