Verizon is readying the launch of a new phone which it hopes will heavily compete with the iPhone. That is a very risky strategy that many have tried and few have survived.
Apparently Motorola has developed a new and exciting device called the ”Droid” which will run Android and focus on everything the iPhone can’t do. In fact, that is their motto, with a website to prove it: DroidDoes.com
The Droid runs Android 2.0 with “excellent performance” according to first unofficial tests. It has a large capacitive touchscreen and a slide-out physical keyboard, is only slightly thicker than the iPhone and it turns it into a “multimedia station” while docked.
This new strategy seems to work for Motorola. Reuters reports Motorola shares are up 8%. SO what do you think? Ready to ditch your iPhone and go for the “Droid”?
The commercial is ok, now waiting for the phone itself.
DOESN”T WORK WITH ITUNES… will it run on a mac and a pc?? PROB NOT.. fix these issues and you will kill the iphone strong hold till then its an ipod wanna be!!!
Verizon’s iDon’t commercial may get people talking, but it’ll only reveal that Verizon has plenty of their own iDon’ts:
http://thesmallwave.com/2009/10/17/dear-verizon-propaganda-machine-you-forgot-your-own-phones-idonts/
Only argument from this that’s viable is actually open app development. I absolutely hate AppStore and I think it’s what’s holding iPhone back a lot. At the same time, I don’t care if my phone can take 5MPx pictures with a flashlight, if I use it only to take pictures of a moment that will be posted to Twitter, not art galleries. For serious photography, I have a serious camera, anyway.