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The much anticipated DroidX will be hitting Verizon stores this Thursday, July 15th. Many East Coast stores open early at 8AM, and some reports seem to indicate limited supply. Are you planning on getting your DroidX this Thursday, or are you playing it safe and rather wait a few weeks to see what others think about this latest Droid?

In case the specs of the upcoming Motorola DroidX haven’t convinced you yet… Verizon just launched this YouTube video, telling you: “This phone is awesome.”

As it turns out FRF83 still wasn’t the final release build of Android 2.2 (Froyo).  Google has now announced the official availability of Android 2.2 on the NexusOne blog.

Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser.

If you can’t wait for the OTA update, you can get the latest FRF85B build directly from Google FRF91 build directly from Google and use the upgrade instructions found in some of the previous posts.

Some Nexus One users are reporting that they’ve received the OTA Update of Android 2.2 Build FRF83. I’m a bit skeptical about the OTA, but you can download the latest build, which is rumored to should be the official 2.2 release here:

FRF72 –> FRF83
http://android.clients.google.com/packages/passion/signed-passion-FRF83-from-FRF72.684bd56a.zip

FRF50 –> FRF83
http://android.clients.google.com/packages/passion/signed-passion-FRF83-from-FRF50.38d66b26.zip

You know the drill, or check this post on how to perform the update.

I didn’t see any noticeable differences to the prior build, but had to reinstall Swype to get it working after the update.

Verizon and Motorola, with help from Google and Adobe unveiled the new Motorola DroidX today.

The phone will go on sale on July 15th for $199, after $100 rebate with a 2 year contract. Anybody with a contract ending in 2010 can upgrade!

• $29.99/month smartphone unlimited data plan
• $20/month for tethering (WiFi & USB) for up-to 2GB of data, 5cents/MByte overage fee

Specs:

• 1GHz TI OMAP CPU
• 512MB RAM, 8GB internal flash memory
• 16GB SD card included, expandable to 32GB
• 8MP Camera, dual LED flash
• 4.3″ Display, 854 x 480, 400,000+ pixels
• 1570mAh battery
• HDMI out port
• 3 microphones (one noise-canceling)
• Ships with Android 2.1 including new version of MotoBlur
• Android 2.2 (Froyo) will be released this summer

Motorola and Verizon are going to unveil their latest Droid’s at this invitation only press event, which starts at 1PM EDT.  MobileCrunch is live-blogging.