The Motorola Droid is an Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed by Motorola and distributed by Verizon Wireless in the United States. The phone runs Google's Android operating system. Features of the phone include Wi-Fi networking, a 5-megapixel low light capable digital camera, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, interchangeable battery, 3.7-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen, MicroSDHC support with bundled 16GB card, turn-by-turn Google Maps navigation, sliding QWERTY keyboard, and Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 processor. The Motorola Droid runs Android version 2.0, codenamed Eclair. The phone does not, however, run the re-branded MOTOBLUR version of Android, instead providing the Google Experience skin and application stack.

The stock Android operating system restricts applications from being installed outside of onboard memory, in this case limiting application and OS size to a total maximum size of 512MB. It has a hearing aid compatibility (hac) rating of M3/T3. The phone is the first to ship with Google Maps Navigation installed. The Droid had been publicized under the codenames Sholes and Tao and the model number A855.