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Motorola and Verizon Wireless Announce the Droid

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Oct 28, 2009, 9:00 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

Today Motorola and Verizon Wireless introduced the Droid, a new Android phone that runs the 2.0 (Eclair) operating system. The Droid is a sideways slider with 3.7-inch WVGA touch display (480 x 854 pixels) and full QWERTY keyboard. It has EVDO Rev. A, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and Wi-Fi radios on board. The camera rates 5 megapixels and has dual-LED flash, autofocus, image stabilization and DVD-quality (720 x 480 pixels) video capture at 24 frames per second. The Droid is boxed with a 16GB microSD card and runs a Cortex A8 processor. The Droid takes advantage of many of the features of Android 2.0, which includes an integrated email inbox with support for multiple Gmail and Exchange accounts; SMS and MMS search; double-tap zoom in the browser with support for HTML5; improved camera software; and improved on-screen keyboard software. It runs a new Google Maps Navigation application (in beta) that offers voice guidance and 3D navigation. The Droid will not run Motorola's MOTOBLUR, and instead is a stock "with Google" Android device with no UI customization. Verizon also said that all of its future Android devices will be released under the "Droid" branding. The Droid goes on sale November 6 for $200 with new contract.

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Where is the ? mark on slide out keypad? phonegrl123 Nov 17, 2009, 11:49 AM
AT&T lost pookie2531 Oct 28, 2009, 1:31 PM
Why Verizon's Droid Isn't an iPhone Killer andy2373 Oct 29, 2009, 5:24 AM
What's this? andy2373 Oct 28, 2009, 2:08 PM
No UI customization on a Verizon phone? BBuser4l Oct 29, 2009, 6:21 AM
Who would you like to see make out with this phone? Drunk Oct 29, 2009, 12:10 AM
It's so hard to make your mind up zzyo90 Oct 28, 2009, 9:48 AM
There's a chance andy2373 Oct 29, 2009, 5:39 AM
Anybody andy2373 Oct 29, 2009, 4:59 AM
Verizon's iPhone Killer Do Jour.... bluecoyote Oct 28, 2009, 12:20 PM
No need to make comparisons ygbhen Oct 28, 2009, 9:28 PM
My Tour just got shelved cwcanty Oct 28, 2009, 9:22 AM
Well I got some Android useful info STEELRIK Oct 28, 2009, 5:58 PM
Review island-guy Oct 28, 2009, 8:56 PM
CDMA infamousjd Oct 28, 2009, 3:56 PM
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iDon't... JeffdaBeat Oct 28, 2009, 12:11 PM
Finally announced evrodude Oct 28, 2009, 9:22 AM
Google Maps Navigation kwaping Oct 28, 2009, 3:10 PM
Iphone CDMA TheChampIsHere Oct 28, 2009, 1:52 PM
iPhone pookie2531 Oct 28, 2009, 9:30 AM
 
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