You can add gyms as a good place to find unannounced phones - that’s where a Motorola Droid Shadow was found. The Android smartphone is the future successor of the Motorola Droid and possibly even the Google Nexus Two.

So far the Motorola Droid Shadow has appeared with Verizon branding and it will probably be an exclusive at launch. We of course expect to see a Motorola Milestone Shadow or something along those lines to appear at later stages.

The phone reportedly features a 4.3″ WVGA screen and an 8MP camera with 720p video recording. There should also be goodies like mini-HDMI port and 16GB (or 8GB depending on who you believe) internal memory.

Photos of the Motorola Droid Shadow found in the gym • The Shadow should have a QWERTY version too

The Motorola Droid Shadow supposedly has 512MB RAM and was first said to run on an OMAP 3630 CPU clocked at 720MHz. The Shadow uses Motorola’s MOTOBLUR UI, but we don’t know what that means for a Froyo update.

Anyway, rumor has it that the Motorola Droid Shadow was found in a corporate Verizon gym in Washington. The device was soon remotely locked but the guy that found it, managed to confirm the screen specs, the 16GB internal storage and the camera. He also said that the CPU was a Snapdragon.

What was left unconfirmed however was whether or not the Motorola Droid Shadow has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Previous rumors said there will be two devices - a Motorola Droid 2 with QWERTY and Motorola Shadow without.

The Droid Shadow is expected to be released in June or July, so we should know more about it by then.

After European market, Motorola launches its Milestone smartphone in Hong Kong, the first in Asia region to get the Android 2.0 device. The version Motorola sells in Hong Kong is English version with MOTO Chinese input methods (but no Chinese UI), including Chinese handwriting recognition and Pinyin.

According MOTO’s product manager, the cellphone maker will release later in Hong Kong a Chinese version with native Chinese UI and more Chinese input methods. The Chinese version may be released with Android 2.1 OS, and current devices will receive updates.

The Motorola Milestone is selling in Hong Kong at HK$4680 (US$602), unlocked and no contract needed.
Motorola Milestone Specs:

•WCDMA/900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA, GPRS Class 12
•Android 2.0
•3.7-inch 480×854 Touchscreen Display
•5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with Dual LED Flash, 4X Digital Zoom
•QWERTY keyboard
•Bluetooth
•WiFi 802.11b/g
•aGPS
•CrystalTalk
•3.5mm Headset Jack
•MicroUSB port
•microSD slot (up to 32GB)

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The Motorola Backflip (it’s also known as Enzo) is a first for AT&T - it’s an Android phone. It’s not official yet, but it’s a very interesting phone in that it was designed by someone completely lacking spatial awareness.

First things first. The Motorola Backflip is a rather appropriate name as you’re about to find out. Spec-wise it’s almost identical to the Motorola CLIQ (or Motorola DEXT MB220 as it is known outside the States).

Motorola Backflip (Enzo)

This means typical Android device and typical specs - 3.1″ HVGA display, 528MHz CPU, 256MB RAM/512MB ROM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. The software is said to be Android 1.5 with Motoblur and lack all Google apps except Google Maps. The Android Market is included though.

AT&T have taken their time to include their own customizations - Yahoo! Search (say what?), AT&T Nav, AT&T Music and AT&T Mobile App store. Anyhow, word is that the Motorola Backflip is thinner, slightly smaller and lighter than the T-Mobile G1 (or HTC Dream).

AT&T left their mark on the Motorola Backflip

The Motorola Backflip sports a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash but, uh, there’s a problem - the placement. We mentioned the weird form factor, right? Well, sit down because your head will start spinning.

If you’ve looked at the photos you’re probably feeling something is off - how come you can see the keyboard in that one photo but not the screen? Well, it’s called “Motorola Backflip” for a reason. The keyboard is on the back on the device, while the display is on the front.

When you fold the Motorola Backflip open, things start to look normal, good even - that’s one roomy 4-row QWERTY - but putting the keyboard on the back where it’s always exposed is not exactly a good idea. And where’s the camera - on the keyboard, of course. Where else?

That’s some bad camera placement • the touchpad • the Backflip still runs Android 1.5

Oh, and that’s not all that’s strange about the Motorola Backflip - there’s a touchpad on the back of the screen, accessible when the phone is open. Apparently, it can be used for scrolling. It’s not like the phone has a 3.1″ touchscreen or anything. Weird.

One last bit of weirdness before we go - the (admittedly rumored) specs list the device as quad-band GSM/EDGE and quint-band 3G. That is 5 bands in a row - 850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz. Of course, it could just be a mistake. There’s no guarantee that the Motorola Backflip will have global 3G support (but if it does, we’d need a better name for it).