Droid X sells out as Motorola defends lock-down chip

“The Motorola Droid X sold out in its first day, and won’t be
available at Verizon Wireless until July 23, says eWEEK. Meanwhile,
Motorola responded to complaints over the Droid X’s eFuse ROM
lock-down chip, reassuring potential buyers that it won’t destroy
the phone if ROM modifications are made.

“As we reported yesterday, the much anticipated Motorola Droid X
(pictured at right) went on sale yesterday, with Verizon’s
assurances that the phone would not suffer from the same sort of
shortages that are plaguing other high-end Android phones these
days. Yet on the very first day, yesterday, the Droid X sold out in
most locations, and now the carrier is saying new phones won’t
arrive until July 23, says a story in our sister publication,
eWEEK.

“Verizon and Motorola should have expected high demand for the
Droid X, considering the popularity of the previous Motorola Droid
phone (pictured at left), as well as a number of glowing reviews of
the new device. Perhaps they did not, however, fathom the effects
caused by display shortages limiting the availability of other
high-end phones like the HTC Evo 4G, or the impact of the iPhone’s
antenna woes. Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible, for example, is out
of stock until Aug. 9, says eWEEK.”

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