The Motorola DROID is undoubtedly one of Verizon’s hottest (if not the hottest) handsets as of late. However, it’s $200 price tag may put it just out of reach for some consumers.

Luckily, Sears has stepped in to give us the phone for $149.99 on a 2-year contract as opposed to Verizon’s price.

So, if you want the DROID, you may as well head over to your local Sears instead of your local Verizon store, right?

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Tags: Android, Cell Phones, Droid, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, retail, sears, Verizon, Verizon

If you checked out Google today (statistics say you probably have) then you may have noticed that the company is doing something out of the norm.

Just what you say? Well check out the above image and you’ll notice that they are advertising the recently launched Motorola DROID right on the front page.

I’m sure Verizon will be reaping the benefits of this.

Tags: advertisement, Cell Phones, Droid, Google, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola

Just a few days ago we’ve shown you the GSM version of the Motorola Droid without actually knowing what market was going to get it first. Today we have some great news for your folks. If you live in Germany then you’ll be happy to know that the Droid is coming to you. The Droid will be coming from O2 Germany and it will be called the Motorola Milestone. The phone will be available for around $595 before taxes and subsidies. We have no release dates but we should expect the Milestone to hit O2 stores sometime before Christmas. O2 is the first carrier to offer the GSM version of the Droid so we’re definitely interested to see who’s going to follow.

via O2 Germany

Tags: Cell Phones, Droid, Germany, milestone, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, O2

The official numbers are in and the mobile business look to be improving. 290.5 million cell phones have been sold in Q3 which is 5.6% more than Q2 2009. Furthermore analysts predict that the final quarter of 2009 will see a year-to-year improvement. Q4 2009 mobile phone sales should amount to 300 million handset which would be 3% more than in Q4 2008.

Atop the mobile business Nokia is still the leader with 37.3% market share. Samsung follows with 20.7% while LG is far behind on third position with 10.9%. Sony Ericsson and Motorola have swapped places with Moto closing the top five at 4.7% market share. Sony Ericsson is probably going to lose fourth place soon as it only surpassed Motorola by 0.2% which translates into 0.5 million units. Do you think Verizon can sell that many Droids in the following months?

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Tags: Droid, LG, LG, Motorola, Motorola, Nokia, Nokia, Samsung, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson

Next Tuesday Sony Ericsson is going to launch its first Android device, the Xperia X3 aka Rachael. Although most people are busy pre-ordering the Droid from Verizon, they should really stop and see what this Rachael phone is all about. The teaser above has been officially leaked and the handset looks pretty interesting. Sure 20 seconds of video featuring a turned-off device isn’t enough for us, is it? But at least we know the Rachael looks better than expected. All we need now are some decent specs and a matching personality and we might just have a Droid competitor on our hands!

Tags: Android, Droid, Ericsson, leak, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Portable Devices, rachael, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Teaser, video, x3, xperia

November 6 is the day when the Droid will be available in Verizon Stores. In case you want to avoid hassles and lines, you can always pre-order the Droid from Best Buy. But if you’re decided to walk into an actual Verizon Wireless store and get your Droid from there then you should know that Big Red plans to open stores at 6AM on November 6. The hour is not confirmed yet but we expect Verizon to take all the measures necessary in order to accommodate as many customers as possible next Friday. So what do you say, are you ready for an early start?

And don’t forget, the Droid Eris will also be available on Friday. You’ll actually have to get this phone from a Verizon store since it’s not available for pre-order.

Tags: Android, best buy, Droid, Droid Eris, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, store, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Before you buy your Motorola Droid phone you should know everything there is to know about it. For example did you know that accessories like the car kit and the dock aren’t included in the package? In fact each one will cost you an extra $29.99. The car kit will be known as the Phone Holder for DROID while the dock will be called the Multimedia Station for DROID. Both accessories will be available next Friday when the Droid becomes available. That means the price for the Droid has gone up by $60. I assume that you want to take advantage of Google’s new GPS application properly or use the Droid for watching videos in a comfortable position, don’t you? Then you do need these two toys too! So what do you think? Are you ready to purchase the Droid and its upcoming accessories?

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Tags: car kit, dock, Droid, Motorola, Motorola, Multimedia Station, Phone Holder, Verizon

Remember Motorola’s last year financial results? Motorola was suffering a lot as but things have changed now. The company has hot new phones and the future looks a lot brighter than it did last winter. The financial report for Q3 2009 is in and it shows some good numbers. Net income rose to $12 million compared to last year catastrophic $397 million loss.

Revenue dropped to $5.45 billion compared to $7.48 billion in Q3 2008. Mobile devices sales dropped 46% to $1.7 billion while mobile market share is down to 4.7%. Remember that Motorola didn’t have any hot phones to sell this year so numbers could be a lot different next year. Are you ready to buy Motorola stock?

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Tags: Financial Results, Motorola, Motorola, Q3

Starting today, Best Buy Mobile will be pre-selling the highly anticipated Motorola DROID smartphone. This is the first smartphone from Verizon which runs on the Android platform and will officially be launched in stores by November 6. For the people who will be getting the Motorola DROID via the Best Buy Mobile stores, instant savings will be applied at the point of purchase. The Motorola DROID will retail for $199.99 which includes a 2-year activation contract.

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Tags: best buy, Cell Phones, Droid, Motorola, Motorola, point of purchase, Verizon

Technology has been known to perk up businesses and this time around, Vocera has unveiled its own batch of smartphones, aiming to assist medical professionals and staff in rendering efficient patient care and flexible mobile communication as well. The Vocera smartphone was jointly developed with Motorola, offering a one-touch voice-user interface running on the Mobile 6.1 operating systems.

With this new device, doctors and clinical personnel will be able to access business applications as well such as clinic system alerts, asset tracking and medical reference. It even allows them to communicate since it has corporate e-mail provisions as well.

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Tags: asset tracking, business applications, Cell Phones, clinic system, doctors, e mail, healthcare professionals, medical professionals, medical reference, mobile communication, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, operating systems, Other Brands, patient care, provisions, smartphone, smartphones, user interface, vocera, voice user

We did tell you that the Nuvifone G60, launched by Garmin Asus a lot later than supposed to, was too expensive than it should be. And it looks like Amazon tends to agree with that. Amazon hasn’t been selling that many G60 units so far and thus it has decided to offer a $200 discount on the G60. The phone is available now for just $100 but would you really buy it? The Droid is in the house and it costs only $199.99 while the Droid Eris is going to be available for $99.99.

via Amazon

Tags: Amazon, ASUS, ASUS, Droid, Droid Eris, G60, Garmin, Garmin, Motorola, nuvifone, price cut

The HTC Hero will soon fade away from our minds as the Motorola Droid will be the hottest phone in town. But that doesn’t mean that HTC will let that happen without a fight. The company has confirmed that Android 2.0 will be coming soon to HTC Hero owners. Here’s what HTC had to say:

Yes, we are working on an Eclair update for the HTC Hero. Because Eclair is a significantly enhanced release, it will require some time to update Sense for this new version of the Android OS. Please be patient while we work to provide you with a tightly integrated experience like the one you are already enjoying on your Hero.

That magic HTC Sense UI is also going to be ported to Android 2.0 in the near future and all the Hero versions out there will get it. Just check back with your carrier for more information once Eclair becomes available from HTC.

Tags: Android 2.0, Droid, Eclair, Hero, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola

The HTC Droid Eris is the other hot Android phone coming from Verizon. And Verizon seems to like Android all of a sudden as it is ready to offer them both at once, starting with November 6. So how much will the Droid Eris cost? If you’re willing to get a new 2-year Verizon Wireless contract then you’re going to get the HTC Droid Eris for just $99.99.

It looks like this HTC Android phone is going to be the cheapest phone ready to hit the U.S. so stay tuned for official confirmation. Although it’s understandable if you’re going to go for the Motorola Droid instead, the Droid Eris is perfect for those of you that have a budget to watch.

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Tags: Android, Droid, Eris, Google, HTC, HTC, Motorola, Verizon Wireless

Morotola and Verizon have finally come forth to announce the Android 2.0 powered DROID, a handset we’ve heard about for some time now.

The Motorola DROID will feature a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display, slideout QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash, GPS with Google Maps Navigation, WiFi, Bluetooh and an included 16GB memory card.

Interested? It could be yours on November 6th for $199 on a 2-year contract

Press release after the break.

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Tags: Android, bluetooth, Capacitive, Cell Phones, Droid, Google, GPS, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, Qwerty keyboard, Verizon, WiFi

Sony Ericsson has been working on at least an Android phone so far and it looks like the manufacturer is ready to launch one. Whether it’s the Xperia X3 also known as the Rachael or the Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson’s first Android phone is supposed to arrive on November 3. Pricing and details aren’t confirmed at this point so we’ll return next week with all the official info.

The Rachael could be at least as good as the Droid but unfortunately for Sony Ericsson Motorola’s and Verizon’s marketing campaigns made sure that anyone interested in Android phones will want to buy the Droid. What do you think folks? Will Sony Ericsson be successful in its Android venture?

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Tags: Droid, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, rachael, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, X10, x3, xperia

It would appear that the Mobiado 350 Pioneer is not the only expensive phone to hit the market. Motorola has its own super luxurious phone with the Aura Diamond edition. It has 30 diamonds, and has 18 carat gold coating. This will be on sale today for about $5,700.

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The Droid might be a Verizon Wireless exclusive phone in the USA but that doesn’t mean that Motorola shouldn’t sell in other markets too. After all the Droid is probably going to be one of the best Android phones around and I’m pretty sure that Motorola will want to cash in on all that hotness.

The FCC has revealed exactly such a version of the Droid that could be used all around the GSM world. What’s more interesting is that the GSM Droid has support for AT&T’s WCDMA 850 and 1900MHz bands which also happen to be used by carriers in Canada. Not that Verizon will share the Droid with AT&T any time soon! But Rogers, Bell and Telus will probably want to launch the phone in the following months or, dare we say, in the following weeks?

Will you buy the Droid next week from Verizon or are you waiting for a GSM version of it?

via MobileCrunch

Tags: Android, At&T, At&T, Bell, Canada, Droid, GSM, Mobile News, Motorola, Other Brands, Rogers, Telus, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

An interesting piece of news has popped all over the Internet. It looks like the Droid is not just the name of a single phone coming from Verizon but it’s going to be a line of phones. That’s why the Sholes has changed names so abruptly to the Droid. The phone in the picture is supposed to be the HTC Droid Eris also known as the HTC Desire.

The Droid Eris is supposed to arrive on November 6 but evidently we don’t have any pricing for now. We also have to confirm all of these before we get all excited about a new phone line. Because it looks like the Droid might be an Android phone line about to arrive from Verizon.

via gdgt

Tags: Android, Droid, Eris, HTC, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Verizon hasn’t announced the BlackBerry Storm 2 although Vodafone did. What’s more strange, Verizon seems to want to start selling the BlackBerry Storm 2 on October 28 which is precisely the day when Big Red and Motorola are going to unveil to the world the Motorola Droid.

Will the BlackBerry Storm 2 live in the shadow of the Droid? The phone will be available for $179.99 after $100 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract. 1-year contracts will also be available but the price for the Storm 2 will go to up to $249.99. The smartphone will also be available without a contract for $539.99 and it all starts on October 28.

The following question is pretty obvious, so here it goes, what are you going to purchase on October 28? The Motorola Droid or the BlackBerry Storm 2.

via Engadget

Tags: BlackBerry, Droid, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Research In Motion, Storm 2, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Motorola seems to have a lot of fun rolling out one Android phone after the other. We’ve already seen the CLIQ, the Droid and the Calgary. And today we spotted the Motorola Zeppelin, a phone which is apparently heading to China.

The phone is not official yet but it’s said to come with a 3.1-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera with flash, WiFi, dual SIM slots for GSM and CDMA SIM cards, HDMI connectivity and Android OS. The phone should be available in China in the first quarter of 2010 while everyone else should get it at some point later next year. Pricing is unknown but we’ll definitely return with more news soon.

via AndroidOS

Tags: Android, Calgary, Cliq, Droid, Google, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Zeppelin