Leaked docs confirm Droid Eris details: November 6, $99
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New leaked documents suggest all the Droid Eris grumblings we've heard were true: it should launch November 6, and it will supposedly run $99 after rebate. That's pretty cheap considering it matches the specs of the $180 Hero.
What we've heard about the HTC Eris being a slightly reshaped Hero is pretty much right. The spec sheet claims it's packing a 528MHz Qualcomm, a 320x480 screen, and Android 1.5, exactly what you'll get in the Hero. There's also mention of a bundled 8GB MicroSD card. Guess I shouldn't have expected a 16GB card in a sub-$100 phone, but a guy can dream.
Even though it's underspec'd compared with the Droid, I'm actually excited about this phone. I love Sense UI, and I don't feel like I need a full hardware keyboard. Plus, assuming the Droid Eris mimics the Hero's software as well as it does hardware, it should have multitouch, which the Droid doesn't do. The Eris might not be new and exciting like the Droid, but I think it still deserves some love.
Dan and I were talking about how one of Sprint's flagship phones, what was the premiere Android phone before the Droid came along, will be Verizon's el cheapo Android handset come Friday. The Hero more than warrants the $180 Sprint charges, but Verizon sees it as a last-gen device only worthy of last-gen pricing. That, to us, shows the carrier is really planning to push Android hardware to the next level.
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This story originally appeared on Gizmodo.
Named after Eris the Greek Goddess of Discord. She started the Trojan War and did other things. The device is aptly named.
Droid because it is based on the Google Android software.
About the iPhone comment, one of the Eris' was praised and the other was blamed. I'll wager on the latter.
There ain't enough of them around anymore to make a dent.
If there would only have been a Trojan War in the first place...
I`d be surprised if it didn`t have 1.6 from the get go.
They will sell millions , this is a great phone at a great price.
Increased feelings for Droid I have pre-ordered LOL
Sony "Rachael" would make me leave both , maybe ? Announcement 10/3/09 !!! Android...your making it SO difficult !
I think you mean "rumblings." ... "grumblings" would mean complaints.
The fact is that the iPhone can likely not be "killed", it will likely always be the phone that always sets the bar to a new and higher level. Thank you,.....come again please. ;)
To be honest, I wouldn't hold on the same phone more than 2 years :P I switch phones to phones regularly.
Expand the horizontal and vertical! Don't just lock yourself in a box for the rest of your life. It's the reality!!
The ironic thing about this is Apple should have seen this coming the moment Google announced they were making a phone OS. If you go back 25 years, replace "Android" by "DOS" and the different phone hardware by the PC architecture and see why...Google is trying to do with mobile devices what Microsoft did with the modular pc architecture back in the early 80's. They saw what was happening with the emerging clone market and how that was going to really make it hard for the proprietary makers of hardware to sell their machines (since their OS's only ran on those machines and nothing else) ...proprietary control of hardware and software was seen as a competitive advantage but Microsoft saw that the shift to cloned modular hardware produced by different manufacturers (HP, IBM, DEC..) would allow them to spread their OS across the platforms ...amortize costs of hardware across all manufacturers (making them cheaper to produce) and thus enabling regular users the ability to buy ..and that is exactly what happened.
I go into more detail in this blog post:
If Apple doesn't open up fast, they are going to suffer the same dwindling market share issue they did from 84 to about 93.
http://sent2null.blogspot.com/2008/12/apples-long-term-memory-loss.html
What you mean is Apple customers THINK Apple evolves their products while no one else does because that's how apple customers think. Along with thinking apple innovates everything. But I blame this on Apple's deceptive ImAMac commercials along with over hyped Steve Jobs keynotes meetings that brainwash people into thinking everything he does is revolutionary and innovative. And all they need to dois "thnk different". lol. I mean, it's kind of sad that these people are brainwashed, but are unaware that they are. Apple is a clever, clever company. They make the smallest things seem like innovaitons. Their iphone however is their coolest things and most innovative, but not THAT amazing when you consdier GPS's were out before this with touch screen and music players. But if you get away from the iphone, Apple tries to make EVERYTHING sound innovative when it's a load of cow cookies. All in the marketing....
Witness the great Windows 7 launch , the Droid marketing. There is going to be an Android assault that is just amazing.
And this episode will go down in product development history as proof that time to market is everything and late or ineffective product deliveries will sink your company. As if we hadn't learned that three years ago from Apple.
'Eris' is a strange name for a product. The Greek goddess of discord?
This reminds me of an airline I flew in Ecuador named Icarus.
- by johnny--99 November 1, 2009 8:45 AM PST
- What is the point of this phone if the monthly fee is the same as the Droid ($70 and up)? The extra $100 initial cost is only $5/month over the 2 year contract.
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Showing 1 of 2 pages (61 Comments)If Verizon charges a lower monthly fee for this phone, that is another story.