Droid 2 and Android 2.2 fated to be together from the start, according to latest leaks

You know, some people get married with less information about their partner than we already have about the Droid 2. Today, we have a pair of independent leaks seemingly confirming that the second coming of Moto's QWERTY-sportin' Doer will be running Android 2.2 right out of the gate. Droid Life has a tipster that's apparently spent some quality time with the device, describing its keyboard as "phenomenal" and pointing out that it feels notably snappier than the original. The Froyo connection is reiterated by Phandroid's sources, which provide images of Verizon's device database indicating once again that Android 2.2 and Droid 2 will be an appropriately matched pair when the launch codes get entered (last mooted for August 12) and this thing finally hits retail.

[Awall Posted Jul 21st 2010 12:29PM]

Touch sensitive buttons suck a big one.

[NoKz Posted Jul 21st 2010 12:35PM]

Great! Now just remove the locked boot loader! =(

[mddmx Posted Jul 21st 2010 1:36PM]

Motorola = locked boot loader.

You suck

[mcon25 Posted Jul 21st 2010 7:49PM]

*Yawn* Boring..the 15th launched Droid of 2010. The phones are so crappy they have to release alot so they can stay ahead of the iPhone (which btw Apple only releases 1 per year & Android still can't touch the sales numbers) sad really, so very sad

[ACE88 Posted Jul 26th 2010 8:42PM]

@mcon25

Uh, according to the charts, there are MORE android users than iphone users...the hardware is another story and that's because there are so many different Android handsets. I'm willing to bet that if Google was the only one making Android phones, they would be beating Apple right now.

[sir1honda Posted Jul 22nd 2010 2:48AM]

I've gotten deep into these AMAZING phone Samsung VIBRANT by TMOBILE is releasing and there is no doubt they far outrank every single phone out there in so many ways!

#1 - Screen; 100,000:1 compared to iPhone4's 800:1 Real World contrast ratio. But it's the response time that kicks every phone on the planet to the curb being 0.01ms. Which is as close to instantaneous as you can get. Especially compared to iPhone4's snail response time of 25ms. Why is this so important? Because these phones are NOT eReaders!

If you want a over rated ereader, then iP4 is your best choice. If what you want is a Multimedia Phone then Samsung's Super AMOLED is your BEST CHOICE. Play games or watch action movies? Super AMOLED!
http://cfile27.uf.tistory.com/original/140B801A4C183C762FE807

(note: the original page this graph is from destroys the myth of higher pixel density. It explains that in the fall when 2.2 Android is available for Galaxy Series phones SVG vectored fonts (resolution free 300dpi) and higher dpi icons will shed a new light on the subject. Also it relates to the sweet spot view distance for the screen size)

#2 - Samsung makes 50% of the cost of all parts in iPhone4. In so doing, they've strived to put better parts into their own phones while Apple went CHEAP. Hummingbird blows Apple A4 away merely by having the full Arm Neon Multimedia Engine and OS support programed into Android. But not fully deployed until Android 2.2. On top of that you have the first time the SGX540 GPU has been put in a device. It can display 3x what the iP4 or any other phone out can at 90million Triangles/p/sec and with that Super AMOLED screen, when 2.2 comes out it'll get all phones to the curb.

#3 - Samsung has the newest and best radios out. Compared to any other device. First phone to have WiFi Direct b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 (10x speed of iP4's BT2.1), DLNA Media Server and w/ Android 2.2 full OS support for all these. 3G/4G Baseband Radio w/ Full VOIP (Voice/Video) supported radio. Meaning when Google/GIPS HD Video Conferencing is released for Galaxy, they will have Facetime's Engine running on hardware capable of using it over 3G/4G (btw Facetime is running GIPS Engine). Galaxy has TV-Video Out via it's headphone jack. Cameras both have Smile and Face detection. 5mp camera has outstanding low light capability and again when 2.2 comes out dramatic changes will come into use with it's ambient light sensing abilities and auto backside lighting effects. Adobe is expanding the features of it's Photoshop Mobile for Android. Of course there is more on the way in features that are hidden at this time, but you've made a great choice if you own one of these Galaxy Series Phones!!!

Till Android 2.2 update for this bad boy, you will not see what else it can do.Then if they will not do the OTA, i'll get the update in the fall. That's what I gathered from a Korean site. That support was coming and that some surprises having to do with high res fonts and icon in an update soon. That would show off the Super AMOLED's Resolution (a swipe at Retina, because it's the 300dpi fonts Apple's using that are making it look sharper for reading along w/ extremely high dpi icons. Compared to Android's low res icons and low dpi non SVG converted to SVG fonts (for vectored Resolution Free fonts).

I've seen other mentions of the radio referred to as FM RDS so that would mean something about it being capable of receiving road construction bulletins, etc.

This is Broadcom page on the part number from the tear down:
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM20751

Samsung Galaxy Series phones are the first to receive this WiFi Direct capable SoC and some interesting things are coming from other features in it too.

FM Radio w/RDS and FM Recording as well in Wave. So Bada supports more features than Android does as yet. Same chis in both though!
http://www.careace.net/2010/06/08/comparison-of-iphone-4-vs-samsung-wave-and-samsung-galaxy-s/

Note: All Action Graphics, Games, etc in the future are going to look far better on Super AMOLED Galaxy than iPhone or any other LCD or AMOLED Screen. Because of the super fast response time and contrast ratio and the fact NO IPS LCD has a chance in hell of competing with it. iPhone's abysmal 25ms is more like the first desktop LCD screens in speed. Fast action Games & Video will ghost and display irregularly. Especially since the Galaxy has been designed for the future w/ that 3x the display capability of iPhones SGX535 GPU at 90million Triangles/per/sec rendering speeds. Which is the reason it can put up HD 720p graphics over WiFi Direct DLNA or BlueTooth 3.0 DLNA to your HDTV. This is the reason they did not bother putting in an HDMI out port. Also because HDMI restricts graphics w/ HDCP. DLNA doesn't restrict anything being a wireless broadcast in the first place and being both Wifi 2.4ghz and 5.0ghz (unlike iPhone4, etc's 2.4ghz ONLY)!

My plan is to buy either the DirectTV Google Box or the Logitech GoogleTV Box. They are going to be WiFi Direct (I believe dual band as well). Along with Bluetooth 3.0 DLNA capable. This feature can auto Sync and because of it's extremely fast speed (faster than Wifi G or N) and low 6 to 30ft range it will not conflict with any other signals. Bluetooth 3.0 DLNA is the FUTURE!

Theres more exciting STUFF I can say but you need to research it & tweak the phone with coming Froyo & Gingerbread OS.

SAMSUNG IS THE FUTURE NOW IN SMARTPHONES, THEY HAVE THE BEST & LATEST TECHNOLOGY ESPECIALLY - MONEY...

[ACE88 Posted Jul 26th 2010 8:49PM]

@sir1honda

I think that post was too technical for the average iPhone user to comprehend or respond to :)

[sir1honda Posted Jul 27th 2010 2:21PM]

@ACE88


Good day to you,

My explanation is just the tip of the iceberg...
There's more stuff I can say because SAMSUNG is not like APPLE that even the simplest thing their product can do, they will advertise it.
Unlike other companies who just not really in MARKETING & DESIGN like APPLE, they don't want to shout to the world things their products can achieve.

I was an APPLE fanatic but because of APPLE & Steve Jobs being so arrogant & shitheads, I will use my money to those companies who really making their OWN products & I can be proud of that stuff I have is really FROM that manufacturer UNLIKE APPLE...

See you later, buddy & GOD BLESS...