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Info on HTC Droid Eris and Motorola Droid

sonyab523
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‎10-08-2009 08:48 PM

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k6/sonyab523/10-06-09googlevzw.jpg

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Specs of the Motorola Tao/Droid

 

* OMAP3430 – 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX 530 GPU + 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor)
* Dimensions 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm
* Weight 169 g
* Battery Li-ion 1400 mAh.
* Standby 450 hours, talk time 420 minutes
* 3.7-inch touch-sensitive display with a resolution of 854×480 pixels, 16 million color depth. Physical screen size is 45.72 mm by 81.34 mm.
* 512MB/256MB ROM/RAM
* microSD / microSDHC expansion slot
* Camera: 5.0 megapixel with autofocus and video recorder
* Connectivity: USB2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, Wi-Fi
* Supported audio formats: AMR-NB/WB, MP3, PCM / WAV, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA
* Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, WMV
* GPS navigation
* Package Contents: Phone Motorola Sholes, battery, charger, USB cable, 8GB MicroSD memory card and other literature.

 

This phone has 2 processors!

 

 

 

The specs of the Verizon HTC Hero should be the same for the Sprint Version. It will run SENSE UI

 

 

 

Processor Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz Platform Android™ Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB Dimensions (LxWxT) 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm ( 4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 inches) Weight 135 grams ( 4.76 ounces) with battery Display 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 320x480 HVGA resolution Network HSPA/WCDMA:
- 900/2100 MHz
- Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
- 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.) Device Control Trackball with Enter button GPS Internal GPS antenna Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
3.5 mm audio jack Camera 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus


{edited to change thread title per members request}

 

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sonyab523
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‎10-10-2009 10:14 PM

Commercial to appear for the Motorola Droid/Tao on Oct 30th. Be on the look out.

 

I'd like to keep this thread clean of garbage so if people could only post with useful information that'd be great. :womanhappy:

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n0yxl
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‎10-10-2009 10:26 PM

 

sonyab523 wrote:

Commercial to appear for the Motorola Droid/Tao on Oct 30th. Be on the look out.

 

I'd like to keep this thread clean of garbage so if people could only post with useful information that'd be great. :womanhappy:

 

Thanks for the specs and updates on this exciting new phone! :robothappy:

 

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earlw33
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‎10-11-2009 04:25 AM

Thanks for the info.  Will really be looking for more info.  I just wish VZW would come out and say we will have this and it will be coming.  Stop with the PC **bleep** of we can not comment right now.

 

Would like to know if you have any info on the download and upload speed of the Moto phone.

 

Thanks

Earl

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glinc
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In response to earlw33
‎10-11-2009 02:05 PM

All these new phones will come out with Rev-A

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sonyab523
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In response to earlw33
‎10-11-2009 09:16 PM

Download speeds generally depend on your area. They shoud be average, but may be faster due to the power of the CPU and GPU. By the way in regards to the keyboard. It does NOT look like the keyboard of the renders. Expect a keyboard similar to the Cliq as far as the layout.

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Aelanor
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In response to sonyab523
‎10-12-2009 11:28 AM

I am buying this phone, I just wish it had MotoBlur on it. Still, I've been waiting a long time for the Motorola android phone, and from the buzz i hear, it's great

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Paleogirl2003
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‎10-13-2009 11:51 AM

Verizon employees see the Motorola Sholes/Droid/Tao and Calgary emerge in internal tools http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/13/verizon-employees-see-the-motorola-sholes-and-calgary-emer...

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DarthMatt
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In response to Paleogirl2003
‎10-13-2009 01:20 PM

does the sholes have resistive or capacitive screen?

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fezzik
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‎10-13-2009 02:45 PM

The HTC phone has been dubbed the Desire.  It passed FCC approval in late September.  It has a WiFi certification for b and g.  I would be a little surprised and disappointed if they are going through all the hoops for this kind of thing if all they would have to do is re-badge the hero.  Especially with all the hardware updates that have been going on there since.  I wouldn't doubt if they come out about the same time and the specs are remarkably similar.  The HTC may not have a keypad.  There is eerily little information on the HTC phone except that it exists and has passed muster with the FCC.  We have seen one picture from afar that hardly tell us anything except that it apparently does have the HTC custom UI.  I am anxious for an announcement or a relase or something.  I upgrade november 21 which means I will hold out till black friday and hope that there are some reviews in by then.  I want to know if the Motorola phone is going to be one of those rare motorola gems or a dud like most of them have been on our network.  I wish I knew more about the HTC phones especially the Android ones.  I am really wanting a smart phone and these with processors that compete with the Iphone but run a lighter OS should be awesome. 

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techspert
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‎10-13-2009 08:54 PM
fezzik wrote:

The HTC phone has been dubbed the Desire.  It passed FCC approval in late September.  It has a WiFi certification for b and g.  I would be a little surprised and disappointed if they are going through all the hoops for this kind of thing if all they would have to do is re-badge the hero.  Especially with all the hardware updates that have been going on there since.  I wouldn't doubt if they come out about the same time and the specs are remarkably similar.  The HTC may not have a keypad.  There is eerily little information on the HTC phone except that it exists and has passed muster with the FCC.  We have seen one picture from afar that hardly tell us anything except that it apparently does have the HTC custom UI.  I am anxious for an announcement or a relase or something.  I upgrade november 21 which means I will hold out till black friday and hope that there are some reviews in by then.  I want to know if the Motorola phone is going to be one of those rare motorola gems or a dud like most of them have been on our network.  I wish I knew more about the HTC phones especially the Android ones.  I am really wanting a smart phone and these with processors that compete with the Iphone but run a lighter OS should be awesome. 

 

I was a little disappointed in the Hero reviews so I hope the Desire isn't just a repackaged Hero.  Android seems like the best mobile OS "fit" for me, but the hardware out there pretty much blows.  Lots of underspec'ed clones.  The Samsung Moment is the only one that has actually took a step forward from the current "mold", though the display is still small.  Anyway, with the HTC Android phone offering coming to Verizon, I love the idea of the multi-touch capacitive screen, and I can live with the slower processor, but if it has the same HVGA 3.2" display....eh.  Probably gonna push me towards the Omnia II.  The smartphone market is expanding, but there still seems to be lots of compromises instead of choices.

 

 

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fezzik
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‎10-14-2009 01:31 PM

Yeah I ikind of wish we were getting the Acer Liquid A1 I wonder where it is going.  Anyway I don't know that the HTC will fearture a better screen.  Probably not in my opinion.  I think maybe a 600mhz processor or something will be the only upgrade from the hero probably not enough differences there.  I am cautiously optimistic about the droid/tao/sholes/whatever large screen 600mhz etc but I have been burned by Motorola and my wife would be really upset if we spent all that money on a phone that works like our previous motorolas.  I was kind of hoping the HTC would have a keyboard but we will see what is out when i can get a phone.  If I am unsatisfied I guess i will wait till next year but i really don't want to wait that long.  I want an android smart phone next month. 

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n0yxl
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In response to DarthMatt
‎10-13-2009 03:53 PM
DarthMatt wrote:

does the sholes have resistive or capacitive screen?

 

Capacitive.  I believe all Android phones are capacitive touch.

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Paleogirl2003
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In response to n0yxl
‎10-13-2009 05:38 PM

Motorola Sholes / Droid live photos
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/13/motorola-sholes-droid-live-photos/

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n0yxl
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In response to Paleogirl2003
‎10-13-2009 08:34 PM

 

Paleogirl2003 wrote:

Motorola Sholes / Droid live photos
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/13/motorola-sholes-droid-live-photos/

 

Did they take those shots with a fisher price camera?! :smileysurprised:  Oh well, nice to see something new I guess...

 

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Paleogirl2003
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‎10-13-2009 08:34 PM
n0yxl wrote:

 

Did they take those shots with a fisher price camera?! :smileysurprised:  Oh well, nice to see something new I guess...

 

lol I know right?

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Disturbed_One
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‎10-11-2009 08:22 PM

Cannot wait for the Moto Droid to come out.

 

Was looking at getting the Omnia II till I saw this phone about a month back.

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sonyab523
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‎10-14-2009 04:20 PM

http://twitpic.com/li49c

 

As you can see it is running Android Eclair 2.0 and the official name is Droid.

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n0yxl
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‎10-14-2009 05:46 PM
sonyab523 wrote:

http://twitpic.com/li49c

 

As you can see it is running Android Eclair 2.0 and the official name is Droid.

 

Firmware version 2.0  -It says nothing about the OS.  Phone looks awesome :smileyhappy:

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Disturbed_One
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In response to n0yxl
‎10-14-2009 10:30 PM

Anyone one know the OFFICIAL specs?

I've read it has the 600Mhz CPU, yet also Verizon will get a 500Mhz CPU? (Not, I'm not confusing it with the GPU)

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n0yxl
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‎10-14-2009 11:21 PM

 

Disturbed_One wrote:

Anyone one know the OFFICIAL specs?

I've read it has the 600Mhz CPU, yet also Verizon will get a 500Mhz CPU? (Not, I'm not confusing it with the GPU)

 

VZW is the sole recipient of this phone.  Specs are as listed in post #1 of this thread.

 

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