Are you getting sick of the Android TV spots yet? I can hardly turn on my TV without coming across one of the dozen ad spots currently in rotation. Expect the onslaught to continue through the holiday season. Verizon is spending 100 million on Droid ads and HTC claimed they would have “more media coverage than Coca Cola“. Sprint also shows no signs of slowing down and has begun giving their Hero phone more airtime.

Which company do you think has the best marketing campaign so far?

Sprint

T-Mobile

Verizon

HTC

Motorola

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First there was “iDon’t” which got the entire Internet fighting talking.  Then they dropped Droids from the sky like alien pods sent straight from the future.  And while both are great ads, they only showed the DROID by Motorola for about half a second total between both commercials.  Great for hype, but the ads still left a lot of people wondering what was going on, and what the big deal was.  Well, Verizon has finally taken the wraps off with three new commercials showing not just the DROID itself, but what it – and Android – does.

DROID:  Homing Device

More vids after the jump!

DROID:  Surfer

DROID: Big D

Both the DROID and Android finally get some face time, showing off Google Maps Navigation GPS, Voice Search, Video Playback, all while touting itself as a “robot phone that does” – just about everything you need.  Now if they could just get it to make coffee and take out the trash.

So which is your favorite?

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So you need a new smartphone and you can’t decide which to get (hint: go Android). The new Motorola Droid enters into a smartphone marketplace dominated by AT&T’s iPhone and Sprint’s Palm Pre. But how are consumers supposed to compare the offerings when the providers make it nearly impossible to make apples to apples comparisons on plan options?

Our friends at BillShrink have made the process a little easier by providing a nice infographic with the latest smartphones. They offer a free personalized cost-saving service designed to help people lower their spending by monitoring over 10 million wireless plans.

BillShrink has launched the first-ever handset selector interactive feature that let’s you search by features and then matches you to the best phone and plan.

Check out their comparison below and let us know what you think. I’m not surprised that VZW has some of the most expensive rate plans, but they do have the largest 3G network.

Come back later today for our own in-depth look comparing all the carrier data plans.

Full size image here.

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A 3.7-inch, 16:9 touch screen with 480 x 854 resolution. A 5 megapixel camera with 4x zoom, autofocus, and dual LED flash. A 1400 mAh Li-ion battery for up to 385 minutes of usage time and 270 hours standby. A 550MHz processor (marginally better). A pre-installed 16GB microSD card. GPS, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g WiFi, and a micro USB port. Six ounces of weight spread out over a 2.4 x 4.6 x 0.5-inch body. We know, you were wanting the Motorola Droid‘s price and release date, too, but that’s the one detail not on this page, we’re afraid.

Update: Guess Motorola realized the error of its ways, but not to fear, we’ve got the site and specs captured in the gallery below.

Update 2: Some kind soul inhabiting middle internet managed to snag video of the Droid in action. Check it after the break.

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