Leaked docs show HTC's DROID Eris launching on November 6th for $99, running Android 1.5

Like it or not, we've got it on pretty reasonable authority that HTC's first "DROID" phone is nothing more than a rebadged, shape-shifted Hero (something we've been hearing for a while now), and that it'll be launching on Verizon on November 6th, the same day as Motorola's DROID. That means Android 1.5 "Cupcake," Sense UI, 3.2-inch screen, 528MHz processor and so forth. The Eris will retail for $199 but with a $100 mail-in rebate. It'll pack in an 8GB microSD card and the hopes and dreams of a generation of cheapskates that will be hopin' and prayin' that HTC manages to push Android 2.0 onto this thing so they don't look too bad in front of their DROID-toting buddies on Verizon.

[Thanks, anonymous]

HTC's DROID Eris leaked docs

[cool8man Posted Oct 31st 2009 9:12PM]

Stock android OS is ugly. Sense UI is much better. I'm sure someone will get Sense UI running on DROID though. Hopefully HTC ROM can enable multitouch.

[Hydra Posted Oct 31st 2009 9:39PM]

Only question here is why 1.5?? and not 1.6? or 2.0?

[kakashi6992 Posted Oct 31st 2009 11:39PM]

iphone 3gs is wayyy better

[cassnate6259 Posted Nov 1st 2009 10:50PM]

Could someone please answer these questions for me:

First, is 'Sense UI' essentially a graphical overlay... kind of like a 'skin' for the android OS by HTC? I have seen the videos of the sense UI and it looks very attractive. Just wanted to confirm that's kind of how it works.

Second, this is probably a dumb question, but what is the difference with android 2.0, and why is it a big deal? I hear a lot of people talking about it, but I haven't heard what the differences really are.

Thanks.