Motorola DROID for Verizon arrives on Nov 6

Verizon Wireless and Motorola has unveiled DROID by Motorola, the first smartphone powered by Android 2.0. DROID by Motorola will be available in the United States exclusively at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online on Friday, Nov. 6, for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Motorola DROID features a 3.7-inch capacitive touch screen with a whopping 854 x 480 pixel resolution, 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash; video capture at 720 x 480 resultion, 24 frames per second, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, full HTML5 browser that supports Flash and will be upgradeable to Flash 10 once it becomes available, a beta of Google’s new Navigation application, 16 GB of internal storage, upgradeable via microSD, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and 1400 mAh battery. Size wise, the Droid measures 60mmx115.8mmx13.7mm and has a weight of 169 grams.