The
"there's a map for that" ad was a pretty aggressive way to broadside AT&T and the iPhone, but it looks like Verizon's just getting warmed up. We're hearing that the carrier will be kicking off a major new campaign this evening during the Yankees-Angels game that'll feature "a very different look and a whole new attitude," calling out the "iDevice" (their words, not ours) for all the things it can't do. That's a bold offensive for a carrier that historically has lacked breadth and depth in its smartphone lineup, but with the
big new Android releases coming down the pike, this might be perfect timing -- and a strong implication that we can seriously put those endless Verizon iPhone rumors to bed for a little while.
posted Oct 17th 2009 2:01PM
Multitask.
Expandable memory
Flash
Bluetooth file transfer
etc...........
Have service. Ever.
@10minutehobo~ does that...
Replaceable battery.
Uniqueness
background processes. open source. success for developers.
Front facing camera, video calls, proper file manager, high resolution display display, fm radio and on top of that it basically has less features than cheap S40 device (which isn't' smartphone).
Freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition, freedom of choice,
Non-plastic enclosure
More than one day battery life
Blast Processing
5 megap. camera with flash
Tegra
"background processes. open source. success for developers."
erm... ipod email phone text and services run background plus push, osx is based off open source and gives back massively, hence every other smartphone manufacturer has apple to thank for there browsers, and success for developers? are you on crack?
keep 'em coming boys and girls, keep 'em coming: Phsyical Qwerty Keyboard.
Deserve such a high price tag.
Make the "Phone" part actually work.
No 2 yr data plan contract required compulsory. Can cancel the data plan after 3 to 6 months.
Good call quality. Good speaker phone.
Doesn't require external speakers for listening music or for alarm clock.
Crysis
Make me look unique
"Freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition, freedom of choice,"
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
its really sad that you are implying you are going to get that elsewhere. really.
come in the color I want
@hary536 Verizon is requiring smartphone users to have a data plan now as well for new activations. Go check their site. Try again.
@Suomaa,
The new iDevices have FM capability, it's just a matter of waiting for the higher powers to activate it
A built in microwave.
Not need iTunes sync to add/remove media. Allow for simple drag&drops.
Not need jail braking to do what should have been there in the first place.
@bob: as much as I love to see you trolls starve to death, let me address your last issue with my statement with simply this:
You're not a developer, are you. You obviously are not aware of the average price of app on the store. It's nearly impossible to make solid money on 70c a download. I'm practically working for free thanks to the app store economy. Please, tell me a real success story besides Trism or Tapulous of a small, individual developer making significant money on the app store.
Maybe you can find one. Either way, it's not widespread.
AMOLED
Can you read PALMs? It PREcisely does what I need it to do.
unicorns, obvs.
...except solid build quality, enough storage, steady flow of apps, etc.
I feel sorry for Oflife. His email must be polluted with Engadget messages.
analog stick
iDon't have a real keyboard.
iDon't run simultaneous apps.
iDon't take night shots.
iDon't allow open development.
iDon't customize.
iDon't run widgets.
iDon't have an interchangeable battery.
Everything iDon't...Droid Does
WOW EVAN!! That is the way to roll !!!! iPhone got own'd pwn'd nuk'd
@tikiteko
Evan was quoting DroidDoes.com. Those are real lines from the campaign Verizon is running.
adobe flash support, drag/drop, voice command
Flash... yawn
Replaceable battery... Cause u stay up all night swapping batteries to charge em
expandable memory/flash... Maybe
no physical keyboard... "I'm old and can't adapt to change"
can't multitask... FUD
no 3rd party background apps.. True and tedious
one day battery... "I've never had a 3g smartphone before"
2yr plan... "I'm an American and sad I'm not Australian"
only AT&T... "I'm an American and sad I'm not Australian"
have to use iTunes... "I'm so dumb I can't search the Internet for the available alternatives" (phoneview)
no front facing camera... True and partially tedious
Tegra and AMOLED... "look at me, I know some meaningless buzz words"
no themes... True and "I'm one of those people who has garish rainbow shit all over the desktop"
fm radio... Half true and marginally useful
no file manager... True and totally irrelevant
no success for devs... FUD
no crysis... True, useless phone!
Highres... "I'm clueless as to viewable resolution based on viewing distance and screen size"
now...
Can't Send iCal events. Can't install different codecs. Poor navigation / ordering options of apps. Can't work with gloves on. Poor access to key settings like tethering and networking. Can't beam contacts to other phones (non iPhone). the list goes on but i have to go...
There is plenty real things the iPhone could and doesn't do, then there is all the dumb parroted crud people say to show they read blogs and are sheep
Wow Cy, I'm glad you're worried about ical (how many people use that again?) and beaming contacts to other phones. I mean it's hard to type in a phone number, I'd rather go through the whole process of trying to get it to beam, watching it fail, and wasting time.
Everything everybody listed is completely relevant to what the phone should be able to do. The things you listed, most of them anways, not a whole lot of people care about.
Dudes! The Androids are coming! The Androids are coming!
There is the real site:
http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/?cmp=OTC-Droid-redirect1
I just got the feed from PhoneArena.... That is WAY WAY cool.
@Cy Starkman: Don't hate. You are breathing through the wound.
If Anakin Skywalker had a phone... It would be an Android.
If Homer Simpson had a phone... It would be an Android (Cupcake, Donut, yum)
If the iPhone could have a sex change operation.... It would want to become an Android.
If you were not locked on that stupid 2 year-contract... You would be drooling over an Android.
Consider yourself Droid'd.
May Google be with You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYM-XTqcec
I do feel bad for the Original Poster. If he enabled "Email me every response" lol.
Wow! Evan! That video is awesome.
I just saw tons of pictures of the interface at Boy Genius Report. It seems like they alreayd have a Droid !!!!!
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/16/android-2-0-screenshot-walkthrough/
I had never had so much excitement and expectation since Android was announced. I just have a thing for that robot.
frickin' laser beams.
@tikiteto
no hate brus, there is plenty the iPhone is missing, it's just most people parrot stuff that they read and by demonstration don't have the analytical ability to write anything that is a real issue.
Now here's a freakin issue, not being able to click on the devs web link in the in iPhone AppStore. Not being able to even copy the link. It's useless. Here's another, that when you jump to safari from a link in email (for example) exiting safari drops you back to the home screen, not the app that linked - tedious every time. Here's another, there is no way to up/download via a website, occasionally frustrating. Spell checking while great doesn't seem to look on the page/email you are typing in response to meaning it will miss technincal words that are right there. Not being able to delete standard apps, like stocks, yet to never use them.
Or how about hardware, the silent button breaks off, it's a known issue in the batch, it's still in warranty but no go because the dock connector got splashed with water, which has nothing to do with the silent switch. Silly.
What I'm trying to say is that the iPhone has paragraphs, nay chapters of things that can be improved, are overlooked or just don't work well BUT people write parrot stuff that shows up their own brain failure and not the iPhones real short comings.
And not one person who mentions the battery ever responds with HOW they use and charge multiple batteries when you need to charge them in the device (as opposed to the nearly extinct external battery charger of yore). I don't disagree that the iPhone runs out of battery, but so did ALL my 3G phones over the last 5 years and in all of them I could not be assed getting up at 2am to change batteries so I could change batteries and have a spare charge.
Peace out :)
I don't even wanna know how at&t will counter this... It could get ugly.
Probably with the Droidell