With Motorola taking a CIA-esque ‘neither confirm nor deny’ stance on the Motorola A1600 Ming its left to us the citizen reporters to ready a salivating public for its forthcoming debut.

Leaked photos indicate the much awaited and speculated offspring of the the A1200 shares more than the family name with its Clamshell brethren. The MOTOMING2 is not only another clamshell but another quadband - but the CPU has apparently improved from its predecessor.

So Motorola continues to avoid announcement and suggestions its available already in China, for now we’ll have to settle for photos of the phone and sneak peeks of the Linux UI.