Android users with OS version 2.0 or later can now search their phones with gestures. Instead of typing search terms for contacts or apps, writing the character on the screen with your finger will input the letters to search.

In this example, first a letter that could be interpreted as "A" or "H" is entered. All contacts containing both letters are returned. The second gesture is interpreted as a lower case "n" and narrows the search to found items - in this case contacts with "An" in the name field.

Despite the many things that the Verizon enjoys pointing out that the Motorola "Droid Does", evidently one of the things it doesn't do is get the Android 2.1 update, at least not yet. It had been fairly heavily rumored that Verizon was planning an OTA update to Android 2.1 for all Motorola Droid owners yesterday, January 22nd. Unfortunately for many hopefully Droid owners, yesterday has come and gone, and without an Android update.