Motorola Devour Android 1.6 hits February 25th

So BGR has come through again with a little scoop. The Motorola Devour will be hitting the indirect distributors on February 25th. All channels are to follow on March 15th with the full launch of the new handset.

Beyond that, a pricing point has not been made but BGR seems to think that $99 bucks would be a good starting point. Judging from past experience with Verizon, I would hedge a bet that the price point will be $149.99 or higher for this device. Around that time, the price of the Droid should drop to make this the lead Android device, until the Nexus One drops in on big Red – which is expected to be sometime at the end of March. Also, I would imagine an update to 2.1 very, very soon.

Here is a breakdown of the specs on this new Android handset:

• 3.1” Touchscreen with Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard
• Bluetooth v2.0+EDR v2.0+EDR. Bluetooth Profiles supported: Headset, Handsfree, Stereo, Phonebook Access, and Audio/Visual Remote Control
• 3.0 Megapixel camera, Video Capture w/1-touch playback and easy uploading to YouTube, Dedicated Camera /Video Key
• V CAST Music with Rhapsody®
• Android 1.6 (Donut) OS with MOTOBLUR
• Integrated Google, Exchange, Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter
• Push Email Support: Gmail & Exchange. IMAP and POP, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL Mail also supported
• Google Calendar & Corporate Calendar  (supports Exchange 2003 and 2007protocol)
• 8GB microSD card pre-installed on-device. Up to 16GB microSD optional removable memory
• WiFi Capable (802.11 b/g)
• Bilingual Interface: English/Espanol
• aGPS capable for E911 emergency location/sGPS
• Speakerphone
• Advanced Speech Recognition
• Polyphonic and MP3 Ringtones. Embedded ring tones, vibrating alerts and silent
• Phonebook Contact capacity dependent upon optional removable memory
• TTY compatible
• Device Insurance Available : Advanced Device – Early Termination Fee of up to $350 applies
• Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4 T4
• Text, Picture & Video Messaging with threaded messaging feature
• Full Suite of Google Apps incl.: Google Maps with Street View, transit and Wikipedia information; GTalk with Presence; Gmail; YouTube™, Latitude, Google Calendar
• 1000’s of apps & 100’s of widgets avail. on Android Market
• HTML Web Browsing
• Photosharing: Facebook, Picasa, Photobucket and MySpace
• Visual Voice Mail Capable
• VZ Navigator capable
• Motorola Over the Air Software Updates
• All-Digital, 800/1900, CDMA EVDO rev A
• 3.1” HVGA, 320 x 480, 65K colors
• Memory (Flash/RAM): 512MB/256MB
• 3.5mm Headset Jack
• Dimensions: 2.4(w) x 4.55(h) x .61(d) inches
• Weight: 6.35oz
• Qualcomm MSM7627 processor with dedicated HW Acceleration
• SAR: Head: 0.45W/kg;Body: 0.72W/kg
• Usage Time -Up to approx. 340 min OR
• ƒStandby Time -Up to approx. 440 hours

[via BGR]

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