In May, there were rumors that Motorola Calgary will be the first Android handset from Motorola to hit the stores. Furthermore, images of the Motorola Morrison emerged which is also speculated to be an Android phone. Thus confirming the trend.
Now, the Boy Genius Report has uncovered that Motorola is apparently developing a skin for Android called Blur which is similar to what HTC has done with the Sense UI on Hero.
Reportedly, this is what they have been told: Motorola’s Android offering is definitely a customization of the Android user interface much like HTC has done. It will combine all personal contacts and social networking sites into a clean and easy to use interface. While it’s nice to know Moto is going to be throwing a skin on top of Android, what’s more interesting is the next part.
The skin/OS is named “Blur” by Motorola and will be heavily web-connected. All Android devices will be able to upgrade different sections of the OS and interface all over the air. There has been something mentioned about a device key that is attached to users’ email and passwords for their social networking accounts. What this presumably does is, allows all the content to be pushed right to the device from the web which includes updates and actual upgrades.
So this ‘Blur’ user interface will supposedly be centered on social networking. Let’s hope we see what Motorola has in mind sooner rather than later.