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Verizon’s Android-Powered Motorola Devour Debuts Exclusively at Best Buy Stores

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:15:00 +0000

The Motorola Devour, Verizon’s third smartphone running Google’s Android OS, is being released today. At launch, the only brick-and-mortar store offering this mid-range device with a sliding keyboard is Best Buy, but a few other online retailers have it as well.

The Devour is a mid-range model with a sliding keyboard, Wi-Fi, and 3G mobile broadband. Best Buy is selling for $100 to new Verizon subscribers who sign a two-year service contract.

Source :Brighthand

Motorola Devour – Cnet Review

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:11:30 +0000

The Motorola Devour got 3.5/5 stars from Cnet.

THE GOOD: The Motorola Devour has a sturdy design with a functional feature set and a spacious keyboard. It’s a good performer too.

THE BAD: The Motorola Devour runs Android 1.6, and its display is small for the phone’s size. The placement of some controls could be improved, and the camera has few features.

THE BOTTOM LINE: The Motorola Devour is built to last and it delivers on features and performance. We’d make a few usability changes, and we were hoping for more than Android 1.6, but Moto makes another good Android move.

Full review on Cnet.

Unboxing – Motorola Devour

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:43:44 +0000

It’s Verizon’s 3rd Android Phone and launches at BestBuy February 25th followed by VZW retail stores in March.

Source: Phanaroid

Video: Motorola Devour gets Demonstrated

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:26:59 +0000

Here is a hands-on demo of the Motorola Devour presented by the vice president of Android software and Motorola services, Rick Osterloh.

Osterloh starts off by pointing out the nice slide QWERTY keyboard of the Motorola Devour and then goes on to list the main specs such as half VGA display, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and such. The Motorola Devour’s Qualcomm 600 MHz chipset makes it very fast, and has a lot of speed improvements.

Source: Phones Review

Motorola Devour Pre-Order At BestBuy Starts Now, Available February 25th

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:08:58 +0000

Best Buy Mobile has just issued a press release announcing the availability of the Motorola Devour on February 25th with the pre-order starting February 16th.

Best Buy Mobile Announces Launch and Pre-Sale of Motorola DEVOUR™ with MOTOBLUR™
The Motorola DEVOUR™ Will Land in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile Standalone Stores February 25, With an In-Store Pre-Sale Starting February 16
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Consumers who are looking to purchase the new Motorola DEVOUR™ can do so at Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores beginning February 25. The Motorola DEVOUR™ is the third smartphone from Verizon Wireless that runs on Google’s innovative Android operating platform and the first Verizon Wireless phone to feature MOTOBLUR™.
To support the launch of this highly anticipated device, Best Buy Mobile is hosting a pre-sale beginning February 16. Consumers can take advantage of the in-store pre-sale by visiting their local Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile standalone store where they can schedule a pick-up time after February 25 and reserve their spot by purchasing a $50 Best Buy Gift Card.
Customers who purchase the Motorola DEVOUR™ at Best Buy Mobile can avoid the hassle of mail-in rebates with instant savings applied at the point of purchase and can walk out working with access to their email, contacts and favorite content set up by a Best Buy Mobile sales associate.
“Being one of the first retailers to feature the Motorola DEVOUR™ is a win-win for Best Buy Mobile and our valued customers,” said Scott Moore, VP of marketing for Best Buy Mobile. “We saw great response with the DROID by Motorola, the first Android device for Verizon Wireless, and we expect the same response with the Motorola DEVOUR™. Our employees get really excited for these big smartphone launches and we are looking forward to helping bring the Motorola DEVOUR™ to the marketplace.”
Motorola DEVOUR™ features include the following:
* MOTOBLUR™, Motorola’s unique Android™-powered content delivery service
* Happenings Widget – MOTOBLUR automatically pushes status updates, wall posts and photo updates from popular social networking sites to the Happenings Widget on user’s home screen
* Universal Inbox – MOTOBLUR gathers texts, social network messages and e-mails into one home screen widget for quick response
* 3.1” touch screen
* Pre-loaded applications such as Gmail, Google Talk™, YouTube™, Google Search™ and Google Maps™ with Google Maps Navigation
* Through Android Market™ provides access to more than 20,000 applications

Source: Phanaroid

Megan Fox in a bathtub with the Motorola Devour

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:53:36 +0000

The Motorola Android Devour stared with Megan Fox on the Super Bowl commercial of Motorola.

Source: Android Central.

Could Moto’s Android go the way of Razr? Analysts hope not

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:25:38 +0000

Motorola unveiled its Devour Android phone, part of its Google Android portfolio. Motorola aims to launch 20 such phones this year. But will it suffer the same fate as the Razr, which was wildly successful but then suffered with overkill?

Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. this week unveiled another in its new portfolio of Google Android smartphones. This one was called Devour, featuring a touch screen, a keyboard and its MotoBlur application to harness social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Devour follows Cliq, Droid and Backflip. They’re all with the same Android platform and MotoBlur app. But let’s hope the Android line doesn’t go the way of the Razr, offering just a variation on the same theme until users get tired of them.

Devour does distinguish itself with a new touch-sensitive navigation pad in the lower right corner to navigate widgets and the Internet.

Read the full story on The Daily Herald

Motorola Devours Verizon’s Droid Brand With New Motoblur Phone

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:43:29 +0000

jk on the run writes about the Devour and the Verizon Droid brand. Here is a highlight:
I’m glad I’m not the only one that doesn’t quite get Verizon’s Droid branding for handsets. There’s nothing wrong with the name, but it’s confusing to have a single handset share the name as a line of handsets. Perhaps that’s why the next Droid in line is simply called the Motorola Devour. Or maybe we’ll see more Droids out of the robot factory — who knows? I do know that the Devour looks a little more modern and polished than the original Droid and that Motorola also included its custom Motoblur interface for fast access to social networking. The Devour is the first Verizon phone with Motoblur.

Verizon Devour Is a Baby Droid With Motoblur [Android] (gizmodo.com)

Verizon Makes the Android OS-Based Motorola Devour Official

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:52:36 +0000

After weeks of rumors, Verizon has officially announced that it will begin offering the Motorola Devour next month. Like the popular Motorola Droid, this model will have Google’s Android OS and a physical keyboard. The Devour is expected to have a lower price, though.

he Devour will be a slider, with a 3.1-inch, HVGA (320 by 480 pixel) capacitive touchscreen that can slide aside to reveal a landscape-oriented QWERTY keyboard. Next to the display will be a trackpad.

Android Powered
This model will debut with Android OS 1.6, and have the standard suite of software for connecting to Google services, like Gmail and YouTube. User will also be able to pick from over 20,000 third-party apps.

In addition, the Devour will be the first Verizon model with MotoBlur, Motorola’s software that brings together messages from a range of social-networking services like Facebook and Twitter, text messages, as well as consumer and business e-mail accounts, into a universal inbox.

See: Verizon, Motorola

Source: Brighthand

Motorola Devour specs: 3.1-inch screen, Android 1.6, MotorBLUR

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:34:39 +0000

Motorola Devour will include: Android 1.6 (Donut) with MotoBLUR. A 3.1-inch touchscreen (320×480). 3MP camera. Verizon is requiring a data plan, and the $350 early termination fee is in effect. It comes with an 8GB microSD card.

Still no word on price or when it will go on sale, but we’re told it could be anytime now.

3.1-inch touchscreen at 320×480.
Dimensions: 4.55×2.4×0.61 inches.
Weight: 6.35 ounces
Talk time: Up to 340 minutes
Standby time: Up to 440 hours
Horizontal slider keyboard.
3-megapixel camera.
EVDO Rev. A.
WiFi b/g
aGPS
Audio formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MP3
Video formats: MPEG-4, h.263,
Bluetooth with A2DP
HTML 5-compatible Webkit browser.
MicroSD card up to 16GB.
Speakerphone.
VCAST music with Rhapsody.

Source: Android Central