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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