Motorola’s newest Droid, the X2 has been officially announced and will be released by telecom operator, Verizon in the US. The handset will be available through the online store from today, the 19th of May and will hit the stores on the 26th of May.The specifications of the successor to the original Droid X include:
- NVIDIA Tegra 2 AP20H Dual-core 1.2GHz Processor
- 512MB RAM
- Adobe® Flash® Player
- 4.3-inch scratch-resistant and anti-reflective qHD display (540×960)
- 8-megapixel camera with autofocus HD video capture
- Android 2.2, to be updated to Android 2.3
- 8GB storage with microSD slot
- HDMI output
- 3.5mm stereo jack
- Support for Google Mobile Services, including Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Search, and Google Maps, as well as access to more than 200,000 apps available to download from Android Market
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
The X2 will be available on a two-year contract with Verizon at $199.99. According to Pocketnow, the Droid X2 is available at $600 without contract at Walmart. No news as to when it will reach the Indian market, but we’ll keep an eye out for it.