Tech Ticker

You are browsing the archives of Droid.

  It’s certain that this little incident won’t be as widely discussed as the iPhone-Bar saga but heck, we’ve got a new phone. And it looks great too. It’s the Motorola Droid Shadow and according to the Gizmodo tipster, the guy supposedly left the device in a Verizon gym in Washington. The phone will be [...]

  Verizon putting up a page and another one with specs were enough for the official acknowledgement and with the latest release, they’ve blurted out the price too. Verizon will start online pre-orders on April 19 and will ship from April 29 for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate and two-year contract. To regurgitate, the [...]

  Forget an official release, Verizon has just published a page for confirming the mighty HTC phone. Verizon calls it Droid Incredible and the phone might be launched on April 29. The intrinsic details — which we already know — hasn’t been revealed but the presence of Sense UI is evident from the screenshot. Interested [...]

  DROID users wanting Android 2.1 do not need to tinker with the system image file anymore. Greek35T from AllDroid has released a stable Android 2.1 ROM for DROID that can be installed by following few simple steps. It claims to run almost everything, including all Google services. However, we should not forget that this [...]

  Want to make your Verizon DROID a bit like Nexus One? Well, here’s a port of the Android 2.1 (Flan) update for the DROID to make it happen. However, before you jump in excitement let me warn you, this ain’t for weak hearted or inexperienced modders. It is a system image file that does [...]

  After the original DROID, it’s time for its sibling to get the much needed bug squashing and few improvements. The DROID Eris has also been blessed by a software update that will be pushed out over-the-air soon and by Verizon estimates, it could take up to a week to reach every Eris user. The [...]

  Verizon has let loose DROID’s first firmware update bringing lots of improvements. Few notable changes include improved battery life, OS stability, improved camera auto focus and better audio quality. The update will be automatically executed over-the-air or users who can’t wait for Verizon to notify, can download the 10MB file and update it manually [...]

  Its like a ritual for new gadgets to go through the dissection ordeal. So it’s not surprising that DROID too, got the obligatory treatment. This time it’s Phone Wreck who does the needful by ripping apart each and every component just for our pleasure. Head over here to go through the teardown with a [...]

  Motorola DROID will be accompanied by another DROID tomorrow. The DROID family has got an addition and its not from Motorola but from HTC. The DROID ERIS is Verizon’s version of Hero and for a cheap $100 (after $100 mail-in rebate), user will get a decently packed phone. The phone is equipped with Sense [...]

  UPDATE: Its official. A new leak and a bit of sleuthing by BGR have confirmed that Motorola DROID’s GSM version will be known as MILESTONE. A German blog leaked an O2 doc showing off the MILESTONE’s price while BGR unearthed an official picture lurking on the O2 website. The features except the swapping of [...]

  For the uninitiated, Droid will be a full-fledged series and the next phone in line will be HTC made Droid Eris. Peter Rojas from gdgt has got a word from a “trustworthy source” that the Droid Eris will be priced at $99 on contract and Phonearena’s source was kind enough to share pictures and [...]

  CDMA-based Motorola Droid got official yesterday but Motorola is already preparing its GSM counterpart. The folks at Vietnamese site, Tinhte managed to get their hands on the device and shot a preview video exposing its GSM SIM slot along with a brief walkthrough of the phone. The specs are mostly unchanged but the software [...]

  After series of leaks, brief hands-on and a preview, Motorola and Verizon have officially unwrapped DROID. The phone is believed to be one of the best Android devices and looks like it will abide by the claim. DROID runs on Android 2.0 (Eclair) and comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, high-speed 3G, 3.7-inch LCD [...]

  Motorola has taken down the page but only after the damage was done. Eagle-eyed web surfers spotted Droid page live on Motorola’s site revealing everything barring the availability and price. The Droid, touted as one of the best Android phones features 3.7-inch WVGA (480×854) touchscreen display, slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard, Android 2.0 (Eclair) OS, [...]

  Verizon initiated a marketing campaign of Droid yesterday. The campaign does not say about the phone yet but claims to do everything what iPhone can’t do. BGR also managed to get their hands on a test unit and believes Verizon’s claim is not far fetched. The Droid from Motorola runs Android 2.0, has a [...]