He also officially announced that today Google has open sourced Android 2.2, making it available for handset makers to use. Speaking at the event to unveil the phone, Google's Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering, said that the company is now selling 160,000 Android-powered devices each day and that the Android Market has 65,000 third-party applications. The hotspot service is limited to 2GB of data usage.Īny Verizon customer whose contract is up any time this year can buy the phone for the subsidized $199 price. They can opt to pay an additional $20 a month for a hotspot service that lets other devices, like a PC, connect to the phone for Internet access. Users will be required to sign up for a $29.99-per-month data plan for unlimited access. The Droid X doesn't come with a physical keyboard and will ship with Swype, software that offers a new way of typing on on-screen keyboards without having to lift up the finger. It has a 1Ghz processor and can accommodate as much as 40GB of memory, including expanded memory.
The phone has an 8-megapixel camera and can capture high-definition video. Users will also be able to rent movies from Blockbuster to watch on the phone or other devices. It will come with a Blockbuster application that lets users download full-length feature films and, because the phone has an HDMI port, watch the movies on other devices like TVs. The phone has a large 4.3-inch screen, bigger than most and matching the HTC HD2, a Windows Mobile phone. It will retail for US$199 after a $100 rebate. The phone will become available on July 15 and will get Android 2.2 and Flash Player 10.1 later in the summer, Verizon said. Onlookers had hoped the Droid X would come with Android 2.2. That means that it initially won't have Flash Player 10.1, the latest version of that software that became available this week for Android 2.2. The Droid X will ship with Android 2.1, which will be updated to so-called Froyo, or Android 2.2, later. Verizon on Tuesday introduced the newest Droid and the second from Motorola, but some Android fans may be disappointed to learn that it won't ship with the latest operating system or the newest Flash Player.
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