Verizon cranked up its hype machine this weekend, preparing the launch of the Droid, Motorola’s Android-powered competitor to the iPhone. But will it be good enough to trump the iPhone?
Verizon’s Droid is not a surprise by far. The Droid is actually the Google Android-powered Motorola Sholes, which we have first heard of in July (see leaked pics and specifications). Only this time, Verizon is ready to show off its flagship smartphone, set to go head to head with the iPhone when launched next month.

What’s interesting is the way Verizon decided to market the Droid. The iDon’t campaign basically bashes the iPhone, highlighting some of the shortcoming of Apple’s popular smartphone, such as the lack of a physical keyboard, camera flash, multitasking or lack of widgets and customization — which, of course, Droid does.

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