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DROID by Motorola Fact Sheet:

A no-compromise supergenius

Introducing DROID by Motorola, a Smartphone powered by Android 2.0 developed in partnership with Google and Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest 3G network. DROID delivers high-speed Web, voice-activated search, a super large touch screen and thousands of customizable apps and widgets from Android Market^™. With the thinnest full QWERTY slider available on the market, it’s a no-compromise supergenius in your pocket, multitasking at break-neck pace to get things done.

High-Speed Mobile Browsing

• See the Web at break-neck speed on the largest high-resolution display with a Flash 10 ready HTML browser.

• Look up favorite sites, video and music fast with a high-speed, cortex A8 processor and lightning-fast connection.

• View it all on the 3.7” display with more than 400,000 total pixels, which is twice that of the leading competitor.

• Work faster on the Web with double tap to zoom in and out.

Google Searches Beyond the Web

• Type your search to deliver results such as contacts and music offering a complete search experience on a mobile device. 

• Use voice-activated search to serve up both your contacts and Google search results, based on your location.

• Find your way with free spoken turn-by-turn directions with Google Maps^TM Navigation (Beta), with Street View and Latitude^TM. View geographic information, such as My Maps, Wikipedia entries and transit lines, right on the map.

Customize Your DROID

• Access thousands of applications and hundreds of widgets from Android Market^TM.

• Customize your home screen with preloads like Facebookâ„¢ and Google Maps^TM or download¹ applications for music, news, sports and games.²

• Toggle back and forth between up to six applications at a time.

Multitask Messaging

• Integrate work (Exchange) and personal (Gmail^TM) e-mails into one inbox with emails pushed directly to you. Plus, undo common operations in Gmail^TM for fast corrections.

• Find your contacts using a universal list that pulls in work, personal and Facebookâ„¢ contacts

• Slide out the full QWERTY keyboard to comfortably text, IM and e-mail¹

• Have your work calendar right at your fingertips at all times

Additional Bells and Whistles

DVD quality video recorder features quick and easy playback plus optimized YouTube^TM uploading for sharing with friends.²

5 megapixel camera loaded with the works like dual-LED flash, AutoFocus, and image stabilization

Features 16GB of storage space (or upgrade to 32).

Stereo Bluetooth® gives you the option of wireless connectivity³.  Or if you prefer traditional, headphones utilize the 3.5mm headset jack.

Easily copy text and URLs to simply paste them into an e-mail, text or status update¹ or copy images off the Web directly to your gallery.

Optional Accessories

Use the multimedia station⁵ to transform DROID into an alarm clock, movie player or digital picture frame.

Place DROID in the car mount⁵ to instantly launch a full-blown GPS navigation device.

DROID by Motorola with Googleâ„¢

Talk and Standby Time⁴

TT: 385 mins/6.4 hours

SB: 270 hours/11.25 days

Form Factor

Capacitive Touch; Full Qwerty Side Slider

Band/Modes¹

800/1900, CDMA EVDO rev A

OS

Android 2.0

Weight

169 g / 6 oz

Dimensions

60.00 (x) x 115.80 (y) x 13.70 (z) mm

2.4 (x) x 4.6 (y) x 0.5 (z) inches

Browser¹

Webkit HTML5 based browser; Flash 10 ready

Email Support¹

Gmail^TM, Exchange, IMAP, POP, Macmail, Gmail^TM, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL^®

Battery

1400 mAh

Connectivity¹

Bluetooth® v2.1+EDR, 3.5mm Headset jack, USB 2.0 HS

Display

3.7”, 480×854 WVGA

Display Resolution

WVGA display houses 400,000 pixels

Messaging¹

SMS/MMS, Full HTML5 Browser

Audio

AMR-NB/WB, MP3, WAV, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA

Video

Advanced Video record/playback at D1 resolution (720×480) with up to 24fps capture and 30fps playback, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264

Camera

5.0 megapixel, AutoFocus, dual LED Flash and image stablization

Memory

16GB card included in phone, Up to 32GB microSD expandable

Location Services¹

aGPS, sGPS

Extras

802.11b/g, 3-axis accelerometer

DROID by Motorola with Googleâ„¢ will be available in Q4 2009. For more information regarding pricing and product availability in your region, please contact your local Motorola representative. To experience DROID, please click here.

DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. Used under license.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. The Bluetooth trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used by Motorola, Inc. under license. Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc.  Google, YouTube, Picasa, Gmail, Google Earth, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Android, and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc. All other trademark and product or service names are the property of their respective owners.  © 2009 Motorola, Inc.  All rights reserved.

¹Certain features, services and applications are network dependent and may not be available in all areas; additional terms, conditions and/or charges may apply. Contact your service provider for details
² The unauthorized copying of copyrighted materials is contrary to the provisions of the Copyright Laws of the United States and other countries. This device is intended solely for copying non-copyrighted materials, materials in which you own the copyright, or materials which you are authorized or legally permitted to copy. If you are uncertain about your right to copy any material, please contact your legal advisor.
³ This device supports Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, HFP, PBAP, OPP profiles. In order for Bluetooth devices to communicate with one another, they must utilize the same Bluetooth profile. To determine the profiles supported by other Motorola devices, visit www.motorola.com/bluetooth. For other devices, contact their respective manufacturer.
Certain Bluetooth features including those listed may not be supported by all compatible Bluetooth-enabled devices, and/or the functionality of such features may be limited in certain devices, or by certain wireless carriers. Contact your wireless carrier about feature availability and functionality.
⁴ All talk and standby times are quoted in Digital Mode, and are approximate. Battery performance depends on network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, features selected, and voice, data and other application usage patterns.
⁵ Accessory sold separately

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According to Phandroid: The announcement should occur over 27th midnight going over to 28th October.

Double check it all yourself. You can decode the images from other articles and other sites from when they were originally posted and do the math. It’s true ladies and gentlemen it is true. If this droided up countdown timer is right, we’ll see Verizon Wireless announce the Motorola Droid on October 27th/28th at midnight!

If this is true and Verizon launches the Eris today, it surely wont turn the mobile world on its head. But we’ll surely keep you updated over its announced. For you Android fans out there, keep your fingers crossed.

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Here’s the spec sheet:

Android 2.0 (Eclair) UI, HTML5 (Flash 10 support in 2010), EVDO Rev A, 3.7-inch 480×854 resolution TFT display, 550Mhz processor, 16GB microSDHC memory card pre-installed (supports up to 32GB), 5MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash, 720×480 at 24fps video recording, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, 3.5mm headset hack, microUSB 2.0 port, and 1400mAh battery.

Droid Dimensions are 4.6″H x 2.4″W x 0.5″D (when closed) and weigh 6oz (169 grams).

An act of publicity? May or may not be, from the looks of it, people seem to be very interested in the Droid!

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Droid Does ads mock iPhone’s weaknesses by saying: iDon’t – have real keyboard, run simultaneous apps, take 5-megapixel pictures, customize, run widgets, allow open development, take pictures in the dark, interchangeable batteries. “Droid Does” ad on YouTube:

This is one of the first ads in a series of advertisements promoting Motorola Droid handset which is coming next month. Droid is powered by Google Android 2.0, it’s packed with 5-Megapixel camera with flash, multi-tasking enabled, physical and touch input options, interchangeable battery. Nice ad campaign for a potential iPhone killer. Poking Apple head-on!

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