Friday was the release date for two Google phones, called Droids, with Verizon Wireless.  Both phones run Google’s Android Operating System and both look like they’re the start of some exciting mobile options for Verizon customers.  Both phones, the Droid Eris by HTC and the Droid by Motorola, are both phones similar looking to an iPhone with large touch screen interfaces.

This is not surprising, as Apple’s iPhone is likely going to be the main competition for this new deal between Verizon and Google.  The initial buzz surrounding these new Droids is positive.  They’re powerful phones, with plenty of hard drive space and a good camera.  They feature

QWERTY keyboards, WiFi, Flash, all the standard social application abilities, and a growing app library called Android Market.  Predictably, the phones all include a full suite of Google features, such as Latitude, Gmail, Search and YouTube and Picasa. The Droid is supposedly the world’s thinnest QWERTY slider.

Presumably these are the first in a line of phones released for Verizon that will feature Google’s Android