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  • Motorola Milestone up for £439 UK pre-order

    Motorola Milestone up for £439 UK pre-order

    Stock due 7 December 25 November 2009 12:32 GMT

    The Motorola Milestone, the non-Verizon variant of the Droid by Motorola has seen an online UK retailer put the new, high-end handset up for pre-order.

    If SuperETrader is to be believed, we can expect the Milestone to touchdown in the UK on 7 December with a £439-shaped...

  • Image credit: Phone Wreck

    Motorola Droid gets ripped apart

    Innards exposed, all in the name of curiosity 12 November 2009 16:54 GMT

    A user at gadget teardown site iFixit by the name of Dr. Wreck, has decided that what he really wants to do with his shiny new Motorola Droid smartphone is to rip it apart, exposing its silicon underbelly for the benefit of gawping tech geeks on the Web.

    According...

  • Droid by Motorola goes on sale in the States

    Droid by Motorola goes on sale in the States

    Makes you feel like a four star general with natural charisma, says Verizon 6 November 2009 11:40 GMT

    Today sees the sales kick off for the Droid by Motorola on the Verizon network in the States. 

    Those that signed up for more info have received the above mailer with the somewhat quirky message as follows:

    "The phone that makes you feel like a four star...

  • Who'll be selling the Motorola Droid in the UK?

    Who'll be selling the Motorola Droid in the UK?

    O2, T-Mobile and 3 say "not us, guv" 5 November 2009 18:17 GMT

    We've been doing a little bit of digging to find out who, in the UK, will be offering Motorola's forthcoming Droid handset. The Android 2.0-sporting QWERTY slider scored a whopping 9/10 in its Pocket-lint review, but given that it's supposed to be due on Friday in the...

  • PHOTOS: Verizon Droid Eris by HTC hands on

    PHOTOS: Verizon Droid Eris by HTC hands on

    Photo gallery of the new handset 5 November 2009 14:00 GMT

    HTC and Verizon have confirmed the rumours that the second "Droid" handset alongside the Motorola Droid will be called the Droid Eris and be created by HTC. 

    The new handset will offer a virtually identical feature set to the Sprint HTC Hero and feature a 3.2-inch...

  • VIDEO: Motorola Droid gets big budget "Stealth" ad

    VIDEO: Motorola Droid gets big budget ad

    "Stealth" 4 November 2009 9:40 GMT

    In the States Motorola has revealed its latest advert for the coming soon Droid.

    Moving away from the iPhone-bashing Droid Does pre-launch campaign, this new effort is a big budget affair seeing Droids in pods fired to the earth from Stealth bombers, before...

  • Motorola Droid to launch as Milestone in Germany

    Motorola Droid to launch as Milestone in Germany

    O2 renames Android handset 2 November 2009 9:54 GMT

    Suggesting a UK annoucement might not be too far off, it's been revealed the Droid by Motorola, recently jointly announced with Verizon in the US, is to launch in another country soon.

    O2 Germany is to offer the new Android handset, but under a different name...

  • HTC Droid Eris gets a little bit more leaked

    HTC Droid Eris gets a little bit more leaked

    Picture and CEO spill details 29 October 2009 17:55 GMT

    While Verizon has come clean about the Motorola Droid it's had lurking up its shirt sleeve, there's still the mystery of the HTC Droid Eris to clear up.

    We know that Verizon is planning a veritable family of Droid handsets and the Eris, also known as the HTC...

  • Verizon: Droid becomes a family, other handsets coming

    Verizon: Droid becomes a family, other handsets coming

    Our intel suggests early November 28 October 2009 19:04 GMT

    Verizon has confirmed that the Droid name will become a family of handsets with multiple phones from different manufactures, rather than just the single offering from Motorola.

    The news, clarifies rumours on the Internet that the Verizon Motorola Droid isn’t...

  • Google Maps Navigation "could" Run On iPhone 3GS

    Google Maps Navigation "could" run on iPhone 3GS

    But currently no plans to break away from Android 2.0 28 October 2009 18:37 GMT

    Google has said that it has no plans at present to offer Google Maps Navigation on other platforms like the iPhone or BlackBerry handsets for the time being, but hinted that might not always be the case.

    "It's currently only available for the Android 2.0 OS,"...

  • PHOTOS: Droid by Motorola

    PHOTOS: Droid by Motorola

    Hands-on with the new Android 2.0 phone and its multimedia dock 28 October 2009 17:54 GMT

    Further to the news we brought you of Verizon's official unveiling of the Droid by Motorola, we now have a hands-on gallery of real-life pics to share with you, straight from its New York debut.

    The slim QWERTY slider will be the first Android 2.0 device to launch...

  • VIDEO: Verizon intros the Motorola Droid

    VIDEO: Verizon intros the Motorola Droid on film

    See those "Droid Does" claims demoed on video 28 October 2009 17:00 GMT

    ...3G, QWERTY keyboard, multi-tasking abilities, a 5-megapixel camera with video, voice-activated search, 3.7-inch high res widescreen, touchscreen display, Android 2.0, Google Maps Navigation, Wi-Fi, aGPS, Android Market, customisable homescreens, accelerometer, Bluetooth...

  • Verizon officially announces Motorola Droid

    Verizon officially announces Motorola Droid

    Android 2.0 handset due within weeks 28 October 2009 16:40 GMT

    Verizon has officially announced the teased and leaked Motorola Droid - or as it's officially dubbed "Droid by Motorola" - in the US with a launch date in early November and a $200 price tag to those happy to sign away 2 years of their mobile life.

    And happy...

  • VIDEO: Apple fanboy hits back with "iDon't care" clip

    VIDEO: Apple fanboy hits back with "iDon't care" clip

    Verizon's "Droid Does" campaign gets a response 28 October 2009 12:37 GMT

    An Apple fanboy has hit back at Verizon's Droid Does teaser campaign, created to promote the soon to be officially revealed Motorola Droid handset by bashing the iPhone, with a home-made 'iDon't care" response.

    The video, that's currently racked up over 100,000...

  • Droid becomes product range, not just a handset

    Droid becomes product range, not just a handset

    Many devices will bear the name 26 October 2009 10:26 GMT

    It seems like the Droid isn't just a phone from Motorola - it's a label that's going to be applied to a whole army of Android-powered handsets from the American cellphone network. Engadget Mobile is reporting that many phones will get the badge, including the forthcoming...

  • DROID by Motorola officially outed...

    DROID by Motorola officially outed...

    ...then pulled as website slip spills beans on new Android 2.0 handset from Verizon 23 October 2009 1:53 GMT

    So much for a teaser campaign, Motorola has just gone live with full details of its yet unannounced handset the Droid thanks to a slip up from the website team.

    The microsite, which has since been pulled, offered, albeit briefly, a plethora of details no doubt...

  • Motorola Droid leaked in detail

    Motorola Droid leaked in more detail

    Pics and some spec posted online 19 October 2009 9:40 GMT

    After months of rumours, some specific info - and images - of the Motorola Droid have been leaked online by US blog Boy Genius Report.

    The new phone, due to launch on the Verizon network in the States, appears to be Motorola's high-end attack on the Android...

  • VIDEO: HELLOMOTODROID teaser

    VIDEO: HELLOMOTODROID teaser

    Sholes becomes Droid as Moto goes all-out with robot theme 16 October 2009 11:13 GMT

    It seems as if Motorola is going all out with the robot theme for its new, and as-yet unannounced, Android phone the Motorola Droid.

    Previously leaked under its production name of Sholes, the new gPhone is a QWERTY effort due to the Verizon Wireless network in...

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