Bionic News: Droid Bionic Frenzy, Bogus Photo, True Release Date & Specs?

The frenzy around the Droid Bionic is so crazy that bloggers will post any photo that looks like it's a big Motorola smartphone and call it a Droid Bionic.

First off, there has never been a Droid smartphone of any kind without the Verizon logo clearly added to the casing of it.  Yes, the Motorola Milestone 3 has almost the same specs as the Droid 3, but the Droid 3 is exclusive to Verizon and definitely will have Verizon branding.

In order to get traffic, bloggers will run a blurry, smudgy image and call it a Droid Bionic for what?  It doesn't offer any new information.  It doesn't help buyers choose a smartphone.

Let's review what we do know about the Droid Bionic.

Last week, Motorola posted to its Twitter account that the Droid Bionic would have a summer release date.

Update 07/04/11 -A new leaked screenshot that shows an August 4, release date for the Droid Bionic from an anonymous source.

While roaming forums, we found a rumor that the "word on the street" was that it would have a July 28 release date, which we can not substantiate.

Here's what we do know about the Droid Bionic:

• Viral social media buzz is greater for the Samsung Galaxy S II.
• Previous leaked photos showed the Droid Bionic to have an enhanced large 4.5" touchscreen, Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, MotoBlur-style 3D home screen carousel, connections to a laptop dock, possible GSM radio (for world access), a 4.5" touchscreen and a 1750mAh battery.  Entire translation from Chinese is available on our our Facebook page.
• It may have an unlocked bootloader.
  
• Previously announced specs include HDMI-out 1080p connection, a front-facing VGA webcam 8MP camera, 512MB RAM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.
• The latest rumor we saw from unnamed Verizon sources claimed that the Droid Bionic would be released later than July.
• It was announced at CES in January, then in April, that it was delayed for remodeling.

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