by bintangkecil on Sunday, October 18th, 2009 | News, Tech/Gadget

Verizon and Motorola finally lifted the curtain on their new Droid Android phone yesterday. This is the first phone that will pose a significant threat to Apple’s iPhone. And it will be available very soon, possibly as early as the end of this month.

The phone, which has also been called the Tao or Sholes, clears the FCC and made an appearance in the Motorola’s big announcement earlier this month.

Some of the pictures of Motorola Sholes/Tao powered with Droid leaked on the Internet:

The phone is a three-way effort between Motorola, Verizon and Google. It looks a lot like the iPhone, and may even be as thin or thinner than the iPhone 3GS. It also has two key advantages over the iPhone – a slide out physical keyboard, and use of the Verizon network.

Unlike previous Android phones, the Droid is rumored to be powered by the TI OMAP3430, the same core that the iPhone and Palm Pre use, and which significantly outperforms Qualcomm 528MHz ARM11 based Android phones that exist today.

Verizon has launched a TV ad for the Droid. It’s mostly promoting the phone by bashing the iPhone, with pseudo-Apple text pointing out that “iDont” have a physical keyboard, (third-party) multitasking, a five-megapixel camera, much in the way of customization options, widgets, “open development,” the ability to take photos in the dark, or a removable battery. The Droid (whose name is licensed from Mr. Lucas) presumably has all of the above.

The Verizon Motorola Droid is being released for sale on October 30th.

You can watch the ad below:

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