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HTC Droid Eris: A Solid Alternative to the Motorola Droid
HTC Droid Eris: A Solid Alternative to the Motorola Droid
Does the latest Android phone on Verizon, the Droid Eris, seem familiar? Not only does it have an almost identical name to that other Verizon Android phone, but it looks an awful lot like the HTC Hero , which debuted in the US on the Sprint Network. The HTC Droid Eris will be available ...
Verizon Wireless: Tethering Coming for Droid
gearlog.com — Verizon Wireless said they'll make tethering available for the Motorola Droid next year. (more) Verizon Wireless: Tethering Coming for Droid
Motorola Droid Review
Motorola Droid Review
gizmodo.com — It's this simple: If you don't buy an iPhone, buy a Droid. It's the best phone on Verizon, and with Android 2.0 , the second best smartphone you can buy, period. It's flawed, deeply in some ways. But it's the second best phone around, on the best ... (more) Motorola Droid Review
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A Tale of Two Droids: HTC Eris vs. Motorola's Droid
Netflash — ... , it's been nothing short of Droid hysteria in the tech world, and it's only getting crazier with today's reveal of the HTC Droid Eris . What can I say? We love a good fight. But let's not let flame wars get in the way of solid information, which may prove valuable if you're planning to pick up either the Motorola Droid or the HTC Droid Eris on launch day, Friday. Here's what you need to know: Look and Feel The Droid has some hard edges -- Computerworld's Matt Hamblen says it's geared towards " ...

Verizon Unveils a Second Droid Phone
WSJ.com: Digits — ... PC World calls Eris “a solid alternative” to the Motorola handset because of its price tag, smaller size and user interface, but said it falls short in some areas like display and processing speed. ...

Motorola Should Steal Some of Droid’s Spotlight
GigaOM — ... — but the debut of the Droid looks to be the operating system’s biggest single step since Android debuted with the HTC G1 last year. And while Verizon is also launching the $100 HTC Eris today, Motorola clearly has more at stake in the Google/Verizon tie-up than any other OEM. In fact, Droid “promises to reverse Motorola’s fortunes” in mobile, according to a statement this morning from iSuppli: ...

Palm Pixi, Pre Get Dirt-Cheap at Amazon
Netflash — ... has lots of competition, most notably from the 8 GB iPhone 3G and the new HTC Droid Eris . It puzzles me that Palm and Sprint aren't selling the Pre and Pixi elsewhere for Amazon's prices, but I'm glad at least one venue is making these phones competitive on the ever-important factor of price. For more PC news, visit ...

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Verizon unveils Hero-like, $100 Android phone
linuxfordevices.com 19 days ago — Verizon Wireless announced its second Android phone, the $100 Droid Eris, which is based closely on the HTC Hero and its Sense UI. In related news, HTC is upgrading the Hero to Android 2.0, and Motorola announced a Europe-destined multi-touch, GSM ...
Leaked docs show HTC's DROID Eris launching on November 6th for $99, running Android 1.5
engadgetmobile.com 22 days ago — Like it or not, we've got it on pretty reasonable authority that HTC's first "DROID" phone is nothing more than a rebadged, shape-shifted Hero (something we've been hearing for a while now ), and that it'll be launching on Verizon on November 6th, ...
Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris Now on Verizon Wireless Network
eweek.com 18 days ago — Verizon Wireless now offers not one but two smartphones featuring Googles Android, the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris. While the move is expected to be a win for all parties, Motorola is most in need of a success. - On. Nov. 6, Verizon Wireless officially joined the competitive fray surrounding Googles Android mobile operating system. The U.S. carrier launched not only the Motorola Droid a $199.99 hopeful iPhone competitor with a dedicated keyboard and Android 2.0 but the HTC Droid ...
Motorola DROID vs HTC Hero, HTC Magic, T-Mobile G1 & iPhone 3GS
androidcentral.com 19 days ago — What better way to get to know the DROID than to compare it to its Android siblings (or is it cousins)? We've put the sharply beautiful Motorola DROID next to the Android phones you know and love: the T-Mobile G1, the HTC Magic (myTouch 3G), and ...
Droid Eris Gets Unboxed, Better than Sprint HTC Hero ?
androidcentral.com 19 days ago —   The DROID Eris, Verizon's version of the HTC Hero, has been unboxed and looks generally ready to go for the November 6th launch. Why Verizon doesn't want to officially announce this device is beyond us, because from the looks of it, they've ...
Experts Say Verizon-Motorola Droid is No iPhone Slayer
eweek.com 23 days ago — If there is a smartphone capable of trumping the overall experience of the Apple iPhone, from hardware to native software to the 100,000 applications created for it, the world hasn't seen it yet. That's the conclusion we can safely make after early reviews of the Google Android operating system Motorola Droid, which Verizon Wireless will begin shipping Nov. 6 for $199 with a two-year contract after a $100 rebate. Analysts from Gartner and Forrester Research on why the Droid is nice, but not iPhone ...
The Droid Has Landed…Unboxed! Plus a Few Facts
gigaom.com 23 days ago — So the Droid from Verizon just landed and we have an unboxing video. Despite all the hype, I have this to say to the makers of the iPhone: You’ve got nothing to worry about. Go out, have fun and get into the hands of a few more millions. As ...
Motorola Droid Renamed Milestone for Europe, South America
eweek.com 22 days ago — The Motorola Droid, much hyped and soon to debut on the Verizon Wireless network in the U.S., will also be introduced in Argentina, Italy and Germany, though under the name Milestone and with a few changes, including a radio switch. The Milestone still runs Googles Android operating system. - Under the name Milestone, the Motorola Droid which will arrive in the United States on the Verizon Wireless network Nov. 6 will also be introduced to markets in Argentina, Italy and Germany. Both run Googles ...
DROID Headed to Germany, Called Motorola Milestone & Has Multitouch
androidcentral.com 21 days ago —   As the world watched the DROID get its official treatment from Verizon , it cringed a little bit. Why? Because Verizon is a CDMA network while most of the rest of the world run GSM networks (like T-Mobile & AT&T). Meaning the Verizon ...
Verizon Releases New DROID Commercial 'Stealth'
androidcentral.com 20 days ago — If you didn't think Verizon could get any more serious about the DROID, think again. After going after the iPhone in their first commercial teaser for the DROID , Big Red is back with 'Stealth'. 'Stealth' continues to tease about the most ...
Yep, We've Got a Motorola DROID
androidcentral.com 19 days ago —   We've got the Verizon Motorola DROID here at Android Central Headquarters (thanks Verizon!) and it's just as we imagined--beautiful, fast, bold, and striking. Verizon, Motorola, and Google really did a masterful job in delivering a handset ...
Motorola Droid Is a ‘Killer Phone,` Journal, Times Agree
eweek.com 19 days ago — The Motorola Droid is more of a “killer phone” than an iPhone killer, according to The New York Times David Pogue and the Wall Street Journals Walter S. Mossberg. The Android-running phone will arrive on the Verizon Wireless network Nov. 6. - The Motorola Droid will be available on the Verizon Wireless network this Friday, Nov. 6., and The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have weighed in on the Android-running, iPhone-provoking device. “I regard it as a success overall,” wrote ...
Things to Ponder Before You Buy The Motorola-Verizon Droid
eweek.com 19 days ago — Verizon Wireless stores are opening as early as 7 a.m. local time Nov. 6 to begin selling the Motorola Droid, which is targeting Apple's iPhone with a killer ad campaign, Google Maps Navigation GPS and other perks such a 5 megapixel camera. The smartphone is $199 after a mail-in rebate. Walt Mossberg said the device requires a minimum $70 monthly service plan for two years, excluding text messaging. Gearlog has more on the service plans, noting that if you want to connect Droid to a Microsoft ...
Verizon confirms Droid tethering option, hefty price tag
networkworld.com 18 days ago — Verizon has confirmed that customers will have the option of connecting a laptop to their new Motorola Droid smartphones, on sale tomorrow, using the phone as a wireless modem. The carrier won’t say exactly when customers can do this tethering but ...
iPhone vs. DROID: Which One Should You Buy?
theiphoneblog.com 15 days ago — Verizon’s Motorola DROID, launched November 6, 2009 , wasted no time taking it to Apple’s iPhone 3GS, starting with a pre-emptive iDon’t TV commercial that mixed unflattering fact and fiction to appeal to geeks and general ...
HTC Eris Joins Verizon's Android Lineup
eweek.com 19 days ago — While the Motorola Android phone making its debut on Verizon Wireless Nov. 6 is getting all the hype, the carrier is also introducing the HTC Eris, another Android-based phone that will be available for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year customer agreement. - Motorola's Android phone won't be the only Verizon Wireless device running the Google operating system making its debut Nov. 6. Verizon announced Nov. 5 the HTC Droid Eris will also be available to customers for $99.99 after a ...
Android: Linux--Only Different
ostatic.com 13 days ago — This week, much of the talk in the smartphone arena surrounds the new Android-based Droid phone , which is the result of a partnership between Verizon, Motorola and Google. Lost in the buzz over the phone--for many people at least--is that the Droid, ...
Here’s Why Motorola Bet on Android
gigaom.com 13 days ago — The estimate that Verizon sold 100,000 Droid phones this weekend as part of the Droid onslaught is pretty sweet for Motorola, as is the assumption from Mark McKechnie with Broadpoint AmTech that the cellular provider purchased 200,000 of the ...
Google Android 2.0 SDK Lands For Developers as the World Awaits The Verizon Droid
eweek.com 27 days ago — Google's Android team Oct. 27 released Android 2.0, the long-awaited build also known as Éclair that is expected to appear first on the Motorola Droid smartphone from Verizon Wireless next week. The Android 2.0 SDK features new APIs for sync, account ...
Motorola DROID is Official, $199 on Verizon, Available November 6th
androidcentral.com 27 days ago —   After much hype and anticipation, the Motorola Droid is officially official. It's hitting Verizon on November 6th (like previously rumored) for a very reasonable cost of $199 on new 2-year contract. It's a 'Google Experience' Android device that won't rock Motorola's own MOTOBLUR but ...
Verizon Expands Droid Invasion with ErisNetflash
The Droid is coming, the Droid is coming! No, not the Motorola Droid from Verizon. No, not the latest version of the Google Android operating system. I am talking about the Droid Eris, a modified HTC Hero, which will also be available from Verizon this week.
Verizon Releases DROID Eris Video, Will Charge $30 for Tethering, Doubles Early Termination FeeAndroid Central
We've got some good news, some bad news and some really awful news. If you didn't know, the DROID Eris is also releasing today. Verizon just posted a tutorial video on the DROID Eris, which is basically Verizon's version of the HTC Hero. If you want to get familiar with the DROID Eris, we ...
Verizon Finally Announces DROID Eris, $99 Available Nov 6thAndroid Central
  Verizon has officially made the DROID Eris, Verizon's version of the HTC Hero, well, official. Like previous reports, the DROID Eris will release on November 6th for the low, low price of $99 (after rebate, with 2 year contract). We're unsure of why Verizon decided to wait until the ...
DROID ERIS hands-on and unboxing!Engadget Mobile
Hey look, it's a Hero! We've got the brand new DROID ERIS for Verizon in hand, and it's not hard to see which particular family of phones it hails from. Still, Verizon has its own twist on the form factor, almost scoring a compromise between the "shiny" Sprint Hero and the more angular, ...
Verizon's DROID ERIS by HTC does Android and keeps it cheapEngadget Mobile
Verizon is making no secret about which Android device it wants to make waves this week -- that'd be the DROID from Motorola -- but there's another model that'll be available the same day with one-tenth the fanfare: HTC's DROID ERIS . Codenamed Desire ahead of launch, the phone is ...
MobileTechRoundup show #189; Verizon DROID choices, Moblin 2.1 for netbooksSmartphones and Cell Phones
Today is the launch of the Motorola DROID and HTC DROID ERIS on Verizon and James has the DROID in hand. Kevin is triple booting his netbook and the new Moblin 2.1 OS looks slick enough for me to give a try on my MSI Wind soon too. We also chatted about the success of integrated smartphone ...
DROID and DROID Eris now cash sentient on VerizonEngadget Mobile
After weeks of buildup the day is here: the DROID (and his little HTC buddy, the DROID Eris ) is now for sale on Verizon's website. As expected Motorola's new flagship will set you back $200 after $100 online discount and two-year commitment while his underhyped Eris little bro is a penny shy ...
Android This Week: Droid Lands on Verizon; Google Adds NavigationGigaOM
The big announcement in the Android world this week was the official release of Motorola’s Droid on the Verizon network. The Droid is the first Android phone for Verizon, and the carrier is throwing a lot of advertising weight behind the launch. GigaOM has a Droid for review , so look ...
HTC Droid Eris Hands-On!Android Central
Sure, most of the attention is going to the Motorola Droid (and deservedly so, we suppose), but HTC's little Droid Eris is a worthy phone in its own right -- especially at $99.  If you're a widget-fanatic, HTC's Sense UI on the Eris is really slick, but otherwise we have to say ...
Verizon's HTC DROID ERIS may be the best $100 smartphoneSmartphones and Cell Phones
Readers here know how much I enjoyed using the HTC Hero and now we see HTC coming out with its 3rd version of the Hero and IMHO the third time is the charm. I had a chance to hold and play a bit with the HTC DROID ERIS (Verizon's version of the HTC Hero) and I could not put it down because the ...
HTC's Hero Comes to Verizon as ErisPhone Scoop - Latest News
Today Verizon Wireless announced its version of the HTC Hero, renamed the Droid Eris. The Eris shares most of the same basic features as its GSM and Sprint cousins, but is thinner and replaces many of the physical buttons ... (follow link to read)
HTC DROID Eris unboxed and examined: 'feels much better' than Sprint HeroEngadget Mobile
If recent leaks are any indication, we should be seeing plenty more HTC DROID Eris unboxings any day now, but right now it looks like the Boy Genius Report has scored one of the first courtesy of one its helpful "connects." Of course, there aren't exactly a ton of surprises with the ...
More Pictures of Droid Eris Pop Up, Final Details LeakAndroid Central
  The Verizon Droid Eris, Big Red's version of the HTC Hero , has been captured again in live photos and though it's priced at the 'low-end' at $99, it has all the charm and appeal of a 'high-end' device. As you can see in the photo above, the Droid Eris will definitely run HTC Sense and ...
November 6: stores open at 6AM for DROID, Droid Eris?Engadget Mobile
So, you're a prospective Moto DROID customer. You've soaked up the review , studied the manual , and even built your own cardboard dock in anticipation of the big November 6 street date . What's next, you ask? Well, set your alarm early -- if the rumors are true, Verizon Wireless will be ...
Hardware Review: Motorola Droid on VerizonAndroid Central
It's pretty amazing to think how far Android has come in just one year. Just 12 months ago we were getting all excited about the T-Mobile G1 and the promises that Android 1.0 held. Fast forward 365 days and we're looking at all that potential realized--the Motorola DROID is simply a ...
PSA: Sears charging $50 less for new DROID activations than VerizonEngadget Mobile
If you walk into a Verizon store today and pick up a DROID , you'll be out $300 (before tax) out of pocket, then you'll twiddle your thumbs for a few weeks while you wait for some mysterious PO box in Texas to send you your $100 rebate on a debit card. Wouldn't you rather just pay $200 ...
Droid Day is Here! Who's Getting a DROID?Android Central
  November 6th, 2009. Droid Day. It's here. After seeing all the commercials, all the leaked pictures, and gathering al the information--you can finally go and get one yourself! The Motorola DROID is available for $199 with new 2-year contract and the DROID Eris is available for $99 with ...
Verizon confirms DROID tethering cost, will ask subscribers to double-down on their data planEngadget Mobile
Just a few days ago Verizon made the less-than-shocking confirmation that DROID tethering was coming, but wouldn't say how much it would cost. Now that the hardest of hardcore fans are already waiting in line, disconnected from the world at large, the company is unleashing the bad news: it'll ...
Verizon Offers Prepaid Data Plans With a Pretty Big CatchGigaOM
Amid the slew of exciting, new phone announcements (the HTC Hero turned Droid Eris!!! ) Verizon Wireless said it would offer prepaid data plans , something we’ve been saying the industry should do for a while . The company is offering folks the chance to pick up data on an as-needed ...
NYC Verizon Store Opening At Midnight For DROID, Will Others ?Android Central
  If you're in or around the New York City area on Droid Day, you'll have the opportunity to be among the first group to own the Verizon Motorola DROID. We've just received a tip that tells us that the Verizon Wireless store on 34th Street is planning to open on November 6th at 12:00 AM ...
Droid Launch Draws Tech-Savvy Crowd to Verizon StoreCIO.com - Network
More than 20 people waited in line for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store to buy the new Motorola Droid smartphone.
Verizon Turns Up the Hype for Friday Droid LaunchCIO.com - Network
Verizon Wireless will open many of its 2,000 retail stores early on Friday for first day sales of the Droid smartphone, adding to the marketing hype already begun for the Android 2.0 device from Motorola Inc.
Verizon's Buzz for Motorola's Droid Fizzles at Day's EndMobile Tech Today
Motorola's Droid smartphones may have been dropping out of the sky like meteors in Verizon Wireless commercials, but they weren't selling with as much force on the first day of launch. Verizon stores throughout the nation made the Droid available ...
Motorola, Carriers Have High Hopes for Droid's LaunchMobile Tech Today
With the launch of its new Droid smartphone at Verizon Wireless stores Friday, Motorola finally appears poised to recover from a three-year slide during which its mobile handset shipments fell from 22.5 percent to a 5.4 percent share of the global ...