The Motorola DROID 3 has been the subject of much rumor and speculation in recent months. As the expected successor to the Motorola DROID’s legacy, the DROID 3 is aimed to sell its fair share of units come its release date.
When the original DROID was released, it was seen as Verizon’s only convincing answer to (at the time) AT&T’s exclusivity deal with the iPhone line. It was fast, responsive, sported a slider QWERTY keypad and ran on Android 2.0. Since then the DROID has been upgraded to run on Android 2.1 and finally 2.2.
It’s currently unknown what version of Android the DROID 3 will be running, but it’s sure to be either 2.3 Gingerbread or the freshly announced 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. Our money is on 2.3, with a 2.4 software update being made priority by Motorola and following soon after.
As far as what we can tell from the video it seems that Motorola have improved the QWERTY keyboard, going for a 5-row approach rather than 4 this time – adding in a dedicated row for numbers. If this doesn’t cause the keypad to become too crowded we’re definitely in favor of this move, as holding FN down every time you want to type in a long number can be irritating. There’s also an 8MP camera with full 1080p HD video capture.
Not too much else is known about the DROID 3 for now, but we’ll certainly be keeping our eye out for more news as the release date approaches.
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