The Droid Motorola is undoubtedly one of the hottest phones Moto had, and maybe that’s why the company plans to launch a similar phone in China. This device is called Motorola and is a oPhone MT710, which means running the Android operating system customized for China Mobile.

The MT710 is similar to the droid, but no slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Its characteristics are also similar, including a 3.7-inch touchscreen with 845 x 480 pixels and Wi-Fi. The smartphone will also feature connectivity TD-SCDMA and CMMB (China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting) support.

Boy Genius revived an old rumor again today, with not one but two sources to back the claim up. Generally the more sources there are, the more reliable the claim. The old rumor was that an 8 GB iPhone 3GS was on its way to replace out the 3G model; from what it sounds like, this could be happening before the holidays hit.

It seems more realistic now than when the rumor surfaced previously, mainly because now AT&T is concerned about the buzz around the Motorola Droid being comparable to the iPhone. A move like this would certainly continue to give the competitive edge to Apple and AT&T for now.

My thoughts: it’s about time. The holidays can’t come soon enough. My concern is, though, that only AT&T is rumored to be making the leap at this point. Are other iPhone carriers planning on releasing the 8 GB version of the 3GS as well?

Ultimately my dream would be for the 16 GB 3GS to drop in price to $99, and have a 64 GB iPhone 3GS come out just before the holidays at the $299 price point. But I’ll settle for an 8 GB in 3GS flavor for now.

Finally, the much anticipated smart phone, Motorola Droid is on sale today in the US. Just to recap the features – it has a 3.7 inch , 16:9 touchscreen display with a resolution of 480×854. It’s also equipped with a 5 megapixel camera that supports 4x zoom, auto focus and dual LED flash.

The Motorola Droid is available from Verizon for $199.99 for 2-year contract and includes a mail-in $100 rebate. There is also a 12-month contract available which will cost you $269.99.

Other than that the HTC Droid Eris has also been made available today from Verizon costs $99.99 with a mail 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. The HTC Droid Eris features a 3.2-inch capacitive touch display, a 5 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, headphone jack, digital compass, voice dialing, GPS, full browser with Flash Lite, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, plus lots of Google services.