An unusual Motorola handset has been spotted in the wild with Verizon Wireless DROID-branding. The device takes the form of a traditional slider with slide-down QWERTY keyboard and looks like a mashup of the BlackBerry Bold and Palm Pre. The phone has Motorola branding and sports the Red Eye DROID animation popularized by the DROID, an unexpected feature which suggests this handset is destined for Big Red.  Read More →

Good news for Motorola DROID X owners as Verizon Wireless is releasing an update to the newly launched handset. The update, Version 1.13.604.MB810.Verizon.en.US/Baseband: BP_C01.09.04P, includes the following improvements and enhancements: Improved battery charging status indicator. Smoother transition for camera and camcorder functions. Redesign of weather widget icons. Faster Exchange ActiveSync® email loading. Streamlined organization of... 

If you happened to buy a new Droid X yesterday, you may have noticed a couple of apps from Blockbuster and Electronic Arts pre-installed on your device. No, you didn’t ask for them, but Motorola and its T-Mobile Verizon carrier thought you might like them. The Blockbuster app provides a map of local retailers and allows users to download films from the company’s catalog. Good luck trying to delete the app, though. Sure, you can erase... 

That original Motorola Droid looking long in tooth? Not sure what to do with it once you upgrade to Incredible , X , or even the progenitor’s most direct descendant ? Take a cue from Mike Partain, who threw in a Lego NXT Robot kit and some ingenuity to create a rather clever proof of concept. The building blocks serve as the bulk of the structure and motor skills, the phone serves as…  Read More →

Pocket-lint has HTC’s global PR and online community manager, Eric Lin, on the record saying that his company will be “done with our Froyo updates before Christmas.” Lin explains that porting all of HTC’s applications (Sense UI. etc.) over to Android 2.2 and testing said software is no small task. The full quote is as follows: “It takes time to port all of our applications over to Froyo and then make sure that it... 

We’re back with episode #2 of the new, improved, videographic Gadget Lab podcast. In this episode, Brian X. Chen and Dylan F. Tweney discuss the top gadget news of the week: The launch of the iPhone 4 , the rollout of Verizon’s and Motorola’s Droid X , and the public release of Android 2.2, aka “FroYo,” which sports a fully-functional version of Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 . (It didn’t make it into this... 

Well AT&T has the iPhone 4 , Sprint has the Evo 4G and T-Mobile… well T-Mobile is really nice. Now, Verizon can play the super phone game too with the official announcement of the Droid X . The specs are exactly what were expected : a 4.3-inch screen, 1Ghz processor, 8-megapixel camera with flash and HD video capabilities, HDMI out and the usual assortment of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS. On the software side, the enormous Droid X will... 

The new Motorola Droid X phone, with its slim profile and striking display, doesn’t set a new standard in industrial design. But what it lacks in style, it makes up for with features, including an emphasis on high-definition video recording and playback. The $200 Droid X (after a $100 rebate and with a two-year Verizon contract) will run Google’s latest Android 2.2 Froyo operating system and will include Adobe Flash Player 10.1, following... 

In an open letter three months ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs challenged Adobe to ship its Flash software on any mobile device and prove it worked well. Adobe, now, has an answer. The company has released Flash Player 10.1 to its mobile partners and the technology should be in the hands of Android phone users with the upcoming Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ update to the operating system. Flash Player 10.1 will be available as a “final production... 

There’s not denying that the Droid X floodgates are wide open now. Over at the Android Forums some new photos of the device have emerged by way of user matrix2004. Far more fascinating than the typical leaked images, what makes these ones special is that the show off the X next to EVO 4G, iPhone 3G and Droid Eris giving us  Read More →

A new version of Motorola’s Droid phone could be in the works — one that improves on the device’s keyboard and increases its computing power. Motorola is removing the copper-colored rectangular trackpad on the keyboard, says the Droid Life blog , which posted the unconfirmed details today. The trackpad had drawn criticism for not being responsive enough. Droid 2 is likely to launch with the Android 2.1 operating system (upgradable... 

Motorola is set to rival HTC in the ability to crank out Android phones at a breath-taking pace. Motorola has introduced a new phone called Flipout that features a pivoting pop-out keyboard and a compact touchscreen display. The Flipout will have a 2.8 inch screen, 3 megapixel camera, video recording capability, Wi-Fi and GPS. It will run the Android 2.1 version of the operating system. The phone will also have the Motoblur Android skin that... 

We’re not too sure what’s going on here, but all of a sudden finding a HTC Droid Incredible for sale has become virtually impossible. No longer proudly on display on Verizon’s homepage, the only way to find the phone is to do a manual search for it. It’s still listed as available for sale, but clicking on the “buy” button redirects to a page which screams in bold letters that “ the selection you made... 

Motorola’s Droid phone has been a big hit for the company — and if you are wondering what’s next, say hello to Shadow, the codename for the successor to the Droid. The Shadow phone may be another device exclusive to Verizon and will be packed with features that could put it among the best in the market. The phone will have a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It will sport a 8-megapixel camera that can shoot 720p video, have... 

Guys. Seriously. This is a nice phone. This is like the HTC HD2 with a future and it has some amazing speed, screen size, and network capabilities. If you’re up in the air about the Droid and aren’t tied to a carrier, get this. I’ll do a full review next week. Music by Closely Watched Trains  Read More →