Hey guess what, Verizon loves Android and Motorola, and the hit-making trio seem to be up to their old tricks with a bevy of new phones spotted by a
Boy Genius Report tipster in Verizon Wireless' systems. The serial numbers and hints of product names help flesh out and clarify a rumor Boy Genius was
peddling a week ago, with the super specced Droid Pro and what looks to be a secondary version of the Droid 2 "World Edition" apparently slated for those international-friendly GSM+CDMA chipsets (like Verizon's
Storm before them), while a third MZ600 "tablet" device is also in the works. Before you get your hopes up, that's probably just VZ's lingo for the slate-style touchphone that was included in BG's earlier rumor, and not some sort of iPad-slaying Android monstrosity. Not that we'd mind being wrong on this front, and there's nothing here to contradict additional rumors we've heard of Android 3.0 tablets being aimed for Q4 on Verizon.
posted August 16th 2010 1:04PM
I have a love affair with HTC, so I guess I'll never be with verizon...
@B3astofthe3ast
You're loss.
@Shooter McGavin
Your*
Droid pro? Whoever bought the droid x or 2 just got BURNED. This thing will probobly come in time for my upgrade too...
@Scrubs No one is getting burned, you got those phones because you wanted them. No getting burned involved
@Shooter McGavin
Your you're own grammer nazi?
(I gave you some freebies there. Have fun).
@B3astofthe3ast hmm...
if they make the Droid 2 WE with stock Android and make it $129, all will be forgiven. The Droid pro is going to be killer, and if it ships with 3.0(the peeps at hofo said gingerbread could be 2.5) it might become the true iPhone killer(that is if Google can finally get tons of 3D games first. And that PSPhone is most likely fake since there have been rumors since 2005). All i know for sure is this will kill the Evo/Desire HD/That HSPA+ QWERTY HTC slider. Sorry hTc, Moto domninates once again.
@B3astofthe3ast
HTC Droid Incredible?
@Shooter McGavin
What? Shooter McGavin messed up an Engadget Comment?
He loses.
@B3astofthe3ast
And I have a love affair with MOTO/OMAP, but if these phones have encrypted boot loaders, HTC for the win. My phone, let me do what I want to do with it MOTO.
@Why should I have all the fun
You're your own grammar Nazi?*
Learn english.
:P
@j3oomerang i dont know where you have been, but the incredable isnt so easy to root. they have it slightly locked down, the boot loaders on motorola are pretty easy to hack.
if your basing thisa all on efuse, let me not, all OMAP procesors have efuse, that means, the droid, the droid eris, the droid x, or pretty much every phone before the snap dragons have efuse in them.
@B3astofthe3ast hello, Droid Incredible!
White Droid 2?
@Lance Uppercut I'm sure that's the R2-D2 edition...being that the backside of it is white
@Fr3sh2De4th
Thanks for pointing that out. I completely forgot about the R2D2 edition.
@Lance Uppercut
Droid 2 = worse reception issues than iPhone 4.
Fact.
@TomSawyer Droid 2 - Software
iPhone 4 - Hardware
It'll be fix by next month, you'll have to wait a bit till you buy the iPhone 4. 5.
@Fr3sh2De4th Nope. There's actually going to be a white one. Might just be like the R2-D2, minus the blue and stuff.
@EggoEspada I don't know...I hear getting white on phones requires the latest start of the art technology only Apple has.... Oh wai...
@Lance Uppercut
I am sole waiting for the chewbacca edition. Ihear itt's furry and the ringtone goes gggggggaagggghhhh.
@EggoEspada no.... i dont have the problem with me iPhone 4
I think it's a good idea to make droids that will fit everyones tastes
@mikemanblah
Like if you had an option of an iphone with a qwerty keyboard
@mikemanblah Harsh...but so true.
Droid Pro...now we are talking !
I`ll get one before the Oracle "extortion tax" kicks in ; )
Yes please.
Droid "Moby Dick" Man the harpoon !
Droid Pad?
@shishi
Thats propably the name!!!
@angelusp This will help you decide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlJ_fLPpmdM&feature=player_embedded#!
Like I keep saying, a new one every two weeks...
@APV Your point? Wow I love people who bitch about having choice
@APV
Thats a good thing. having a choice is American
Be a pro, with the new Droid Pro
Imagine this...
The first competitive Android phone was released in Nov 2009.
Q2 of this year , Android is outselling the iPhone in the USA , and worldwide.
Say what you will , but this is flat out amazing !
@bufbarnaby
Yep, it's like Windows vs OS X all over again.
In your face Ellison , I`m getting a Droid Pro !
Apple will be in some deep trouble. There are already multiple arguably superior/at least equal Android smartphones TWO months after release.
@vloeibaarglas and they keep coming ;-)
where can i find specs on this Droid Pro? I come to this site to make sure i dont buy the wrong phone and if there is no Storm 3, then I will be getting one of these droids...
droids...*waves hand* ...
@GK1 Even if there was a Storm 3, why would you want it?
@durangojim my familiarity and loyalty to blackberry. my Storm is my first smartphone and i just want the damned thing to have enough RAM to do what i want.
@GK1
It supposedly has a 4" screen, 1 GB ram, OMAP3640 1.3 GHz, 8MP camera or better, front facing cam, gingerbread and will be one of Verizon's first 4G phones.
@Shooter McGavin
if what you say is true my friend, then this will be the phone for me.
FOR JUSTICE!
@Shooter McGavin I reallllyyyyy reaaaaaaally doubt this. I know you're speculating but, really? Front facing cam and 4g? I'd say next spring for that to be a reality on verizon
@SoulWeaponry
4G is rolling out for Verizon in November/December of this year, Verizon plans to have at least 4 LTE capable phones by January which is about the same time frame as the Droid Pro's release. Motorola has also stated that their future phones will include front facing cams due to demand.
I want to know more specs of the DROID pro.
I think Im liking it alredy.
I think they should consider a GSM version of the DROID Pad
From the rumors I read the Droid pad actually would be a world phone, i.e. CDMA/GSM device.
These are the Droids you're looking for?