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The Droid, the smartphone released Nov. 6 through a partnership between Motorola, Google and Verizon Wireless, has significantly outpaced other Android handsets in first-week sales, according to one analytics firm -- which said the feat makes the Droid the first viable iPhone challenger.

Mobile app analytics firm Flurry estimates that 250,000 Droids sold within seven days of launch -- more than four times as many as the HTC myTouch, which Flurry said had 60,000 in sales a week after its release.

Still, these figures pale in comparison to Apple's iPhone 3GS, which surpassed the 1 million mark within three days.

However, it's worth noting that the 3GS went on sale in eight countries, not just the U.S. as the Droid did. And the iPhone already had an avid fan base waiting to upgrade.

Given this, Flurry sees the early sales numbers as a good omen for the Droid, which runs on version 2.0 of the open source Android platform. To the mobile researcher, the Droid's early performance signals that it's competing with the iPhone.

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