Mystery Motorola Droid (Shadow?) spotted with Verizon branding, set to be starting somethin'

Why hello there... you. Over at the HowardForums, a certain "wnrussell" has uploaded a picture of what looks to be a Getting Started manual for a Verizon-bound Motorola Droid that we can't recall ever seeing before. There's unfortunately no other information provided at the moment, except maybe a hint from the filename: Shadow. Is this the same 4.3-inch phone we've been seeing rumored for some time now? At any rate, we gotta say, this is a pretty attractive device -- and if that's a new hue for Motoblur, we're all for it. Now how about pulling out a secret slide-out keyboard to make our lives complete...

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[AJwiese Posted May 22nd 2010 5:40PM]

The Icons in the bottom look very froyo to me. So I'm excited

[egut125 Posted May 22nd 2010 5:44PM]

@AJwiese

I wouldn't get too excited, this should be launching with 2.1 with Blur on it

Those buttons agree with this looking like blacked out 1.6 Blur buttons

[nwhat Posted May 22nd 2010 5:44PM]

no thx

[jroc869 Posted May 22nd 2010 5:45PM]

For me this looks to be the Droid 2 not the Shadow Because i believe the shadow is a GSM phone. MB810 which is the model number thats supposed to be tied to the Shadow looks similar to the models of the cliq and the backflip. the droid 1 is A855 and the other recent motorola device to be wifi certified is the A955. Just my opinion.

[JONNNathannn Posted May 22nd 2010 5:47PM]

Oh hell no.

Motorola and Verizon need to SLOW DOWN. How are you going to release the upgrade to the Droid not even a year after it was released?

Android is ridiculous.

[Patlex Posted May 22nd 2010 5:50PM]

cpu in the Droid vs the cpu in the Shadow. http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=18384

[StDevious Posted May 22nd 2010 7:14PM]

@Patlex 80% increase on 3D performance looks good to me !

[Dirtball Rotten Posted May 22nd 2010 6:06PM]

funny how everyone is arguing over what this phone have and dont have.

lmao no one know shyt for sure!!!! who can prove they right.... a hyperlink to a forum LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

calm down people

[kaboomaboom Posted May 22nd 2010 6:09PM]

any front facing camera?

[Valicore Posted May 22nd 2010 6:11PM]

Check the screen in the picture, that looks like it's pretty much Android stock. Maybe no Motoblur?

[EggoEspada Posted May 22nd 2010 8:02PM]

@Valicore Defiantly doesn't look like stock. It looks like an updated version of MotoBlur or skinned differently.

[nickux Posted May 22nd 2010 6:14PM]

Looks cool but as my 2-year with VZW is running out I think I'm going to wait for HTC's next big Android phone beyond the Incredible.

[SomePerson Posted May 22nd 2010 6:29PM]

@nickux That kind of attitude will get you to wait forever. In the cellphone world, the biggest device only retains a thrown for about a day and then it becomes obsolete. I'd stick either go for the Incredible or just get this bad boy.

[nickux Posted May 22nd 2010 6:36PM]

@SomePerson Yeah but lately it feels like every 3-4 months a new must-have hits the market which is right when my contract renews. Trying to play the game just right is tough. But you're right people will be forever waiting on "the next big thing"

[TomBlaze Posted May 22nd 2010 6:27PM]

HTC and Android are definitely producing great phones for the consumes.

[SomePerson Posted May 22nd 2010 6:30PM]

@TomBlaze You do know this is Moto, right?

[JAG Posted May 22nd 2010 8:47PM]

@SomePerson

Jajaja I dont think he does!!!

He is not in this world!!

[Cwill127 Posted May 22nd 2010 6:33PM]

Why can't we just get a pure Android device on Verizon?

The Incredible has Sense, and now the new Droid is going to have Motorblur. Sense I can live with, but if Motoblur is indeed on this device, I won't have an iota of interest in the device.

This is why I wanted the Nexus One to come to Verizon. HTC built. Sleek. No physical keyboard. Just pure Android - no 3rd party skins.

[RocketGruntDarien Posted May 22nd 2010 6:43PM]

i bet this is the rumored Motorola Xtreme (aka Motorola DROID XTREME xD) as for speculation as to where this thing will go in the line up, it'll probably be your Motorola Candy Bar alternative to the Motorola Droid to add something to really compete with the Incredible.

[Rimz007 Posted May 22nd 2010 6:53PM]

Just when i was thinking about getting a droid incredible!?!? Argh!

[Alexpeegs Posted May 22nd 2010 8:47PM]

@Rimz007 it has motoblur so you can say yuck

[obobo Posted May 22nd 2010 6:57PM]

the original droid seems to have been designed by and for a robot..
hopefully this phone has some softer edges and doesn't feel like some sort of mechanics tool in your hand...

[TheEdge Posted May 22nd 2010 7:24PM]

Welcome to the EVO party. Better late than never. Good thing you didn't copy HTC's EVO design at all.

[sjavvaji Posted May 22nd 2010 11:37PM]

@TheEdge
how can u not copy it...its a slate device so huge as screen and 4 buttons...that would be saying the evo copied every other android before it :D

[XChrisX Posted May 22nd 2010 8:30PM]

This phone looks great, but bring on the new Dell phones!

[DannyDarko Posted May 22nd 2010 9:02PM]

I don't care about the haters. I am in love with this sexy ass android and can't wait to get my green loving paws on it!

[sfox8 Posted May 22nd 2010 9:39PM]

this looks very much like froyo but if this is the new motoblur then props to motorola for coming to their senses and learning how to actually design a good looking UI for once.

[ealex Posted May 22nd 2010 10:02PM]

look at the icon in the center off to the right a bit. looks like this is a webcam feature. perhaps there is a front facing camera.

it looks as though there is an icon independent for the camera feature which sits right next to the proposed webcam picture?

any thoughts? could this be Verizon's response to the iPhone 4G, or is this just an icon for making videos?

[masterkoifish Posted May 22nd 2010 11:01PM]

4.3 inch screen with a slide out keyboard might be a little too big for my pockets...

[LOVEISPEACE2012EVOLUTION Posted May 22nd 2010 11:34PM]

@masterkoifish
yea if you wear tight emo pants cinderella, hmm no 4g? ill go with evo but that droid 2 looks really nice nonetheless

[Johnny Rockets Posted May 22nd 2010 11:43PM]

This BETTER not have Motoblur.

Note to Motorola:

No one likes Motoblur.

NO ONE!!!!

[Rudolphe22 Posted May 22nd 2010 11:48PM]

None of this motoblur bullshit ok MOTOROLA? Give motoblur to the AT&T Morons, Verizon customer's dont want it!

[palomosan Posted May 23rd 2010 12:54AM]

If this is the Shadow it's gonna have Blur on it, that's why I'll wait and see what the Droid 2 will bring to the table.

[Zeak Posted May 23rd 2010 4:33AM]

Looks sexy to me..

[ybcre8iv Posted May 23rd 2010 5:25AM]

This is definitely going to be my next phone. Please Engadget, work your sources and get some new information about Shadow beyond what Howard Forums already has.

Thanks!

[Kyralik Posted May 23rd 2010 10:55AM]

1. Tablet form-factor
2. 4.1" TFT FWVGA screen
3. Texas Instruments OMAP 3630 Processor
4. 2MB built in memory
5. Android 2.1, with soon-to-follow upgrade to 2.2
6. Moto BLUR with updates such as BLUR community chat
7. 8 MP camera
8. 720p recording
9. 1080p output via HDMI port
10. ~9mm thick
11. Releasing in July

Those are the specs from the site, although the 2MB is supposed to be 4GB.

[LANjackal Posted May 23rd 2010 11:49AM]

All this is rumor and conjecture at this point, but I have a couple things to say:

1) Motorola had better NOT be stupid enough to load a custom UI on this thing. Vanilla Android is one of the main reasons I got the DROID in the first place

2) I don't really care much about battery life because I'm always nearby a charger (in my car, at work, at home) anyway. What I care about is SPEED. Motorola'd better make this thing FAST.

[Rimz007 Posted May 23rd 2010 4:37PM]

I dont mind motoblur, really i dont....and it can be disabled. But, directly from the guy that released the photo via howardforums "It wont make it to shelves until late August due to a hardware change."
Hmm??? What could the change be?

[Rimz007 Posted May 23rd 2010 4:51PM]

@Rimz007 noo, i just watched a video of motoblur i thought it was like HTC's friendstream, sorry self, u messed up.

[Shuck14 Posted May 23rd 2010 10:43PM]

Upgrade in Sept. Looks like this is what I'm getting.