The Verizon-bound Motorola Devour wasn’t much of a secret after the retail packaging leaked last week. We knew it was coming, but not so soon because big red VZW just announced it to the world. Don’t get too excited though, it’s not a Droid replacement as Android 1.6 is powering it instead of 2.0.
That doesn’t mean it’s not another fine phone to add to Verizon’s stable. Oh no, the 3.1-inch capacitive screen, 8GB microSD card, full QWERTY keyboard, and the social networking-centric Motoblur all combine to make a great device. It also comes rocking a 3 MP camera, 802.11 b/g WiFi, GPS, and a 3.5mm headset jack.
Verizon did however leave out two key details: price and exact release date within the month of March. Chances are that it will be available at a lower price point than the flagship Droid.
BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Verizon Wireless and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the availability of Motorola DEVOUR™ in March. Motorola DEVOUR will be the first Verizon Wireless phone to feature MOTOBLUR™, Motorola’s unique Android™-powered content delivery service created to make wireless phones more personal and customizable.
MOTOBLUR is the first solution to sync contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmail™, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as Facebook®, MySpace and Twitter. With MOTOBLUR, content is automatically delivered to the home screen and fed into easy-to-manage streams.
Key features:
- Touch-sensitive navigation pad
- 3.1” capacitive touch screen
- Pre-loaded applications such as Gmail, Google Talk™, YouTube™, Google Search™ and Google Maps™ with Google Maps Navigation.
- Android Market™ gives users access to more than 20,000 applications.
- Happenings Widget – MOTOBLUR automatically pushes status updates, wall posts and photo updates from popular social networking sites to the Happenings Widget on the home screen. Customers can flick through the latest updates and fire back responses using the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.
- Universal Inbox – MOTOBLUR gathers texts, social network messages and e-mails into one home screen widget for quick response.
- Back-Up and Security – Contacts, log-in information, home screen customizations, e-mail and social network messages are backed up automatically on the secure MOTOBLUR portal. The portal also allows customers to use the phone’s fully integrated aGPS to help locate the phone if misplaced. Remote wipe easily clears information from a lost device.
- 8 GB microSD™ card pre-installed
- Bluetooth® profiles supported: A2DP, HID, HSP, HFP, AVRCP and GAP
Service plans:
- To get the most from Motorola DEVOUR, customers will need to subscribe to a Nationwide Talk or Nationwide Talk & Text plan and a Data Package for smartphones. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access, and Nationwide Talk & Text plans begin at $59.99 monthly access. A Data Package for smartphones is $29.99 for unlimited monthly access.
Another slider? When…oh when will it end!?
When people stop buying them.
It really depends on your preferences. To some, a slider phone is lucrative to use, because the keyboard is pretty handy to use, for others. it looks ‘turd’ because they don’t like that dangling keyboard on top of their sleek looking phone.
As for the devour, The strange thing about this model is why should the specs be fluctuated down
by moto developers? (3mp cam only, keyboard from RAZR to a normal keyboard, etc) Some Details:
This was on my radar as a possible purchase until I read what OS it’s running. Terrible.
Not that impressed, I guess good for those who need a Droid “lite”. I would like a Droid without the slide out keyboard, then it would be lighter and thinner, now that would be great, of course the upgrade to 2.1 would be nice too.
I find it odd that Moto would switch up both the order and the icons for the four touch sensitive buttons. Droid from left to right is back, menu, home, and search. The icons for menu and search (if that’s what the left most icon is) have been changed and their order flipped.
I meant that the icons for menu and search have been changed and the order of search and back have been flipped.
See how confusing it is.
This is fantastic news!! now, for the 250,000 of us who bought a droid in week 1 and the many others who have bought one since, 2.1 for the droid will be released when?……
I’m confused by that keyboard. No sign of a SHIFT key, and the spacebar is between the V and B keys. Love Android phones and I like a physical keyboard, but I’m not impressed by this one.
Going with a dedicated row for numbers does seem like a very odd decision.
I can’t help but shake my head and ask myself “who the h*#& is actually going to spend money on this thing?” every time a see a picture of it.
IMHO, probably the ugliest smart phone I’ve seen in a looong time.
anyone working for VZW know the exact date when this device will be available? how about the date for the nexus as well?
Ain’t that something else…lol