Hot new phone alert: Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless goes on sale next week on Nov. 6. But wait no further to get a closer look. Verizon and Motorola folks stopped by my office this morning to show it off. And they’ve left one for me to play with for one week. So, to appease the 71 readers who want me to bring back gadget coverage (you, too, can sign up HERE ), I’ve got photos, a video and a short review below. I am personally excited about this phone because I have come to heavily re

So Verizon’s Droid is official, and officially arriving a week from Friday . I’m smart enough to know it’s pointless to call any phone an iPhone killer, or even a potential iPhone killer–and that competing with the iPhone is much more about software and overall integration than it is about hardware specs. (If you could kill the iPhone through trumping its specs, it would already be a goner.) But the Droid does pack better specs than the iPhone 3GS in many areas–including its screen, which ha

Google on Wednesday revealed a free online navigation service that will be a part of its forthcoming Android 2.0 mobile operating system. It could also come to the iPhone , the company said, if given the green light by Apple. A beta of Google Maps Navigation will arrive next week when the Motorola Droid smartphone debuts on Verizon 's network. The service will be added to all other Android devices, as well, when they are formally updated to version 2.0. Verizon Droid: 5 Standout Fe

Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless on Wednesday unveiled the Droid smart phone , which the companies plan to aggressively push as a challenger to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The Droid, which will go on sale for $199 starting Nov. 6, is the first device using Google Inc .'s Android software to run on Verizon Wireless' network. The major push from the biggest U.S. wireless carrier underscores the momentum of Google's Android platform, which has seen a number of phones launch in recent months.

Initial response to the new Motorola Droid smartphone on the Verizon Wireless network have been very good, thanks in large part to the updated Android 2.0 operating system. The new updated version of the open source operating system offers new Android phones a series of enhancements as well as improved performance. The updated software is being credited with enabling many of the cool new features, such as the updated version of the Google Maps service, which allows for voice command turn-by