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Jun 21, 2010 9:11 AM
http://www.androidcentral.com/droid-2-taken-early-hands-one-speedy-and-familiar-devil


Looks like a Motorola shipment might have fallen off the back of a truck, as the guys from Android and Me had an impromptu roadside hands-on with the upcoming Droid 2. On the outside, it's pretty close to the original, save for a few cosmetic tweaks. The keyboard, which we've already seen, trades the D-pad for arrow buttons (any gamers getting upset yet?).

Under the hood is where the action is with a beefed up processor -- it's got the newer TI OMAP 3630 running at 1GHz (and the same PowerVR GPU), and benchmark tests show it towering over its older sibling. We've got our fingers crossed that Verizon and Motorola will announce the Droid 2 this week, hopefully with Android 2.2 on board. In the meantime, stay tuned, and peep some video after the break. [Android and Me]
Jun 21, 2010 9:11am
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Jun 21, 2010 9:12 AM
Not even the biggest news from Motorola this week......
Jun 21, 2010 9:12am
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Jun 21, 2010 9:12 AM
[video=youtube;FCEMRZIHZY8][/video]
Jun 21, 2010 9:12am
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Jun 21, 2010 9:13 AM
sherm03;395936 wrote:Not even the biggest news from Motorola this week......

droid X or something else
Jun 21, 2010 9:13am
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Jun 21, 2010 9:19 AM
Yes...X
Jun 21, 2010 9:19am
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Jun 21, 2010 11:13 AM
sherm03;395943 wrote:Yes...X

The X looks nice but will it come with the motoblur or whatever they call it now?
Jun 21, 2010 11:13am
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Jun 21, 2010 11:24 AM
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/21/verizon.droid.x.tease.matches.tv.ad.leak/ wrote:Verizon today posted a teaser video (below) for the Droid X ahead of its unveiling on Wednesday. While the clip doesn't give away information on its own, it confirms a TV ad leak and that many of the details of the phone are accurate. It should have as much as a 1GHz processor, a 4.3-inch touchscreen, an eight-megapixel camera with 720p video capture and a version of Android 2.1 with a new, low-key variant on Motoblur.

Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/21/verizon.droid.x.tease.matches.tv.ad.leak/#ixzz0rV9eV9fR
[video=youtube;gOnC5chCag0][/video]

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Jun 21, 2010 11:24am
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Jun 21, 2010 11:40 AM
No directional pad on the keyboard? Boo!

side note...I have the Moto droid...anyone else experience the "bubble key" problem? I swear when I bought my droid the keyboard was flat, but now my keys are "bubbled". It's the weirdest thing.
Jun 21, 2010 11:40am
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Jun 21, 2010 11:42 AM
I heard the "X" had a 4.4 screen to top the EVO.... Could be wrong!!!
Jun 21, 2010 11:42am
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Jun 21, 2010 12:12 PM
raiderbuck;396058 wrote:No directional pad on the keyboard? Boo!

side note...I have the Moto droid...anyone else experience the "bubble key" problem? I swear when I bought my droid the keyboard was flat, but now my keys are "bubbled". It's the weirdest thing.

I think mine has had a slight bubble since I got it in december
Jun 21, 2010 12:12pm
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Jun 21, 2010 2:02 PM
imex99;395938 wrote:[video=youtube;FCEMRZIHZY8][/video]

When I try to play the video it says that it's private. :(
Jun 21, 2010 2:02pm
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Jun 21, 2010 2:32 PM
imex99;396062 wrote:I heard the "X" had a 4.4 screen to top the EVO.... Could be wrong!!!

4.3"
Jun 21, 2010 2:32pm
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Jun 21, 2010 2:44 PM
I am still wanting to see the Dell Streak....it looks gigantic...lol

I am not a fan of the motoblur, but hopefully they tweaked it and it is smoother now.
Jun 21, 2010 2:44pm
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Jun 21, 2010 2:50 PM
wes_mantooth;396244 wrote: I am not a fan of the motoblur, but hopefully they tweaked it and it is smoother now.

Much nicer feel to Blur. Not nearly as intrusive...and a lot nicer to use/manage/ignore.
Jun 21, 2010 2:50pm
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Jun 21, 2010 2:54 PM
Kind of dumb cosmetic question, but does the keyboard still just slide out or does it have a spring in it like the Devour? That might be the only thing I liked about the Devour and the Sidekick Slide(tmobile)
Jun 21, 2010 2:54pm
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Jun 21, 2010 3:02 PM
I'll be honest, I haven't seen the Droid 2 yet and haven't gotten to use one. If I had to guess, it will be the same slider mechanism as the Droid...so I would guess no spring. But I could be wrong and can't say for sure one way or the other.
Jun 21, 2010 3:02pm
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Jun 22, 2010 12:14 AM
sherm03;396275 wrote:I'll be honest, I haven't seen the Droid 2 yet and haven't gotten to use one. If I had to guess, it will be the same slider mechanism as the Droid...so I would guess no spring. But I could be wrong and can't say for sure one way or the other.

Will the Droid X come with Android 2.2 or 2.1?
Jun 22, 2010 12:14am
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Jun 22, 2010 12:15 AM
Depends on the launch date.

There's a good chance that it will launch with 2.1 with an upgrade to 2.2 very shortly after. But the plan is to try to launch it with 2.2.

The ones we got to use when we were trained on them were running 2.1.
Jun 22, 2010 12:15am
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Jun 22, 2010 3:38 AM
Saw a blurb that Google has had some setbacks/issues and Froyo FRS72 is not going to be the final version. Guessing that means X won't be launching with stock 2.2.

A rare misstep (if you can call it that) from Google since launching with Froyo would steal some thunder from the Iphone: flash, fixed the bluetooh voice commands, speed (like, WOW) and Swype to name just a few goodies. Meanwhile, Apple is bragging up new folders for apps, which was stock 2.01 build 9 months ago. Kind of funny watching the "innovator" scramble to keep up with Android.
Jun 22, 2010 3:38am
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Jun 22, 2010 4:18 AM
I swear by Swype now. Most amazing way to text I've ever come across.

My friends who have BB's and iPhones were pretty impressed by the speed and fluidity of using Swype.
Jun 22, 2010 4:18am
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Jun 22, 2010 4:28 AM
hoops23;396919 wrote:I swear by Swype now. Most amazing way to text I've ever come across.

My friends who have BB's and iPhones were pretty impressed by the speed and fluidity of using Swype.

It's crazy accurate, too. Some wicked-powerful logic they got programmed in that thing. Though I do notice the occasional word it struggles with. But I can Swype almost as fast as I can type on a full size computer QWERTY keyboard, which makes it hard to beat. I say that as someone who has hated texting/email on a phone with a passion (part of why I wanted the Droid for the physical keyboard). I now use Swype exclusively.

Swype's dominance will be shortlived. More powerful phones + a year or two and I think it will be all about voice-to-text. Works pretty good, now, but it takes time to load, time to recognize and translate what you said, and it's limiited to short phrases. I see now there is even an old Nextel walkie-talkie-tyoe VoIP app out there. In 2 yrs I think you'll press a shortcut button and just speak letters or words you want it to type.

If your friends like Swype, have you shown them how you can press voice search and say "navigate to 5555 Smith Rd"?
Jun 22, 2010 4:28am
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Jun 22, 2010 10:41 AM
gut;396922 wrote:It's crazy accurate, too. Some wicked-powerful logic they got programmed in that thing. Though I do notice the occasional word it struggles with. But I can Swype almost as fast as I can type on a full size computer QWERTY keyboard, which makes it hard to beat. I say that as someone who has hated texting/email on a phone with a passion (part of why I wanted the Droid for the physical keyboard). I now use Swype exclusively.

Swype's dominance will be shortlived. More powerful phones + a year or two and I think it will be all about voice-to-text. Works pretty good, now, but it takes time to load, time to recognize and translate what you said, and it's limiited to short phrases. I see now there is even an old Nextel walkie-talkie-tyoe VoIP app out there. In 2 yrs I think you'll press a shortcut button and just speak letters or words you want it to type.

If your friends like Swype, have you shown them how you can press voice search and say "navigate to 5555 Smith Rd"?

you know that you can program words into swype that your having trouble with? Read through the tutorial... I believe if you just type each letter in with the swype keyboard and then hit spacebar or something like that it saves your new word into the swype dictionary database!!!! I do it so naturally I can't remember exactly how to do it.....
Jun 22, 2010 10:41am
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Jun 22, 2010 11:39 AM
gut;396922 wrote:It's crazy accurate, too. Some wicked-powerful logic they got programmed in that thing. Though I do notice the occasional word it struggles with. But I can Swype almost as fast as I can type on a full size computer QWERTY keyboard, which makes it hard to beat. I say that as someone who has hated texting/email on a phone with a passion (part of why I wanted the Droid for the physical keyboard). I now use Swype exclusively.

Swype's dominance will be shortlived. More powerful phones + a year or two and I think it will be all about voice-to-text. Works pretty good, now, but it takes time to load, time to recognize and translate what you said, and it's limiited to short phrases. I see now there is even an old Nextel walkie-talkie-tyoe VoIP app out there. In 2 yrs I think you'll press a shortcut button and just speak letters or words you want it to type.

If your friends like Swype, have you shown them how you can press voice search and say "navigate to 5555 Smith Rd"?

I've shown them just about everything I myself know so far lol..

My one buddy is now getting into Android himself, after 4 years of Blackberry.
Jun 22, 2010 11:39am