Droid X shipping July 15, iPhone 4 gains first competitor

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Verizon and Droid are making some new additions right now. We are tracking the live feeds so you don’t have to.

The Droid X will be released on July 15. Anyone that is eligible for a phone upgrade in 2010 will be able to renew their contract on July 15. The Droid X will only be available through Verizon, in the U.S.

“Why is everyone so interested in mobile? It’s a new way of computing… you have a personal supercomputer that knows everything about you. Behind it you have massive parallel supercomputers doing processing,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.

“You need an incredibly fast and stable network. You need an large screen and a fast processor. You need a software platform that scales — a platform with real APIs. This is not a toy — this is not just an app engine.” Clearly a stab at AT&T and Apples closed marketplace.

The Droid X will come with syncing software for computers, but will not ship with Froyo or Flash Mobile 10.1. The battery life will be the same as the first Droid.

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The Phone

Droid X (No information about the Droid 2) Released July 15

Price: $199 after $100 rebate. $29.99 smartphone service fee for unlimited data. $20 for the hotspot functionality. There will be an option for wired tethering and after 2GB of tethered use, it’s 5 cents per MB.

Screen: 4.3 Inch screen (edge-to-edge, 848×480, 400,000+ pixels in all).

Camera: 8 mega pixel.

Processor: 1GHz OMAP with 8GB of memory.

Memory: 16GB card, expandable to 40GB.

HDMI: Output to HDMI TVs or monitors.

Battery: 1500 mAh battery.

Additional: Multi-touch keyboard with swype. Three microphones included (One for video, voice and noise cancellation).

The Apps

It will come standard with the following:

Blockbuster App (for renting and purchasing videos), V Cast Video, NFL Mobile, Skype and Back-Up Assistant.

NFL RedZone will stream full Thursday night games to the app and of course track scores for all other games.

Support for Exchange, Gmail Enterprise, Push delivery of email, Corporate directory, “Security Protocols”

Froyo

Android 2.2 is available for open source hacking right now. Droid X will not ship with Froyo, but will get the upgrade at some point this summer.

Mobile Flash friendly, which is a major selling point for Droid devices. Flash Player 10.1 has begun shipping yesterday.

[TechCrunch][Engadget]