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  • New HTC Verizon Device Appears, Is it a Tablet or the Incredible 2?

    What on Earth is that?  One of the new buttonless HTC devices headed to Verizon has found a home on the internet, only we have no idea what it is.  The fact that it’s buttonless suggests that it could be one of their mini-tablets and will run Honeycomb, but since we know the Incredible 2 is in the works, we’re starting to wonder if this is it.  We had heard that the Inc2 would be a bigger screened version of the old one and since this mysterious device is sitting next to an old Incredible, maybe this is actually it?

    Oh and when you see the back plate after the break, you’ll really jump on this notion.   (more…)

  • Rumors: DROID X2 Will be Dual-Core, Incredible 2 Global?

    Fresh off of our news yesterday that Verizon is planning to release updated versions of the DROID X, DROID 2 and Incredible, we’ve received some additional tips that could really spice things up.  I do want to make sure you all understand that these should be taken as “rumor” for now since details on phone releases change on a daily basis with carriers, but we thought these were juicy enough to share.

    • DROID X2 is rumored to be a Tegra 2 dual-core device.  We had heard it was going to be clocked at 1GHz and were initially a little disappointed, but after hearing from one of our guys that it could be dual-core, that speed no longer bothered us and actually made sense.  It also will not be 4G just as we figured.  A current Verizon timeline has it slated for a May release.
    • The Incredible 2 could wind up as a global device.  I’m not hearing any signs that it will just be a re-hashed version of the supposedly-cancelled Merge, but another bigger-screened Incredible (4″) with a new radio.  Current Verizon timeline suggests a March release date.  Seems early?  I thought so too.

    Again, all rumors for now, but we just like to share the latest info from our guys on the inside.

    Thoughts?

  • BREAKING: DROID X2, DROID 3 and Incredible 2 All in the Works, Stock Experience Coming

    Last week, after Verizon announced a partnership with Apple, we asked the question, “Is the DROID brand done for?”  And while most of you were on-board with the fact that this line of phones is just getting its feet wet, especially with the DROID BIONIC on the way, we were worried about the lack of other potential DROID branded phones since the tag has seemingly been pulled from the XOOM.  And then this week we heard other news from more than one source.

    In 2011, we can expect updated versions of the entire DROID lineup.  Yep, we’ll see a DROID X2, DROID 3 and Incredible 2.  At this time we don’t have details or specs for any of  them, but do know that they are appearing on internal Verizon timelines and could be out sooner than you may be imagining.  I’m doubting that they’ll be 4G devices since Verizon already has four beasts in the works, plus you have to remember that not everyone will have 4G service until 2013, but that won’t hold them back from being great.

    And to add to that news, we are under the impression that at least one of them will be a stock Android device.  Murmurs of such things have been spreading around the interwebs over the last few weeks, but the acknowledgement from Motorola yesterday that they are willing to work with developers, plus this tweet (Cheers Matt!) from a certain industry friend, leads us to believe that there is still hope.  We should also point out that this topic over at Moto’s Get Satisfaction page (Cheers Geran!) which refers to unlocking the DROID X’s bootloader has been flagged as “implemented” by the company.

    Update:  A few users have suggested timelines for the release of these devices and if we base them off of last year, it could look similar to this:

    • DROID Incredible 2 – April/May
    • DROID X2 – July
    • DROID 3 – August

    Is that enough good news for the week?  Time to start speculating on the upgraded specs we’ll see with these new family members.  And I’m officially having a great day.