The Motorola Calgary is an

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-based

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by Motorola to be initially distributed by

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in the United States. Features of the phone include

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networking, a 3-

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low light capable

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, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, interchangeable battery, 3.2-inch

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, MicroSDHC support,

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keyboard, and

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3430 processor. The Motorola Calgary runs version 1.6, codenamed doughnut, of Google's Android operating system. The phone does, however, run the re-branded

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version of Android, instead of providing the Google Experience skin and application stack. The phone could possibly be a more affordable alternative to the

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. Recent photos have leaked, having the phone differ largely form the original render, now seen in the colors black and silver, still running MOTOBlur. It is also assumed that Verizon will release it under the name DROID Devour, as their current Android device naming is out into place.

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