Motorola Droid Live Shots
Tech Blog — ... This followup to the Android 2.0 screenshots gives us a hands-on look at the Motorola Droid. Slightly thicker than the iPhone 3G S, this smartphone is powered by a 600-MHz TI OMAP3430 CPU and comes with a cradle that turns it into a multimedia station. Click here for first picture in gallery. Awesome capacitive display. Plus it's huge. Easily the best screen we've ever seen on an Android handset, and an amazing screen overall. [via BGR] ...

Motorola Droid Picture Gallery, Hands-On Review Posted
Android Phone Fans — ... drooling over the Droid… I’m pretty sure you’ve begun. And keep your tongue in you bot, seriously, that’s just bad manners. For more pictures hit the via. BTW the 5MP camera with flash is icing on the cake for me. SO glad the cam has a flash. Really helps complete the package and prevents the “but if it only had XYZ it would be so much better”. Ditto on the 3.5mm headset jack. Ding ding ding we have a winner and its name is Droid. [Via BoyGeniusReport]

Motorola Droid stands in for glamorous photo shoot
Engadget — ... What a difference two months make. It's was late July when we first saw a render and spy shot of Motorola's "other" Android devices, the Verizon-bound Droid, a.k.a. the Artist Formerly Known as Sholes. Boy Genius Report has been teasing ...

Motorola Droid stands in for glamorous photo shoot
Engadget Mobile — ... What a difference two months make. It's was late July when we first saw a render and spy shot of Motorola's "other" Android devices, the Verizon-bound Droid, a.k.a. the Artist Formerly Known as Sholes. Boy Genius Report has been teasing ...

Motorola Droid leaked specs and shots
Seth H. Weintraub's blog — The Boy Genius Report has the whole enchilada on the Motorola Droid that has been making some waves lately .  It looks like they got their hands on a pre-production piece of hardware and have reviewed it.  Below are some pictures and mouth-watering hardware details. [image] They give a few specs and first impressions: Perhaps most interesting is this statement: From what we’ve been told, Google had a direct hand in the Motorola Droid. Something to the point of almost dictating every move Motorola made when designing and making the phone. Very interesting indeed.  So, ...

Verizon Motorola Droid live: “the Android device to beat”
SlashGear — ... over the weekend, and a launch date of October 30th tipped, it comes as little surprise to see a pre-production handset arrive over at the BGR.  They’re mightily impressed, too, calling the Droid “the fastest Android device we’ve ever used” courtesy of its TI OMAP3430 chipset, branding its capacitive display “awesome” and “huge”, and concluding that it’s “the Android device to beat”. ...

Motorola Droid in images: Impressive!
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... Lucky Boy Genius and his connections. He had a chance to spend some intimate time with the upcoming Motorola Droid smartphone. Here’s the recap of his impressions: It’s running Android 2.0! It’s thin, only slightly thicker than the iPhone 3GS. TI OMAP3430 CPU is running the show, hence the Droid is super-fast. Reminds of the OQO 02 model, only it’s smaller. Huge capacitive touchscreen, great keyboard with soft-touch rubberized finish. The device will ship with a desktop ...

Motorola Droid Phone Pictures and Specs, impressions & Statement
Phones Review — ... runs Android 2.0, is the fastest Android device they have tested due to using a TI OMAP3430 processor, and an awesome huge capacitive display. There is an interesting statement though which says…” From what we’ve been told, Google had a direct hand in the Motorola Droid. Something to the point of almost dictating every move Motorola made when designing and making the phone.” So it looks like Google have invested quite a bit into the Motorola Droid. Source - BGR via Computer World ...

Motorola Droid stands still and poses for lots of pictures
Google Android Blog — ... which both lead us wanting to see more of the Motorola Droid and thankfully those images that we have been hoping for are now available. The images, which come along with some nice hands on details are from the Boy Genius Report , will most likely have anyone still looking to get into Android consider a wait until this is available. In terms of the details, BGR notes that the Motorola Droid is running Android 2.0 and is the “fastest Android device” they have ever used. That speed would be courtesy of the TI OMAP3430 processor. Additionally, it was described as being “very ...

New MotoDroid revealed - a proper iPhone rival?
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The Droid Revealed, Sorta
Technologizer — ... Phone ubersite The Boy Genius Report has its hands on Verizon/Motorola’s upcoming Droid phone–in non-final form–and says it’s not only the most impressive Android phone to date but also the most impressive new phone since the iPhone. The site hasn’t posted a review, but it’s got a ...

The Droid: Serious iPhone competition
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... ) Android 2.0 — the new and reportedly much improved version of the open-source operating system that powers the Droid. Then, overnight Monday, Boy Genius posted a hands-on review — complete with ...

Motorola Droid gets Hands on at BGR
Gadget Venue — ... Overall the phone has been described as being quite amazing by BGR. Take a look over their gallery to see exactly what the phone will look like and what you get. ...

Top Small Business Cities and a Twitter Challenger
Inc.com — ... the case, but the spot is certainly aimed at an important iPhone constituency: App developers. It includes technical details--such as the fact that the new phone, which runs Google's Android operating system, allows for "open development," "widgets," and "simultaneous apps"--that few consumers understand but that are of special concern to companies making cell phone applications. Meanwhile, Boy Genuis Report, has a first look at the new handset and is impressed. ...

Motorola Droid Official Pictures
Mobilewhack.com — ... seems to have developed a winner phone and Verizon Wireless customers will be able to enjoy it soon. Let’s take a look at some specs before we jump to more photos: Doesn’t the Droid sound exciting? It might just become the Motorola phone to beat in the near future. The handset will probably be the fastest and thinnest Android slider phone out there when Verizon decides to launch it. HTC should definitely start working on an Android phone capable of similar features. via BGR Tags: Android , Droid , Google , Google , HTC , ...

“Droid Does” Promo by Motorola and Verizon
Gadget Venue — ... handset that Verizon are referring to (thanks to BGR) and I have to say the new Android 2.0 operating system running on the phone looks just fantastic. All the features that are extra compared to 1.5 and even 1.6 are great. Facebook is now native, Exchange is fully supported to just name two of the enhancements. ...

Motorola Droid - Open Source Trumps iPhone?
Futurelawyer — Motorola Droid hands on! : Boy Genius Report. What happens when you pair the best wireless network with the open source Android 2.0 OS and Motorola? You get the Droid, of course, and you will be seeing a lot of hype about this phone being the real iPhone killer. It looks like this phone answers all of the questions that iPhone doesn't; and, the only remaining question is how fast developers can put out applications that do what iPhone apps do. This phone may bridge the teenager-business person divide.There will be ...

Motorola gives Apple a poke in the i
GMSV — ... are pretty, and an initial hands-on description from the Boy Genius Report is enthusiastic: almost as thin as the iPhone, but with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard; a solid feel and sturdy build; a large capacitive display, “easily the best screen we’ve ever seen on an Android handset, and an amazing screen overall”; and very fast, running a TI OMAP3430 processor and ...

Linkpost | 10.19.2009
TechBlog — ... October 19, 2009 Linkpost | 10.19.2009 • Motorola Droid hands on! - Thin and fast, with a slider keyboard and big touchscreen, Boy Genius Report says the Droid may finally be a real Android challenger for the iPhone. • ...

Motorola Droid Gets A Hands-On Treatment
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — ... Boy Genius Report gave the hands-on treatment on the Motorola Droid. Based on the screenshots I’ve seen, it looks very similar to an iPhone and the sliding QWERTY keyboard reminds me of a Sidekick. Below are some of the specs: ...

Droid gets hands-on, Verizon says robot sidekick will best iPhone
Gadgetell — ... phone than perhaps most Android phones.  It seems Verizon brought Google in directly to work with Motorola down to Google calling out specs of the phone for total optimization.  The Droid does not have the Blur skin that Motorola is so proud of, rather it runs Android 2.0. While the hands-on was on a pre production device, we believe the high points of the phone will remain unchanged.  This is going to be a important device on the Verizon network. Read [Boy Genius Report] and [droiddoes] Image ...

Verizon's iPhone-targeting Motorola Droid phone revealed
AppleInsider — ... Published: 09:15 AM EST After the hardware was teased in a new advertisement over the weekend, purported shots and details of the Android-powered Motorola Droid have surfaced, giving insight into the device Verizon hopes to pit against Apple's iPhone. The handset runs the new Android 2.0 operating system and was co-developed by Google and Motorola , according to The Boy Genius Report . With a hands-on look at the hardware, the site calls the handset "the most impressive phone we've used since the iPhone." "It's the Android device to beat, and easily the most impressive," ...

Verizon Motorola Droid First Impressions: " The Android Device to Beat" [Android]
Gizmodo — ... My only concern is that these shots make the screen look kinda dim. That could be the flash, or maybe the screen wasn't at max brightness, who knows. Click through for BGR's full impressions and image gallery. [Boy Genius Report] ...

Motorola Droid to launch November 6th?
T3.com All — ... Apparently Motorola had to license the name Droid from Lucasfilm, which owns it because of the obvious Star Wars connection. The Motorola Droid is expected to be announced shortly, as is firmware upgrade Eclair 2.0 , exclusive to the Verizon network in the US, with no news yet as to which network it will debut on in the UK. It certainly sounds like it will give the HTC Hero a run for its money though, if BGR's preview is anything to go by. Link: Droid Does (via Boy Genius Report ) Nokia N97 T3's Hot 100 for 2009 Filtering through the wheat from the tech ...

Motorola Droid to launch November 6th?
T3.com News — ... from Lucasfilm, which owns it because of the obvious Star Wars connection.   The Motorola Droid is expected to be announced shortly, as is firmware upgrade Eclair 2.0, exclusive to the Verizon network in the US, with no news yet as to which network it will debut on in the UK. It certainly sounds like it will give the HTC Hero a run for its money though, if BGR's preview is anything to go by.   Link: Droid Does (via Boy Genius Report)   T3's Hot 100 for ...

Fotos en vivo del Motorola Droid
Celularis — ... , ahora vemos varias fotos en vivo del dispositivo… por fin en una calidad razonable! Las consiguió la gente de BGR quienes además dejaron sus impresiones del celular (su opinión fue que es el dispositivo más increíble que usaron desde el iPhone así que el comercial no estaba tan mal): ...

New Verizon Droid ad aims at iPhone
Macworld — Posted on by Seth Weintraub , Computerworld You’ve probably seen the ad if you were watching sports at all this weekend but in case you haven’t, I’ve put it below. Inconsistent apostrophes included. This device is widely rumored to be the Motorola Sholes/Tao with an amazing 480 x 854 pixel screen and would be the first device running Android 2.0. ( Boy Genius Report has a review and an image gallery of the Motorola Droid . It looks really impressive.) This sounds like a great device and some much needed competition for the ...

Verizon/Motorola Droid Takes Aim At iPhone
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... , which apparently used to be called the Motorola Sholes. Boy Genius Report provided some additional detail on the phone today, noting that it is slightly thicker than the iPhone 3GS, but the thinnest QWERTY slider phone they’ve seen. The blog says the Droid has an “awesome” capacitive display; they assert that this is “the Android device to beat, and easily the most impressive.” ...

Better Stop Holding Your Breath for a Verizon iPhone
Digital Daily — ... Shown on Fox and CBS during a pair of NFL football games Sunday afternoon, the ad clearly positions Droid as the mythical iPhone killer. And while that might seem foolhardy — perhaps even hubristic — those who’ve seen the Motorola-designed device say it’s at the very least a worthy iPhone rival. Says Boy Genius, “[This] is the Android device to beat, and easily the most impressive. From what we’ve been told, Google had a direct hand in the Motorola Droid. Something to the point of almost dictating every move Motorola made when designing and making the phone. ...

Verizon Droid Hits the Airwaves — Yes iCan
jkOnTheRun — ... The Droid is a super thin Android phone with a large screen and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The Boy Genius Report has already gotten one in their hands and proclaim it “thinnest QWERTY-slider we’ve ever seen.” The Droid is using the same TI OMAP3430 processor as the Palm Pre and BGR says it’s the “fastest Android device we’ve ever used.” ...

The Competition: Motorola Droid Images Emerge
The iPhone Blog — ... campaign specifically targeting Apple’s iPhone. Well late last night images started to emerge all over the blogs giving us a sneak peek to what may be some legitimate iPhone competition. After a hands on, BGR came away mighty impressed. Here are just a few of the highlights spotlighted by BGR: ...

Verizon Wireless Starts Mystery Campaign For The 'Droid' That Does
mocoNews — ... Boy Genius claims to have already had a hands-on with the device, and unlike its clunky cousin, the Motorola CLIQ, they are saying it’s really, really thin. In fact, it’s just slightly thicker than an iPhone 3GS and “the thinnest Qwerty slider we’ve ever seen.” Although it’s thin, it’s not small—“Easily the best screen we’ve ever seen on an Android handset, and an amazing screen overall,” they write. More screenshots ...

Verizon: This is the Droid you are looking for
MobileCrunch — Fresh off its weekend of new found fame and glory, Verizon’s upcoming Android 2.0 device, the Motorola Droid, appears to have found its way into the hands of the Boy Genius. Ever since Google announced its mobile OS, Android, I’ve been waiting for someone (er, some company) to have the wherewithal to use this seemingly perfect gadget name – Droid. For anyone who has a special place in their heart for the original Star Wars trilogy, the word ‘droid’ conjures up happy memories ...

CLIQ Vs Droid: Fight!
dailywireless.org — Who will win the Cliq Vs Droid fight? Who cares? T-Mobile and Verizon do. Cliq from T-Mobile and Droid from Verizon are battling the iPhone for smartphone market share. Motorola’s Android-powered touchscreen phone is coming to Verizon in a couple of weeks, according to an “iDon’t, Droid Does” ad that ran this weekend. The ad takes aim at some of the shortcomings of the iPhone, such as its lack of a keyboard, lower-resolution camera and unchangeable battery. The phone, codenamed ...

Verizon Droid gets a brief hands-on, said to be the best Android so far
Tech Ticker — ... BGR also managed to get their hands on a test unit and believes Verizon’s claim is not far fetched. The Droid from Motorola runs Android 2.0, has a decent physical QWERTY keyboard, one of the fastest Android devices and feel it’s the most impressive phone they’ve used since the iPhone. ...

Verizon Getting Some Motorola Droid, and iPhone Action?
Fast Company - Technology — ... BoyGeniusReport has managed to get its paws on a prototype droid, and it seems Motorola's really got some serious hardware on its hands. The phone's running a TI Omap3430 processor, making it "the fastest Android" phone they've seen. It's also skinny but has a full QWERTY slide-out, and there's a companion charger/stand that lets the phone act as an alarm clock, weather station, and so on. According to BGR, Google was very directly involved with the development of the device, "almost dictating every move Motorola made when designing and making" it. ...

Verizon touts Android's superiority over iPhone
Betanews — ... Any photographs and specs related to the Droid are still totally unofficial. Today, Boy Genius Report, which has been leaking information about the Motorola Sholes for months, posted an early hands-on report which lauds the device as "the thinnest QWERTY slider we've ever seen....the fastest Android device we've ever used....the best screen we've ever seen on an Android Handset...the most impressive phone we've used since the iPhone." ...

Everything iDon’t, Droid Does..
Krunker — ... Head on over to the Boy Genius Report then. The awesome folks at BGR have published a hands-on with the new Droid phone (it’s from Motorola BTW) along with plenty of pictures.. and man.. I’ve got full-on drool going on here now. ...

Verizon To Get New Motorola Droid, Takes On Apple’s iPhone in Leaked Commercial
ZiggyTek Blog — ... Verizon is making some big ripples this month, and they are some interesting ones indeed. Verizon is believed to be receiving the new Motorola Droid, a small cube of Android goodness, sporting a full fledged QWERTY keyboard. The new iPhone bashing video (after the break) shows no signs of what the Droid has in store for us, instead listing a bunch of features on the iPhone that the Droid can do better. BoyGeniusReport recently received a prototype of the Droid and it seems as if Motorola is packing some serious heat to blast themselves back into the game. The Motorola Droid ...

Tim Cook: Competitors Are Still Catching Up To First iPhone
Cult of Mac — ... that supposedly highlights all the things the iPhone doesn’t do — like run simultaneous apps. But while the Droid is getting early notice for being very thin (even with a slider keyboard), there’s still no sizable library of apps for it to run — and that’s what Cook is referring to. The iPhone is a true mobile platform, not just a nice piece of standalone hardware. And a platform is something that takes years to build. Posted by ...

Brief 647 | TruLED HDTV, Alex eBook Reader, inPulse SmartWatch, Droid
GeekBrief.TV — ... I’m very much looking forward to the Droid. The Boy Genius Report got his hands on a unit and says it’s the most impressive handset since the iPhone. ...

Smartphone smackdown: Motorola Droid vs. iPhone 3GS
Macworld — ... to their operating systems to their carrier strengths. Round 1: The hardware As noted previously, the Droid runs on the TI OMAP 3430 processor, one of the top processors on the market. All indications are the Droid will exploit the processor’s potential to the fullest, as Verizon is touting the device’s ability to run simultaneous applications as one of its key features. In addition to its application-switching capabilities, the TI OMAP 3430 is also a very fast processor. The Boy Genius Report says that the processor has made the Droid “the fastest Android device we’ve ever ...

Motorola Droid – an iPhone killer ?
TechChee.com, shop online for gadget, gizmo and hot tech stuff — ... The Motorola Droid also features a 5-megapixel camera and a 3.7-inch capacitive touch display. Despite the sliding feature and the QWERTY, the Droid comes in very slim body that is only slightly thicker than the iPhone 3GS. The Moto Droid is backed by competent hardware that makes it a strong competitor to the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre. It’s also powered by the same TI OMAP3430 processor that powers the iPhone 3GS. BGR has got hands-on for the Droid, and given a number of positives such as slimmest QWERTY slider and fastest Android device. Read more ...

AT&T vs. Google on Net neutrality
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... ). Should it become one, it would no longer be exempt. But for some reason, Cicconi thinks Google is a compelling villain in this drama. You would think a company that encourages people to use the Internet for just about everything in life would be a powerful ally to a company trying to sell wired and wireless connectivity (and iPhones). But that would clearly be wrong. I guess AT&T won't be bringing out an Android phone any time soon. ...

Motorola Droid Phone Review: Google Android 2.0
PR News: — ... The Motorola Droid Phone that will be available on the Verizon network by the end of the month will come with the much talked about Google Android 2.0 OS. BGR has already spent a little time with the phone and thought they would offer a mini review; the in-depth review will come later. ...

Motorola Droid Review: Quick hands-on for you
Phones Review — ... The Motorola Droid seems to be mostly in the news at the moment and the guys over at the BGR have got hold of a Motorola Droid and given it its first actual unveiling although they don’t go in-depth just now. ...

What's "Droid" got to do with it?
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... ads carefully state that "DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd" in the fine print, proving that even Verizon Wireless is wary of George Lucas and his army of Jedi lawyers)—nope, it's a new phone, and one that Verizon clearly hopes will be an iPhone killer. Verizon hasn't said anything officially quite yet, but the Droid is widely believed to be a new, Android-based QWERTY slider built by Motorola, and based on the rumored specs, it looks like a beauty. The Boy Genius Report has a series of photos and a hands-on report about the Droid (a.k.a., the ...

Motorola Droid Release Date Revealed
infoSync World — ... Droid will offer a slide-out QWERTY thumbboard, similar to the recently reviewed Motorola CLIQ. However, while the Motorola CLIQ is powered by Android 1.5, the Motorola Droid will be the first phone to be powered by Android 2.0. Some of the new features that Android 2.0 seems to bring to the Motorola Droid includes native sync support for Exchange and Facebook, a new Maps application, a new UI makeover and much more. Boy Genius Report has spent some time with the Motorola Droid here . Verizon Wireless says that the Motorola Droid will sport a 5-megapixel camera with night ...

The Motorola "Droid" is, like, totally out of the bag
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... and "DVD-quality" (720 by 480) video recording. Other details include 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and aGPS support (all pretty much givens), along with a 3.5mm headset jack, a slot for microSD memory expansion, and a promised 6.4 hours of "continuous usage" time (we'll see how that hold up in real-world testing). Check out Boy Genius' screenshots for many more details, and hopefully we'll (at last) get the official word—along with pricing and availability details—next week. [Image credit: The Boy Genius Report ] Related: ...