Motorola Windows Phone 7: Where’s the WP7 Droid X Alternative? [Windows Phone 7 Handsets Coming This Fall, Motorola Not to Make Any?]

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Don’t look now but the smartphone business is about to be flooded by a ton of Windows Phone 7 handsets this fall. iOS and Android device will get an important blow from WP7 phones (hopefully) later this year. We’ve seen plenty of leaks from HTC, Samsung, Dell, Asus and LG and all these manufacturers have at least a couple of WP7 devices ready to be launch this October and November.

Microsoft has invested a great deal of money in R&D and although it feels it’s playing catch up when compared to Apple and Google, the Redmond-based company still knows how to build a smartphone OS. Windows Phone 7 is definitely meant to bring some balance to the force in a mobile world that’s being ruled by the iPhone and Android devices.

With all that in mind, a natural question that comes to mind is where are all the hot Motorola Windows Phone 7 handsets? Motorola was almost dead before Android came along in their life when it comes to hot devices. The Razr line wasn’t working for them anymore and they barely made it to the modern smartphone business. It took a lot of balls to play a last winning hand on Android and CEO Sanjay Jha is to “blame” for Motorola’s newly found success with Android devices. But is that enough for Motorola?

Unlike Apple, RIM or Nokia, and even Samsung with its Bada OS, Motorola doesn’t have its own OS to use in its own smartphones. And that might not even be required if Moto will be able to make enough hot Android smartphones to meet the needs of its worldwide customers.

But everyone else is also building hot Android devices, and if the Droid X was a hot device a month ago, it will be blown to pieces by the next HTC Android creation. And while Motorola is busy creating the next flagship Android device of its own, its competitors are also making Windows Phone 7 handsets thus attacking each other, and Motorola, on two fronts, Android and Windows Phone 7.

Motorola has what it takes to build a Droid X-like device running Windows Phone 7. But there are no leaks and rumors to point to that fact so that must mean they aren’t doing it. An old rumor/statement said that Moto will stay away of the Windows Mobile 6.5 universe, and I’m glad they did. That was a losing horse for Microsoft and partners from the get go. Other than the HTC HD2 or a few Samsung Omnia devices, can you honestly say you liked Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets?

But WP7 is a whole different story. Microsoft finally has a mobile platform that has a lot of potential and Motorola seems to be missing out on that action, and so will we, the consumers, as Motorola could be an important WP7 player.

So what do you say, Motorola, are you going to place all your eggs in the Android basket or are you willing to give Windows Phone 7 a chance? In which case, we’re definitely waiting to see what hot WP7 smartphone, Droid X-style you can come up with!