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Verizon's Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 Lands Thursday

Sep 27, 2010, 11:11 AM by Philip Berne

Motorola's official Star Wars Droid 2, dressed in white to look like R2-D2, will be available online and in stores on September 30. The Droid R2-D2 will be available for $350, and Verizon is offering a $100 mail-in rebate. The phone will come packaged in a carbonite-like custom box that includes a Star Wars media dock and wired stereo headset. The phone will come with custom live wallpapers and notification sounds, as well as an exclusive binoculars app. A separate Star Wars Mobile App with similar Star Wars content will be available for all Android 2.1 users.

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