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In case you were not aware of it, the Droid's camera had some autofocus issues which Motorola was apparently working hard to resolve. Various Droid users have reported that the camera failed to focus and gave them red corners when taking pictures.

The problem has been quietly addressed and it looks like the Droid's camera is working again thanks to a silent firmware update. The issue should have been fixed next month on December 11 when the first official firmware update is expected to arrive.


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Although still incomparable to the iPhone when it comes to first week sales, Motorola's second Android phone, the Droid , is doing quite well apparently. Verizon sold about 100,000 units in the opening weekend and it looks like Big Red has sold anywhere from 250,000 to 300,000 in the first week.

Neither Motorola nor Verizon have confirmed the number so far but it seems that location network developer uLocate, the makers of WHERE, has 25,000 active accounts on Droid smartphones. uLocate seems to be installed on about 10% of launch units and that's how the numbers have been calculated so far.


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The Droid launched last Friday and we can already say it had a very successful first weekend. Motorola and Verizon managed to sell 100,000 Droid in the opening weekend and analysts already predict that the phone will have a bright future.

Sure the Droid's first weekend can't be compared to the way the iPhone 3GS sold in its opening weekend but Motorola has a winner on its hands. Analysts predict that Motorola will sell 1 million Android phones in the last quarter of the year and that number includes both the Droid and the CLIQ.


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Verizon was so kind to leak quite a few pages filled with issues that need to be fixed in the near future. What issues you ask? Well it looks like neither the Droid nor the Droid Eris are the perfect phones you were expecting. Both have flaws that need to be addressed and a firmware update is going to arrive soon.

The leaked documents suggest that a first OTA update is going to be launched on December 11 while another one could follow at some point in January. In total Verizon came up with 5 pages for the Droid and 7 pages for the Droid Eris and they are filled with bugs that need to be addressed.


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What's the MILESTONE you ask? It's a phone coming from Motorola that happens to be called the Droid in the USA. That's right Android fans, Motorola is going to deliver the Droid to various European markets but the name of the phone will change.


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Forget the Droid for a second and remember that Motorola's first Android phone is the CLIQ. The phone has been announced officially a while ago and T-Mobile is the official carrier in the USA. The CLIQ has been available for pre-order since October 19 but starting today T-Mobile stores will have the phone waiting for you.


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Motorola seems to be on a roll right now. Although its Droid hasn't confirmed yet, but it probably will, Motorola seems to have planned more than 20 phones for next year.

How many of those 20+ phones are going to be Android phones and how many are going to be Windows Mobile phones? There's no answer for this question yet. Although Motorola's CEO Sanjay Jha has confirmed the number, he didn't mention more details regarding those future smartphones.

We do know that Motorola isn't interested in Windows Mobile 6.5 and since Windows Mobile 7 is expected in the second half of 2010 we can assume that most future Moto handsets will run Google's OS.


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Verizon has announced the Motorola Droid and the handset will probably be the best sold Android handset of this year. It is a little too early to make assumptions but the Droid is really a remarkable handset.


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October 28 is a very hot date in Verizon's calendar. Not only does the carrier have a scheduled press event in which it will reveal the Droid together with Motorola but it also plans to start selling the BlackBerry Storm 2 on the same date.


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