Seems like Verizon is slowly letting the new cat out of the bag. Four hours ago, from @VZWOffers — the new Droid is coming. Android 2.0 is coming to Verizon and you can sign up for more information here. This marks the launch of Motorola’s new Android 2.0 smartphone. More information here.

If you check out the flash animation, the copy pokes fun towards the iPhone’s weaknesses. NIce try here, but really, you honestly can’t start comparing Android with the iPhone. Some features include speech recognition, 5.0MP camera, hardware keyboard, multitasking and high speed Internet.

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The HTC Hero is also one of the first devices to use teflon as its real estate covering. Say goodbye to aluminum and plastic ladies and gents. Teflon is the future.

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The i7500 Galaxy is Samsung’s first Android-based handset that is also going to be available in the UK under O2. Pricing has been released and for £73 (USD $120) a month, you get the phone for free. There are 18 and 25 month lock in contracts with the telco. Unlike the HTC Magic, the Galaxy navigates using a large directional pad. Overall though it does resemble HTC’s own Android device.

Allegedly, the Galaxy doesn’t come with any proprietary features from Samsung (i.e something like the widget based interface on their other phones) which makes this phone’s UI and software identical to any other G1 or HTC Magic. So I guess the choice is yours — if you’re into trackballs, get the Magic whereas if you want a directional pad, go for this one.

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Sherpa is sentient. And it’s the one thing that’s kicking T-Mobile into the top spot. Developed as an application and propagated initially by the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, this app serves as a mobile connoisseur that learns about places you search for in its wide database. Sherpa adapts your browsing habits and learns from the places you frequent, the items you browse and makes recommendations based on your preferred listings.

Sherpa goes as far as looking at the date and time and matching your results based on the time when you browse — allowing you to see relevant information such as the store hours of certain shops.

GENIE (Geodelic Engine for Interest Evaluation) is the secret to Sherpa’s success. Usually, consumers would want to download specific types of city guides catering to books, restaurants, stores, etc. Sherpa tailor fits your habits, which means that if you’ve been searching for restaurants more often, GENIE will make places to eat a more prominent search than, say, shopping.

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Out for the BlackBerry and now for the Android OS, PhoneFace makes dialing a visual treat by turning your phonebook into a photo album. It is easier to recognize faces rather than names at times so this is what PhoneFace capitalizes on. You can scroll through the faces of often called contacts and once you click on their face, you can choose to dial their home or cell number. What’s also cool — PhoneFace allows you to download photos of your friends from Facebook.

The app is rather cheap at $0.99 and makes phonebook browsing worth it.

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Here are the key features:

* Download, open and send attachments in Gmail and other e-mail applications like the free RoadSync Beta

* Supports all the latest Microsoft Office file formats including Office 2007

* View, edit and create new documents on your T-mobile G1 and HTC Magic

* Access important files stored on expansion cards via the built-in file browser

* Automatically maintains a list of “Recently Used” documents for quick access

* Securely open password-protected files

* Multiple zoom levels with portrait and landscape support for optimized rendering on a small screen

* Touch-screen, trackball and keypad navigation

* Supports rich formatting in Word To Go including bold, italics, underline, font color, alignment, bulleted and numbered lists, tables, bookmarks, comments, footnotes, endnotes, track-changes, etc.

* Powerful data computation in Sheet To Go with support for 111 functions, cell formatting, row and column preferences, auto-fit options, freeze panes, sort, cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, etc.

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