Verizon Droid

HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless) has garnered many beguiling features like digicam, internet browser, internal antenna, polyphonic ringer, track ball to use as a phone navigation button, and above all a gizmo with a candy bar design.

Its price is tagged at USD 99.00 that means, as a gesture of goodwill of the manufacturer the kind of cell phone is offered, is entirely budget friendly and never discriminates with less privileged class.

HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless) is offering the dimensional specs like width 2.2in, depth 0.5in, and height 4.4in, whilst its weight is 4.2oz. Its service provider is Verizon Wireless.

HTC’s this latest series is the second lineup in Droid series. HTC Droid Eris is employing the Verizon Wireless Google Android 1.5 platform that has ensued after Motorola Droid. Basically the past series is quite showy and attaching classy features relatively to this latest series, yet the latest string is offering an austere approach and giving a natural look.

HTC Droid Eris can be considered a low profile branded version comparatively to HTC Hero, as the touchphone framework of this latest series is entirely worthy to use and attractive to carry along everywhere.

HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless) is offering Call timer, Conference call capability, Voice recorder, Caller identification and Speakerphone functionality either. This series is additionally lending multifaceted messaging and data management recourses like, Mobile Email, and HTML Browser either.

HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless) is additionally lending other services like Android Market, and having EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized). This cell phone is offering the multimedia features such as different Playback Digital Video recourses like H264, MPEG-4, H263 video and AMR audio, WMV (Windows Media Video).

This cell phone’s screen is a smart touchscreen, having the resolution of 320 by 480 pixels, giving an intuitive and fine Visio, offering remarkably transparent and clear colors of snaps.

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Venture Beat compares between the two Droid phones. Here are some parts of their review:

With so much hype going to the Motorola Droid, it’s almost easy to overlook the second Droid phone, HTC’s Droid Eris, which also launched this week. It’s like a younger sibling standing in the shadow, but with the price tag of only $99.99 (after $100 mail-in rebate), it’s bound to catch the attention of many price-conscious buyers. Using Android 1.5, the Droid Eris might not have the same oomph as its older sibling (Motorola operates on Android 2.0). However, it’s still packed with many solid Android features.

HTC headlines the Eris’ customizable features and touts it as the “perfect weekend, travel or pure play phone.” Since I was taking a weekend roadtrip, I decided to put my phone to the test. What I found is that Eris does offer a lot of customizable fun. For example, the seven screens that you can easily scroll through are easily modified to your liking. I was able to organize my social networks, favorite people, and favorite apps all in groupings on different screens.
Listening to and organizing music on Eris is also easy. I browsed music through the Amazon mp3 app and since I already had an Amazon account, purchasing was just a one step process. Once on your phone you can take a song and crop it however you like and make it your main (or specific contact) ringtone.
Another thing I might mention, for those who like to mix business with pleasure, Eris comes preinstalled with Quickoffice, a PDF viewer, the ability to sync with POP3 email accounts, and it will let you keep current with corporate mail and such with Microsoft Exchange Active Sync.
Despite the Droid Eris’ many playful features and business tools, there are a few minor idiosyncrasies that might have me returning my purchase and shelling out the extra money for the sexy sibling (who I’m supposed to be ignoring right now).
The first obvious frustration for me is the lack of a physical keyboard. My previous phone, the LG enV Touch, spoiled me with its keyboard, making texting something I could almost do with my eyes closed. The Droid Eris offers a touch screen with a virtual keyboard. Though I’ve never been accused of having pudgy fingers, the sensitive and cramped keys make me feel like my fingers have been retaining water.
It could also be said that dialing on the Eris is a little too easy. Just ask my boyfriend who received four accidental phone calls in a row while he was in a meeting! Since it only requires one touch to set a phone call into motion, a steady hand and small fingers would be needed to select and dial the correct person on the first try.
Another disappointment is the lack of Google Maps Navigation, which only runs on Android 2.0. True, I was able to find a cheap GPS app for my Droid Eris, but it is primitive in comparison to Google’s app. In order to install an app almost comparable to Google’s, I would have been required to spend between $30 and $85, and doing that would have rendered my original frugality pointless.
In the end, because of the simultaneous launch date, it is impossible not to compare the two phones. During the purchase process of my phone the salesperson indicated that the Eris would be upgradeable to 2.0, but he couldn’t say when. If this proves to be the case, then perhaps at some future date the upgrade might close the gap of difference between the phones. Until then, those who expect the Eris to be a Mini-me of the Motorola Droid are going to be disappointed. However, those who keep in mind that these phones are brothers from another mother or sisters from a different mister, will understand that they’ve inherited different traits.

Matthew Miller from ZDNet calls the HTC Droid Eris the best $100 smartohone. Here’s why:

…because the form factor is so compelling. It is wrapped in black soft touch material, it is narrow so it feels like a phone, it is thin, it is dense, and it has curves that make a supermodel envious…HTC was able to pack in their awesome Sense UI into the ERIS at this low $100 price point

Compared to the Motorola DROID, we see this device with a sleeker form factor, better performing camera, and the Sense UI (with all the great HTC widgets and customizations) while the DROID has the a slightly faster processor, larger higher resolution display, hardware QWERTY keyboard, and vanilla Googla Android experience with support for the new Google Maps Navigation beta. The Motorola DROID runs Android 2.0 while the HTC DROID ERIS runs Android 1.5. Which Google Android device do you find more compelling on Verizon?

It comes as little surprise given we’ve already seen it unboxed and know the pricing, but Verizon Wireless have officially announced that, as of tomorrow, they’ll be offering the DROID Eris by HTC. Basically another version of the HTC Hero, the HTC DROID Eris packs a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, EVDO Rev.A and the HTC Sense UI.

There’s also a microSD slot – Verizon are popping in an 8GB card as standard – and both GPS and a digital compass. The browser gets Flash Lite for in-page video streaming and there’s all the usual Gmail, Google Maps and other standard Android applications. No Google Maps Navigation, however, as the DROID Eris – unlike the Motorola DROID – doesn’t come with Android 2.0.

As we’ve already heard, it’s the pricing that makes the HTC DROID Eris something of a bargain. Verizon have priced at it at $99.99 (after a $100 mail-in rebate) and presuming a new, two-year agreement.

[source: Slash Gear]