Apple Claims Droid X Suffers From Signal Fade When Held

Apple claims the new Droid X also suffers from signal attenuation when held in the hand.

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Verizon Wireless Launches Droid X

Verizon Wireless now is selling the Droid X, manufactured by Motorola, for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

The Droid X runs Android and features a 4.3-inch screen, an HD camcorder, 8 megapixel camera, 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, 8 gigabyte of memory onboard and a 16GB memory card. The new 32GB SanDisk "microSDHC" card allows customers to expand Droid X’s memory to 40GB. Verizon Wireless is the only retailer that offers customers the 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card.

Droid X Launched Today by Verizon Wireless

You might be spending so much time following Apple's iPhone 4 fix that this one didn't get the attention it deserves. It happens, sometimes.

Droid X Ad "Hold The Phone Any Way You Like"

Now that is funny....

Droid X Released by Verizon and Motorola

Verizon Wireless and Motorola have launched the Droid X, featuring a 1GHz processor; 4.3-inch screen, 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, dual-flash, 8-megapixel camera, HD camcorder and access to Android Market, which now has more than 65,000 applications.

DROID X by Motorola will be available at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning July 15 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

Motorola Media Center - Press Releases - July 2010: DROID X By Motorola Lands On The Nation's Largest & Most Reliable 3G Network

Latest Motorola Droid?

It appears Motorola is getting ready to launch the next version of its "Droid" device, called by some the "X," by others the "Shadow." It reportedly features a metal frame, as the iPhone 4 does. The Droid "Xtreme" supposedly features a 4.3-inch screen, as does the HTC Evo, has "HDMI Out,"  as does the Evo, but will ship with Android 2.1, a new version of Motoblur, and a 750Mhz OMAP processor, unlike the 1-GHz processor the Evo ships with.

You might get an argument about screen size. Some argue the X will have a larger screen than the Evo. It doesn't sound like that will be the case, though (not that a 4.3-inch screen is inadequate by any means). Some think the X will have a larger screen than the Evo, but so far the leaks suggest a same-size screen.

Some worry about the overall size of the device, but I haven't noticed the Evo is a problem in the pocket. Lots of people seem to be more adept at typing on a smaller screen, but I'm not one of them, so the larger screen helps when doing data entry. Others notice the heft of the device, as is true of the Motorola Droid, or Incredible. I also don't find that to be an issue.

But that's the whole point of having lots of devices with different form factors, isn't it? We all get to pick devices that make different design trade-offs.