Remember the Star Wars DROID R2-D2? The device brought to market for the “ultra-fans” has just seen a price drop as Verizon navigates away from offering up online rebates. The Motorola DROID R2-D2 has now been cut to $99.99 with a 2-year agreement.

Source: Android Community

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Upcoming Motorola Droid 2 has been appeared partially specced in leaked version of Verizon’s summer 2010 device catalog. Some confirmed specifications for Motorola Droid 2 are pretty much what we reported earlier – 512MB RAM/8 GB ROM, 1 GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, 3G Mobile Hotspot functionality and an 8GB microSD card preinstalled with upto 16GB expandable memory.

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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.

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Goodbye Shadow, hello Xtreme. New images and details have surfaced of Motorola’s Droid Shadow phone—now branded the Droid Xtreme—which was previously alleged to have been lost in a Verizon gym last week.

According to DroidLife, the new phone is definitely sporting an 8-megapixel camera and an “HD Video” label around the lens indicates that it’ll be able to shoot movies at a resolution of 720p at least.

The phone’s UI will run a partially customized UI based on Android 2.1 – at least according to the current batch of pictures that highlight the Xtreme’s interface. It’s unclear whether Motorola will opt for a last-minute upgrade to Android 2.2, or “Froyo,” prior to the device’s rumored July or August release.

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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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A small company might make a big noise in the Android market: the Saygus Vphone will be a high-end smartphone with a large touchscreen, sliding keyboard, and a video-conferencing camera.
In many ways, this upcoming smartphone will resemble both the Motorola Droid and the Nokia N900. It have a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with a WVGA (800 x 480) resolution. This will slide aside to reveal a 4-row QWERTY keyboard.
The Saygus Vphone is scheduled for release early next year. It will be an option for Verizon users, but not one offered by this carrier. This phone will be part of a program that lets third-party phone makers sell models directly to the public that have been certified for use on Verizon’s network. Customers will then be responsible for getting service separately.

Pricing has not yet been announced.

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Skype and Verizon are teaming up to create a phone together — a device aimed towards video chat and Skype related communication. This type of heavy integration with Skype is a bold and interesting move from Verizon.

Here is the updated Saygus VPhone spec:

• Processor: Marvell PXA 310 800 MHz
• Operating System: Android
• Memory: 512 MB ROM, 256 MB SDRAM, SDHC memory card to 16 GB
• Dimensions: 116.5 59.5 x 20.3 mm
• Screen: 3.5-inch capacitive with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels
• Network: CDMA2000 EV-DO REV A
• Communication capabilities: WiFi 802.11b / g and Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR with A2DP
• Camera: 5 megapixel main camera with autofocus and flash
• Front camera: VGA-camera with built-in microphone
• Supported audio formats: MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC +, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
• Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, H.263, H.264
• Battery: Li-Po 1500 mAh
• Hours Talk Time: Up to 7 hours
• Hours of standby time: up to 250 hours
• Hours videoconference: up to 4 hours
• GPS-module: with A-GPS E911
• Accelerometer
• Digital Compass
• USB: USB 2.0 OTG / USB Mass Storage
• FM-radio
• Other possibilities: Document viewer, file manager, web browser, calculator, Email, Instant Messenger, Recorder / Voice Notes, Alarm clock, Calendar

Source: Android Authority

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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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vPhone: The vPhone is a new promising gadget of 2010. The main reason this has made the top of the list is its ability to allow you to perform video calls from your cell phone. The Video Phone (vPhone) is being developed by Saygus a small firm that specializes in video-calling software. Verizon will be the first to carry a two-way video-conferencing phone complete with a large touch screen, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a 3D accelerometer. This phone is meant to compete directly with the iPhone and to out-perform Droid (Droid is the current device Verizon is using for this market). The vPhone is set to be the first mobile device approved through Verizon’s Open Development initiative, a program designed to allow developers to build technologies to operate on the Verizon network. The vPhone from Saygus will not be available in stores but only through the Utah based company Saygus.

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If you follow smartphones you’ve probably seen a pretty cool phone appear out of nowhere recently, the V1, from a company you’ve probably never heard of, Saygus. The V1 is an Android-based phone that closely resembles Verizon’s Droid. It looks impressive, and when you throw in its video conferencing capabilities, seems almost too good to be true. Maybe it is. I found it unusual that such a sophisticated-looking phone could be made by such an unknown company like Saygus, so I set off to discover everything I could about the firm. What I found left me with more questions than answers.

I’m pretty plugged into the smartphone scene, so I was eager to find out where Saygus came from and what sort of smartphone-making expertise it was bringing to the table. The rumor that the V1 would come out of Verizon’s Open Development initiative, in particular, really piqued my curiosity. But while I was unable to come up with much information about the company (there’s not a lot available), what I did find struck me as bizarre.

Saygus, according to its web site, is based in South Jordan, Utah; it was founded by CEO Chad Sayers. It bills itself as an “innovative leader in the communications industry specializing in the design, development, beta testing and market implementation of the world‘s first live wireless two-way video conferencing PCDA (Personal Communications Data Assistant).”

Saygus is set to release in the “fourth quarter of this year” the V1 — “the world’s first two-way live video conferencing PCDA.” The picture of the V1 (above) depicts the phone that is appearing all over the web as the new Android phone to possibly be carried by Verizon.

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