<s>
The	O
Motorola	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
GSM/UMTS	O
version	O
:	O
Motorola	B-Application
Milestone	I-Application
2	I-Application
;	O
GSM/UMTS/CDMA	O
version	O
:	O
Motorola	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
2	I-Application
Global	I-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
phone	O
in	O
Verizon	B-Application
's	O
Droid	B-Application
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
available	O
exclusively	O
on	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
August	O
12	O
,	O
2010	O
(	O
pre-order	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
began	O
August	O
11	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
and	O
can	O
run	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
10.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
2	I-Application
features	O
a	O
redesigned	O
slide-out	O
QWERTY	O
keyboard	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
features	O
the	O
Swype	B-Language
keyboard	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited	O
edition	O
version	O
featuring	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
droid	B-Application
character	O
R2-D2	O
with	O
exclusive	O
apps	O
and	O
content	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Verizon	B-Application
for	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
to	O
commemorate	O
the	O
thirtieth	O
anniversary	O
for	O
The	O
Empire	O
Strikes	O
Back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
good	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
prior	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
,	O
like	O
the	O
sturdy	O
build	O
and	O
functional	O
styling	O
,	O
were	O
maintained	O
in	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
many	O
refinements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consensus	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
was	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
big	O
as	O
some	O
phones	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
high	O
resolution	O
as	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
was	O
good	O
quality	O
and	O
not	O
too	O
small	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
keyboard	O
was	O
praised	O
by	O
some	O
reviewers	O
for	O
being	O
less	O
awkward	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
prior	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
,	O
but	O
others	O
found	O
little	O
improvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Motorola	O
with	O
the	O
International	O
Trade	O
Commission	O
in	O
a	O
district	O
court	O
in	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
,	O
claiming	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
had	O
"	O
infringed	O
on	O
nine	O
patents	O
in	O
its	O
Android-based	O
devices.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
court	O
papers	O
specifically	O
mention	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Motorola	B-Application
Charm	I-Application
smartphones	B-Application
but	O
Microsoft	O
claimed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
these	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Droid	B-Application
phone	I-Application
received	O
criticism	O
for	O
its	O
keys	O
being	O
too	O
flat	O
and	O
for	O
not	O
having	O
an	O
offset	O
placement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Droid	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
with	O
a	O
replacement	O
closer	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
standard	O
keyboard	O
as	O
seen	O
with	O
computer	O
's	O
keyboard	O
with	O
significantly	O
raised	O
(	O
"	O
domed	O
"	O
)	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
2	I-Application
features	O
keys	O
that	O
are	O
much	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
flatness	O
of	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
1	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
maintain	O
the	O
offset	O
placement	O
.	O
</s>
