Motorola just announced on their  Twitter account that they are pushing a new performance update to Droid 2 users. If, you have not downloaded the update, download it now. You can check out the full list of enhancements here. Below is a summary.

Enhancements:

• Improved battery life.
• Heightened proximity sensor to enable faster screen response.
• View the weather widget in both landscape and portrait orientation.
• Simpler setup, improved user interactions, and better notifications for Visual Voice Mail.
• Background Email Sync during display inactivity for better user experience.
• Support for email domain suffixes containing more than three characters.
• Keep text messages organized with chronological in-box screen.
• Edit text messages after you’ve inserted a video file.
• Improved audio quality during recorded video playbacks.
• Stream Guided Tour videos on device in Help Center application with ease.
• VZ Navigator* is now preloaded on device.

There you have it Droid 2 users, get the update now.

After the launch of Droid Pro, Droid 2 Global became a figment of imagination. The company promised but went quiet on it. But, here we are with the news – Droid 2 Global has appeared on VZLearn employee training system. We expect the official release to be made soon, and we hope the release will speak about QWERTY keyboards on the world-phone edition of Verizon’s slider Droid.

[via Engadget]

How to root motorola droid 2

Are you still waiting to root your newly acquired Motorola Droid 2? Your wait is over. One of the Android genius over at Xda-forum found the solution. Don’t forget that rooting could damage your phone or void your warranty.

***NOTE: Proceed at your own risk. I and the providers of this code are not responsible for anything you do to your phone! Also, I would advise against removing any bloatware until we have a working recovery or sbf file (though I heard a rumor one may be coming shortly )***

Setup:
- Install adb (here) and Motorola drivers for windows(32-bit or 64-bit)
- Download attached archive
- Extract to a directory, I used c:\Droid2Root
- Make sure you have USB degugging enabled
- Change connection to PC Mode

Process:
- Open command prompt
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- cd c:/Droid2Root
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
- adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- adb shell
- cd data/local/tmp
- chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

- let the process run until it returns you to c:/Droid2Root (be patient, but may need to reboot the phone)
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb shell (you should now have a # prompt)
- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
- cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
- cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- exit
- exit

Below is the link to how to root Motorola Droid 2 file and forum.

Check the CNET review of the Motorola Droid 2.