The free Slacker Radio app is available for Android phones. Music lovers can now listen to their favorite Slacker stations anywhere they happen to be on their Android-powered smartphones.

Owners of Android smartphones can now enjoy the Slacker music discovery experience, including creating a nearly unlimited number of custom stations, over 100 expert-programmed Slacker genre, seasonal and spotlight stations, or over 10,000 artist stations.

Slacker also gives listeners the ultimate music resource by providing artist biographies, album reviews, station fine tuning, "peek ahead" song previews and song lyrics. In addition to marking songs as favorites, listeners can also ban songs and artists to create perfect custom radio stations on their phones.

The free Slacker Radio application for Android is available immediately in the Android Market or by visiting Slacker.com on any Android smartphone. DROID by Motorola owners can find Slacker quickly in the Verizon channel of the Android Market. The Slacker Radio app works with the free Slacker Basic Radio service, Slacker Radio Plus and Slacker Premium Radio subscription offerings.

Verizon customers using the new DROID by Motorola can locate the free Slacker Radio application quickly by visiting the Verizon channel of the Android Market on that phone.

The Slacker application has been optimized for the new DROID by Motorola, DROID ERIS by HTC and the HTC G1 and HTC MyTouch Android handsets. For more information please visit http://www.Slacker.com/everywhere.

The Samsung Flight offers social networking with AT&T Social Net, a 2.0 megapixel camera, Full HTML Web browse and is AT&T Navigator compatible. Other features include AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile, AT&T Video Share and Stereo Bluetooth technology. It measures  4.17" x 2.2" x 0.5".

The Samsung Flight is available for $99.99 after mail-in rebate. (Pay $149.99 and receive a $50 AT&T Promotion Card with a two-year service agreement.) New customers, use the Wireless and Mobile News $50 off online only coupon-link with the purchase of the Samsung Flight with a plan. Free shipping is included with online activation.

AT&T and Samsung announced the Samsung Mythic The Mythic's 3.3" full touch screen uses the Samsung's innovative TouchWiz  interface, which allows users to drag and drop widgets for their favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone's home screen.

With one-touch access to features including AT&T Mobile TV and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, they claim the Mythic is a portable entertainment powerhouse.

The Samsung Mythic is the newest AT&T Mobile TV-capable device to hit stores. AT&T Mobile TV subscribers get  access to full-length simulcast and time-shifted programming from FLO TV, including content from leading entertainment brands such as CBS Mobile, CNBC, CNN Mobile, COMEDY CENTRAL, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, FOX News, MSNBC, MTV, NBC 2Go, Nickelodeon and the movie channel Crackle, plus more coming soon. AT&T Mobile TV is now available for $9.99 per month - a new, lower price point effective Nov. 8 for new and existing subscribers. Existing subscribers will see an automatic adjustment to the subscription price on their next statement. New AT&T Mobile TV subscribers receive the first seven days of their subscription for free

Mythic Specs:

• One-finger Touch and Finger Zoom.
• Full HTML Web browser.
• Virtual full QWERTY keyboard.
• 3.2 megapixel camera.
• Advanced Messaging capabilities
• AT&T Mobile E-mail
• SMS and MMS
• Instant Messenger
• AT&T Navigator (requires a separate subscription).
• AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile.
• Stereo Bluetooth technology.
• Dimensions: 4.49" x 2.06" x .5".
• Weight: 3.8 oz.

Even industry analysts have gotten Droid Fever, iSuppli analysts suggest Droid could be the "Comeback Kid" for struggling Motorola. Their news release states, " Droid promises to reverse Motorola's fortunes in the cell-phone business."

Droid uses Google's Android Operating System (OS). Android is expected to account for only 2.4 percent of the total smart OS market in 2009. However, Android is expected to enjoy the fastest growth in usage of any of the smar-phone OSs, with shipments in 2013 rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 118 percent from 2008. This will give Android a 9.1 percent share of the global smart-phone OS market in 2013, boosting it the No.-4 ranking, up from a last-place seventh ranking in 2008 and 2009.

There are many things contributing to Android's success. Android is licensed by seven key handset OEMs, including No.-2 Samsung, No.-3 LG, No.-4 Motorola and No.-5 Sony Ericsson. The OS also enjoys support from eight global wireless operators, the most among all the seven major operating systems vying for a share of the smart-phone market. In addition to Verizon, Android is supported by Sprint and T-Mobile in the United States, as well as by China Mobile in China.

A popular new feature in Android 2.0 is free turn-by-turn navigation, which is available on Motorola's Droid. This will make the device more compelling in the smartphone market and poses a major challenge to the Portable Navigation Device (PND) industry.

Reviewers  are raving over the Droid's touchscreen display, which uses capacitive touch technology following in the footsteps of Apple's iPhone. Shipments of capacitive touch-screen displays are expected to nearly quadruple from 2008 to 2013.

"Droid is potentially a game changer for Motorola," said Tina Teng, senior analyst, wireless communications for iSuppli. "Motorola now is no longer just emphasizing slick form factors, such as it did with its RAZR handset. The company now has focused on the hottest segment of the global mobile handset market--providing compelling smartphone products that are usable and expandable through third-party applications. Droid also has capitalized on the trend toward smart-phone widgets, which allow users to customize products according to their own personality."

Today, Verizon officially announced the Droid Eris, an Android powered touchscreen smartphone from HTC. It's a lot like the HTC Hero and uses Android 1.5. It has been rumored that will be upgradable to Android 2.0 at a later date. The major differences between Eris and Droid is that Droid has Android 2.0 and a QWERTY keyboard.

The Droid Eris by HTC comes with 8 GB MicroSD card, Bluetooth, 5 megapixel camera.

The HTC Droid Eris has a 528MHz Qualcomm process, a 320x480 screen.  This touchscreen-only smartphone also has HTC enhanced Touch Sense UI, visual voicemail, Wi-Fi, MS Exchange Sync, Media Uploader (for Facebook, Flickr, Picassa, Gmail,) Google services, news widgets, and Footpritns Geo-tagging for photos. The HTML Browser supports Flash Lite.

The Droid Eris by HTC  has a customizable a seven-panel wide home screen to fill with  different widgets and shortcuts.For social networkers, DROID ERIS by HTC also organizes interactions by person, which makes it possible to access text messages, e-mails, phone calls and even Flickr streams and Facebook updates from a single contact card.

Te outages occurred in several regions. T-Mobile customers from Atlanta to Los Angeles complained about the outage on web forums.

T-Mobile confirms it has fully restored voice and text/picture messaging services for customers affected by intermittent service disruptions on Tuesday.  About five percent of our customers across various geographies were affected for much of Tuesday evening, and by late Tuesday PST their service was restored.  Our sole focus has been restoring full services for all customers; we are now investigating the root cause of the incident.  We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused our customers.

 If you continue to experience difficulty making/receiving calls or accessing data services, please power your phone off then back on. This will update your connection to the network and should restore your access to these services.

comScore, Inc released a study of touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the U.S.and touchscreen phone adoption is growing rapidly. iPhone, LG Dare, LG Voyager (which also has a keyboard) BlackBerry Storm and Palm Treo top the list. The LG Dare used to be one of the few Verizon feature phones with email access that did not require a data plan. The younger crowd seems to be more "touchy" with higher percentages of touchscreen users in the younger demographics.

The study showed a significant 159-percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009.

The growth in touchscreen device adoption substantially outpaced the already strong 63-percent growth in U.S. adoption of smartphones. iPhone leads

"We're thrilled to be joining forces with Digby at this critical stage of market development," said Phil Yerkes, co-founder and Chairman of Movaya. "The transaction will allow our mobile commerce vision to be realized through the Digby Mobile Commerce Suite, and it provides a very exciting opportunity for all of Movaya team members."

If you would like a live demo of Droid before it is released on Friday as early as 6:00 am. Verizon has uploaded a YouTube video that demonstrates some of the best aspects of the Verizon Droid by Motorola. You can view the video at the end of this article after you continue reading. The Droid has received good reviews and has some neat cool features, some of which you can see in this introductory video.

Marketing consultant Ceaser Da Costa reveals the physical aspects of the phone including the 3.5 mm headset jack and keyboard. He shows how easy it is to tap and drag a widget.  It's easy to hold drag and drop icons.

He also demonstrates how use Android Market and the download folder so that you can download your apps again if you change phones. The voice search on Google Maps finds pizza places by just tapping and saying Droid.

YouTube viewing is fast.  The alert plays "droid" and let you know when you get messages or updates. Mutli-tasking is shown from toggling from a browser, not losing your place while you are browsing. The Google Latitude app lets you know when your friends are in the area.

Also on Friday, Verizon Wireless will create a first-of-its-kind interactive experience in New York City called, "DROID Does Times Square." This experience will let callers control two of Times Square's largest digital billboards - the NASDAQ and Reuters signs - using only voice commands.

The digital billboards will instruct passersby to call a toll-free number (1-888-376-4336) to search locations in the Times Square area. Participants can search for practically anything (e.g. their favorite cuisines, plays, movies, stores), and the search results will be displayed on the digital billboards using Google Maps. This activity takes place from Nov. 6 through Nov. 20, daily from 12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. and from 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 27 through 2:00 a.m. on Nov. 28. 

Droid by Motorola will be available in the United States exclusively at Verizon for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted. If you use the Wireless and Mobile News' online purchase coupon-link for Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchase then you don't have to wait for the rebate.