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Motorola DROID It's the first device to run using the greatly improved Android 2.0 operating system and Motorola has gone a long way to address most of the shortfalls that were inevitably leveled against previous Android phones in comparisons to the competition.

MOBILE PHONE MAKER Motorola Mobility posted a modest profit even though the firm missed its smartphone sales targets for the fourth quarter of 2010.

Review says Nexus One is comparable to Motorola Droid; Formal unveiling on Tuesday

Watch out Apple iPhone, Google's mobile operating system, Android continues to increase its popularity at a growth rate of 32 percent year over year, according to a recent report. Mobile advertising provider and metrics firm AdMob, recently acquired by Google for $750 million, released on Tuesday its March 2010 Mobile Metrics Report that includes some interesting data about the growth of the Android operating system. The report also adds more fuel to the argument that Google's Nexus One really might be a successful flop.

A few years ago the concept of a "smartphone" was virtually unheard of. There were a few phones on the market performing some interesting technological tricks, one that springs immediately to mind is the Palm Trio. Basically, a Palm Pilot capable of performing a few phone functions.

Motorola's Droid smart phone has attracted a fair amount of attention as possibly the toughest challenger for the iPhone.