Sprint may be adopting another handset from Verizon Wireless–the Now Network had previously announced that it will be launching the Verizon Motorola Droid Pro as the Motorola XPRT on its network–and this time it’s the Droid X2, which would launch as the Photon 4G. Rumors are circulating that the Photon model name, which was leaked back in April, will be a Motorola handset with a qHD display, dual-core Tegra 2 processor, and probably come with the same 4.3-inch display as the Motorola Droid X2 on Verizon Wireless.
If true, it looks like Verizon Wireless will be losing exclusivity of Motorola handsets in the United States. After the two mentioned companies, together with Google, launched the original Droid 1 in the U.S., heavy marketing blitz turned Android into a household name and began to change the luck of Motorola, which was entering into a downhill spiral since the days of the RAZR. At the time, the original Droid was said to have been created for Windows Phone 7, but Microsoft had delayed what was then rumored to be Windows Mobile 7 to release a stepping stone OS release in the form of Windows Mobile 6.5. Motorola, upset, turned to Android, and its fate and history with Verizon was sealed.
