Verizon Introduces the Newest Motorola Droid

From PC World: Verizon on Tuesday introduced the newest Droid and the second from Motorola, but some Android fans may be disappointed to learn that it won't ship with the latest operating system or the newest Flash Player.

The Droid X will ship with Android 2.1, which will be updated to so-called Froyo, or Android 2.2, later. That means that it initially won't have Flash Player 10.1, the latest version of that software that became available this week for Android 2.2. Onlookers had hoped the Droid X would come with Android 2.2.

The phone will become available on July 15 and will get Android 2.2 and Flash Player 10.1 later in the summer, Verizon said. It will retail for US$199 after a $100 rebate.

The phone has a large 4.3-inch screen, bigger than most and matching the HTC HD2, a Windows Mobile phone. It will come with a Blockbuster application that lets users download full-length feature films and, because the phone has an HDMI port, watch the movies on other devices like TVs. Users will also be able to rent movies from Blockbuster to watch on the phone or other devices.

The phone has an 8-megapixel camera and can capture high-definition video. It has a 1Ghz processor and can accommodate as much as 40GB of memory, including expanded memory.

The Droid X doesn't come with a physical keyboard and will ship with Swype, software that offers a new way of typing on on-screen keyboards without having to lift up the finger.

Users will be required to sign up for a $29.99-per-month data plan for unlimited access. They can opt to pay an additional $20 a month for a hotspot service that lets other devices, like a PC, connect to the phone for Internet access. The hotspot service is limited to 2GB of data usage.

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