Motorola Devour Appears on Camera
The Motorola Devour from Verizon almost seems like the Droid’s little brother, but the more I see of the phone, the more I like about it. It has a metal case with a sliding QWERTY keyboard that looks much easier to use than that of the Droid. It also has a unique side-mounting battery, showing Motorola’s attention to detail on the Devour. The folks at Mobile Burn got their hands on a Devour and have published an very in-depth video of the Devour. They give one of the best overviews of the MotoBlur screen that integrates all of the social networks onto a single screen. I am also impressed how peppy the Devour appears to be in the video.
Motorola is putting Android 1.6 on the Devour, which is a shame since version 2.1 is already available on some phones. That means any features introduced with Android 2.x will not be present on the Devour. It’s getting to be a real chore to keep up with all of the versions of Android now on the market, and which phone has which version. That aside, the Devour looks to be a solid effort by Motorola. It should be available from Verizon soon. I suspect my wife would really like the Devour, given its social network bent.
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While I am reading many many negative comments about this handset, I happen to like it from very first leak shot I saw it. I like the front face of it much more than the back-top side but its not bad at all.
I think the reason many others are not finding this cell attractive is because its specs and specially the screen size compare to its over all dimension but again this set carries some good design so either you can have this or you can have that.
I am looking forward to have this phone.
Not sure way some minor negatives about this phone are getting so much press either. All phones have a learning curve of some kind.
I really like the keyboard on the Devour. Its much better for those of us with fat fingers.
Motoblur is a great way to sync all the accounts we all have these days too.
Looks like the Delorean of Cell Phones.
I found a good review of the Devour here:
http://cellphoneforums.net/cell-phone-reviews/t309130-motorola-devour-review.html