They said it, they did it — when Motorola officially unveiled the Droid 2 earlier this week, an R2-D2 version of the phone was promised, and here it is. The phone was on display at Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando.

Good news for the Droid X (though a bummer for people looking to pick one up): the handset has sold out the day after its launch. The Droid X, with its unique look and feel, now won't be shipping out new units (with a $100 online rebate) until July 23.

Motorola goes beyond the mere slider with Flipout, an Android 2.1 smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard that twirls out from underneath. Besides its good looks, its main innovation is its spruced-up Motoblur interface, letting you better aggregate social networking by resizing its windows and filtering stuff you don't need right away. Nice idea, making it easier to navigate its tiny, 2.8-inch square screen.

Coming to the U.S. this spring, the Motoroi is Motorola's latest Android phone du jour. But like its recent predecessors Droid and BackFlip, it has notable features beyond the normal Android 2.0 feature set, namely an 8-megapixel camera (with flash)...