At first glance, Motorola's DROID doesn't seem all that impressive to me.  it's kind of boxy and clunky-looking.  And let's face it; Motorola needs to knock this Verizon-exclusive phone out of the park after the dismal year they have had financially and market-square-wise.  But with the release of this handset next week [November 6th], many reviews are trickling in and the majority of them look quite favorably towards Moto's new baby.  The most favorable comments are made about the very bright and sharp (480x85 resolution) 3.7 LCD touchscreen and the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, which is said to not be completely flat as the images might portray.

More genius commentary and demo video after the break.

The software that this device will be running is the newly-released ad much celebrated Android 2.0 operating system.  The applications are said to load quite quickly, even though most reviewers not that the reason might be because their are no apps loaded [or currently available...for now] on the DROID.

DROID also features onboard GPS, 16 GBs of internal storage, bluetooth and a 5 mega pixel camera with dual-LED  flash.

Motorola's DROID will be released on November 6th for $199 with a 2-year contract on Verizon's network.