Verizon Wireless has been teasing customers with the Droid all through the week, as part of the build-up to the smartphone’s Oct. 28 unveiling.  Leave it to Motorola to ruin all the fun.

Earlier today, the Motorola website put up their dedicated section for the Droid, listing the handset’s full details and specifications.  While it’s prudent to prepare a mini-site a week before a device’s release, you’re also supposed to keep it behind the firewall – a precaution the company didn’t take.  As a result, we now have the full dirt on the heavily-hyped Android smartphone.
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Motorola has seen some bad days in the mobile world lately.  To supplement their losses in the various niches, they’ve been doing pretty decent business in the PTT field (see the Motorola Debut we reviewed previously).  The Motorola Barrage is another one of those phones, combining push-to-talk with a rugged design and a number of other features.

Rarely have we seen Motorola offer a PTT phone outside Nextel’s network, so seeing one out of Verizon Wireless is a refreshing change.  More importantly, though, the Barrage comes with a durable yet attractive design that should let it stand the barrage of elements without looking an eyesore. Read the rest of this entry »