Motorola A955 Droid 2 teased, definitely different from the Xtreme
By Chris Ziegler 
posted June 8th 2010 9:39PM
posted June 8th 2010 9:39PM
posted June 8th 2010 9:39PM
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@Fragmented
Yeah, well, all would have been forgiven if they put the dpad on the correct side...
But, they didn't...
Morons.
@Vdek
Why do you even need a d-pad though?
Standard qwerty is fine with maybe 2 or 4 special keys...dpad is lame.
Games should be designed for touch and accelerometer input only.
@DoctarPeppar
For emulators, of course.
for snes games why else
@DoctarPeppar I dont know about everyone else, but I find it very useful when I make typos and have to move the cursor back in between two letters. Touching there can be inaccurate.
@DoctarPeppar touch and accelerometer only? you have a fucked up notion of gaming. touch is decent for some types of games, but accelerometer is almost always too finicky and difficult to use. almost all games would benefit from a d-pad and buttons.
@MarcinK
So hmm... then, if this ^ is, hmm... the Droid 2... then, hmm... what was the other thing...
Oh shi... we were wrong... so totally wrong...
Jeez... if that's not the Droid 2, then... what IS that?
@Vdek What weird keyboards you must possess, Vdek. ;-) The arrow keys are usually on the right side, aren't they? IT does make text editing a bit easier when you have a Dpad. all glory to touch screens, but some tasks aren't performed very easily on a touch screen.
@MarcinK
Meh, with a pixel density of 30.46472916 - I'm disappointed, extremely. Anything less than 4K would be majorly unwatchable.
To be quite honest in a day when you can buy a smartphone with almost 300 more pixels in every single inch, this is just pathetic.
@FORDY
Apologies, meant for the 152" 4K Panasonic post.
Evo 4G Killer?
@angelusp
Are you kidding me? The 1st droid is what the Evo has for breakfast, and the droid 2 is what the Evo will have for lunch!
@angelusp
Are you kidding me? the Evo has the Droid for breakfast, AND the Droid 2 for lunch!
Evo 4G Blows anything that will be made this year, OUT OF THE WATER
@Technologeee
It's a cool phone but no not a evo 4g killer
@Technologeee The Evo is waterproofed as well? Cool.
@Technologeee
Considering that dual-core Cortex A9 phones, including ones based on Tegra2, are slated for Q4 the idea that the EVO will be a top pick until 2011 seems unlikely.
6 months is an eternity in smartphone years.
@Exodite
Most of those Tegra2 chips seem destined for tablets not smartphones.
@Technologeee
Can you tell me what is so great about the EVO? Doesn't it have similar specs to the new iPhone but with a worse screen and an uglier bulkier design? The huge screen is a deterrent for me, 3.5-3.7 is the sweet spot and of course most people won't have access to 4G.
@Vdek
Yes. Tablets in Q3, phone in Q4. Going by what NVIDIA have said anyway.
Regardless, the Tegra2 is unlikely to be the only chip running a dual-core Cortex A9 at the center that ends up in a smartphone.
@Technologeee
you are crazy it's some hot devices that are coming out that will give the EVO a run for it's money.
@Technologeee
and Evo 4 will have tummy ace taking the iphone 4.
@Technologeee
I'm not sure about that. What about the HTC Mondrian? Or Project Emerald? Those phones will probably outspec the Evo. If HP releases a phone it could outspec it. Dell Thunder probably loses to Evo but it certain doesn't get blown out of the water.
@Technologeee
And after the EVO has dinner it will turn into Super EVO 13
@Plazmic Flame
LOL, you Evo fans are as rabid as the iPhone fans. What does the Evo have over say the Droid Incredible? The larger screen (which some don't care for), 4G (which is pretty limited wimax at this point) and a kickstand. Not all that much better imo. The Incredible even has an AMOLED screen over the Evo's LCD and 8 GB internal memory vs the Evo's included 8 GB microSD (meaning you could easily add another 32 GB card to the Incredible and have 40 GB vs the Evo's 32 GB limit).
Now, let's look at what the Droid Extreme has.
4.1" 854x480 FWVGA 16:9 screen
OMAP 3630/3640 (basically better than the Snapdragon)
512 MB ram
8 GB internal memory
8 GB included microSD
front camera
8 MP camera, 720p recording
micro HDMI output
9mm thick
1550 mAh battery
gorilla glass/metal casing
Droid Extreme wins imo (except for the name). We don't have the Droid 2's specs.
iPhone 4 who??
@al3d Oh you didn't hear? It's this new phone Apple just announced. Looks kind of cool and has some good new features. I'm surprised you didn't hear about it considering Engadget was geeking over it all day.
@yankdez
No.
Droid 2 is..the Droid 2 and mid range.
Droid Shadow/Xtreme is a slate that's AAA running a new Motoblur.
What confusion is there.
@JONNNathannn
Droid 2 is actually rumored to be using a faster CPU than the Xtreme which going by benchmarks, is faster than the galaxy S and all of these are obviously still running 2.1. Right now the fastest devices are the Nexus one 2.2 and the Droid 2.2 Running a 1.2 ghz kernel.
http://picasaweb.google.com/MFUntch2
@JONNNathannn
Droid 2 won't be mid range, it'll be high end with a keyboard.
@yankdez haha 12mp sensor? that's gonna be hilarious!
let's see how many pixels we can stuff into the tip of a Qtip...
I would love to see the Droid Xtreme/Shadow in more depth. THAT is the phone I'm really waiting for, considering Verizon won't be getting le' iPhone anytime soon.
@Calijoefornia
So what if Verizon were getting the iPhone, the specs on the Shadow/Extreme are better.
Evo 4g killer
@paulodourado
Ever seen the Nokia N8?
Yes Verizon. Give us some info.
@crob
Silly Engadget, Verizon creates confusion, it doesn't clear it up. Just look at my bills.
Will it run atom?
Well the Droid is still the best smartphone with a landscape QWERTY slider out there. If this Droid 2 is able to keep up with the non QWERTY competition I just might stay with Verizon, life-singing-away-contract and all.
Enough with the teasing.
I wanna see what this bad boys got under the hood.
@kapanak or the SE Satio?
LOL expecting an announcement from Verizon. How quick we forget the N1/Incredible debacle where they waited until seemingly the very last possible point they could to announce it. We will know EVERYTHING about the Droid 2 and Shadow/Xtreme by the time they announce it 1-3 weeks before launch.
Incredible killer?
@leefox
Thats alredy the Shadow!! The real Incredible killer.
Droid 2 = Google's lone remnant stock Android device after nexus dies. With qwerty.
Droid Shadow = A moto device with blur. No qwerty
Droid Pro = ??? possibly the phone that was leaked a few months ago that had a reddish hue in it and a wrist strap??. With qwerty
This one? http://yfrog.com/5c2g9j
I really like my Milestone. If Motorola is going to make a new Droid, the must improve the keyboard since the one we saw is awful. They should also add a front-facing camera, improve the battery life, touch screen response and, only because of Apple, upgrade the type of LCD screen. People are now going to complaint about non-retina screens not being as good.
@prometeum
No, retina = useless marketing gimmick.
Motorola's 854x480, 265 ppi screens are more than enough for the eye and the only 16:9 displays on the smartphone market.
@prometeum As weird as this is to say, Motorola was ahead of Apple in something! (first major US smartphone with a massive screen resolution)