The Motorola Devour – previously known as the Calgary – is reportedly coming to Verizon in the next few months. This Android-based Smartphone will have a shape somewhat similar to the Droid, but without many of the high-end features.

According to the latest unconfirmed information, the Devour will debut with Android OS 2.1, an upcoming version of Google’s mobile operating system.

On top of this will supposedly be Blur, Motorola’s software that gives easy access to consumer and business e-mail accounts, as well as social-networking services like Facebook and Twitter.

On this device’s front, next to the touchscreen, will be three touch-sensitive buttons and an optical trackpad, rather than a trackball or D-pad.

Features

• Qualcomm MSM7627 processor
• Two ARM cores worked into a single chip. One core is a 600 MHz application CPU, and the other is a 400 MHz dedicated modem processor.
• 3.1″ capacitive touchscreen
• 512 MB of flash ROM
• 256 MB of RAM
• 3 MP camera
• Android 1.6.
• QWERTY keyboard.
• and many more

Exactly when Verizon is going to release the Motorola Devour is unknown, though it’s expected to happen in the next few months.

Aside from the expectation that it will almost certainly cost less than the Motorola Droid, but it will likely sell for $99 with a contract (Pixi pricing).

Hardware Aspect:

The Droid also trumps the iPhone with its 16GB removable memory, which can be upgraded to 32GB. iPhone users are subjected to minor torture with the knowledge that their device has as much capacity on the day they take it out of the box as it ever will. However, the cloud is easing that pain, with certain services allowing storage for pictures, messages and even music.

The Droid’s battery gives users an extra 1.4 hours of talk time over the iPhone’s 5 hours. However, battery life on a smartphone can vary by the user’s sophistication. Smartphone users of all brands realize that shutting off Wi-Fi or 3G, as well as adjusting screen brightness, can dramatically improve battery life. Nevertheless, most iPhone users would give their left arm for an extra 1.4 hours of juice.

User-Interface Aspect:

Both the Droid and the iPhone are offering big multi-touch screens. Motorola says the Droid’s 3.7-inch diagonal display, with 480×854 pixels, or over 400,000 total pixels, boasts “twice that of the leading competitor.” The iPhone 3GS offers 640X480 on a 3.5-inch diagonal screen.

But there are probability of the majority of iPhone users are going to walk away from the Droid feeling frustrated. However, those who just came off a mid-range smartphone will be delighted. The Droid really does have a fairly intuitive UI. It employs certain swipe gestures and easily accessible pre-loaded Google services, including the Android Marketplace, that make it a really great and competitive addition to the smartphone market.

Operating System Aspect:

The iPhone operating system the highest scores for reliability and ease of use. The Android operating system, on the other hand, is still a relative unknown even though devices that employ it have been on the market for more than a year.

But the just-released 2.0 version of Android offers an array of key improvements: multi-touch; synchronization with multiple e-mail systems; and a new framework that lets software developers more easily exploit the core synchronization engine for their own apps.

Applications Availability:

Apple’s App Store now boasts more than 100,000 native iPhone applications, while the Android Market offers just over 10,000 for the growing line of Android phones.

But the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story. The issue is whether Android users can find the apps they need on the Market to add value to their phone.

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Now you tell me, which one would you like to buy??