Aug 28
The Pocket PC Central Hands-On Motorola Droid X Review has been posted.
Aug 28
The Pocket PC Central Accessories Center has been updated and now includes accessories for the Verizon Wireless Motorola Droid 2 Android Smartphone. There you can find cases, sync cables, and other accessories for the newest Droid smartphone.
The Droid 2 Accessories Center will continue to be updated over the coming weeks.
Learn more about the Motorola Droid 2 Smartphone…
Aug 10
No big surprises to report, but today Verizon Wireless and Motorola made the Droid 2 Android smartphone official. Available for $200 with a two-year contract, the Droid 2 will begin arriving in users’ hands Thursday.
The Droid 2 will ship with Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ onboard, complete with OS-level mobile Wi-Fi hotpost functionality (this feature will cost $20 per month for 2GB of data). Other features include a 1GHz TI OMAP 3630 processor (same as the Droid X), a slide-to-hide QWERTY keyboard, a 3.7-inch multitouch display, a 5MP camera, 8GB of onboard memory (plus an 8GB microSDHC memory card, expandable to 32GB), and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi.
An R2-D2 special edition version of the Droid 2 will be sold online in September. This version will include Star Wars content (details unknown) and an external hardware makeover with the lovable Star Wars droid in mind.
You can find the Droid 2 press release after the jump.
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless 3G network, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a pioneer in the mobile industry, today announced that DROID™ 2 by Motorola will be available for pre-sale on August 11. Hitting all the right keys, DROID 2 is a feature-packed device that helps manage work and social life with an enhanced QWERTY keyboard, ultra high-speed Web browsing, 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, full push corporate e-mail, intuitive social messaging and Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 for access to the full web – all built on Android 2.2. "When we announced DROID X last month, we reaffirmed our commitment to continue to bring unique Android experiences to the Verizon Wireless network," said Jeffrey Dietel, vice president – wireless device, marketing and development for Verizon Wireless. "The DROID by Motorola was our first Android device, so it is important for us to include the successor to that phone in our portfolio. DROID 2 is not only a continuation of our commitment to Android but offers customers the features and form-factor they crave on the Verizon Wireless network." "With the new DROID 2, we’ve taken a big leap forward from the original DROID," said Bill Ogle, chief marketing officer of Motorola Mobile Devices and Home Business. "We listened to consumers and are providing an even more robust experience built on Android 2.2 that includes a new keyboard, increased processing power, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities to send, access and share information even quicker than before." DROID 2′s super-slim design helps customers e-mail, text and tweet with ease. DROID 2 offers a redesigned symmetrical keyboard with raised keys for more responsive typing to push out notes and status updates. Speech-to-text input and the virtual multi-touch keyboard allow for quick messaging; or customers can also use Swype for even easier text input. In addition, full push corporate e-mail delivers enhanced features such as remote wipe and password enforcement so that information remains secure. DROID 2 packs power and speed. Customers can enjoy the freedom of wireless with the 3G Mobile HotSpot and the ability to connect up to five compatible Wi-Fi® devices, and watch content on the full multi-touch 3.7-inch brilliant display, or share content captured on the 5-megapixel camera with enhanced functionality and DVD-quality video capture with DLNA connectivity to share on compatible devices. Customers can also download favorite apps from Android Market™, which has more than 70,000 applications, and store them on 8 GB of preloaded on-board memory and the 8 GB microSD™ card, which can be upgraded to a 32 GB SD card for a total cargo capacity of 40 GB. Popular apps available on DROID 2 include NFL Mobile (downloadable), Skype mobile™ and BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® presented by V CAST Video. Customers can even manage their wireless accounts or their contacts from their phones with My Verizon and with Backup Assistant(SM). "It’s great to see amazing new smartphones like the DROID 2 come pre-installed with Flash Player 10.1," said David Wadhwani, senior vice president and general manager, Creative and Interactive Solution Business Unit at Adobe. "With the completely redesigned and hardware accelerated Flash Player 10.1, DROID 2 users will be able to experience the full Web on the go." Adobe Flash Player 10.1 lets mobile users experience millions of websites the way they were meant to be seen – with rich Internet applications (RIAs), content inside the browser, including games, animations, data presentations and visualizations, e-commerce, music, video, audio and more. R2-D2 DROID 2 In honor of the iconic Astromech Droid from the Star Wars™ Saga, Verizon Wireless will offer a limited-edition R2-D2 version of the DROID 2, available only online in September. The special version of the phone will feature exclusive Star Wars content and external hardware designed to look like the trusty Droid from the film saga. Visitors to the upcoming Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Fla., can see a preview of the limited edition phone and sign up to receive alerts when the phone is ready for sale. Pricing and Availability DROID 2 by Motorola will be available at www.verizonwireless.com on August 11, and it will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning August 12 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted. In addition to subscribing to a Nationwide Talk plan or a Nationwide Talk & Text plan, customers will also need to subscribe to an Email and Web for Smartphone plan. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access. Email and Web for Smartphone plans start at $29.99 for unlimited monthly access. Customers can add the optional 3G Mobile HotSpot service to their DROID 2 smartphones for $20 per month. The 3G Mobile HotSpot allows customers to turn their phones into a wireless modem for up to five compatible Wi-Fi® devices. In addition, current Verizon Wireless customers who have contracts ending by December 31, 2010, can upgrade to any smartphone, including DROID 2, without penalty.
Jul 26
The idea seemed impossible just a couple of weeks ago. But recent events have moved it squarely into the maybe column. I’m not saying HTC is on the verge of discontinuing the Incredible, but there’s now enough circumstantial evidence to make it a possibility.
Here’s why:
During the weekend of July 10, I was contacted by two unrelated people reporting they had been told, with different explanations, the Incredible was being discontinued. The first said a Verizon sales rep told him the Droid X would soon take the Incredible’s place in the carrier’s Android lineup; the other said a Verizon salesperson told him not to bother ordering an Incredible (which was – and is – backordered) because it was about to be discontinued.
I largely dismissed the idea that one of the most widely-praised Android smartphones would be discontinued barely two months after its release. But I did assume there was some truth in the information provided to these two men. The AMOLED display used in the Droid Incredible had been trickling out of Samsung’s production facilities much more slowly than HTC wished, which was responsible for the smartphone’s chronic backorder status. Perhaps a new version of the Incredible with a different SKU was in the pipeline, which may have caused the Verizon reps to think the Incredible wasn’t long for this world.
So I contacted Verizon Wireless PR for clarification. I assumed the response would be something along the lines of a flat-out denial or vague information on a display technology transition. It wasn’t.
When I got a response, the message read:
“Verizon Wireless or HTC have not made an announcement about the Incredible. It’s a popular device and we continue to sell it.”
Continue to sell it? Not “will continue to sell it”? Hmm… Qualified and evasive wording is nothing new in PR, but if the Incredible’s shelf-life was assumed to be the normal year or so, why the couched response?
Then, today, HTC announced it would begin using Super LCD (SLCD) displays in its current 3.7-inch AMOLED smartphone offerings later this summer. This move is an effort to get more smartphones onto the market in light of the ongoing AMOLED shortage. Mentioned in the press release were two 3.7-inch-screened HTC smartphones: the Desire (which isn’t yet sold by a U.S. carrier) and Nexus One (which seems to be on its way out). There was not word one about the Droid Incredible, which is certainly more popular in the U.S. than either of these devices. I wasn’t the only person who found this omission odd.
So, there you have it. Three unrelated events which together point to the Incredible’s possible demise.
Any thoughts?
Matthew Nichols, Products Editor
Jul 19
Android v2.2 is, at present, limited to the Google Nexus One in the United States. Other newer, even high-end Android handsets like the Droid Incredible, Samsung Captivate or Motorola Droid X are running the older v2.1.
But according to information provided to BGR by a tipster, at least one of these devices will also be getting Android 2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo) in as soon as two or three weeks.
That device is the HTC Droid Incredible. The tipster says that the popular smartphone will be getting the Froyo upgrade by early August which will add sought-after features like 802.11n connectivity, 3G Mobile Hotspot functionality, 720p HD video recording and new widgets for email and news.
This has not been confirmed by Verizon or HTC.
Jul 15
Just in case you needed reminding, the Motorola Droid X and T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant are here – today. The two Android-powered smartphones have been anticipated for months; one, a keyboard-free update to a popular Motorola handset, the other the first of many Galaxy S Samsung smartphones coming to United States wireless carriers.
The retail price for the Droid X with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract is $199; WireFly has it for $179. The Samsung Vibrant is also $199 at T-Mobile after a $50 mail-in rebate; Amazon has it for $149 shipped.
Android fans – today’s a good day.
Already have one of these new phones? Let us know how you like it in the comments section.
Jul 12
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The Pocket PC Central Accessories Center has been updated and now includes accessories for the Verizon Wireless Motorola Droid X Android Smartphone. There you can find cases, sync cables, and other accessories for the newest Droid smartphone.
The Droid X Accessories Center will continue to be updated over the coming weeks.
Learn more about the Motorola Droid X Smartphone…
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