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10-23-2009, 10:44 PM
Verizon's Droid is a series, not just a phone; Droid Eris coming from HTC
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We just got some wild information from a trusted source about Verizon's Android strategy, and let's just say this shakes things up a little bit. Here are the big takeaways:
Droid is the brand name being applied to Verizon's Android devices. It isn't a single phone.
The Sholes (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Sholes/) -- the phone we've been calling the Droid (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Droid/) so far -- may simply be known as the Droid.
HTC's Desire (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/desire,htc) will be coming to market as the "Droid Eris." (Allow us to save you the Wikipedia lookup -- Eris is the Greek goddess of strife.) Interestingly, it's already up on gdgt as such (http://gdgt.com/htc/eris/).
Droid Eris will be released -- not announced, actually released -- on November 6. In all likelihood, it will not be announced or shown at Verizon's October 28 event -- that will probably just be for the Sholes.
That's all we've got so far, but it's a heck of a change in plans, isn't it? It's interesting that Verizon will be applying a sub-brand to its Android line -- and a pretty solid sign that Big Red's got a serious commitment to the platform going forward.
Read (http://gdgt.com/htc/eris/) http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/icon-external.gif (http://gdgt.com/htc/eris/)
originally found here:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/verizons-droid-is-a-series-not-just-a-phone-droid-eris-coming/
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/htc-droid-eris-gdgt-sm.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/verizons-droid-is-a-series-not-just-a-phone-droid-eris-coming/gdgt.com/htc/eris/)
We just got some wild information from a trusted source about Verizon's Android strategy, and let's just say this shakes things up a little bit. Here are the big takeaways:
Droid is the brand name being applied to Verizon's Android devices. It isn't a single phone.
The Sholes (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Sholes/) -- the phone we've been calling the Droid (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/Droid/) so far -- may simply be known as the Droid.
HTC's Desire (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/tag/desire,htc) will be coming to market as the "Droid Eris." (Allow us to save you the Wikipedia lookup -- Eris is the Greek goddess of strife.) Interestingly, it's already up on gdgt as such (http://gdgt.com/htc/eris/).
Droid Eris will be released -- not announced, actually released -- on November 6. In all likelihood, it will not be announced or shown at Verizon's October 28 event -- that will probably just be for the Sholes.
That's all we've got so far, but it's a heck of a change in plans, isn't it? It's interesting that Verizon will be applying a sub-brand to its Android line -- and a pretty solid sign that Big Red's got a serious commitment to the platform going forward.
Read (http://gdgt.com/htc/eris/) http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/icon-external.gif (http://gdgt.com/htc/eris/)
originally found here:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/verizons-droid-is-a-series-not-just-a-phone-droid-eris-coming/