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It’s rather astounding to believe we’ve come this far without Verizon or Motorola so much as recognizing the Droid 2’s existence, but with leaks like this on a weekly basis who needs traditional marketing? Astute reader Greg from North Carolina tells us his local Best Buy has those leaked dummy units out on shelves, and lo and behold, there’s a set of price tags right next to them. As originally rumored, the phone will launch at $199 with carrier subsidy and $599 should you choose to cart it home without a plan in tow. Still no solid confirmation of that August 12 release date, but at this rate we expect the handset may sell out before Verizon’s PR team breathes a word. Spot the full image after the break.

Update: On a related note, the original Droid is now “out of stock” on Verizon’s website.

Update 2: Oh what the hell, dropped in an official “coming soon” Droid 2 advertising supplement making its way into newspapers.

[Thanks, Greg and Jeremy C.]

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Remember the HTC Glacier spotted in a database a few months ago? Neither did we, but it’s back and eating most every other smartphone’s pixel-pushing lunch. Here it is at number four on the GLBenchmark Pro 1.1 charts, where only one variant of Samsung’s Galaxy S and a pair of Tegra 2 tablets managed to keep it from claiming the top spot. AlienBabelTech, who found the entry, believes this is evidence the device has one of the new Snapdragon dual-cores, and though we won’t speculate that far, a series of coincidences point to a T-Mobile launch (and a bout of logic has us worrying about battery life) if or when it hits our shores.

HTC Glacier leaks out in GLBenchmark database, boasts really high scores originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Once upon a time, Dell’s Zino HD promised desktop parts in a tiny box and didn’t quite deliver the goods, but it was still cute and powerful enough a mini-desktop to earn a spot on our holiday gift guide. This time round, it looks like Dell might actually fulfill that original pledge, as support documents leaked at the company’s website show the box sporting an AMD RS880M chipset capable of socketing Phenom II quad-core processors. While it only comes with onboard Radeon HD 4250 graphics by default, a Mobility Radeon 5450 GPU is listed as a potential option at launch, and the box can now hold up to 8GB of 1066MHz DDR3 memory alongside 802.11n WiFi and Blu-ray drive options. On the front and back of the small box, you’ll find practically exactly the same ports, but there is a new optical S/PDIF socket capable of piping 7.1 surround sound. While there’s no guarantee all these options are slated for a stateside launch, we imagine Dell will either deliver or keep a tighter lid on these sorts of docs.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Dell Zino HD 410 quietly leaks out with AMD quad-core potential originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’d heard Panasonic was planning a more affordable stereoscopic 3D camcorder, but it looks like we won’t have to wait until a mysterious July 28th Tokyo unveiling to find out for sure — it’s called the HDC-SDT750, and Panny’s advertising it as the “World’s first 3D Shooting Camcorder.” Leaks at all the seams of the company’s website afforded us the above picture, and the surprising revelation that the product may not be a brand-new camcorder, but rather an existing high-end 3MOS model (we’d guess the HDC-HS700) with a “3D conversion lens” attached. If the yet-to-be-activated product page’s source code can be believed, the SDT750 will shoot in 1080p AVCHD at 60fps, feature Panny’s proprietary Hybrid O.I.S. image stabilization technology, and come in a lovely shade of Henry Ford black. That’s all we have for now (save a second tiny picture after the break) but rest assured we’ll be keeping tabs on this one.

Update: Looks as if even more images and purported specifications have leaked out ahead of the official reveal.

[Thanks, John]

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Astute reader Dominic was just minding his business, hunting for hints in the Droid Does website source code, when what should he allegedly discover but an entire Droid 2 spread inside a Shockwave Flash file. To our knowledge these may be the first official images of the Motorola A955, though of course we’ve already seen it a number of times before. We just need Verizon to leak an official announcement with price and release date now — we’re hearing August 23rd — and perhaps a nice Hollywood trailer to round things out. See a larger version of Dominic’s discovery right after the break.

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First official Droid 2 pictures spotted in teaser site code? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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