14 DAY TRIAL // The HTC DROID ERIS is the second mobile phone Verizon Wireless is set to deliver to the market with Google's Android operating system on board. The new device has been rumored for quite some time to come to the market, but only today Big Red decided to make it official, while tomorrow, November 6, it will put it on sale along with the Motorola DROID, its first Android-based handset.
The wireless carrier also announced that the new HTC DROID ERIS comes to the market with HTC Sense, the user experience from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC, which is aimed at enhancing the way users can stay in touch with their friends and family. The new device, adds the operator, has a seven-panel wide home screen that offers users a great deal of personalization options.
“DROID ERIS by HTC offers customers the opportunity to customize a seven-panel wide home screen with a wide variety of widgets designed to bring the most important information to the surface. DROID ERIS by HTC also includes the innovative 'Scenes' feature, which allows customers to create multiple home screens, each with different widgets and shortcuts, to transform DROID ERIS by HTC from a 'work' phone to a 'play' phone with just a touch of a finger,” Big Red states.
The specifications list of the new handset includes a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 5.0-megapixel auto focus photo snapper, USB mass storage, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi connectivity, a 3.5 mm headset jack, microSD memory card slot with support for up to 16GB of storage (an 8GB card included), built-in GPS receiver, digital compass, full HTML browser, and support for Google services like Google Maps, Gmail, Google Search and more.
According to the wireless operator, the fresh handset will be priced at $99.99 upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate, something that most of those who watch the evolution of the device might already know. The phone will be put on sale in all Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, as well as on the carrier's website.
Those of you who would like to have a closer look at the new Android mobile phone Verizon Wireless will launch on the market tomorrow should see the unboxing photos below, or head here to BGR for the entire gallery.
