Softpedia
 

NEWS CATEGORIES:



NEWS ARCHIVE >>
SOFTPEDIA REVIEWS >>
MEET THE EDITORS >>
Home > News > Tags > Droid

Stories about: Droid


Lumia Leaves DROID Behind in Google Search

Nokia’s Lumia devices have won another battle in their war against handsets running under Google’s Android operating system. As of late, they are enjoying more hits on Google Search than Verizon’s DROID handsets, which shows increased interest in them. Google Trends shows that people all around ...

21 May 2012
02:21 GMT

Verizon Cuts Prices for Four DROIDs, HTC Rhyme

Users interested in the purchase of a new mobile phone on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless can now take advantage of a special promotion that the carrier is running for five of its Android handsets. As part of this promotion, four of the company’s DROID smartphones are available for only $9.99 each and will ...

8 March 2012
10:16 GMT

Motorola DROID 4 Already Down to $99

Today Verizon Wireless made available on its airwaves a new 4G LTE-capable smartphone coming from Motorola, the DROID 4. The handset was added to Verizon’s offering with a price tag of $199 attached to it, but partner retailer already have it available for only half of that. Amazon Wireless, for example, i...

10 February 2012
16:51 GMT

Motorola Comes Up with Special Project Involving the Original DROID

Two years ago, handset vendor Motorola announced together with mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless the release of the first of a series of highly popular Android-based devices, namely the Motorola DROID, and it seems that the company is preparing something special for those who own one of these phones. Those DRO...

12 November 2011
06:10 GMT

Motorola DROID 4 Spotted in Verizon's Systems

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is expected to add to its offering a new high-end Android device from Motorola, namely the DROID 4, at least this is what a new leak shows. We already had the chance to have a look at leaked photos with the mobile phone, but nothing was known specifically on its arrival. No ...

8 November 2011
10:21 GMT

Motorola DROID 4 Makes a Photo Appearance

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility has been long rumored to plan the release of a successor for the newly released Motorola DROID 3, and that device has just made an appearance into the wild. Supposedly called the Motorola DROID 4, the upcoming device should pack a similar design with the current DROID series, i...

28 October 2011
01:47 GMT

Motorola Confirms Gingerbread for DROID Devices

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility is expected to offer its Android users the possibility to enjoy the latest enhancements that the platform includes, through delivering updates to the new Gingerbread flavor of the OS. The company's DROID series of handsets would be included in the update schedule as well, an...

24 May 2011
12:41 GMT

New HTC Incredible 2 Photos Available

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is gearing up for the launch of a successor for the HTC Incredible, the popular smartphone that landed on its airwaves about a year ago, and which is no longer available for purchase on Big Red's website, namely the HTC Incredible 2.The handset has made it to the headlines ...

8 April 2011
07:11 GMT

Alleged Photos of DROID 3, DROID X 2 and LTE-Based Targa Emerge

Motorola's future roadmap should reportedly include a nice range of new devices headed for Verizon Wirless' network, and the DROID X 2, which was spotted before into the wild, along with a new DROID 3 model would be among them. Last year, Motorola and the wireless services provider launched the already pop...

15 March 2011
07:31 GMT

Verizon Takes $100 Off all DROID Smartphones

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just made the purchase of a series of Android-based smartphones on its network much sweeter than before.The company has slashed the price tags of its DROID series by $100, making many of them available for free upon the signing of a contract agreement, or bringing others to ...

3 March 2011
03:01 GMT

Any DROID Only $0.01 at Amazon Wireless This Weekend

A new, very appealing offer was put in place at Amazon Wireless for all mobile phone users in the United States interested in the purchase of a new Android-based device from Verizon Wireless, as all DROIDs are available at only $0.01 from the retailer.According to the company, the promotion will start today, Novembe...

19 November 2010
11:55 GMT

Motorola DROID 2 Global Available at Verizon, Priced at $199

It looks like the rumored release of the Motorola DROID 2 Global on November 11th wasn't correct at all. The smartphone is already available for purchase today from Verizon Wireless. The DROID 2 Global can be bought for as low as 199.99$ with a two-year contract or for 559.99$ free of plan.Unlike its DROID 2 sib...

9 November 2010
02:49 GMT

DROID Pro Pre-Sales Start on November 9th at Verizon

Verizon's DROID family is about to get a new member: the Droid Pro, an Android-powered smartphone that was leaked earlier this summer. The device adds to the business side of the series as it comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and business-oriented features.According to Android Central, quoting an internal docume...

4 November 2010
03:40 GMT

Droid 2 R2-D2 Edition to Ship in September

The market of handsets and smartphones is definitely wide and far-reaching, and makers of such devices often find that it is rewarding to play upon the trends and tastes of their customers, as is made obvious now that Verizon and Motorola are nearing the release of the Droid 2 R2-D2.Star Wars fans will certainly kno...

13 August 2010
03:09 GMT

Verizon to Kill Off DROID, Devour, Tour 9630

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly gearing up to phase out some of the handsets that proved highly popular among its users, including the high-end DROID by Motorola, or Research In Motion's BlackBerry Tour 9630. With the DROID X by Motorola launched on the operator's airwaves on Thursday, ...

16 July 2010
10:38 GMT

Motorola Can Hardly Meet Demand for DROID

Mobile phone maker Motorola seems to have problems with keeping at pace with the rate at which its Android-based DROID device is selling. According to the company's co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha, the sales of DROID by Motorola at Verizon Wireless haven't been affected by the launch of DROID Incredible, alt...

10 June 2010
07:34 GMT

Motorola Might Launch 20 Android Phones This Year

Mobile phone maker Motorola is hard at work with the development of new handsets that would run under Google's Android operating system, with some of them already leaking into the wild. When wrapping up the ongoing year, the company might have on display 20 new Android-based devices, which should be present on ...

8 June 2010
05:11 GMT

Two Motorola DROIDs to Come to Verizon in July

In a somehow unsurprising move, Motorola co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha recently stated that the handset vendor planned on launching new mobile phones in Verizon's DROID lineup, following the success its first such device (the DROID by Motorola) has seen. Two Motorola handsets were recently rumored to be on thei...

28 May 2010
05:02 GMT

Motorola Droid Shadow Makes a Live Appearance

Another day, another photo of Motorola's upcoming Shadow mobile phone made it into the wild. This time around, however, the image shows the yet-unannounced handset in real life, and comes accompanied by a series of almost confirmed specifications, some of which have been already rumored to be present on the dev...

25 May 2010
08:36 GMT

Android 2.2 to Hit OEMs in the Coming Weeks

In case there were some wondering when the newly announced Android 2.2 operating system would leave Google's labs on its way to OEMs and the open source community, here's your answer: in the coming weeks. Soon after Froyo was officially announced to the world, Google unveiled plans to deliver it to handset ...

22 May 2010
04:10 GMT

New DROID and DROID Incredible Ads Emerge

Wireless carrier Verizon has deployed a pretty interesting ad campaign for the DROID by Motorola that it released back in November 2009, but things didn't stop there. Two new commercials have emerged for the DROID, along with a new ad for another high-end Android-based mobile phone the operator launched on its ...

18 May 2010
06:54 GMT

HTC Incredible Shows Up at Verizon, Lands on April 29

The long rumored HTC Incredible is almost officially confirmed for an April 29 release on Verizon Wireless' network. After a long series of rumors and leaks on this handset, the carrier has finally decided it was high time to make its plans official, and placed a teaser page with the Incredible on its website. ...

15 April 2010
04:18 GMT

Firefox for Android Compiled for Droid, Video Available

Mozilla already announced that it was working on a Firefox for Android mobile browser, and now the first early build of the application has been compiled and released into the wild for the Motorola Droid. This is not an official build, but it is reportedly working on the high-end device from Motorola, and the videos...

31 March 2010
03:48 GMT

Android 2.1 Released for Motorola Milestone in Hong Kong

About a month ago, mobile phone maker Motorola promised that it would deliver a new software update for the users of its high-end Motorola DROID, yet it seems that the solution is still not available for them, even if it was about be released for Verizon's users last week. However, the update might not be that ...

24 March 2010
10:49 GMT

Firefox for Android Showcased on Nexus One and DROID

Mozilla announced not too long ago that it was making steady progress with the development of their Firefox for Mobile browser meant for devices powered by Google's Android operating system, and now they gave a few more hints as how the solution would look like when available. There are two photos with Firefox ...

1 March 2010
05:35 GMT

Motorola Officially Unveils Android 2.1 Update Plans

Mobile phone maker Motorola has made it to the headlines quite a few times during the past few weeks when it comes to the Android 2.1 software update for its handsets powered by Google's mobile operating system, as it promised the solution last week for one of its devices, but changed its mind. However, users n...

15 February 2010
02:44 GMT

DROID's Android 2.1 Delayed, Details on It Emerge

Mobile phone maker Motorola announced only a few days ago via its official Facebook page that it planned on delivering the much awaited Android 2.1 software update for the high-end Motorola DROID on Verizon as soon as this week, but it seems that the company changed its mind. A recent post on Motorola's forums ...

11 February 2010
04:34 GMT

DROID to Taste Android 2.1 This Week, Motorola Says

The owners of a Motorola DROID mobile phone have now yet another reason to rejoice, as the mobile phone maker has announced officially that it plans on delivering the Android 2.1 update for their handsets as soon as this week. The software update for DROID was already rumored to arrive in the near future, yet now al...

9 February 2010
05:35 GMT

DROID Does Cost $187.75 to Make, iSuppli States

iSuppli Corp.’s Teardown Analysis Service has announced that they have torn the Motorola DROID to pieces, and that the device sports a $187.75 Bill of Materials (BOM) and manufacturing cost. According to the report they published, the hardware components of Motorola DROID cost $179.11, while the manufacturing ...

15 January 2010
06:20 GMT

Multi-Touch in Most Future Phones, Motorola Says

Mobile phone maker Motorola has delivered to the market one of the most popular current Android handsets, the Motorola DROID, launched in the US via Verizon, and which is also available in other markets around the world under the name of MILESTONE. One of the most praised features of the MILESTONE is the multi-touch...

14 January 2010
04:21 GMT

Softpedia's Top 5 Android Phones of 2009

Google's Android operating system has had a great year in 2009. It entered the year with only one device running under it and it ends it with quite a few. T-mobile G1 was the first to run under it, while the latest seems to be the Nexus One, another phone made by HTC and which should land on T-Mobile's airw...

30 December 2009
22:41 GMT

Android 2.1 Screenshots Available

The next flavor of Google's Android operating system is almost here. The upcoming platform iteration has been already spotted at large on the recently leaked HTC Nexus One, and is also expected to soon make an appearance on the highly popular Motorola DROID from Verizon, but now a series of screenshots showing ...

16 December 2009
03:26 GMT

Motorola MILESTONE Goes Official in Europe

It was only this morning that we learned the Motorola DROID might arrive in Europe as the Motorola MILESTONE, and now it is already official. The high-end Android 2.0-based handset will become available on the old continent under that name, and will sport about the same features and specs as the model that will reach...

2 November 2009
10:14 GMT

Verizon to Launch Multiple Droid Phones

According to the latest news around the Internet, mobile-phone carrier Verizon Wireless has some big plans when it comes to the Droid name. While we're considering the Motorola Sholes as being the only handset to carry the Droid name, it seems that the entire series of Android handsets that will reach Big Red�...

24 October 2009
04:19 GMT

Motorola Droid Accessories at Best Buy

Motorola Droid, the second mobile phone the handset maker is expected to deliver to the market running under Google's Android operating system, has been already reported to be on its way to the market sometime at the end of October or in early November, and some of the latest news reports on the Internet are poi...

20 October 2009
05:30 GMT

Android 2.0 'Droid' on Verizon on October 30, Video Available

Wireless carrier Verizon has finally made a more solid move in letting us know when it will release its first mobile phone powered by Google's Android operating system. October 30 will be the lucky day, showed on a recently launched promotional website from the carrier, which touts an upcoming Droid phone that w...

18 October 2009
08:32 GMT

Motorola Droid and Calgary Spotted at Verizon

Mobile phone maker Motorola seems indeed set to come to the market with some nice handsets running under Google's Android operating system, and Verizon's users should be those to rejoice upon learning this, as two of the company's devices, namely the Motorola Droid (aka Sholes/Tao) and the Motorola Cal...

14 October 2009
04:16 GMT


WindowsGamesDriversMacLinuxScriptsMobileHandheldNews

SUBMIT PROGRAM   |   ADVERTISE   |   GET HELP   |   SEND US FEEDBACK   |   RSS FEEDS   |   UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE   |   ROMANIAN FORUM