• Bloomberg, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:05 PM

During its first weekend on the market, analysts are estimating that Motorola sold a respectable 100,000 Android-powered Droid phones. By contrast, Apple sold more than 1 million of its latest iPhone model in its weekend debut in June. Still, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie tells Bloomberg that the numbers are "encouraging." "There seems to be pretty good demand -- they've taken the right steps and picked a good partner with Google on the Android side."

Verizon Wireless, the carrier for the device, had 200,000 Droid phones on hand, and most stores sold at least half of their stock. Including other models, Motorola will sell 1 million phones based on Google Inc.'s Android software in the fourth quarter and 10 million in 2010, McKechnie estimates.

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