Motorola DROID 4 at Verizon Wireless (pix)

[JFB]

*Press Release*

DROID 4 BY MOTOROLA READY TO WORK AND PLAY ON THE Verizon Wireless 4G LTE NETWORK

Power, Speed and Reliability Get the Job Done BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – The award winning DROID 4 by Motorola will be available to handle even the most demanding lifestyles starting Feb. 10 in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online at Cell Phones - Smartphones: Cell Phone Service, Accessories - Verizon Wireless. Introduced at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the DROID 4 is the thinnest and most powerful 4G QWERTY smartphone measuring at less than half an inch thin. DROID 4 not only features a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, but also a five-row QWERTY keyboard with a PC-like layout and edge-lit keys for fast, precise typing, even in the dark. Powered by America’s fastest, most reliable 4G network, DROID 4 customers will have access to 4G LTE coverage in 195 markets covering more than 200 million people. Additional features • Verizon Wireless 4G LTE – Customers can expect fast download speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE Mobile Broadband coverage areas • Android™ 2.3.5 Gingerbread, to be upgraded to Android™ 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich • 4.0-inch qHD display with scratch and scrape resistant glass • Government-grade encryption (FIPS 140-2) for email, calendar and contacts; preloaded with Citrix® Receiver™ for Android (available in webtop) for desktop virtualization and access • 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video capture • Front-facing camera for video chat • 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot supporting up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices Business Ready DROID 4 is designed to help customers get more done. Business professionals can impress their audience by presenting to a conference room full of potential customers in a snap by plugging the DROID 4 into an HDTV and presenting directly from the phone. Professionals can also combine the DROID 4 with the Lapdock 500 and its 14-inch display to create a full-featured mobile office. They can download documents, make edits using Lapdock’s full keyboard and email the updated documents to colleagues or customers. The Lapdock even features a built-in webcam so customers can attend virtual meetings and manage their business face-to-face. The Smart Actions app on the DROID 4 helps automate everyday tasks and optimizes battery efficiency by letting customers create rules, such as automatically setting the phone to vibrate during work hours or dimming the display at a specific battery level. Business professionals can leave their laptops behind and use the MotoCast™ app to remotely stream documents, videos, music and pictures from their work or home computers to their handset. The remote access of MotoCast eliminates the need to store documents on the handset as everything is stored on their office laptop. Pricing and availability • DROID 4 by Motorola will be available on Feb. 10 in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online at Cell Phones - Smartphones: Cell Phone Service, Accessories - Verizon Wireless for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. • The Lapdock 500 is available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online for $299.97. • Customers that purchase a DROID 4 will need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan beginning at $39.99 monthly access and a smartphone data package starting at $30 monthly access for 2 GB of data.

[JFB]

Attached is a fact sheet on the phone from the press release.

[RadioRaiders]

Nice. I wish they would release this overseas, I'm due for an upgrade of my original Droid (Milestone).

I also read that altho not listed in the spec sheet, this phone also has a GSM (and UMTS?) radio so it can be used overseas:

Motorola DROID 4 and LG Spectrum to roam overseas later this year, according to Verizon

Kind of unclear from that BGR article actually, but the Droid 2 Global, and Droid 3 had GSM/UMTS radios in them, so I would guess the Droid 4 will as well.

[RadioRaiders]

Looking at the spec sheet, it's interesting to see this phone has GLONASS support:
DROID 4 by MOTOROLA - Android 4G Smartphone - SPECS - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA

GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES: aGPS (assisted), eCompass, sGPS (simultaneous), GLONASS

GLONASS is the Russian version of GPS. To have both GPS and GLONASS on your phone would help positioning start-up time and accuracy. Interesting. Never saw a phone with GLONASS before.

GLONASS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[RadioRaiders]

...and just in case you want to see the phones insides...

Droid 4 Teardown: Business in the Front, a Gluey Mess in the Back | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

[jakson0100]

Every time I see Motoblur I want to kick something.