In a brief blog post, and two-plus minute video, Adobe, Inc. demoed Flash 10.1 running on the yet-to-be released Motorola DROID X. Adobe Sr. Technology Evangelist, Ted Patrick, demoed a quick Flash game and an AP World Cup application. At the end of the video Patrick reiterates that Flash player 10.1 and Android 2.2 will be coming to the DROID X in “late summer.” Hit the jump to check out the video.

[Via DroidLife]

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It looks like the FCC has just released the approval documents for the next iteration of the BlackBerry Curve, the 9300. Packing a CDMA radio, the 9300 looks to be the heir apparent to the Curve 2 (8530) that resides on a plethora of CDMA carriers here in the States. From the FCC filing we can see that the new Curve will have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and the AWS 3G band used by some smaller carriers (Cricket, MetroPCS, etc.). The newish device looks to be the next incremental step in the 8300/8500 line, although…what we really want to see is a BlackBerry OS 6 device!

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Ah, yes 4.3-inches of sensual haptic, multitouch glass strapped to a 1 GHz processor, 8 megapixel camera, and so much more. The Motorola DROID X is the latest and greatest Android handset to be unleashed upon the U.S. market, and it will be making its debut on America’s largest network — Verizon Wireless — on July 15th. We’ve been using, abusing, and confusing our review unit for just over a week, so lets jump right into our review. Buckle up and hit the break.

First — we just need to get this out of the way — there may be a comparison or two to the iPhone 4 or EVO 4G. We aren’t trying to pit the three devices against each other, but they happen to be the most current, and perhaps hottest, handsets available in the U.S. market. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s get to the good stuff!

Size/Build

This phone is solid, like really solid. Its form factor doesn’t ooze sex quite like the iPhone 4′s, but it brings its own unique design charms to the table. First, the weight. It is really good. The DROID X feels like a high-end, well-built piece of electronics that is made to last. Surprisingly, it doesn’t feel as heavy as the original DROID does (no pun intended), the weight is distributed nicely throughout the phone; we put together an initial impressions video that has several size comparison at the end for those of you who would like them. We even fulfilled a commenter request to see how “pocketable” the device is. The moral of the story: both the construction and weight feel great to us.

There is no give or wiggle in the lock button or the volume up/down keys, and while there is a little in the dedicated camera button, that is by design. The camera button has a double-press action built into it; halfway down to focus, all the way down to capture. The four front keys move north and south a bit. The two left keys (Menu and Home) are attached, and wiggling one will move the other; the same goes for the next two dedicated keys (Back and Search). The front keys are raised higher than all the other exterior keys on the DROID X and are made from plastic — which could account for the wiggle we feel (see video). There is a tiny bit of give in the left-middle of the phones case. If you grab the phone by its “waist” there is a little bit of bend on the left hand side of the frame due to the battery bay (see video). Despite this, if you pick the phone up and physically shake it there is no rattling or movement of any kind.

The phone has an equator that runs around its horizontal axis which creates a very nice, tight line. The the top half of the phone (with the display) is black and the bottom half (with the camera) is slate gray. The back cover is made of metal and snaps in firmly, the battery has an easy to handle pull tab for removal (which is appreciated), and the micro-SD card slot is flush with the battery (meaning if you want to take out the SD card you have to remove the battery). Honestly, the wiggling keys and outer-frame bend didn’t really bother us, however we thought those of you with discerning eyes (and hands) would want to know about it. All-in-all, the construction, and QA on this device looks really, really tight.

Display

The display really is great. 4.3-inches of WVGA multitouch, haptic goodness with a 480 x 854 resolution. Who wouldn’t like that? Text is crisp and clear, images are bright and have depth on the screen; it is something you have to see for yourself to appreciate. The contrast ratio and pixel density not quite as good as the iPhone 4′s, but unless you have the two side-by-side (or switch from one to the other after extended use) we’re sure you won’t mind. Motorola also confirmed to us — via email — that The X uses the same Gorilla Glass as the original DROID.

Phone

These things are still phones right? It’s funny to see a manufacturer press release that contains phrases like “ultra high-speed Web browsing” and “intuitive social messaging” but never any mention of the devices ability to function as a phone. Even though it isn’t stated, the DROID X is a really, really solid phone. The reception on the phone is great; the bars and signal strength – in dB — matched that of a BlackBerry Bold 9650 we had lying around. The DROID Incredible doesn’t seem to get as strong of a cellular signal as some of our other Verizon Wireless devices, so we were pleased to see this was not the case with the DX.

As we’ve mentioned several times in earlier posts, the DROID X has a trio of microphones at its disposal that it uses to discern your voice from background noise and stray sounds. The call clarity emanating from the ear piece is superb; thanks in part to Verizon Wireless’ network and in part to Motorola’s engineering. As an iPhone user myself, the call quality on the DROID X makes me green with envy. The unit is equipped with a voice-dialing feature that works as expected, saying “call home” or “Call Boy Genius” yielded accurate results. Double-tapping the home key will activate voice-dialing or you can get to it from a soft-key in the Android dialer. The speakerphone is loud, although not the loudest we’ve ever heard. The E73 Mode and the iPhone 4 both seemed to be much louder when on a call or playing media.

Typing

If you dislike on-screen keyboards, you might actually like this one. Like the EVO 4G, the extra screen real estate yields a bigger on-screen keyboard, thus making it easier to accurately type. Coming from an iPhone we had no problem diving right in and typing with both speed and accuracy. If you lean towards/love a physical keyboard, we still recommend trying before you buy. The speech-to-text option is super convenient as always; it is one of those simple features that really sets Android apart from its competitors.

Camera/Video Camera

So, we’ve complied several video and still image comparisons between the DROID X and the iPhone 4. All things considered we were thrilled with the audio recording quality, satisfied with the 720p video quality, and a little disappointed with the still-camera.

Again, the DROID X has three microphones, and when you record video it utilizes all three. Audio is clear and crisp, perhaps a little high on the treble, but not muffled like we’ve come to expect from smartphones. The video quality was generally great in 720p mode. The DROID X shoots 720p video at 24 fps (30 fps for lower quality video) and the color accuracy is spot-on.

The camera we can’t quite fully endorse. The DROID X has an 8 megapixel, mechanical-shutter camera that, by looking at the stat sheet, seems quite impressive. Our gripe has to do with our inability to take clear shots on the first try. The DROID X defaults to shooting in 6 megapixel mode to save space on your SD-card, and while a quick adjustment of the settings will get you shooting up to the phones full potential, we can’t figure out why you would slap an 8 megapixel camera on the phone and not use it. Shots from distance and outdoors are completely acceptable and above average for a phone. Shots from close range and indoors tended to be a bit blurry and grainy. Now, we understand this isn’t an SLR or a point-and-shoot — this is your cell phone we’re talking about here — but we did expect a little more from the DROID X’s camera.

SMS/MMS

Android is very efficient at handling MMS and SMS messages and the DROID X is no different.  Messages are displayed in a threaded conversations with chat bubbles alternating left and right. Speech-to-text is amazing. This is obviously an Android thing, not a DROID X thing, but we had to mention it again. Love it. Hitting the menu button from within a text will give you several options including “insert file.” You can attach: pictures, audio, video, a slide show, or name cards to MMS messages. You can access SMS/MMS messages from the “Text Messages” icon, the “Messaging” center, or the unified inbox.

Calendar/Contacts

There is only one calendar application on the DROID X and it combines the calendars of all your synchronized accounts (Exchange, Gmail, etc.). You can turn certain calendars on and off if you want them visible, and adding new events is quite easy. Not much else to say about the calendar application, so moving right along.

Contacts works like it does in any other Android phone, you see an alphabetized list, recent contacts, and favorites. The favorites list does have a “Most Frequently Contacted” section at the bottom of it that we found quite useful.

Browser

The browser really benefits from the extra screen real estate on the DROID X. The resizing of webpages isn’t quite as accurate as the iPhone but a pinch here and double-tap there usually gets things right where you want them. The browser feels really snappy and renders webpages as fast, if not faster, than any other smartphone currently available. We can’t wait to see what this puppy can do with Android 2.2 on it!

The big news with the browser is obviously that, at some point this summer, it will support Flash. We have to wait until “summer” like everyone else for Flash (as it wasn’t available on our demo units), but we’ll be sure to chime in with our thoughts as soon as it hits the streets.

Email/Accounts

The email and account implementation on the DROID X is very well done. The DROID X actually has an icon in the main applications window called “My Accounts” launch that app and you see a list of the accounts you currently have configured on the phone. Click “add” and you are brought to a screen that asks you if you would like to aadd a: Backup Assistant, Corporate Sync (Exchange), Email, Facebook, Google, MySpace, Photobucket, Picasa, Skype Mobile, Twitter, Visual Voicemail, or Yahoo! Mail account to your DX. Once you have an account added you can hit the “Messaging” icon to access the Universal Inbox and view badged icons for each account.” The only thing not shown in the Universal Inbox are Gmail messages. Like all Android phone that are “with Google” they are in their own separate Gmail app.

Battery

The DROID X’s battery was not an issue for us. When we first got the device — and pawed at it for about 3 hours straight –the battery lasted for roughly 8 hours. With normal to moderate use we got at least a day out of the battery (unless we were tethering of course).  The X has a Battery Manager that lets you to set custom battery profiles –allowing you to turn push services on/off at certain times — and see what applications are taxing your battery the most. There is also a Data Manager application that allows you to customize how often applications using background data should update. The Data Manager also allows you to force certain applications (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to update over Wi-Fi only. The battery is 1570 mAh, and seems to get the job done. Verizon said there will be a 1930 mAh extended-life battery offered soon, it will add 1mm of thickness to the phone via a custom back cover.

A few nice features…

Since each Android device gets customized just a little bit (depending on carrier and manufacturer) we thought we would point out some of the niceties Motorola and Verizon included in the DROID X. Mercifully, Motorola has added a security lock timeout feature. You can set a passcode (or pass-pattern) and have the unit require that code after the phone has been locked for a specific interval of time. This is a welcome feature.

Wireless DLNA support is also built into the phone and will allow you to share your DROID X’s media with other DLNA devices.

Summary

We enjoyed our time with the Motorola DROID X, and feel it is a well-balanced, powerful addition to Verizon Wireless’ Android lineup. We would have liked the device to have a better camera, a front facing camera, and perhaps some sort of optical tracking device for easier text correction, but all things considered…we really like this device. If you are or plan on being a Verizon Wireless customer, and love Android — or maybe are just Android curious — you definitely have to take a good, long look at the DROID X.

Click on over to our DROID X Gallery!

Here’s some good news for those of you thinking about picking up a Galaxy S variant. Samsung, by way of the tweet, has officially stated that: “Galaxy S phones will come with Android 2.1 and be upgradeable to Android 2.2 which will support Adobe Flash 10.1.” Not really much else that needs to be said. The Gally S can be found on AT&T as the Captivate, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular as the Fascinate, and T-Mobile as the Vibrant in the coming months. Who’s excited?

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We’re still in the throes of reviewing the DROID X, however we wanted to post up a quick video showing off the hardware and several software features of the new device. If you have questions be sure to drop them in the comments. We’ll be checking in periodically and try to answer as many of them as possible. We’ve got the video below…make sure to set the resolution to 720p!

The DROID X has been getting a lot of attention lately, which is nice, but, for those who need a physical keyboard it isn’t the most exciting news in the world. A Gizmodo reader, from NASA’s JPL, sent in some images and specifications of the new DROID 2 that he spotted at some sort of technology fair. The reader confirms, verbally and with images, that the phone was running Android 2.1 with Ninjablur, and sports: a 1 GHz processor, 8GB of internal storage, micro-SD card slot, and 5 megapixel camera. The tipster did say: “When I asked about the software, the Verizon representatives told me that it most probably wouldn’t be coming with that on it and would probably have Froyo.” There you have it Verizon, Android, keyboard-loving people. What do you think?

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Do you possess soldering skills and nerves of steel? Do you not care about potentially ruining hundreds of dollars in electronics in the name of science? Boy do we have the tutorial for you. Someone over at dishtvhdstore.com (of all places) has frankensteined a Verizon Wireless MiFi into their Apple iPad, resulting in a EV-DO iPad hotspot sans GPS. Now, under no circumstances are we recommending you try this, but if you are curious hit the read link…there is a step-by-step guide.

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Can’t wait to fork over $199 for your HTC EVO 4G after yesterdays pre-release event? Fear not, as it looks like your friends over at Best Buy have you covered. Best Buy is taking pre-orders for the EVO 4G — scheduled for a June 4th release — starting today. Go ahead, head on over an order yourself one, you didn’t want that extra $199 you had laying around anyway…did you?

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Fear not Big Red BlackBerry fans, for the 9650 shall cometh “soon.” We’ve just been dropped several images showing Verizon collateral with the BlackBerry Tour Bold 9650 prominently displayed. The details of the phone are not new — EV-DO Rev. A, Wi-FI, GPS, 512 MB RAM, 3.2 megapixel camera, and BlackBerry OS 5 — but the cameo does indicate that Verizon will not be months behind the 9650′s release on rival network Sprint. What do you think, BlackBerry lovers? Is this handset calling to you? Or are you going to move on over to a more media-centric device like the Incredible? We’ve got some more images queued up for you after the break.

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It seems as though this image was sent to every blog on the internet, so we thought…why not throw our watermark on it too? It looks like the HTC EVO 4G — exclusively available from Sprint — will be available for pre-order later this month from everyone’s favorite electronics vendor…The Shack? At its CTIA launch the EVO was scheduled for a “summer” release and, judging by this latest tidbit of information, it would appear as though that timeline is still good. What do you think? Will anyone be pre-ordering an EVO from The Shack, or will you be holding out to get yours directly from Sprint?

With rumors and rumors of a clamshell BlackBerry device going back ages, we finally have some confirmation on the phone, and in a big way, too. Not only do we have the first photos ever of this BlackBerry 9670, and not only is it the first BlackBerry clamshell ever seen (we don’t really count the Pearl Flip), but it’s also running the first ever photos of OS 6.0 (on a device). We’d love to tell you all about this brand new BlackBerry device… after the jump!

The BlackBerry 9670 is a CDMA device packed to the brim with a full QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera (a first!), Wi-Fi, a 360×480 internal display, huge external display, trackpad, OS 6.0, microUSB port, microSD internal storage slot, Bluetooth, and a metallic finish casing. Obviously we’re far from final, and things can and will change, but that’s a pretty good overview. We’re working on getting more information, videos — the whole works –but for now, check out the best high resolution photo gallery of an unreleased, unannounced, unheard of device that you’ve ever laid eyes on.

Click on over to our BlackBerry 9670 gallery!

Is it a coincidence Verizon Wireless has consecutively had the last two most-anticipated Android handsets? With the Motorola DROID seemingly feeling like old news (Google even basically castrated it themselves with a promise of an unbranded, Verizon-compatible Nexus One), the HTC Droid Incredible picks up where Motorola left off in almost every area. We’ve got a much thinner and more refined product that features an 8 megapixel camera, tons of memory, and HTC’s Sense UI which takes care of most of Android’s shortcomings. We know that by now you are asking yourself only one question: “Is the HTC Incredible actually incredible?” We would love to answer that for you.

Hardware / Design

The HTC Droid Incredible is relatively unique as far as the design of the unit goes… Yes, it is a delicious slab of a touchscreen plus touch sensitive keys and an optical directional pad, and yes, the front of the device can look a tad uninspired, but we believe the distinguishing theme of the Incredible is subtlety. Once you move from the front of the unit to the back, you’ll notice not a flat battery cover, but rather a form-fitting silky smooth piece of material that seems as if it has just been carefully laid over the device, much like a fabric cover for a high end sports car. You can see practically all of the physical interior elements of the phone just from the battery cover. It is one of the most luxurious-feeling plastic blends we have ever felt — not rubbery like a normal rubberized plastic finish–but rather a perfect mix of plastic and another material that gives the phone an amazing feel when you are using it.

Once you move past the absolutely huge camera sensor and start to peel away the back cover, you will be greeted with Verizon Wireless saying, “Hello!” in the form of the color red. Seriously, it is very red. We cannot determine if it is a comforting red, or if it is so overwhelming that our minds start to wonder and hypothesize over whether it could be a prop in a horror movie.

Switching gears to how the hardware actually performs, we have mixed feelings about the layout of certain elements and buttons. While the touch sensitive Android buttons below the display are much more friendly than the Droid Eris’, we are not sure we like the optical directional pad. At least to us, it is pretty much useless on the phone. For starters, it is absolutely tiny, and you cannot really get a good rhythm when navigating quickly, scrolling, or doing whatever else you’re trying to do. It is also not entirely comfortable to us when in use, but there is a good and reassuring feedback when actually pushing in the button to make a selection, so it is not all bad.

The materials feel amazing in your hand, but actually holding the phone and using it is a little bit of a challenge, we think. First of all, the microUSB port on the lower left side is carved out a little bit too much in our opinion. This makes it uncomfortable sometimes when holding the phone with one hand as your fingers might rest on the open port, and it can be a little sharp. It definitely will not cut you, it is just a little distraction that can get annoying. Another issue? The device is not just incredibly thin (we’ll try and hold off on too many more of those), it is actually not that wide either. While in theory that sounds great, unfortunately it can get a little cramped when navigating the device with one hand. You will have to try it out for yourself and see how you feel, but we feel that the Nexus One is much more comfortable to generally hold and use with one hand.

The rest of the phone is what you would expect from a physical hardware perspective–volume up / down keys on the upper left side, a power / unlock button on the top left, and a 3.5mm headset jack smack in the middle of the top of the handset. Contrary to rumors of the phone being underclocked to 768MHz, the HTC Droid Incredible does indeed run at a full 1GHz speed, and the hardware specs read like an Android stalker’s favorite bedtime story: 512MB of RAM, 512 ROM, 8GB of internal storage, an 8 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash, Wi-Fi, an accelerometer, digital compass, Bluetooth, GPS, and Android 2.1.

The last thing we would like to point out about the hardware is that while the phone seems to be ridiculously well manufactured, we can’t seem to shake this plasticky, dare we say cheap feeling when using it. The front half of the phone seems to be made of a lower grade plastic and kind of takes away from the otherwise spectacular experience.

Screen

HTC has been gunning for the throne lately (though, they already have it) with powerful, sexy hardware, and since the screen on a touchscreen device is one of the most important parts, it is nice to see these high resolution displays being introduced by them left and right. The Incredible features a 3.7″ AMOLED capacitive display and it is incredibly responsive (ok, we broke our promise). At first, we could not figure out why the colors were so dull, but after turning off the automatic brightness feature, we realized the phone just uses a little dimmer brightness setting compared to the Nexus One (probably for battery life). Once we dialed the brightness all the way up, colors literally popped, whites were perfectly white, text looked crisp, and we started loving the screen even more.

As far as usability, everything seems well. Touches were registered with relative ease, and there were no misfires. HTC has carved out a great arsenal of capacitive touch displays, second to only you-know-who, but we still hate looking at the capacitive points on the display. You can see them really easily.

UPDATE: The screen on the HTC Droid Incredible is a little different than the one on the Google Nexus One after looking at it further. The capacitive layer is different as well — the outcome is still the same, and they are both great performers, but we kind of prefer the Nexus One’s screen just a tiny bit more.

OS

Android 2.1 is Google’s latest release, and while you have probably heard our thoughts on the operating system in general, you should know that the HTC Droid Incredible isn’t a bare bones Google configuration. It is far from it actually, thanks to HTC’s construction of a custom UI, applications, social integrations, and even their own keyboard. Anyone familiar with HTC’s Sense UI will know what we’re talking about, but for those of you who are pinning the DROID and Incredible against each other, they are two completely different animals.

HTC’s implementation can be a little more consumer friendly at times than Google’s base OS, but at the same time, there are 7 homescreen pages, widgets flying out of Eyjafjallajokull’s volcano, raindrops and fog appearing on your screen, and some more sexy stuff. The best bet if you are looking at both phones is to try them out in stores and see which one is less intimidating for you. Or more if you go for that kind of thing, you sicko.

Phone

Wait, a phone that actually makes clear and crisp phone calls? In 2010? You must be kidding me. But we’re not, the HTC Droid Incredible coupled with Verizon’s famous-for-kicking-in-the-other-carrier’s-teeth network makes for a really pleasant adventure. Phone calls were loud and clear on both the earpiece and also when using the speakerphone capability. Callers heard us just fine, and we haven’t dropped a single call while testing the phone.

Unfortunately, there is one area of the device’s phone performance that is a little troubling, though probably not the end of the world. We noticed the Incredible gets a slightly lower signal than the Motorola DROID and other Verizon Wireless phones. The Incredible seems to be a bit finicky bouncing around from 2 bars to say 4 bars randomly while other devices are steadily on 4 or 5 bars consistently. We are not sure if the signal is just not being represented properly due to a software issue or the phone is actually receiving a lower signal due to other reasons.

Corporate

While we have lose count of the number of people cursing Google’s base Android 2.0/2.1 implementation of Microsoft Exchange support, you will be happy to hear that HTC’s taken this issue into their own hands. We’re also happy to report that, as usual, HTC’s Exchange support is fantastic, even going as far as supporting Exchange security profiles in addition to remote wipe capability.

Performance

You would like to think a phone with all of this horsepower under the hood would practically fly, wouldn’t you? Well, you would be mostly correct. The normal slowdowns found on even high-powered Android devices are pretty much nowhere in sight on the Incredible. Although HTC’s Sense UI isn’t exactly lightweight, we’re actually finding that the Incredible is slightly faster than the Google Nexus One laying next to it. In addition to the device overall feeling snappier, we don’t think we’ve ever seen a mobile browser perform so well and load pages so quick. That’s great and all until you realize that the browser on the Incredible supports Adobe Flash, and still manages to spit out web pages faster than a Llama hanging out at Machu Picchu. It’s, well, Incredible.

Email composing, sending, and viewing are all ridiculously fast on the Incredible, but the issue of having a separate application for Gmail/Google Apps and Microsoft Exchange still remains. While it is not a huge deal, we would love to see a totally integrated client to manage all of your email communications, though we doubt that will happen anytime soon.

Battery:

While not absolutely scientific, any battery concerns we had for a CDMA handset powered by a 1GHz processor were quickly alleviated after spending some time with the phone. We got through the day with some heavy emailing, web browsing, and light phone calling with pretty much no issue, but obviously your usage patterns will yield different results.

Multimedia / Camera

Even though the sensor is 8 megapixels, videos and stills taken with the device are average. And while it is well documented that Android has never been a multimedia champion thanks to its sub-par music/video playing software, HTC did manage to spruce things up a bit. Nonetheless, it is definitely not our favorite mobile device for consuming multimedia content. The dual-LED flash kicks ass, though! (We’re not kidding.)

Conclusion

This is always the hardest section to write because everyone has different taste, and everyone usually has their own reason for wanting a new phone. Maybe you dropped it in your toilet, maybe you want to smash your BlackBerry 9530 with a sledgehammer, maybe your boss can’t stop making fun of your Palm Centro — we’re not sure. What we do know is that HTC has come up with another incredible device, pushing the boundaries of Android in practically every direction we can think of. There is awesome corporate integration, tons of social networking elements built right in, a really friendly UI with fun and engaging widgets and animations, and a great web browser. If you are not a bare bones type of person and have no need for a physical keyboard (seriously, get over it already), we could not recommend a better phone on Verizon Wireless at this point in time.

Forget Verizon Wireless — the HTC Droid Incredible is our favorite Android device to date, and for $199 on a two year agreement, we are not sure there is a better deal to be had on the carrier. Sure there are some drawbacks to the HTC Sense UI, and you will have to wait a bit longer for OS updates, but we are pretty sure everything we have outlined for you outweighs that. We have additional photos along with high resolution photos in the gallery for you!

Click on over to our HTC Droid Incredible gallery!

• Kyocera/Sanyo ZIO (M6000)
  • Target July 2010
  • MSRP $299.99
  • Android-powered touchscreen handset with 3.5 inch WVGA TFT display, Wi-Fi, 3.2 MP camera with video
• RIM BlackBerry Curve (8530)
  • Target August 2010
  • MSRP $349.99
  • BlackBerry handset with WiFi, 2MP camera with video, QWERTY keyboard, EV-DO, A2DP
• Samsung r710
  • Target Q4 2010
  • MSRP $249.99
  • Touchscreen feature phone with EV-DO, 3 inch 400×240 display, 3MP camera with video, full HTML browser, A2DP
• Huawei MiFi (EC5808)
  • Target September 2010
  • MSRP TBD
  • EV-DO connectivity

Hit the jump for all the pretty pictures, prices, and phones headed to Cricket this year. It’s an impressive lineup for the small, but growing wireless carrier.

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Samsung Stunt (R100)
March 2010
MSRP $99.99
basic candybar with 1xRTT, 128×160 display, SMS/MMS, Bluetooth

Kyocera Domino (S1310)
June 2010
MSRP $99.99
basic candybar with 1xRTT, 128×160 display, SMS/MMS, Bluetooth

Cricket CAPTR II
Target July 2010
MSRP $129.99
Basic flip phone with 1xRTT, VGA Camera, 128×160 display, SMS/MMS, Bluetooth

Cricket MSGM8 II
Target July 2010
Candybar with ful QWERTY keyboard, 1.3MP camera, 220×176 display, SMS/MMS, and Bluetooth

Cricket TXTM8 3G
Target September 2010
MSRP $159.99
Candybar with QWERTY keyboard, EV-DO, 2MP camera, QVGA display, microSD expansion, full HTML browser, SMS/MMS, Cricket email, A2DP

Kyocera RIO (E3100)
Target November 2010
MSRP $159.99
Touchscreen handset with 1xRTT, 1.3MP camera, 2.8 inch QVGA display, microSD expansion, SMS/MMS, A2DP

Samsung r631
Target Q3 2010
MSRP $199.99
Side slider with touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, 2MP camera/camcorder, microSD expansion, full HTML browser, A2DP

Samsung r710
Target Q4 2101
MSRP $249.99
Touchscreen with EV-DO, 3 inch 400×240 display, 3MP camera with video, full HTML browser, A2DP

Kyocera/Sanyo ZIO (M6000)
Target July 2010
MSRP $299.99
Android-powered touchscreen handset with 3.5 inch WVGA TFT display, Wi-Fi, 3.2 MP camera with video

RIM BlackBerry Curve (8530)
Target August 2010
MSRP $349.99
BlackBerry handset with WiFi, 2MP camera with video, QWERTY keyboard, EV-DO, A2DP

Huawei USB Stick
Target August 2010
MSRP $119
USB Sitck with EV-DO, compatible with Windows and Mac OS X

Cricket A605
Target August 2010
MSRP $119
2xSwivel USB stick with EV-DO, external microSD expansion and compatible with Windows and Mac OS X

Huawei MiFi (EC5808)
Target September 2010
MSRP TBD
EV-DO connectivity

ZTE Modem
Target August 2010
MSRP $119
2xSwivel USB with external microSD and EV-DO connectivity, compatible with Windows and Mac OS X

Last month, Verizon Wireless and Skype announced their exclusive partnership in the U.S., along with their plans to bring Skype’s popular VoIP calling and messaging service to your Verizon cell phone. Now, through the miracle of animation — and the help of a woman with a really high pitched voice — Verizon and Skype are shedding a little light on how Skype integration will work on your phone. The video doesn’t get too in-depth, but we do learn that Skype calls will arrive to your Verizon Wireless handset just as normal calls do and the Skype application will run, always on, in the background. The two companies also confirm that Skype calls will not be charged against the minutes in your mobile plan and users of Skype Out will be able to leverage competitive international calling rates from their handset. This got us thinking: we don’t have enough Skype contacts to justify leaving Skype running all day chewing up battery life, but how about you? Do you have a Skype contact list full of friends you are itching to talk to?

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Verizon Wireless customers may have a welcome but difficult decision soon as two hot new Android handsets prepare to launch on the wireless carrier. Earlier this week, the HTC Incredible made its appearance in Verizon Wireless’ inventory system and today, another HTC handset, most likely the CDMA variant of the Nexus One, was spotted on its way out of the FCC. The EV-DO Rev. A device sported a HTC designated model number of PB99300, which is close to the PB99100 assigned to the Google Nexus One and the PB99110 assigned to the rumored AT&T 3G-capable Nexus One. This approval comes hot on the heels of another mystery CDMA device (PB31200) from HTC that received FCC approval earlier this month and is thought to be the HTC Incredible. The timing for FCC approval is about perfect for both handsets and, until additional details surface, we will assume that this one is the Verizon Wireless Nexus One, slated to be sold through Google, and the previous one is the HTC Incredible, slated to be sold through Verizon Wireless. The only lingering question is: which one do we buy?

[Via Unwired View]

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