Google's Moto X phone coming Aug. 1?

Bet you thought the summer months were supposed to be quiet for

product introductions? Not in the fast-moving mobile space where

Google plays.



Motorola has sent out invitations to a New York City launch event

scheduled on August 1 for the U.S.-made Moto X smartphone. That debut

promises to be the first major new device since Google bought the

Motorola Mobility business. Google CEO Larry Page on Thursday teased

interest for the phone's imminent arrival during the company's

earnings call.



Motorola is also expected to be at the forefront of a Verizon Wireless

media gathering on Tuesday in Gotham, where the latest Motorola Droid

handhelds are expected to be unveiled.



Meanwhile, Google executive Sundar Pinchai, who runs the Android and

Chrome businesses, is holding a press breakfast in San Francisco the

next morning, with signs pointing to the unveiling of Android version

4.3, the latest iteration of the company's operating system software

for phones and tablets.



And on August 7, LG is staging its own Manhattan event and is likely

to introduce the successor to its Optimus G flagship phone. LG can

only hope that consumers won't be tuned out by then. After all, isn't

this supposed to be vacation season?