Verizon Leak: 1.3 GHz Droid Pro, Android 3.0 Tablet, and LTE All Incoming

From DailyTech: Boy Genius Report has reportedly been gifted with a treasure trove of roadmap leaks from a trusted source at Verizon. The leaks read like a mobile user's wish list.

First up, it describes a new Android handset called the Motorola DROID Pro -- a successor toDroidX and the soon-to-be-released Droid 2. The Droid Pro reportedly will pack a smoking 1.3GHz CPU and "global roaming", alongside a more pedestrian 4-inch screen (in comparison to the 4.3-inch monster screen of the EVO, at least).

By "global roaming", Verizon likely means that the phone will pack both GSM and CDMA reception equipment. While Verizon's U.S. network uses CDMA -- thus making CDMA the prevalent standard in the U.S. -- worldwide GSM owns 80 percent of the global market share. Thus standard CDMA handsets are a poor choice currently for a great deal of international business travelers.

Samsung and HTC will both reportedly launch their own new Android-driven global roaming capable handsets on Verizon, as well.

The leak also shows off a wealth of incoming tablets/slabs set to challenge the iPad for dominance. The first listed was a Motorola Q look-alike/"slab form-factor" device running Android 2.2 and offering global roaming. Samsung looks to counter, with its own upcoming 7-inch Android-driven touchscreen device which sports a front facing camera, to boot.

But Motorola has its own counterattack lurking -- a tablet packing a 10-inch screen, 1GHz or 1.3GHz CPU, front-facing camera, and Android 3.0. That beast will launch either late in the holiday season or early next year, with the date likely contingent on Android 3.0's release schedule.

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