Verizon Wireless has been teasing customers with the Droid all through the week, as part of the build-up to the smartphone’s Oct. 28 unveiling. Leave it to Motorola to ruin all the fun.
Earlier today, the Motorola website put up their dedicated section for the Droid, listing the handset’s full details and specifications. While it’s prudent to prepare a mini-site a week before a device’s release, you’re also supposed to keep it behind the firewall – a precaution the company didn’t take. As a result, we now have the full dirt on the heavily-hyped Android smartphone.
Running on Verizon’s network, the handset will come with CDMA 1X 800/1900 and EVDO rev. A connectivity. Disappointing expectant customers a bit, it’s running a 550 MHz CPU, a slight letdown from the originally rumored 600 MHz processor (it’s supposed to be using the same one on the iPhone 3GS). Motorola will be shipping with the latest Android version (2.0 Eclair).
Main features include a 3.7-inch touchscreen (16:9 aspect ratio, 480 x 854 resolution), a 5.0 megapixel camera (with dual LED flash and 24fps captures), a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, aGPS, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, a Webkit-based browser with HTML5 compatibility and Flash 10 support (by 2010). It will come pre-loaded with a 16GB microSD card, with support for up to 32GB units.
Phone dimensions are quite impressive at 2.4 x 4.6 x 0.5 inches, making it only slightly thicker than the iPhone, despite packing a full QWERTY keyboard. Like most Android releases, it will come pre-installed with the entire range of Google’s apps, along with Amazon’s MP3 Store and contact list integration with Gmail, Facebook and Exchange. It doesn’t appear to be coming with the Motorola Blur, though (likely Verizon’s choice).