Droid has landed at Verizon and he's a quick view of the news and reviews. Through Twitter reports there have been lines at Verizon stores, today, but nothing that major. There were 100 people in line in New York City for a special midnight store opening for invited customers.
"Lots of white males btw 25-40 in the Verizon Wireless Droid line this morning. A little Star Trek-" noted one Twitter user.
Verizon sent out an email this morning, for future Droidites, suggesting you can beat the lines by by buying online. If you buy a Droid online don't forget to use If you use the Wireless and Mobile News' online purchase coupon-link for Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchase then you don't have to wait for the rebate.
There are two Droid models available today, the Droid by Motorola and the the Droid Eris by HTC.
The Droid by Motorola has already received good reviews and is built for the Android 2.0 operating system that is power-packed with features that made the super-high-pixel Touchscreen explode. Features can be started with the touchscreen or the slide out QWERTY keyboard. The top features of this Droid include turn-by-turn directions and voice search. It is priced at $199 after rebates.
The Droid Eris by HTC is a touchscreen only smartphone that runs Android 1.5 and The has a customizable
a seven-panel wide home screen to fill with different widgets
and shortcuts. We uploaded a video of the Droid Eris, yesterday which gives a good overview of the Droid Eris by HTC.