Verizon Wireless will begin upgrading its first Motorola Droid to the new OS by July 13, said the Brighthand blog, which noted “unofficial but stable versions of this ROM have already appeared on the Web.” Droidforums.net said the Motorola Droid X will receive Android 2.2 over the air in August. Android 2.2 features significant speed improvements over Android 2.1, as well as new enterprise capabilities for Microsoft Exchange and Gmail, WiFi hotspot enablement and tethering, and a cloud-to-device messaging API.

Brighthand cited an unconfirmed report from Verizon Wireless that the company will begin upgrading its first Motorola Droid to the new OS by July 13. The blog said “unofficial but stable versions of this ROM have already appeared on the Web.”

Meanwhile, Droidforums.net said the Motorola Droid X, slated for a July 15 launch for $199 with a $100 rebate, will receive Android 2.2 over the air in August.

Source: eweek

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On the heels of those extremely detailed pictures of the Motorola Droid X, comes areport that the Droid X will in fact be launching on Verizon next month, not surprising since it has had more leaks than the kitchen sink. As for the Droid 2, which was recently seen on video, it apparently won’t be hitting shelves until August.

The Motorola Droid 2 will be coming with Android 2.2.

Source: Examiner

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A snapshot of a mysterious Motorola handset has been spotted in the wild with the Verizon logo on it. It is most probably Motorola Droid 2 a.k.a ‘Shadow’ Android phone supposed to launch on Verizon in July with Froyo.
It is supposed to rock with an 8MP camera capable of capturing 720p HD video. Motorola Shadow – as far as we know- will be launched with Android Froyo on it. On Hardware front, a 512MB RAM, a 4.3inch 800×484 capacitive multitouch screen, and an HDMI port are most likely to appear. If Shadow is really droid’s successor then I would predict a slide-out QWERTY keyboard as well.

Motorola Shadow is supposed to be nearly 9mm thick and might hit the markets in July.

Source: The Gadgets

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The regular price for the very popular Motorola Droid is $200 with a two-year service contract, but new Verizon Wireless customers can get this high-end Android OS smartphone for 90% off.
The Droid has been on the market for six months now, so it’s not surprising that bargains are becoming available.

For example, Amazon.com is offering this model for $130 with a renewed 2-year contract, $70 below the regular price.

Source: Brighthand

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Among the many devices announced at MWC 2010, there was also the Saygus VPhone Android handset, that is supposed to reach Verizon this May. The device is pictured below and we learn that it comes with a 3.5 inch WVGA screen and an 800MHz CPU.

Source: GSM Dome

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Phone Arena played with the third Android phone for Verizon Wireless, the Saygus Vphone, at the MWC. The device is still more on the unofficial side, so whether or not it will launch at some point remains a mystery.

The Saygus Vphone is an Android 1.6-running side-slider with a four-row QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera and powerful hardware, including an 800MHz Marvell processor and 256MB RAM. The screen is a capacitive one, measuring at 3.5” with WVGA resolution.

It’s also significantly thicker than its Android opponents, but sports a very nice sliding mechanism. It might launch in May, if it launches at all.

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Until now, the images we’ve seen of Saygus’ EDGE video calling wonder indicated that the phone would run a stock Android UI. Turns out that the company, has not been sitting on its collective laurels.
This is a leaked photo depicting Saygus’ new custom UI for their EV-DO Rev. A, 800 x 480-packin’ champ, the V1.

Source: Droid Ninja

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Saygus V1
The first mobile to offer low bandwidth two-way video calling on existing 2.5G Networks, the Saygus V Phone is a qwerty slider phone running the Android OS.

Source: Talk Talk

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