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Android seems to be the go-to OS of choice for gadgets smaller than netbooks, especially now with the 2.0 version.  It makes a lot of sense, its open source, free to put on any device and has a respectable number of apps available.  Plus, its backed by Google.  Today we’re seeing yet another Android device, this one a MID from MOTO (not Motorola).

MOTO is calling the new device the AMP (Android Media Platform), the 5-inch version being the first, with a 30inch and 10-inch version on the way by early 2010.  The 5-inch AMP comes equipped with a front-facing 8MP camera, a Texas Instrument OMAP3430 processor, capacitive multi-touch display and 256MB flash that’s expandable via SD card.  The screen is OLED, so the 720p video the device is said to output should look quite nice.  It comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an optional 3G module, which makes the included navigation app seem strange given the lack of GPS.

While for some it might be difficult to get excited about yet another Android device, the AMP looks to be quite the interesting device.  If not the current 5-inch model, then certainly the 10-inch model which looks more like an Internet tablet.  While there’s no price for it yet, with a 10.4-inch OLED display with multi-touch, GPS, and 8MP camera (front), a 3MP camera (back) and pen digitizer it looks to be even more than what the (assumed dead) Crunchpad was looking to do.  How well Android will be able to translate to such a large screen remains to be seen, but if it does translate well there could at least be a decent open-source alternative to the presumed Apple tablet.

Read [MOTO]  Read [MOTO AMP specs]