I'll be liveblogging the Verizon, Google, Motorola and Adobe press event to unveil the next generation of Droid devices. Join me live from San Francisco Wednesday starting just before 1 pm Eastern Time. So you can get your US World Cup action on - and watch me on CNBC, ahem (11:30 am Eastern) - in the early morning, get a few things done, and then get your Droid on in the afternoon. Sounds like a plan, huh?
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Droid X press conference is over. On to the demo room. Video & hands-on impressions for you later!
Droid X is only for the Verizon in the US. Motorola may have a similar non-US device at some point.
Jha: Droid X will be upgraded to Froyo in late Summer. Rubin: Froyo is open source TODAY.
Andy Rubin: Android is "everyone's operating system"
Verizon is offering early upgrades: If a Verizon customer has an upgrade coming at any time in 2010, they can upgrade immediately to Droid X at the $199 a/r price
Phone will be available at non-Verizon retail outlets at launch
1930 mAh battery back will be available in a few months - will add 1mm of thickness to the Droid X
Battery life on Droid X will be comparable to battery life on Droid 1
Droid X will ship with Android 2.1 and have a "dramatically different" MotoBlur experience, but with all of the capabilities of the current Blur
Droid X will NOT have Flash at launch. Coming later this summer.
Droid X: July 15, $200 after rebate, $30/mo Smarpthone Service, $20/mo extra for 2GB of mobile hotspot use
Now they're talking about how awesome Adobe and Flash are, how Flash is here to stay, how Flash Player 10.1 "combines the power of everything you can do on your desktop with the power of mobile devices." Now shipping.
Andy Rubin: 160,000 Android devices sold every day. That's up from 100,000 just a few weeks back at Google I/O.
3 antennas for noise canceling on calls and better audio on video capture. Exchange support. PVC-free construction. Jha: "We have exceeded" other companies in terms of making an environmentally friendly handset.
Diversity Antennas for better call quality. Subtle digs at iPhone/AT&T from Sanjay.
512MB RAM
WiFi hotspot with support for 5 devices.
854 x 480 display. Multitouch keyboard, preloaded with Swype.
8MP Camera with 720p HD video capture. 4.3", 16:9 aspect ratio display. HDMI and DLNA audio/video out for connection to TVs, home theater, Win 7 devices, and so on. 1GHz TI OMAP 4630 processor. 8GB internal memory, 16GB memory card.
Sanjay Jha of Motorola is talking a lot about convergence and how mobile is where it's at. Now they're showing a promo video of the Droid X. Honestly, this is the best Non-Apple smartphone promo video I've ever seen because it actually tells you what the phone can do.
I'm taking pictures with an EVO 4G. And I'm also armed with water, coffee, an iPhone 3GS and some Italian mints
I WILL be leaving with a Droid X today, btw :-)
Skype Mobile is "deeply integrated" on the Droid X
Partnership with NFL for mobile content on Droid X, including "Red Zone" -- Phone will alert you when your team is in the red zone and you can watch live video coverage. Part of the NFL Mobile App
Big emphasis on video on the Droid X: VCast Video, Blockbuster App, Skype Mobile, and so on ...
Schmidt: People are thinking mobile FIRST.
Schmidt: "Why is everyone obsessed with mobile?" Well, he's telling us ... It's about the ecosystem.
Execs on stage, talking about Google-Verizon partnership, Eric Schmidt called up as "surprise guest."
Hey everybody! I'm live at a conference room in a hotel in San Francisco. The press event is late getting started because Motorola, Adobe, et al were on CNBC. But the US advanced in the World Cup, so who cares???
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