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Verizon's Motorola Droid - the rumored iPhone Killer - goes on sale across the country today, with thousands of customers ready to get their hands on the new Google Android handset.

Verizon jump started its launch of the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris by opening its doors at midnight at its primary retail store in New York City.

Verizon made a last minute announcement today that its moved up the launch of the Motorola Droid for just one of its stores in New York City.

The HTC Droid Eris will be available alongside the Motorola Droid this Friday, November 6 in Verizon stores and its appears to be ahead of its Droid competitor in three key aspects.

With less than 24 hours away from the release of the Motorola Droid, Verizon introduced the HTC Droid Eris which will also be released tomorrow, November 6 through the Verizon network.

The HTC Droid Eris will be available alongside the Motorola Droid this Friday, November 6 in Verizon stores and its proving to be a solid competitor to the Motorola Droid for several reasons.

Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell more than 6 percent on Monday after an analyst told investors to sell the stock because of mounting competition from other smartphone makers.

Motorola's growing popularity with its upcoming Motorola Droid smartphone with Google's Android operating system may help increase the company's market share, but analysts warn this will largely affect rivals like Research In Motion and Palm.

Motorola announced Monday that its already popular Motorola Droid, which launched in the US last week, will soon hit the European and Latin markets as Motorola Milestone.

Motorola has been generating a lot of buzz with its Motorola Droid which is all set to beat the iPhone. After the entire sneak peak on the pictures and specs, it has finally been given a test run and the reviews are out.

Motorola Inc forecast a higher-than-expected profit for the current quarter, when it will start selling two new Google Android phones in hopes of regaining ground lost to iPhone.

Wall Street was set to rise on Thursday after four days of losses in the S&P 500 as reassuring corporate profits spurred optimism ahead of data expected to show the U.S. economy resumed growing in the third quarter.

Wall Street was set to rise on Thursday after four days of losses in the S&P 500 as reassuring corporate profits spurred optimism ahead of data expected to show the U.S. economy resumed growing in the third quarter.

After weeks 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, by confirming the new phone will hit stores on November 6.

Motorola Inc's new Droid phone will be the first to use navigation software from Google Inc, in a direct challenge to GPS device makers Garmin and TomTom.

Google has publicly dished on its new turn-by-direction service, Google Navigation, which will be available on Android 2.0 mobile devices.

A legal battle between Apple Inc and Nokia over patent infringement is likely to last for more than a year, said Bill Merritt, the head of mobile licensing firm InterDigital.

Investor Carl Icahn said late Friday he has resigned from the board of directors at Yahoo Inc., saying that there was not a need at this time for an activist investor at the internet company. Icahn said in a statement that there were a number of other companies on which he is currently focused, and praised the company's recent search and advertising partnership with Microsoft Corp.

Verizon and Motorola launched their Droid Does campaign recently which caused a stir, and they are expected to announce details of the new Motorola Droid on October 28.

Apple updated its entire Mac lineup on Tuesday, including its desktop iMacs, a new unibody MacBook, the Mac mini, and the newest addition to the Apple product line is a wireless, multitouch mouse. The company rolled out the new products just ahead of Window's 7 debut. Coincidence?

Verizon, No. 2 wireless carrier in the U.S., made its boldest attack on Apple's iPhone with a TV commercial that boasted Droid, a new smartphone from Motorola, does everything the iPhone doesn't.