Motorola’s upcoming Android phones | Left: The elegant Moto Sholes for Verizon from MotoFan.ru; Right: Moto Morrison for T-Mobile from Mini-Suit.

Motorola’s not messing around with its debut of two Android smartphones expected to launch this fall. The phones, code name Morrison and a the second Sholes, pack some serious specifications, according to reports at the site Android and Me. If these specs are the real deal Apple’s iPhone may have some serious competition.

We have been hearing about Motorola’s plans to launch two Android phones this year for a while now. First, pictures of the Motorola Morrison showed up on speciality blogs and shortly after, a sleeker-looking Motorola Sholes teased our imagination.

Here’s what to expect from Motorola’s first two Google Android phones:

HTC introduced today its latest smartphone running on Google’s Android mobile operating system, the HTC Hero. The new device packs in some better hardware features from its predecessors and brings a revamped user interface (UI) to Android-loving fans.

The software on the HTC Hero is to take center stage in this announcement, as the device is the first Android smartphone to support multitouch (iPhone style) and — surprise! — Adobe Flash.

With the launch of the HTC Hero, Android is raising the stakes against the Palm Pre and the Apple iPhone. The Europeans will get their hands on the new device later this summer, while the U.S. is expected to get a “distinct” version of the HTC Hero later this year. [View slideshow]

Adobe is set to introduce Flash Player 10 for most mobile operating systems later this year, including Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian and Palm WebOS.

Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen said during a recent earnings call that multiple partners of the company have already received an early version of Flash Player 10. Developers will be able to get their hands on a beta version of Flash Player 10 mobile later this year, at Adobe’s Max conference in October. [Read article]