New Droid Phone Coming on June 23

From PC World: Verizon, Motorola, and Adobe have announced they will be introducing the next generation of Droid mobile devices on Wednesday, June 23. The Droid launch comes just one day before Apple officially launches iPhone 4 , the next-generation of Cupertino's super-popular smartphone. Adobe will be on hand at the Droid launch on June 23 presumably to tout the virtues of the much ballyhooed Flash Player 10.1 for mobile devices that is compatible with Android 2.2, Palm WebOS, and Symbian S60 systems.

Rumors are already circulating about what the new Droid will look like, and right now there are two different device rumors circulating online. Gadget blog Engadget says it got its hands on an impressive new device called the Droid X that looks like it can stand almost toe-to-toe with Apple's iPhone 4 . Meanwhile a lesser known Droid-centric blog called DroidLife recently posted photos of of what it calls the Droid 2, which simply boasts some minor tweaks to Motorola's original Droid device.

Engadget has an extensive first look including at what the it claims is the Motorola Droid X, including several short videos showing the device in action. The device is similar to the so-called Droid Shadow that was found in a corporate Verizon gym in May and subsequently leaked to Gizmodo. Engadget says the Droid X has a large 4.4-inch screen with 854 x 480 resolution, and an 8 megapixel camera with flash and the ability to record 720p high definition video.

In the videos, the new device appeared to be very responsive and Engadget posits that it is powered by a 1-GHz processor. The rumored Droid X has an HDMI out port, 4 physical buttons along the bottom of the device, a capacitive touchscreen, and 8GB of internal storage.

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