The release date for the DROID Bionic smartphone 
, made by Motorola, hasn't been announced, but it's expected in the next few weeks. Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha reportedly said in an earnings call last month that it will likely make the scene in September.
Those awaiting this marriage of Motorola DROID design and Verizon Wireless LTE 4G speed got an appetizer of sorts when the latest of the device's ever-changing specs briefly appeared on Motorola's web site.
Lots of Storage
PC magazine, which caught the cached version of the page, published some impressive details, including a Texas Instruments one-gigahertz OMAP4430 dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM, a 4.3-inch 960x540 touchscreen, and Android 2.3.4. The rear-facing camera is eight megapixels with HDMI 1.4 output.
You like storage ? The Bionic has 32GB, with a microSDHC card slot for even more.
Motorola's page also featured photos of a device that isn't the Bionic, suggesting the posting was a placeholder.
The Bionic was first unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and its launch was supposed to happen earlier this year when Verizon launched its first LTE smartphone, HTC's Thunderbolt. But Verizon said Motorola held back the Bionic to tweak its specs based on feedback from early testing.
Verizon already has a 4G DROID device on the market, Samsung's DROID Charge with a 4.3-inch display, which went on sale at the end of April for $299.
There are now a range of DROID-branded devices made by HTC, Motorola and Samsung since the November 2009 release of the first Motorola DROID, the flagship of Verizon's agreement with Google to develop devices based on its then-new operating system. With their large touchscreen interface and array of apps from Google's Android Market, they are seen as a challenger to Apple's iPhone.
Limited Reach
"DROID-branded devices are certainly among the most popular in the U.S., but given that they are limited to one carrier in one country, they do get overshadowed by international vendor brands like Samsung's Galaxy," said Alex Spektor, a wireless expert for Strategy Analytics.
The latest DROID is the DROID 3, which has a dual-core one-gigahertz processor and a slide-out keyboard . Motorola says the slim five-row keyboard -- including a row of numerical keys -- makes it the thinnest QWERTY smartphone ever.
The Android 2.3-powered device also has a generous four-inch qHD display, an eight-megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and 1080p HD video, and a front-facing webcam with video capture and output via a HDMI connector cable. It sells for $199 with a two-year voice and data contract.
Unlike the Bionic and Samsung's DROID Charge, though, the DROID 3 is made for standard 3D data speeds, rather than Verizon's high-speed Long Term Evolution network .
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