This Droid Phone Should Top Your Wish List For Christmas 2009.

The newest smartphones are making quite a splash these days, with Verizon intoducing the Droid Eris in early November…just in time for the holiday season. It’s being marketed as a cutting-edge handset with an entry-level price tag, but can it’s claims as the “iPhone Killer” really be true?

I really can’t say…But I do know this — I have been walking around with this new droid for two weeks now, and you won’t find a better value for the money shopping for a smartphone this holiday season. Not only that, but this handset is completely loaded with innovative features and standard apps, and it’s hard to believe that HTC can make money on this device for the $99 price tag.

This means that even in a slumping economy, for under a hundred bucks you can still give a tricked-out smartphone as a gift this Christmas.

HTC really loaded this new droid with plenty of standard apps, features, and mobile services courtesy of Google…Here’s just a few:

1. The 5-megapixel camera with autofocus lets you record a video, upload it to Youtube with a custom app, and mail it to your friends while you view it on the large touchscreen.

2. You’ll find plenty of custom apps on the Eris, some which are exclusive to HTC droids like the Twitter app . And of course thousands of more apps are just a keystroke away at the Android market.

3. The Eris is Bluetooth and WiFi enabled, which gives you many options in term of connectivity. And with Google Maps installed on this droid, this phone doubles as a GPS device too.

It’s amazing that HTC has found a way to include their “Multi Touch” feature with the Eris Droid, and it really underscores the value of this device at a $99 dollar price point. Multi-Touch lets you “pinch and zoom” images displayed on the touchscreen, and it’s really a seamless interface (and one that you won’t find on the new Motorola device).

Smartphones are notorious for killing batteries, but I’ve had no problem with the Droid Eris. The specs say that a single charge will give you 3 1/2 hours of talk time on the Droid…In my experience I would say that this is a conservative number. I haven’t had it quit on me yet during the day, and I’m on the phone quite a bit at work.

My only beef with the Droid Eris is a small one: It would be nice to have a physical keyboard on this phone, but maybe I’m old school. The virtual keyboard featured on this device is actually lively and responsive, and nicer than many other phones with “real” keyboards.

At the end of the day, HTC’s Droid Eris is a super little device: is boasts a beautiful interface, superior fit and finish, and tons of standard features and extras. And you will have a very hard time finding a droid with comparable features for under $100 this holiday season.

Don’t make these 3 mistakes when you purchase your next android phone…Get the skinny from Dave before you buy right here.

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