We all knew it was coming eventually.  Last year Verizon and Motorola saw great success with the release of the original Droid, which was the  flagship Android phone for at least a few weeks. The Droid continues to be a great success, being that it is a great phone with a lot of advertising behind it.  Makes sense that there would be a follow up apart from the Droid Incredible and Droid X.
Today Verizon has finally made the Droid 2, the true successor to the Droid, official. Â The Droid 2 looks fairly similar to the first Droid, but the corners are rounded where the Droid had sharp angles. Â Gone is the bar under the screen that stayed put when the screen slides up, now it slides with the rest of the front. Â Also gone is the D-pad, replaced with arrow keys and an “OK” button, which make the keyboard feel more natural to some.
For specs, the Droid 2 ships with Android 2.2 installed, so no worrying about updates.  The mobile hotspot functionality on Froyo will cost an extra $20 a month.  With the Droid 2 we also have a 5 MP camera, 8 GB of flash storage (with and 8 GB microSD card included for 16 GB of storage), and DLNA streaming.
The phone will be available for pre-order on Wednesday, and will be available in Verizon stores on Thursday for $199 on a two-year contract. Â To be nice to current subscribers, Verizon is taking a play from AT&T’s book and allowing anyone who has a Verizon contract ending this year to upgrade to the Droid 2, or any other smartphone, without penalty. Â You may want to wait, however, because the R2-D2 version of the Droid 2 will be available online starting in September. {Engadget}