Ready to have your mind blown? Good, then sit down for a moment: we're hearing from a trusted source that the thoroughly-leaked Motorola
Droid 2 for Verizon will be launching on August 12 -- although it seems to be something of a soft launch, because marketing efforts aren't scheduled to kick in until a week and a half later on the 23rd. What's even more interesting, though, is that there'll be a Star Wars edition of the phone launching
with a white R2-D2 on the back. For the record, this isn't the first time Verizon has toyed with the Droid line's Star Wars origins; Motorola actually had to license the name from Lucasfilm, and to promote the original phone, Big Red sent around remote-control Artoos last year to various media outlets. What we don't know is whether the special edition will be launching at the same time as the stock version -- so if the plain-vanilla Droid 2 comes out first, that might automatically make the decision of which to buy for some folks. What about you?
[Thanks, RBF]
Do you want R2-D2 on your Droid 2?| Yes | 13269 (41.8%) |
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| No | 9279 (29.2%) |
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| Give me a Droid X with R2-D2 on the back, and we can talk | 9179 (28.9%) |
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posted July 20th 2010 3:24PM
It would be cool if it was etched like the Zunes.
@iMiiTH Where is Lord Vader when you need him?!?!
@statickeith Prepping the Death Star.
@statickeith I'd rather have an Evo with nothing on it, but I'd settle for this.
@iMiiTH
That's too cool! I love R2D2. lol
@Son Of a Gun Can it make me another Gin & Tonic?
@iMiiTH This is not the Droid I'm looking for...
@statickeith lol I know right
@InspectorEngadget hahaha good one. can't wait for his response lol
I left the Death Star exhaust hole unguarded for this? I hope it doesn't reveal your hostages cry for help as the real R2 does. Causing your enemies to join together and bring the destruction of 3 heavily populated battlestations
@iMiiTH I wish by "Plain-Vanilla Droid" you meant that this bad boy would be sporting Vanilla Android 2.2 I would be all over this thing. Oh yeah, it would have to not be locked down like it's big brother.
@iMiiTH it would be cool if it had zune pass or similar. or is there an app for that?
@Lord Vader Excuse my ignorance, but what was the third battle station?
@smarmy. The third Deathstar was partly owned and made by Apple as the Empire was nearing bankruptcy. As i was recording Tom Tom voice overs on Earth at the time, one of the Commanders held the flight controls wrong and blew it up.
@Lord Vader
You did leave my exhaust hole unguarded. You, Bad boy, you.
@pabloda
I wish there were an App for that. I fear MS is reserving such pleasures for Win Phone 7 adopters, though :(
All Verizon could afford was licensing my picture for this release. Besides, Froyo does not yet support holo-projecting, leg rockets, electro-shock prongs, fire extinguishers, periscope cameras, mini satellite dish scanners or lightsaber storage compartments/ejectors....though I think they're working on robotic claw support in Gingerbread...
@statickeith
hes the head of apple
@iMiiTH honestly is it is me because i just don't know why the droid gets so much attention it's a terrible looking phone the keyboard looks like an eighty's calculator watch it's big it's very ugly and it is very very very heavy. but hate that use verizon for you bacon makeup great commercials for a piece of crap phone and people go crazy over it and buy it. well hey i won't say it is crappy but it is very ugly. and it looks like the droid 2 is also a very ugly phone
@Lord Vader
umm, not to argue with the emperor's main minion, but I think it's exhaust 'port'.
"exhaust hole" sound like something entirely different.
@Lord Vader : my inner geek can't resist this. Of course, Lord Vader, I would choose an Evo with you on the back over this ANY day. I supposed we should call HTC and see if they can arrange that?
[uprank for EVOS with VADER!]
@R2D2 they shouldn't release R2D2 version until they can put micro DLP project into Droid.
@Lord Vader
I knew I recognised you from somewhere!
You drove me off the edge of a cliff the other day, basterd.
@iMiiTH Hey that's my name :)
@droiddroid
Meh, Star Wars lost its flavor. Its 2010.
@iMiiTH
R2-D2 FTW
@beesneazy
You lost your flavour dude. Droid FTW!
@iMiiTH
DANG!! I thought the R2D2 bot was the new boot animation. Now THAT would be awesome.
@R2D2
I think you meant to say, "Beep squawk boop bep *whistle*".
@angermeans
Unfortunately, Motorola has already stated that they will continue to encrypt the bootloaders in all of their upcoming devices. Sadly... it's caused me to throw Moto under the bus. Unless they change their position on this - I'm jumping ship... no matter how much I love my OG Droid.
Why Moto? Why? What did we developers ever do to you? I suppose you don't realize that the customers you are alienating with this horrible turn are the ones that give you the most free press than any other type. Us diehard Droid fans are the ones that use word of mouth to promote your phones and brand more than any other customer base - from forums to blogs and most important... telling anyone you see how great this smartphone really is. I really don't think you will see that level of devotion from Moms, Dads, and other semi-serious smartphone users... they just don't carry the same level of love for their phone as the hardcore user.
Even custom ROMs get posted all over the Web - and it's becoming more and more common talk among Android sites and users... and now they're even being highlighted on various mainstream tech sites. Do you all really think that articles announcing the release of, for example, CyanogenMod, would serve you well as... "CyanogenMod now available on all phones! (except Motorola devices...)". Yeah... that'll look real good... right.
Sorry Moto... but you not only dropped the ball on this one - you ran the darn thing over with the car. #MotoFail !!!
- AdamZ
[SG]
@r19578 I think this is as close as you'll get for now:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/nikkos-r2-d2-projector-abducted-by-jawas-on-sale-this-fall/
Oh yes, I'm living large off all my licensing royalties. Enjoy your DVDs and phones, nerds. I'll be rolling around my one-story mansion (I'm not a fan of stairs) with my entourage of hot female astromechs.
@iMiiTH Come on Endgaget, where's the poll option for "I'd rather stab myself in the eyes, but I like polls" option that you put on every apple poll???
Will it be able to project a holographic Leia too?
@pika2000 I'd hit it.
@Son Of a Gun You'd hit an R2-D2 edition Droid2? Wierd.
@pika2000
We are in need of an epic StarWars phone, and as it stands...
**sunglasses**
... this is our only hope.
@Horatio Caine
YYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Son Of a Gun. That's my daughter you're talking about. Don't make me destroy you
@pika2000
No but it will project a hologram of Wolf Blitzer when he covers the next election.
@Lord Vader Your concern for your daughter shows there is still good in you Anakin. Leave the Darkside, return your iPhone and become a jedi again.
@Lord Vader You forget that she is dead. Remember? You killed her.
What would really make this a great special edition is if they replaced that lame "DROOIIID" default voice with a series of my cute and upbeat beeping sentences. But good luck getting Google to translate those...
@Randall Forgetful you are, yes. It is Padme you think of. Queen she was! As for Leia, offspring of Anakin she is.
@Lord Vader Lol, I always enjoy your posts...even if you are an inferior fighter pilot.
@Yoda Online
Anakin = Vader. Mebbe you need a bit of Star Wars edumacation before trying this stuff.
dude, Master Yoda is saying that Leia's Vader's daughter, but Vader didn't kill her. He killed Padme (not Leia).
I'll take mine plain, thanks. But release it soon!!
@shoman24v .... Plain as well.
Side note: is it just me or does this feel like a 'pity poll' for the Android camp? At least it has some decent options tho..
Holy crap. My level of nerdiness prevents me from being able to resist an r2-d2 Droid. Hope this is true.
@dustinface
MUST....NOT...RESIST!!