Isaiah's Tech

If you thought the HTC EVO 4G was huge, then here's a picture of the Motorola DROID X (and an iPhone 3G) right beside it. As you can see the DROID X is slightly taller than the EVO 4G, but it does look a bit thinner (I could be wrong about that) - they both feature 4.3-inch displays. There's also a picture below of it beside the HTC DROID Eris. I want to see this phone beside the DROID 2, to be honest.

[Boy Genius]

If you want to get the BlackBerry Tour (9630) or the HTC Droid Eris, you should probably do it soon. Apparently, they're looking to discontinue the Tour this June and the Droid Eris will be gone in May (next month). The Tour should get replaced by the Bold / Tour 9650 that we've been hearing so much about, but I don't know about the Droid Eris. The HTC Incredible is on the way soon, so I guess they're just trying to make way for that phone - maybe they'll drop the price of the DROID at the same time. Let's see what takes place.

[Boy Genius]

Here's some good news for ya. Best Buy Mobile is now offering to Verizon Droid Eris for free on a 2-year contract. You can check out the deal here if you'd like. Of course, you'll have to pay quite a bit for the data plan so keep that in mind.

[Gizmodo]

Great news for those of you who are looking to ship out money for the HTC Droid Eris. It's now just $9.99 on Amazon here on a Verizon 2-year contract. There's not much left for me to say here, but Best Buy is offering it for $49.99 too. Verizon still has it for $99.99 - for comparison's sake.

[Mobile Roar]

It looks like there'll be another buy one get one free offer on Verizon. If you get a $99 Droid Eris or a $199 Motorola DROID, Verizon will be happy enough to give you a free Droid Eris. This deal actually started yesterday and will be in effect until December 24th so go and get one for your friends and family now. Check it out on Verizon here!

[Boy Genius]

Verizon has just confirmed that an update will be coming to the HTC Droid Eris in early 2010 - before April, to be exact. The Droid Eris will be upgraded to Android 2.0 or 2.1 thankfully - presumably with the Sense UI still intact. HTC hasn't announced it, so Verizon had to do the dirty work.

[Pocket-Lint]

Android 2.0 has been out for about a month on the Motorola DROID and it looks like Google is already going to release Android 2.1 in the near future - December 11th to be exact. If the rumour is true, it could be making its way to the DROID, the Droid Eris, and even the HTC Hero - as we saw in the leak the other day. This won't be that big of a change, but it should fix some problems that were found in Android 2.0.

[Electronista]

You may find deals online that you thought were pretty amazing, but this is the best one yet. You can get the HTC Droid Eris for just $30 on Walmart's LetsTalk. Check it out here. Remember, it's still $99 if you go a Verizon store near you.

[Phandroid]

You should already know this but the Motorola DROID and the HTC DROID Eris are now available for $199 and $99, respectively, after rebates. Check out Verizon's website for more information.

Update: According to Engadget, you can actually scoop up the Motorola DROID for just $149.99 so I hope you weren't in that line-up this morning. Check it out on Sears' website here.

[Boy Genius]

Finally, Verizon has officially announced that they will be launching the HTC Droid Eris (Desire) tomorrow, November 6th - alongside the Motorola DROID. It will be available with Android and HTC's Sense UI for $99.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate.

We've also got our first photo of the Samsung SCH-U640 Convoy (above) and Verizon has officially announced that they'll be launching this for $49.99 on a 2-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate on November 15th. This rugged features: 810F resistance, Bluetooth 2.1 support, a 2MP camera, VZ Navigator support, and a 1,300 mAh battery.

Verizon wasn't done there. They have announced that they will release the BlackBerry Curve 8530 on November 20th for $99.99 on a 2-year contract after rebates. The Curve 8530 is a CDMA variant of the Curve 8520, so it's nothing to get all excited about.

Verizon Launching HTC Droid Eris: Boy Genius
Verizon Launching Samsung SCH-U640 Convoy: Engadget Mobile
Verizon Launching the BlackBerry Curve 8530: Engadget Mobile

Awesome special effect here. This is Verizon's latest DROID advertisement. This ad should start airing this week, since November 6th is this Friday. Quit reading and watch it below.



[Boy Genius]

Verizon has just announced that most of their in-store locations will be opening a little bit earlier on November 6th thanks to the Motorola DROID - and the HTC Droid Eris. We heard about this a couple of days ago, but it's official now. Their stores will be opening at either 7 or 8 in the morning to satisfy your DROID needs.

Update on November 4th: According to Mobile Crunch, a limited amount of Verizon Wireless stores will be opening at midnight until 2 a.m. (on November 6th) to sell the DROID as well.

As far as we’ve confirmed so far, there’s only one store doing the midnight sale, and it’s right in the heart of New York. If you’re anywhere near the store (located at 134 W 34TH St, New York), go get your camping gear ready; there’s nothing like getting the object of your desire at midnight, excitedly playing with it for 2 minutes, and then caving to the utter exhaustion that standing out in the freezing cold midnight air will cause.

[Engadget Mobile]

A leaked document has just stated pretty much everything we need to know about the HTC Droid Eris (HTC Desire). We're also seeing the spec sheet here, so it'll be packed with: a 3.2-inch touchscreen HVGA display with a 320 x 480 resolution, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR / WiFi support, 512MB of ROM / 288MB of RAM, a Qualcomm MSM 7600 528MHz CPU, a 5MP AF camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot (8GB in the box!), Android 1.5 "Cupcake" OS, and HTC's Sense UI.

So, this will launch on November 6th on Verizon in the US of A. It'll retail for $99.99 on a 2-year contract and $169.99 on 2 -year contract, both with $100 mail-in rebates. You can also get it contract-free for $469.99.

[Engadget]

According to what we're hearing, Verizon is preparing for a big unveil on Thursday, November 5th - next week. We already know that the Motorola DROID [and the HTC Droid Eris] will be launching on November 6th, but what else does Verizon have in store for us. Well, on this list we'll likely see the: Samsung Omnia II, LG Chocolate Touch, BlackBerry Curve 2 (Curve 8530), Casio Rock, and Samsung Convoy. Phone Arena is hoping that the Motorola Calgary is on the list as well, but we'll just have to wait 5 more days.

[Phone Arena]

We already know that the HTC Droid Eris (Desire) will have an underwhelming 528MHz CPU and the old-school Android OS 1.5, and now we know that this handset will also have WiFi and a 5MP AF camera with no flash. It's decent but, I mean, Android OS 1.5? We've already seen how good Android 2.0 is, so we're just going to have to wait for some custom Android 2.0 ROMs.

[Engadget]

According to the latest unconfirmed news the HTC Droid Eris (Desire) launching on Verizon will actually be outed with Android 1.5 and the old-school 528MHz CPU, which definitely sucks. However, this morning we did hear that HTC is working on some Android 2.0 devices, so it looks the HTC Dragon / Passion will be outed with Android 2.0 - possibly along with the glorified 1GHz Qualcomme Snapdragon CPU.

Update: According to Phandroid, this handset could be launching for $99 on a 2-year contract.

[Engadget, Boy Genius]