Friday, 6 August 2010

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Verizon to Offer Droid Training on August 12th

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 10:35 AM PDT

This may or may not be any way related to the Droid 2 launching on August 12th. We haven’t quite decided. There are a couple of ways to look at this, and it’s a strong possibility that the simplest (and most unexciting way) is the logical one, but then again, we love to dig up as many rumors as we can, so why not head down the track with this little bit of news as well?

The picture you’re looking at is an email that some Droid owners out there are getting. That’s the Droid X and the original Droid, as you can clearly see. Now, that August 12th date is pretty notorious right now, as it’s billed as the official release date of the Droid 2. Let’s go ahead and dig into the rumor part. If the August 12th date is real, and we have no reason to think it isn’t (right, Verizon?), then that means if you do partake in this little training deal, and you happen to have an original Droid, you may be asked about an early upgrade to the Droid 2.

Unfortunately, there may be just enough of a difference between the original Droid, and the Droid 2, that setting up training for the original model, just to get someone into the new one may not make a lot of sense. Yes, we all know that at the base, it’s just Android and Android, but with the Motoblur User Interface implementation, the skin-deep differences may be enough to make someone pass on the deal, especially if they’re coming in to get trained on their original model.

As for the other option, this could mean that the wireless carrier is going to have a training day for customers on their Droid devices, so they can become better acquainted with them. This wouldn’t be the first time Verizon has done such a thing, even if the past events were for all phones in general, and not a specific brand. What this could also mean, is that the Droid 2 isn’t launching on the 12th of August. And, well, that’s a possibility (even if we don’t think it is). So, who’s going to go in for training, and upgrade from the Droid to the Droid 2?

[thanks, Thomas!]

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Netflix Actively Hiring Android Developers

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Never-you-mind the fact that another platform out there is plenty happy with their current ability to stream Netflix. That’s not important. What is important, is that the folks over at Netflix freely admit that Android is blowing up, and that “it would be stupid of us to ignore that.” Yes. Android is blowing up, and it would be stupid of Netflix to ignore that — we second that wholeheartedly. But, alas, that doesn’t mean the Netflix app we’ve all been waiting for is coming out any time soon.

Here’s the quote from one Netflix employee who was taking questions from folks on Reddit:

“I just know we’re actively hiring Android devs. I wish I knew more about a timeframe for you. Good things come to those who wait. Netflix is essentially a tech company and with the way Android is blowing up it would be stupid of us to ignore that.”

So, while it’s not an official confirmation in much the way we’d like, it does strengthen the fact we already know Netflix is working on an Android app. This just means they’re still working on the app, and haven’t pushed it into the background. Great news today, folks. Great news.

[via Android Central]

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Motorola Droid 2 Accessories Start Showing Up

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:40 AM PDT

At this point, this just needs to be said: this is Verizon’s launch for the Droid 2. Yes, we’re going to pull some standard Apple fare into this, and just come right out and say that the wireless carrier’s “quiet” launch of the Droid 2 hasn’t actually been quiet at all. At this point, they don’t even need to announce the device. We’ve already got our release date. We’ve already got plenty of images and video of the Droid 2, and we already know its specifications. What else would Verizon even need to do?

In this latest batch of images, we get to see the accessories. Not that anyone should be surprised, but they will be backwards compatible with the original Droid (if you’ve still got one of those, of course). There are a few cases being shown off, but the main take away from this is the car dock, the multimedia station, and the extended battery (hey, where’s the extended battery for the Droid X?). Pretty standard stuff at this point, but obviously Verizon needs all the Android fans out there to know what’s coming.

[via Droid-Life]

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Motorola Droid 2 Confirmed for August 12th, Sources Say

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:25 AM PDT

When it comes to a leak, the best way to get your information is right from the source. And, thanks to some informants within Best Buy, it looks like we’ve got another flag for the release date of the Motorola Droid 2. You know the one — it keeps getting leaked all over the place. And, we’ll go ahead and say that, while we knew the launch of the Droid 2 was going to be “quiet,” considering we’re only six days away from its supposed release into the world, it’s way too quiet.

According to a source handing out information to Boy Genius Report, Best Buy systems are tagging the release date of the Droid 2. If this had been the first time to hear this, we may have been skeptical. But let’s face it: if it doesn’t launch on August 12th, that’s when we’ll be surprised. In any event, there’s not much more to go on here, other than pure hopes and dreams that Verizon actually confirms something about this phone.

[via BGR]

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Android 2.2 packin’ Nationite MIDnite MID surfaces

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 04:40 AM PDT

Android is turning up in a lot of MIDs and tablets of late and some of them are very affordable devices. One of the more affordable Android tablets to surface of late is the Nationite MIDnite. The tablet runs Android 2.2.

The MID uses a TI 600MHz OMAP3 3530 CPU and packs a 7-inch touchscreen and offers access to the Android Market. The little MID has a pre-order price that is under $200 making it one of the cheaper tablets we have seen.

The 7-inch screen has a resolution of 800 x 480 and is a resistive single touch screen. Other features include 802.11b/g, a 3000mAh battery, and it lacks Bluetooth. Storage is 2GB onboard and the machine has a microSD card slot.

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Motorola Droid X Upgrading to Android 2.2 by Early September

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT

Well, fancy that. If you’ve got a Droid X, or if you’ve heard about the issues with Exchange 2003 (and ActiveSync, and Exchange in general…), then you know that Motorola’s hard at work at the problem. They say they are, anyway. And, despite the fact a new update just released, and didn’t feature the fix to the problem, we figured that Android 2.2 would be the update to bring it around. Sure enough, a Motorola rep has just responded to a thread on Motorola’s site, about Exchange, and verified the truth.

Android 2.2 is apparently on an “early September” launch release date. It’s Motorola, though, so we’ll go ahead and keep this as a tentative thing for now. Sure, it’s a date, but yeah, it doesn’t mean anything until we actually get the update. Even if the Droid’s update to Android 2.2 is any indication, we can expect things to get confusing by the end of August.

[via Engadget]

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