Motorola Droid 2 Unveiled

Posted by Willy at 7:17 PM
Motorola open the curtain of their Droid successor today, the Motorola DROID 2, an advanced Android based smartphone which built on Android 2.2. This new smartphone, will be available for pre-sale on August 11 at Verizon Wireless.com.

Comes in blocky module, the Motorola Droid 2 measures 4.58 x 2.38 x 0.54 inches and weighs 169 grams. This smartphone sports a large, full multi-touch 3.7-inch display at WVGA (480 x 854) resolution, and a QWERTY keyboard located under the display.

Inside, the Droid 2 features a 1 GHz OMAP 3600 series processor, 512 MB RAM, and has 8 GB of storage which some preserved for the installed Android 2.2 OS. This smartphone also comes with a microSD card slot that supports capacities up to 32 GB for a total cargo capacity of 40 GB.

DROID 2 offers a redesigned symmetrical keyboard with raised keys for more responsive typing to push out notes and status updates. Speech-to-text input and the virtual multi-touch keyboard allow for quick messaging; or customers can also use Swype for even easier text input.

Motorola Droid 2 other notable features include a 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, 5MP auto focus camera w/ dual LED flash, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi, microUSB 2.0, HDMI support, DLNA support, multimedia player, and 3.5mm audio port.

DROID 2 by Motorola will be available at www.verizonwireless.com on August 11, and it will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning August 12 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

In addition, in honor of the iconic Astromech Droid from the Star Wars™ Saga, Verizon Wireless will offer a limited-edition R2-D2 version of the DROID 2, available only online in September.

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Motorola DROID 2, Front View
Motorola DROID 2, Front View

Motorola DROID 2, Open
Motorola DROID 2, Angle View, Opened