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I FOUND SOME time away from producing this year's holiday gift guide (see page 40 for all the tech toys we're recommending) to try out one of the hottest smartphones of the season.
The scoop: Motorola Droid smartphoneVerizon Wireless service), about $200(with two-year agreement, plus $70 monthly voice/data service).
What it is: With apologies to Terrei! Owens. "Get your popcorn ready!" The Motorola Droid smartphone is ready to take on the iPhone for the hearts and minds of consumers (and. gasp, enterprises). Running on Google's Android operating system. the Droid features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard as a way to combat the lack of a physical keyboard on the iPhone - but like the iPhone it has a touchscreen (3.7 inches with 480...