Motorola Droid X2 (photos)

The Motorola Droid X2 will be available from Verizon starting on May 19 online and then in stores starting May 26 for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

As the successor to the Droid X, the X2 offers a better 4.3-inch qHD touch screen and faster 1GHz dual-core processor. Motorola also says the smartphone's 8-megapixel camera delivers 44 percent faster shot-to-shot performance.

The Droid X2 will ship running Android 2.2 but it will be upgradable to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Other features include HDMI output, 8GB of onboard memory with an 8GB microSD card preinstalled, and Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and A-GPS. The smartphone can also be used as a mobile hot spot for up to five devices, but it's 3G-only.