Motorola’s Droid 2 headed your way this Thursday
If you’ve been holding out for the full-fledged successor to Motorola’s immensely popular Droid Android smartphone, today is your lucky day. Motorola and Verizon officially announced today that the Droid 2 will be available in stores on Thursday, August 12, for $199 with a two-year contract. If you’re eager, you can pre-order the phone starting tomorrow.
There are no big surprises with the Droid 2. For months now, gadget sites have been reporting on its specifications — which include a 1-gigahertz processor (over the original Droid’s 600Mhz CPU), 512MB of RAM, a 5-megapixel camera (without high-definition video recording), and a 3.7-inch display. At first glance, you’d be hard pressed to find any major differences between the Droid 2 and its predecessor — save for its rounded edges, and redesigned keyboard.
Even though it’s not a major redesign of the Droid, the Droid 2 is powered up in all the right ways beneath the hood and should be competitive with newer Android phones like . It also remains one of the few Android smartphones with a physical keyboard.
The Droid 2 will come with Android 2.2 (an upgrade that hasn’t hit the original Droid yet), full Flash 10.1 support, mobile hotspot capabilities (for $20-a-month), , and support for media streaming through the DLNA protocol.
In keeping with the Droid’s Star Wars origins, Verizon also plans to make available online a special R2-D2 edition of the phone in September. It will include exclusive Star Wars content, and will feature the beloved R2-D2 prominently.
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