The good news is that Motorola’s Droid for Verizon Wireless will receive its Android 2.2 update this week; the bad news is that the tethering and mobile hotspot features won’t be coming with it.

In light of its plan to kill off unlimited data, Verizon quietly announced their first foray into tiered-data with the Motorola Droid 3, which is available for purchase as of this morning for $199 ...

In a sign that an Android 2.1 update might be near for Motorola Droid users, Verizon posts a list to its support site of enhancements and improvements that will come with the upgrade.

With the cool Motorola Droid and some fun iPhone bashing ads, one wonders if Verizon wants to pick up or pick on the Apple iPhone.