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Aug 11 2010

Droid 2 is Available

Published by Tei Baishiki under Technology.

Droid_2Verizon Wireless’ Droid 2 officially launches August 12th. It is currently available for pre-order today. This is a very exciting time for the cell phone market and especially for Droid fans out there. The Droid 2 ships out with Android 2.2, nicknamed “Froyo,” and comes with a rather large performance upgrade from the original Droid.

Following are a few of the performance updates compared to the Droid:

  • Increased memory from 256MB to 512MB
  • On-board storage increased from 256MB to 8GB, expandable to 32GB
  • Updated processor from 550MHz to 1Ghz
  • Video recording from 720×480, 24fps to 720×480, 30fps
  • Battery life talk time extended from 6.4 hours to 9.6 hours
  • Battery life standby extended from 11.3 days to 13.1 days

The Droid 2 has a 3.7″ TouchScreen with a display resolution of 854×480 and has a 5MP camera. The Droid 2, like the Droid X, includes support for Wi-Fi hotspot functionality. However, it requires an extra $20.00 per month. The Droid 2 sports revised QWERTY keyboard with raised keys that are designed to increase the speed of your typing. I am interested to hear if this does in fact help in typing speed.

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3 Responses to “Droid 2 is Available”

  1. Randy Elliott on 11 Aug 2010 at 10:58 pm

    I’m not big on the slider phones. Sometimes I’m a one-handed texter and it seems like it wouldn’t be possible with one of these widebody slider phones.

    Any comments on this issue anyone?

  2. Tei Baishiki on 12 Aug 2010 at 1:19 pm

    I’m not a fan of phones with keyboards that slide out either. I type much faster on a virtual keyboard. Albeit, without auto-correction, my messages would probably not make any sense! Gotta love the auto-correction when it works.

  3. Greg Wang on 13 Aug 2010 at 12:36 pm

    I completely agree with Randy and Tei! Besides, I have gotten so used to the Swype keyboard on my Droid X, and having used the physical keyboard previously on my Blackberry I believe the Swype keyboard will definitely blow the doors off the physical keyboard speed-wise…

    Also, when driving I no longer have to use type when texting because I use the voice activated feature on my Droid X to input my text which is a lot safer than texing with your hand while driving…

    I am so happy with sharing and converting so many Friends and Clients to the Droid X that my wife said I should go work for Motorola :-)

    Cheers to Droid X Owners!!!