(Russel A. Daniels / AP) The new Motorola Droid smartphone goes on sale Nov. 6 from Verizon Wireless, and is the wireless carrier's first phone that uses the Google-dominated Android operating system.
Motorola Droid is a Serious Smartphone
NOVEMBER 06, 2009Rachel Metz, Associated Press
The Droid runs on Verizon Wireless' network, and I was pretty impressed with its speed as I surfed the Web, looked up directions or checked e-mail. It also got a generally solid reception for making calls, and while my friends' voices didn't sound as clear as they could, I didn't have problems with dropped calls.Motorola has been struggling to come up with a phone that comes close to matching the popularity of 2005's Razr, and the Droid is the latest indication that Motorola is really trying to figure out what consumers want.Read the full product review by Rachel Metz: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33627680