Looking for a Droid 3? With all Internet rumors pointing to June as the release month for Motorola's new device, you might not have to wait very long to get your hands on the Droid 2's big successor. But if even a few weeks are too much to bear, worry not: Three allegedly leaked videos have surfaced that show the Droid 3 in action.
Unfortunately, they don't hint at the real meat and potatoes of what's inside the phone itself: Speculation has run rampant that the Droid 3's CPU is going to get the bump into dual-core land via a TI OMAP or Tegra 2 chipset, but the leaked videos do nothing to confirm or deny that fact.
What they do show, however, is the Droid 2's 8-megapixel camera. That's a bit of a bump up from the 5-megapixel, rear-facing camera found on its Droid 2 predecessor, and it'll allow interested enthusiasts to record 1080P video. There doesn't appear to be a physical button on the phone itself for snapping pics or video—presumably, this is all handled by the Droid 3's Android OS.
To that, we should note that the video make it explicitly clear that OS and interface elements shown on the Droid 3 are subject to change. That leaves us all in the dark as to what version of the Android OS the Droid 3 might sport, though rumors indicate that the smartphone might ship with Android 2.2. It's a move that almost seems silly given the open availability of Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and the fact that competing phones ship with this latest Android version. But the practice is grounded in Motorola's reality: The company did just recently launch the Droid X2 with Android 2.2, after all.
A micro-USB port and a mini-HDMI port sit on the phone's left side. And we won't ignore the elephant in the room any longer: Yes, the Droid 3 packs a slide-out keyboard just like its predecessor. The physical configuration of the buttons is a bit different, however. The Droid 3 packs five full rows of keys on its keyboard–number keys receive their own dedicated buttons this time around.
And there you have it. That's all we can glean from the leaked videos–buttons, ports, cameras, but neither a verified interface for the Android OS nor any mention of the phone's underlying power. And we haven't even touched on the rumors that the Droid 3 might ship without support for Verizon's 4G LTE network. These answers, unfortunately, will just have to wait.
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