• CNET, Friday, November 6, 2009 2:52 PM

It might not rival the throngs of Apple fans who camped out for first dibs on the iPhone, but consumers are still queuing up for the Verizon Wireless-supported Motorola Droid. More than a hundred people were lined up at midnight Thursday outside one Verizon Wireless store in midtown Manhattan, while about 65 eager beavers lined the south side of West 34th Street across from Macy's in Manhattan at 11:30 p.m. Thursday. They crowds weren't there to spend the night, however. Verizon opened the store from midnight to 2 a.m. to give New Yorkers early access to the phones. One Verizon Wireless spokesman said Verizon would likely be able to meet customer demand for the Droid in New York City. The 34th Street store, for one, had at least 500 Droids.

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