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All the smartphones coming out this fall in time for the holiday season, and there's only one (besides the iPhone of course) that everybody's talking about. It's the Droid, of course (and in case you're wondering, like we were - yes, they did have to pay Lucasfilm's a boatload of money for the rights to use the Droid name). Is it the iPhone-killer? Isn't it? Let's find out...
This Droid, unlike R2D2, runs on Google. And if there's one OS that all eyes are on to see if they can take a bite out of Apple, it's the Google Android OS. Even RIM's BB OS is no longer being seen as a competitor for Apple so much as the enterprise camp to Apple's multimedia jungle. But now here's the Android system, the internet ring of this 3-ring mobile OS circus...or maybe it's the big top itself, since enterprise and multimedia require internet to function. And that, in a nutshell, is why everybody, including Apple, is scared of Google. Now as the for the Motorola Droid...
There have already been several other Google phones put to market since Android first came out. So what's the big hubbub about the Droid? Why does everyone seem to think this is the smartphone that will finally outdo the iPhone?
1. Price. The cheapest Droid is $99; the cheapest iPhone $199. But AT&T is rumored to be trying to change that with a $99 8GB iPhone supposedly coming out in time for the holidays.
2. Keyboard. The Droid has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a good, tactile, responsive one at that. The iPhone has none.
3. Android 2.0. Like iPhone 2.0, this is first major upgrade to the Google mobile OS, and in this case, as most others, that means major improvements. But Apple did pretty well with their iPhone 2.0 upgrade.
4. 5 megapixel digital camera. That's on par with any decent digital camera that doesn't have a phone attached. The iPhones meager digital camera has always been one of its downfalls, and here Moto takes full advantage of that.
5. The internet. Yes, we know we said that, but it bears repeating because as great as Google's reputation is for all things web, that's how poorly the iPhone'sweb capabilities have always been rated. Here, again, this time thanks to the zippy Verizon network, the Droid prevails.
However, as new and shiny as the Google Android OS may be, neither it nor Motorola and Verizon's articulation of it in this Droid still pales in intuitiveness and user-friendliness to the "all-powerful" iPhone. Maybe someday, but for now...these are not the Droids you're looking for.
Corey Bruhn is the owner of iPhone Mobile Mob, who specializes in reporting iPhone news, updates and unique features of the Apple iPhone. Download our FREE iPhone Ebook to find out more about your iPhone.
Article Source: Ezine Articles
This Droid, unlike R2D2, runs on Google. And if there's one OS that all eyes are on to see if they can take a bite out of Apple, it's the Google Android OS. Even RIM's BB OS is no longer being seen as a competitor for Apple so much as the enterprise camp to Apple's multimedia jungle. But now here's the Android system, the internet ring of this 3-ring mobile OS circus...or maybe it's the big top itself, since enterprise and multimedia require internet to function. And that, in a nutshell, is why everybody, including Apple, is scared of Google. Now as the for the Motorola Droid...
There have already been several other Google phones put to market since Android first came out. So what's the big hubbub about the Droid? Why does everyone seem to think this is the smartphone that will finally outdo the iPhone?
1. Price. The cheapest Droid is $99; the cheapest iPhone $199. But AT&T is rumored to be trying to change that with a $99 8GB iPhone supposedly coming out in time for the holidays.
2. Keyboard. The Droid has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a good, tactile, responsive one at that. The iPhone has none.
3. Android 2.0. Like iPhone 2.0, this is first major upgrade to the Google mobile OS, and in this case, as most others, that means major improvements. But Apple did pretty well with their iPhone 2.0 upgrade.
4. 5 megapixel digital camera. That's on par with any decent digital camera that doesn't have a phone attached. The iPhones meager digital camera has always been one of its downfalls, and here Moto takes full advantage of that.
5. The internet. Yes, we know we said that, but it bears repeating because as great as Google's reputation is for all things web, that's how poorly the iPhone'sweb capabilities have always been rated. Here, again, this time thanks to the zippy Verizon network, the Droid prevails.
However, as new and shiny as the Google Android OS may be, neither it nor Motorola and Verizon's articulation of it in this Droid still pales in intuitiveness and user-friendliness to the "all-powerful" iPhone. Maybe someday, but for now...these are not the Droids you're looking for.
Corey Bruhn is the owner of iPhone Mobile Mob, who specializes in reporting iPhone news, updates and unique features of the Apple iPhone. Download our FREE iPhone Ebook to find out more about your iPhone.
Article Source: Ezine Articles
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