http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/ Engadget Comments for Leaked docs show HTC's DROID Eris launching on November 6th for $99, running Android 1.5 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/


1.5 software with old crappy hardware? There are many better phones out there!



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What "Apple monopoly with ATT" ?? Monopoly on what? by whom?]]>Oct 31st 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
Didn't you hear? Apparently, Apple has a monopoly on Apple devices :P]]>Oct 31st 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ijAgr7v8Mo

I can only imagine you will eventually be able to get 2.0 on the Eris once someone creates a hacked rom. ]]>Oct 31st 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/]]>Oct 31st 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/wonder if this will impact iPhone sales figures pave if 7 million sold per 3 months.
Will Eris sell million in 72 hours?
Can't wait to see sales numbers.
Money talks. Talk is cheap. ]]>Oct 31st 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/talk is cheap
money is cheap?]]>Oct 31st 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
On a side note, i was talking to a Verizon rep the other day about the Droid and Eris, he said he played with them the day before and both would have 2.0 on it. I doubted him, gave him a funny look, and walked away. I hope he remember that funny look when someone tells him it is 1.5 on the Eris.]]>Oct 31st 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
stupid people lose, smart people save a buck]]>Oct 31st 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/

Mail-in rebates are not only misleading but also a time consuming PITA. Just sell at the advertised price outright!! Or as Lazarpandar said, split the "rebate" amount down the middle.]]>Oct 31st 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
they don't "make" interest, you lost interest, assuming you would have invested that money, which i kind of doubt.]]>Oct 31st 2009 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/That will be a good day for everyone.]]>Oct 31st 2009 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
I never understood that way of thinking. I can understand not liking a product, and buying something else. But what good does it do you if it stops being offered? ]]>Oct 31st 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/You just wait your turn!
(Not that I don't feel sorry for you)

Now, as for this phone, I feel that the Droid is kind of keeping this phone from getting a lot of attention, but meh, I'm sure a lot of people will buy it. (Because after all, you people seem to think that 100 dollars for a phone on an insanely expensive 2 year contract is cheap...)]]>Oct 31st 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/HTC_Hero_to_get_Android_20_Update/551-107151-580.html


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It's no wonder there are X0,000 apps for the iPhone. Write once, run once etc.

(Like Android's potential, think HTC can produce some great stuff, but from a developer and user angle, it's all very confusing.)]]>Oct 31st 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/
There's only four versions of Android right now: 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0.
1.1 most people aren't using anymore. 1.5 probably has the most users right now. 1.6 made some changes that a developer might have to update their app to support, but every phone out there so far is upgradeable to 1.6, so 1.6 will likely replace 1.5. 2.0 didn't make many big changes that would break compatibility with 1.6. But these are version changes within the platform. Any other platform, even the iPhone, will have these changes. Having the same hardware doesn't change this (the iPhone is at 3.1 now).

The main thing holding back Android is little install base compared to other platforms. That should change fairly soon. Another thing is the limited internal memory on most phones, which mainly limits programs that require a large app size (for example 3D games). There is a workaround by downloading extra data to the SD card, but it would be nice if Google provided better support for this.

But it still got to 10k apps, which is the 2nd most out of all the various platforms if I'm not mistaken. That's a testament to how easy it is to write for Android. Main plus for me looking at it as a development platform is that the SDK works in all three major desktop OSs (Windows, OSX, Linux) and that you can write Android programs for free using a widely used tool like Eclipse. Also you can load programs via USB or directly from the web without going through the Market, which makes testing/distribution easier and more flexible.

Of course you can argue about writing Java vs Objective-C, but that's more of a personal preference.]]>Oct 31st 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/leaked-docs-show-htcs-droid-eris-launching-on-november-6th-for/Oct 31st 2009 6:15PM