A new Droid phone is coming, the Droid X. I had a preview look.
July 4, 2010 22 Comments SOMETHING A TOUCH DIFFERENT THIS WEEK. This week's Daily Giz Wiz Shows features a familiar voice. But it isn't mine, nor Leo's. (Leo was away at Foo Camp. I was going to go because I thought he said "Food Camp", but it wasn't.) So I did this week of Daily Giz Wiz episodes with Tom Merritt. He's one of the new faces at TWiT but has been a fixture for a long time at CNET. Tom & I go back to the Screen Saver days, so we had a lot of fun our first time out.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010, Netcast 1126
The Droid x from Motorola Droid will be the newest smart phone when it's released on July 15th. It has a built in (720p) HD camcorder, 8 MP camera (with dual flash), Skype mobile (keep in touch with the folks back home) GPS (don’t get lost), plays movies on a crytal clear 4.3” HD screen (use on the airplane) and HDMI output so you can watch your videos on the big screen at the hotel. (Be sure to bring your own HDMI hookup cable.) It's a lot of high tech travel gadgets in one small device. There’s also Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and of course, GPS (with turn by turn voice navigation, but not live traffic.) The Droid x has some newer initials too: DLNA which stands for wireless Digital Living Network Alliance technology. It's a way for different formats to work on a wider variety of devices. Droid X is shipping with Android 2.1 with an updated version of Motorola's Blur coming later in the summer. It will be an over the air update, so you don’t have to take your phone anywhere to have it upgraded. Something I’m really impressed with is the Swype typing app which is preinstalled. Swipe your fingers across the keyboard to spell words and they appear on the screen with a very high degree of accuracy. I was sure the phone couldn’t figure out exactly what keys I was dragging across, but the word I wanted appeared on the screen. It’s like typing with some amazing ESP app. But wait there’s more. This gizmo has three microphones. Two are for directional audio capture and one is to add in noise cancellation. If you're eligible for a Verizon Wireless upgrade at any point in 2010, you'll be able to pick one up for $199 (after a $100 mail-in rebate) starting on July 15. The phone comes with 8GB of internal storage and a 16GB microSD card installed. A data plan is set at $24.99. the Droid X lets you create your own WiFi 3G HotSpot that can connect up to five devices, but that will cost you an extra $20 a month. It comes with a perhaps unwelcome 2GB data cap.
Hear or See this episode: www.twit.tv/dgw1126 (Yes, now there's a video version of The DGW!)
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