Sprint, Motorola holding event on June 9th, but forwhat?

We’ve just been invited to an event in New York City on June 9th starring none other than Sprint’s Dan Hesse and Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha, promising “hands-on demonstrations of Sprint and Motorola’s latest collaborations.” These types of gatherings are par for the course -- we attend dozens of them a year -- but what makes this a little unusual is that Sprint and Motorola haven’t partnered much outside of iDEN recently. In fact, there’s only one non-Nextel Direct Connect Motorola in Sprint’s current lineup -- and it’s the business-focused ES400S running Windows Mobile, of all things.By all appearances, this means these two underdogs are turning a new leaf in their partnership -- and since there’s an event being held, it’s likely going to be some notable high-end gear. A Tegra 2-powered Android smartphone to do battle with the Atrix and Droid Bionic? Possibly. Technically, a Xoom with WiMAX could be on tap, too, though we can’t imagine that Jha and Hesse would be called out for an event to introduce a device that’s been on another carrier for months.

At any rate, we’ll be on hand for all the fun... so stay tuned.