Verizon’s “Project Ironman” reportedly features 5G Motorola AR glasses

Motorola to produce a “first-of-its-kind 5G wearable”

Castano added that Motorola’s next Edge flagship phone will be introduced in a few days which might spread some more sunlight on this entire project including “Project Ironman.”

If true, this would not be the first time that Motorola and Verizon teamed up on a game-changing device. In November 2009, both Verizon and Motorola were eager to build an iPhone killer. At the time, Apple’s smartphone was exclusive to AT&T, and previous attempts by Verizon to at least match the iPhone failed miserably. In late 2008, Verizon thought that it had what it was looking for with the BlackBerry Storm.

Can Verizon and Motorola find the magic one more time?

The BlackBerry Storm 2 might have given Verizon a decent phone and it probably would have been its top touchscreen offering for 2009 had it not been for the Motorola DROID. Verizon, Google, and Motorola teamed up to develop the first Android 2.0 phone and it featured a 3.7-inch LCD display, slightly larger than the iPhone’s 3.5-inch screen. It also had a physical keyboard that would slide out.

The DROID was an instant hit and Verizon customers finally had a phone on the same level as the iPhone. But the software stole the show as Android 2.0 included free turn-by-turn directions with Google Maps. At first, multitouch was not allowed (remember that Steve Jobs had mentioned how Apple had patented it during the unveiling of the OG iPhone) but later was added to the software.

To say that the Motorola DROID was a game-changer would be true. Android went from strength to strength and became the most widely used smartphone operating system in the world. While some of the players’ names have changed, we once again have Motorola and Verizon teaming up on a possible game-changing new mobile device (albeit a wearable one this time) and we can’t wait to see what happens.