Motorola DROID Pro, World Edition and Tablet all found in Verizon Wireless systems

By on Aug 16, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Breaking August 16, 2010

One of our Verizon Wireless sources has done a little digging for us, and we have turned up some awesome information. We exclusively reported that Verizon Wireless is gearing up to launch a barrage of Android handsets and devices, and we are now able to further clarify that report.

The Motorola DROID Pro, the handset with a 4″ display, 1.3GHz CPU, and global roaming capability gets the model number A957, and is set for a November launch. Motorola is also apparently working on a more business-focused version of the DROID 2 with a World Edition global roaming feature, and it looks like that device will launch relatively soon with the model number A956. If that’s not enough, it also appears that the phone will come in two color choices, black and white.

Moving on to the Motorola Android slab device — it’s listed and we’ve found the model designation — MZ600. We aren’t able to definitively confirm at this time whether this is the Motorola tablet (unlikely just yet) or just the slab form factor device we reported on (much more likely). If it’s the slab touch screen Android phone, it should launch with Android 2.2 and also be a World Edition handset. It looks like there are over 170,000 of those devices on order from what we can see.

As always, we’re working on following up on the rest of the leaked Verizon Wireless roadmap — Samsung and Motorola tablets, anyone? Couple more images after the break!

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  • Ron

    Guys honestly whats the point of a faster CPU when there are absolutely no apps on Android that can utilize it? My first droid phone was the eris, then the Moto droid , and now the droid x. And basically there all the same except that the eris was fun to use because of the sense ui. Yes my droid X is powerfull but for what? a split second in browsing speed??? We need more apps, untill then apples got us beat and i do not want a apple phone!!! I fear once iphone comes out on verizon its over folks they will win.

    • ChocoTaco

      Marketing.

    • Paul

      Unfortunately, I’d have to agree with your last statement.

      I REALLY don’t want to see an iPhone on Verizon. Android would struggle. :(

      • Derrick

        Bring on the Droids.

      • SmackAPanda

        No, Android would not struggle at all. Its the same difference between buying a PC or a MAC. PC’s will stomp MAC every day for consumer revenue. Why? Macs are amazing for multimedia. PC you can customize to ANYTHING. Same with iPhone or an Android/Google phone. iPhone, great for portable media. Android you can build your own apps with google’s app-maker. iPhone only is more used because they had a head start by a couple years, but pay attention in the next 6-12 months. It will flip to Android’s favor. Google knows all!

      • Kile

        Please don’t compare the linux-based android OS to a PC.

        Google would not like it.

      • Chris Beiser

        Sure, it’s open. But really, it hardly qualifies as “linux based”. It’s basically the Linux kernel, with a Java VM running on top of it. From the perspective of linuxyness, the N900 is probably the most linux-y, and then the Pre, which while not totally open, is real linux, then the UNIX based iOS. Android comes in last, with it’s Dalvik machine running atop the first kernal google could find. Have you noticed that there aren’t really any apps that are ports of Linux apps? That’s why. And also, Google isn’t some great hero of openness. Sure, Google wouldn’t like it, but seriously, they’re emulating the Microsoft model with Android. That can’t be argued.

    • Chris Smith

      So that your battery life is shorter.

    • Chi

      I’m gonna have to counter on your assessment. I have the HTC Hero on Sprint which is the hardware equivalent of the Eris on Verizon. I only have the Hero cause my EVO is being repaired (dropped my phone). Going from the EVO to Hero both utilizing Sense UI is a complete nightmare. It’s painfully slow and not just web browsing. It’s slow going from one app to another. It’s slow at accessing my email. Slow at texting. Slow at utilizing Swype. Slow at everything – even trying to make a phone call! So do the Android apps benefit from a faster more powerful android phone such as Droid X or EVO? Yes. and I will never play around with an Android phone that is below 1ghz again. Lesson learned.

    • Bob

      I don’t know about on Android, but HTC Sense SUCKS on WinMo (TP2). Very poorly integrated and full of bugs(even with the MR2 update). I like vanilla WinMo 6.1 on my 6800 more than WinMo 6.5 with Sense on my TP2.

  • wALdo

    I want to see all available Android phones AND iPhone on ALL CARRIERS. Competition will only make a better coverage, signal, phone offerings, apps, platforms, etc etc. for ALL consumers.

    Let the competition begin. May the best and only the best WIN !!

    • p51d007

      I would prefer carriers get out of the hardware business, and just become providers, aka like MaBell was in the wired phone days. They provide a service, and you provide the phone. Yes, you would have to have a phone that works on a carriers network, but I’ve seen phones that have a cdma & gsm radio, and all frequencies.
      They sell them from places in China all the time and since our phones come from there anyway, wouldn’t be that hard to just put the ones coming to America with both radio systems in them.
      The only reason the carriers do the way they do now is because with the “contract” you are hooked into staying with the carrier until you’re contract is up, or pay the “substantial penalty for early withdrawl”.
      Plus, people in the USA are “use” to getting a phone for little or nothing, wouldn’t want to pay 500.00 for a phone, but, that little problem would work itself out by COMPETITION. Everyone would start selling and undercutting each other, which would bring the prices down.

      • rs

        I totally agree with you man. American’s are so spoiled by all the “free” phones. I would love to have no contracts and and have the phones cost $300 to $500. If you dont like the service, shut the hell up and go to another carrier.

      • ARW

        It is called SM only in the UK, I have been on one for years.
        30 day contract, good deals, every few years some company comes around and tries to undercut everyone.
        This year it is Tesco with some great SIM only deals, but then they lack in a WIFI service.

        Shame handsets are so ridiculously priced.

      • rs

        you can already do that

      • Rick lite

        You must be young if you think MaBell was just a provider. “They provide a service, and you provide the phone,” you say? For most of my life (I’m old) the phone came with the service. You had to rent it from MaBell (or whichever smaller company had the local monopoly). There were no alternatives.

        I don’t like the subsidized cell phone business model either, but at least we’ve got competition. Aren’t there other good companies, even in the U.S., with much lower service costs but “you provide the phone”? If not, there should be. Probably eventually there will be.

      • Chris Beiser

        You can do that. Tmobile, any unlocked GSM phone, and an Even More Plus plan.

    • Cheesecake Man

      I believe this is the point of LTE launching…unlock the sim after the contract, EVERY carrier are your choices.

  • zach

    DROID!!!!11!!

  • SmackAPanda

    I want to see all iPOS (i pieces of sheice) destroyed. Apple had a good idea 3 years ago and then everyone realized its the worst phone OS that has ever occured.

    • raymond Cote

      What a silly shallow assertion!

      Assertions, even yours, are not facts.

      So STFU or make the effort to give us some supporting arguments. Other wise you are just more annoying noise in the channel!

  • patrick

    Sounds like verizon is concocting a perfect storm. Droid, droid tablet, iphone, and lte. Suck it everyone else. Lol

  • Ron

    I have the Droid X…and i just played with the tmobile vibrant aka samsung galaxy s. Wow touch wiz is HOT!!!! im getting the fasinate for verizon… ran quadrant test on both and i got 1700 on the vibrant with NO OVERCLOCK just the io fix.

    • Kyle K.

      I’m looking forward to the Fascinate as well! I LOVE the displays on the Galaxy S’!

  • SmackAPanda

    @ Patrick, completely agree

  • Dan

    hey another droid,
    no one saw that comiing

  • Katie Jordan

    We know that in 2011, Verizon will be heavily pushing the 2 most popular phone platforms:

    Android
    iPhone

    From all reports, it seems Verizon’s roadmap does not include any Windows Phone 7. There must be a bit of angst out at Redmond, as memories of the Kin return.

  • Nana

    what happened to samsung fascinate!!!!

  • Michael

    So the rumored device that’s supposed to be a Motorola Q type, slab form factor device with a full touchscreen, is that supposed to be with a portrait qwerty + touchscreen?

    Because that would own.

  • Kyle K.

    Meh, I’m moving on from Motorola Phones. I’ve a D1 right now, very happy with it -but, when it’s time to upgrade; I’m getting a phone WITHOUT an encrypted bootloader. The way Moto has been locking down it’s current offerings is a let down to me. I’m actually looking forward to the Galaxy S landing on VZW this fall!

  • WT

    I’m glad there’s a global Android phone coming out. I liked having that ability with my Blackberry Storm.

  • KEV-TECH

    @SmackAPanda anyone who understands electronics and smartphones knows that Androids are nice, and have a couple advantages to the iPhone, BUT anyone that has used the iPhone knows it is by far the smoothest OS on the mobile planet! The two are almost neck and neck and Android has 6 times the manufactures and 4 times the carriers! HELLO! Watch when iPhone comes to the other 3 and see how close the race is. Remember that 75% of the population is NOT techie and have no clue WTF to do with an Android phone- iPhone is so simple a toddler could use it. Best display, Best design, Best Phone Interface, Best Apps, Best Music Player, and the list goes on….

  • X2

    The Iphone is NOT comming to Verizon… So every stop commenting that…NO1 has proof or anytihng close to a solid clue that the iphone is being (rebuilt for CDMA). NOT from Apple or Verizon!! Iphone stays on At&t crappy network!

  • ian

    hey guys, think about this, droid is nice, if you use it first, but once you try iphone, you will notice that it is much smoother, faster, better keyboard, basically everything droid will lack. if iphone comes to verizon (not saying it’s gonna) it is gonna be seriously bad for droid…

    • Cheesecake Man

      Not really, I have every mobile OS except WebOS, I know just about an equal amount of people (equal iPhone owners to Android owners) who have both and both sides say the same thing.

      iPhone: “It’s nice” – quote by people I know (it’s that I’m God attitude and the ridiculously unnecessary LACK of customizations that kills the phone for me)

      Android: It’s nice – quote by people I know (it’s the lack of fluidity/60-72 fps/screen-refresh rate and consistency in general app and menu navigation that kills it for me).

      My experience

      iPod Touch 4Gen 8GB with iOS4 and retna display:
      Actually slower than my Motorola Droid 1 but consistent. No matter what I do, I know it’s gonna take 1 second to get to the next screen. Everything just runs so much smoother too. The native multitouch is cool, but I don’t see the big advatage except multitouch input is smoother. Smooth smooth smooth. Kinda sucks when Google products are missing because I actually USE them lol. That’s…about it…lol.

      Motorola Droid 1 stock with customizations running 2.2:
      Actually runs FASTER, a lot even. You can definitely tell how much smoother the Touch is though. Way more features and actually capabilities. I can do ANYTHING on here. I write Flash so that matters to ME personally, might not to you so don’t put words in my mouth and start another argument. Not to mention, I can speak EVERYTHING into my phone without having to buy an app and it’s native. I would rather my functions be smooth as hell over what I look at. That’s what models are for. FOCUS! lol

      Bottom line, an iDroidBerry 7 is the best phone cause when is comes down to it, it only matters what’s best for YOU not the world.

  • benjaminbreeg

    I just checked into this report from work. The mota957 is just the model of the droid 2 r2d2 model. nothing impressive here

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