There was no surprise that RIM’s BlackBerry Tour was hitting its end of life soon seeing how it’s been replaced by the BlackBerry Bold 9650 (see our review here) which is now out for both Sprint and Verizon. Through an image posted by DroidForums.net we see that the much-loved Motorola Droid and the less favorable Droid Devour are also getting the boot soon. Obviously Verizon is making some room in their lineup for the Droid X and the original Droid’s successor, the Droid 2.

It’s a sad thing to hear. The Motorola Droid is without a doubt, the device that truly put Android into the hands of mainstream consumers. Sure people had G1s and MyTouch 3Gs, but until the Droid hit the scene most people (especially CDMA users) had no idea what Android was. We salute you Motorola Droid. Thank you for raising the bar and putting Android into tons of consumers’ hands.

You can still buy the Motorola Droid of course, in fact you can still get one free with every one you buy on contract. However, this won’t last forever as the production of Droids has likely stopped or is currently grinding to a halt.

[Via DroidForums.net]

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