Now in the next few hours, we will have the iPhone launch, but what happened few hours back? We finally got hold of Droid X. Here at New York, Verizon, Motorola, Google and Adobe executives unveiled Motorola Droid X, a smartphone with an concentrated focus on bringing users strong multi-media abilities and much more. The phone is landing with Verizon starting 15 July, for $199 with rebate.
The device will come for $199 with a $100 mail-in rebate and will receive the upgrades to Android 2.2 and Adobe Flash 10.1 support later this summer. Powered by a 1 GHz TI OMAP processor and running Google’s Android 2.1 operating system, the smartphone features a 4.3-inch screen with WVGA 854-by-480 resolution to allow users capture high-definition videos at 720p for playback on HDTV. Owners will be able to share the video they shoot with friends with an optional HDMI cable or HDTVs, game consoles or PCs that support the DLNA technology.
Verizon Executive Vice President and CMO John Stratton talked in particular about the screen,”When you have a screen and form factor like this, very very thin, very lightweight, it certainly screams video,” Stratton said. “We’ve taken some special time to bring more video content and video applications to the device.”
Interestingly, during the press conference, John Stratton also highlighted that the new device will come with a $30 unlimited data plan. While this plan is nothing new for Verizon, it comes a week after a Verizon executive said publicly the company will move toward usage-based billing on wireless data services. Wow….unlimited data for Droid X comes as a benefit I guess!
The black device weights 5.47 ounces, measures 5 inches long, 2.6 inches wide and one-quarter inch thick. It offers an 8-megapixel camera capable of 1/1000 second shutter speed. The camera is gifted with auto-focus, touch to focus, panoramic capture and dual LED flash for crisp photo production.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt commented on the importance of cloud, “There are many, many applications where this is perfect… This is not a toy, this is not just an app engine. This is a very, very powerful new kind of an operating system.” He also added that to make this effective, users need apps and services for multimedia from companies such as Adobe.
The Droid X also supports some pre-loaded applications, including Swype gesture application for using gestures to create and send e-mail messages at up to 50 words per minute, Skype for Mobile, NFL Mobile and a Blockbuster mobile application. Users can actually download movies and TV content from Blockbuster On Demand through V CAST Video via a link icon on the homescreen also.
Note: Current Verizon Wireless customers who have contracts ending by December 31, 2010 can upgrade to the Droid X.
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