Droid Phones,Droid Countdown

Droid Phones,Droid Countdown:After weeks of sweaty palms and a whole of lot of buzz, Verizon Wireless today officially took the wraps off the Droid, a smartphone built by Motorola and powered by Google’s Android 2.0 operating system. In a call with reporters, John Stratton, Verizon’s chief marketing officer, said the price of the Droid will come in at $199, with a two-year contract and a mail-in rebate. The Droid phones will hit shelves on Novemeber 6.

As we reported yesterday, speculation is rife that Verizon is planning on rolling out three Droid phones by the end of the year. One of the Droids would reportedly be manufactured by HTC, while the second, code-named Calgary, would pair the Android operating system with BLUR capability. In the press conference, Stratton appeared to confirm those rumors. “The partnership between Verizon and Google will be a multiyear partnership … under the Droid franchise,” he said, according to PC Magazine.

Verizon is positioning the first Droid as an iPhone killer – a handset that could surpass Apple’s best-selling smartphone. In recent weeks, the company has saturated airwaves with a commercial that targets iPhone’s flaws. “iDon’t have a real keyboard. iDon’t run simultaneous apps. iDon’t take night shots. iDon’t allow open development,” reads anti-Apple copy posted on the Droid website. “iDon’t customize. iDon’t run widgets. iDon’t have interchangeable batteries. Everything iDon’t, Droid does. more info

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