The Best Buy ad also confirmed that Bionic will run over Verizon's fast 4G LTE network, along with Android smartphones like the HTC ThunderBolt. The This Is My Next site noted that the Droid Bionic would be the first dual core phone to run on Verizon's LTE, making it worth the wait for some users.

Bionic will reportedly run Android 2.3.

The Best Buy ad shows some slight hardware changes compared to what was shown in January, according to . Raphael expects a 4.5-in. display, slightly larger than the 4.3-in. screen shown in January. The new device also has a less rounded design than was shown at the conference, Raphael said.

The mystery surrounding a release date may have helped hype the Bionic, though it's somewhat clear that Motorola and Verizon slowed the release process just as much to make sure that the phone and its distributors are ready to go on day one.

Google boasts that more than 300 phone models built by several manufacturers run the Android OS. That said, the Droid Bionic does seem to have more devoted fans than many of the others even before its release. A small of users has already been created, and a recent a poll of its members found that 73% most like Bionic Droid's CPU and speed.