Best Buy stores are now accepting pre-orders for November 6 delivery of the recently announced Motorola Droid phone. Best Buy will offer the device at $199 with no need to send in the $100 mail-in rebate required by Verizon Wireless stores. Purchasing the smartphone at Best Buy Mobile, will avoid the hassle of mail-in rebates with instant savings applied at the point of purchase. The Droid, you see, actually costs $299.99 (with a two-year contract). You then have to send away a mail-in rebate to get $100 back and reach the frequently quoted $199.99 price tag.
The new Motorola DROID comes equipped with a 3.7” high-resolution screen, a 5 megapixel camera with AutoFocus, image stabilization and dual-LED flash, DVD-quality video, 3G internet capabilities and access to thousands of applications and hundreds of widgets available on Android Market™. DROID is the first device with Google Maps Navigation, providing turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps. It also comes preloaded with a voice-activated Google search function, integrated Gmail™, Exchange e-mail capabilities, and enhancements to Google services including Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Google Talk™.
