New images of Motorola’s DROID 3 surface

The BIONIC will have a toned down more advanced motoblur some what like the D2/R2D2/D2G & DX had but the next version (buisness/adult version IMO) of it. The real motoblur (cramped together, social loving, teen version IMO) is on the Atrix, Cliq, Cliq XT, Cliq 2 & Citris.

Cosigned. This is why HTC is going to be getting my money from here on out. Motorola is determined to stick with BLUR and a locked bootloader. HTC is superior in both ways, plus their cameras seem to be better (the D2′s camera is allergic to color, apparently).

Initiate orgasm now….this would be epic…but I’m sure they’ll put blur on it by the time it releases

the problem i have with your statement about using android because we want to have more freedom is that it is just a silly illusion, now. perhaps only insofar as we consider more robustly customizable home apps & replaceable text/ime/what have you to be freedom. google has been peeling away freedom from SDK dev perspective, locking useful things down to system level only. I experienced it first hand as a dev who provided options to cancel or replace the lockscreen, switch lock security on or off under certain conditions, and enable a custom incoming call prompt letting users react to calls from long press buttons or hardware buttons. all of this has been taken away. through version 2.1, 2.2, 2.3. We had quite a smooth means of lockscreen replacement before the method was broken in 2.1. Now it is impossible to run a custom lockscreen that can unlock without very clunky lag and jagged UI transitions.

at this point in time to get to the point of this freedom we seek, its no better than on iOS where jailbreaking is the way to go… i think android is out of control with crappy OEM modifications and too few stock config devices launching. the ideal of android is slipping as iOS gains ground in core capabilities and is generally just a more enjoyable & solid platform.

Sorry… I refuse to believe that. They’ve got a new and improved version of MotoBLUR. It’s on the Atrix. It’ll almost certainly be on the Droid Bionic, and they’re trying to figure out how to put it on the Xoom.

So I’m supposed to believe that they’re going to release The D3 with pure Gingerbread (or Ice Cream or whatever’s out when this phone drops)? There’s no reason to believe that. I’ll believe it when the phone has actually been released and it has unmolested Android.

Both previous droids have been stock Android, I actually would be surprised if this one was infested with Blur.

Looks like Motorola is releasing 4 droids this year. DX2, Tegra, Bionic and Droid 3. Who’s to say ALL of them will have new MotoBlur? I really think one of them will be pure Vanilla. I really hope its on the Tegra because i dont care for keyboards. But from BMX tweet (some here knows who im talking about) he did a poem reading one of the droids will be “Vanilla”. He was also hinting to hold off on the overpriced Thunderbolt and wait for a Tegra in the coming weeks!) We all know the Bionic will have blur and the DX 2 will also have it. So the Tegra and D3 have a good chance of having the freedom of pure Android.

Ugh… I hate having to reply to myself to keep the conversation going.

That’s like saying that HTC will release a phone without Sense because there are so many other phones that have it. These companies are using their Android overlays as a way to differentiate their products, since they don’t think that relying on hardware is enough. I certainly hope for a vanilla Android experience, but I don’t see what Motorola’s desire to make that happen would be. Your average consumer (i.e., people who don’t comment on tech blogs) probably likes Blur. It simplifies the Android experience and provides some widgets that you would otherwise have to go and download for yourself.

Like I said: I’d love to see more vanilla Android in the wild. I’d also like to see Moto stop locking the bootloaders so it’s easier for people to install custom ROMs. They clearly don’t see any benefit in that, though, which is why I’m leaving them and going to HTC.

HTC’s cameras seem better, anyway.

@Robert Aitchison:

The OG Droid was, in fact, Vanilla, but the Droid 2 actually did have Blur, though a toned down version of it.

Well I’m sure there were prototypes and beta tests. I’m sure they were even sold to people, but this was the first android device that was released to normal people on a real carrier.

T-Mobile G1 in 2008?

It was the first one that mattered. Android was nothing before it came along.

You are correct. I think in Europe they had the Hero, but that wasn’t even close to being as great as DROID was.

Agreed 100% the marketing campaign behind the original Droid is the reason android is where it is today…vz/moto nailed it with that phone it was a game changer….

Actually the G1 was. Geez android people are so retarded and fragmented just like there phones. Maybe next year they’ll play catch up to apple again

First of all, we all know that G1 came first…but it was not a hit.Android
was nothing before the Droid. Playing catch up to apple? I am not even going
to waste my time listing out everything Android had first. You know what
they are. Apple is always behind. And you call us retarded. *rolls eyes*

Sss…why the hostility…we are all gadget geeks at heart, us (android users) just enjoy having the freedom to do what we want to our phones…this is how i look at it
Apple fanboys are the kids who did what the teachers said in high school, android users are the kids who had the hot substitute in the teachers lounge “earning extra credit”
Call us what you want…but we (and android) arent going anywhere…
End of rant….

@SSS
The Motorola DROID, even with it’s Motoblur, was the first powerhouse Android smartphone that actually ‘DID’ and, for it’s time, DID what the iPhone 3G/GS still can not; iTunes not needed and freedom to root.

G1 was popular and great for those teens upgrading from their Sidekicks ’07′s. UX’s, LX’s, etc, and on a network, although better than CinguCrap’s AT&T¡ts, not as powerful as Verizon and, therefore, it did not count. Try and sell a used G1 on Craigslist; it’s “good for parts” these days.

So, go back to your same ol’ iTunes, your same ol’ “this song can not be played on this iphone”, your same ol’ having to change and edit your file signatures so that your media is not rejected by your iTunes [again], your same ol’ perfectly placed “Home” button because a ‘Genius’ prefers it on the front and centered on the buttom so that you can single-task your way through every application the same ol’ way. Or, just go back to letting everyone tell you exactly the way they want you to do it; the way someone here has already pointed out [dangle preposition].

No it wasn’t if the G1 failed there would be no droid. That like saying my dad didn’t matter because I’m better than him.

Not the first android bu the first that gained alot of attention

Good point on the full screen aspect, but I really doubt you could out speed me with thumbs.There’s a reason the texting world record was set using swype. Once you’ve gotten accustomed to it, it’s amazingly fast and accurate. Swype is how touchscreen keyboards should work IMO. It’s such a natural way to function.

I hated Swype. What ever happened to BLIND TYPE???? Google bought them and we never got the keyboard.

Seems they baked the algorithm into the GB keyboard. GB on my OG Droid has, bar none, the best predictive text I’ve ever seen. Swype is pretty nice, too. I can do over 30 wpm with Swype, which is good enough to take notes and such for me.

dont be a jerk off, i havent had a physcial keyboard in three years since i traded in my treo for an iphone. … but i guess ios autocorrect leaves a lot to be desired.

Stop being a blind apple fanboy