Android-powered Motorola Droid and Calgary found in Verizon’s systems
By Will Park on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 1:16 PM PST In Android, Devices, Hottest Hardware, Motorola, Rumors, Verizon
The Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Droid (aka Sholes/Tao) and the Motorola Calgary are gearing up to bring Android to Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless! How do we know? Well, BGR got their hands on photos of a Verizon Wireless Cellebrite data-transfer tool showing telltale signs of supporting the new Android phones from Verizon. For those of you that aren’t familiar with the Cellebrite, it’s basically a one-click tool that wireless retail employees use to transfer all your contacts data from one phone to another. And, now that Verizon’s fleet of Cellebrites are compatible with the Motorola A855 Droid and A555 Calgary, all signs point to a short term launch. Possibly on December 1.
For those of you paying attention, the Motorola Droid and Calgary are the two Android smartphones that Verizon recently announced would be launched later this year. The Droid is supposed to pack a3.7-inch touchsreen (capacitive is a good bet), 600Mhz ARM-based Cortex A8 CPU (same as iPhone 3GS), 5-megapixel camera and even a secondary Image Signal Processor clocked at 430Mhz – giving it the punch to compete with high-end Android smartphones like the HTC Hero. And, with native Flash support on Android 2.0 (Eclair) the Motorola Droid might just be the Android phone of choice when it goes live.
[Via: BGR]
I’m so happy to see Verizon bring the Motorola Droid to the marketplace. I have the LG Dare, but will take a serious look at this phone. My husband has had both AT&T and Sprint (as required by his company) and their service is sub-par at best…he is constantly dropped STILL even though they say they are adding towers all the time and we live in a major metropolitan area. I, on the other hand, can count on one hand how many times I have been dropped in the last 5 years. I am often, when traveling, the only person who has a signal in remote or less populated areas as well. But when you don’t know any different than AT&T service or Sprint, you have nothing to compare it to. Eighty seven million plus customers can’t be wrong! Way to go Verizon. Discuss more on http://www.Motorola-Droid.org a place for Droid owners.