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So far Apple seems to have sold a lot of iPhone 4's but a fair number of them seem to have some issues. If you're on Verizon there's no need to worry because you can now pre-order your Motorola DROID X at a Best Buy near you. Best Buy will be offering the smartphone for $199.99 on a 2-year contract without that dumb mail-in rebate. Head over to a store now!

[Engadget]

Now that the DROID Eris is no longer on Verizon, they have decided that today would be a big day. No, we're not talking about the iPhone 4 hitting customers a bit early, we're talking about the Motorola DROID X getting official! Verizon will be launching the DROID X on July 15th for $199.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. The specs are exactly what we thought they were and it'll be available with Android 2.1 (with an updated and all-new custom UI) at launch. Phandroid points out that it'll be getting an update to Android 2.2 "Froyo" later this Summer. The most important specs are: the 4.3-inch WVGA (480 x 854 resolution) display, an HDMI port, an 8MP AF camera with 720p HD video recording capabilities, a TI OMAP 3640 1GHz CPU, 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, a 9.9mm thin body, and a 1,540mAh battery. Below the picture is the full spec sheet, courtesy of Unwired View if that's what you want.

Update: Phandroid points out that, like AT&T and Apple, Verizon will be offering the DROID X to you if your contract ends anytime in 2010. That should boost sales a bit more.

Update: Engadget has just gotten their official hands on with this smartphone. They'll progressively be pushing out their thoughts on this huge smartphone, so check it out!

• 4.3 inch WVGA (854 x 480) touchscreen display
• Virtual keyboard with Swype technology
• CDMA 800/1900, EV-DO Rev. A
• Wi-Fi, DLNA
• A-GPS
• Google Maps with free navigation
• eCompass
• HDMI port
• 3.5mm headset jack
• Bluetooth 2.1with EDR
• USB 2.0
• WebKit based browser (HTML5)
• 8.0MP autofocus camera with Dual LED Flash and image editing tools
• 720p HD video capture, HD Playback via HDMI or DLNA
• 1GHz processor
• 8GB onboard memory, 16GB microSD pre-installed
• 1540 mAh battery (talk time: up to 480 minutes; standby time: up to 220 hours)
• 127.5 x 65.5 x 9.9 mm
• 155 grams

[Unwired View, Engadget]

Apparently, the specs for the Motorola DROID X have just leaked out but we should already know them by now. The DROID X is said to feature an 8MP camera with 720p HD video recording, an HDMI output, a 1GHz ARM CPU, 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, and Android 2.1 with an alteration of MOTOBLUR (possible called Ninjablur). The website also mentions that the huge smartphone sports a 4.4-inch display but it's actually 4.3-inches (WVGA resolution).

Update: According to Engadget Mobile, there's actually a brief 16-second commercial (below) that hit YouTube yesterday. If you look closely in the eye, it actually reveals a bunch of the aforementioned specs. If you're really interested, there's a Twitter page (here). Oh yes, don't forget that taking a good hard look at the eye hints and confirms some of the specs.

Update: According to Boy Genius, the DROID X could be available on July 2nd. Apparently, the 07.2010 that is clear at the end of clip below turns into 07.2.2010 possibly hinting at a July 2nd release date. There's a picture below the video if you want to check it out.



[ai.rs]

It looks like it's just about official now - a bit earlier than expected. The Motorola DROID X looks exactly as we thought it would. The DROID 2 doesn't make an appearance on the new teaser site (here), so we'll have to wait until a later date for that. This smartphone should be launching sometime in July.

[Boy Genius]

Phandroid wasn't kidding when they announced that their tipster mentioned that the Motorola Shadow / Xtreme would actually be getting yet another name change to the Droid X. The image above is an internal screenshot and the image below just shows off the spec sheet. Note that the spec sheet below says that this smartphone will be just 0.39-inches (around 1cm) which is slightly thicker than the iPhone 4.

[Phandroid]

Just like I said, when the first picture of the Motorola Shadow leaked out, this handset is rumoured to take the Extreme naming. This handset will, of course, be a part of Verizon's growing "DROID" line-up, so it could be the DROID Extreme when it launches. Although the DROID Incredible is part of the DROID line-up, this handset is definitely the successor to the original DROID - the DROID 2 if you will. This one is actually made by Motorola and it'll feature a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Other rumours point this handset as a Q3 release - either July or August.

Update: According to Engadget, Motorola is actually looking to launch two smartphones on Verizon in July. Now we know that this handset will be coming in July, but I'm trying to figure out what the other phone is.

[Phandroid]

A couple of days ago we heard about the upcoming new Motorola DROID that will hit Verizon and it has just been found in the wild - similar to the next-gen iPhone. Someone "found" the handset in a Verizon gym in Washington - what a coincidence, eh? Anyways, some of the specs seem to be confirmed, it's definitely packing a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, an 8MP camera, an HDMI port, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, and 16GB of internal storage. I'm also pretty sure that there's a microSD card slot on this handset too. This is looking like it really is the Motorola Shadow.

With Android 2.2 "Froyo" likely being pre-loaded on this handset, Apple better have something good up their sleeve at WWDC in a couple of weeks.

[Gizmodo]

This new picture is looking like a Getting Started manual for a new Verizon-bound Motorola Android device. It will clearly be a part of their DROID line-up so maybe the picture above is what the long-rumoured Shadow handset will look like. It could also be the Motorola DROID Xtreme that we heard about 10 days ago; they do have the DROID Incredible, so the DROID Xtreme could be next in the line-up. If it's the Shadow it could be sporting a 4.3-inch display along with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

[Engadget]

Apparently, Verizon is looking to launch another Motorola handset, dubbed the Xtreme. We don't have any details about this handset and we don't even know if it'll be running Android. Nonetheless, the Shadow is pictured above. Maybe this "Xtreme" is the A955 from this morning, but that wouldn't make sense so what am I talking about.

[Engadget Mobile]