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Thursday October 29, 2009
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 As our review today will explain, Motorola's Droid blows away all other Google Android phones when it comes to power and speed. The Droid is also priced at $199.99, so it sets a bar: from now on, any $200 Google Android phone will have to match the Droid's strengths.
That puts HTC in an interesting bind. Verizon has pledged to release another Android phone within a few weeks. Yesterday Verizon CMO John Stratton said future Verizon Android phones would also be called "Droids," and, of course, a few weeks ago Google CEO Eric Schmidt showed off an HTC phone (shown at left) which looks a lot like HTC's Hero for Sprint.
If the HTC Droid is running on the same platform as the Hero, it will have to cost a lot less. (That's what various rumors on the Internet are saying, but as we all know, rumors are unreliable.) Otherwise it's going to look pale and weak against Motorola's powerful entrant.
The Droid may also lead to lower prices for other carriers' Android phones. The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G is already down to $149.99 on T-Mobile's site, with a much less expensive service plan as well. Will we see a rush of $99.99 Android phones for the holidays? It's certainly possible.
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