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Verizon’s newest Droid is coming real soon. It’s the Motorola Devour. It is very similar to the Motorola Droid, but this one is running a slightly older Android build (1.6), a weaker camera, and the screen isn’t quite as nice. The main differences are that the Devour is running MotoBlur, a custom version of Android focusing on social media and in my opinion, a much better design and keyboard. Read on for my 1st impressions and a quick unboxing and hardware 1st look video.

So, after using the Devour for a day, I have a few comments. 1st off, I am not really impressed with Android as a whole yet, so I won’t go into too much detail on the OS. As I mentioned before, the version of Android on the Devour is Android 1.6 with MotoBlur. This version is a few releases behind too what is most current out there too. I am not really that impressed with Motoblur either. It seems like it’s mainly just a collection of apps and widgets that mainly create a stream of social content on your Android tiles. I ended up removing most of the widgets preinstalled. Instead, I am using 3rd party programs for this social media content. I am running the Facebook app, Seesmic, and Foursquare thus far. Bottom line, Android + MotoBlur = so-so in my opinion.

Hardware 10/10

This is the part where I say, “OMG I <3 this device”. I do, I really love the hardware. It’s got a really nice industrial looking design that is very solid. It’s heavier than some might want in their pocket, but I like that. The Devour’s casing is made with a really solid feeling metal with a brush metal finish that is accented by some black “no slip” like material. Very solid. The keyboard slider feels quite durable as well. The keyboard’s keys are very responsive and spaced nicely. Ever with my big fingers, I can pound out some texts and email in no time at all. I love the dedicated number row on the keyboard and I mention above that the keys are well spaced. My only complaint about the keyboard is that it seems that it was designed for lefties. The keys that activated the alterative input (SYM and FN) are on the right as opposed to the left side where most keyboards throw them. That’s really hard to get used to for me.

Battery life is so-so, but it did make it through a busy day. I started my 1st day out with a full charge. I made some calls, played with the apps on/off al day, ran about an hour of Pandora, and had twitter updates rolling in almost all day. When I got off work at 5pm, I was down to 20% battery. By 9pm, the battery was at 0%.  Keep in mind that I spent quite a bit of time getting to know this device, as my testing continues, I expect that the battery life wiill get longer each day.

Overall I love the device, but I am not impressed with Android or MotoBlur, but I really like the hardware.