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You will be mine It tell yeee Mine !!!! Moto Droid !]]>Oct 17th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
next summer when apple brings out the iPhone 4, say they decide to pack a higher resolution screen (which they will have to, looking at the WinMo/Android competition)... how will that work with the 85k apps... how flexible are they? will it fragment the app store much?]]>Oct 17th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Genesis Does what NintenDon't]]>Oct 17th 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
a) wtf is a GPS carrier?
b) how is the ram and processor gimped?
c) dumbed down is apples corporate mantra... android is as extensible and open as the end user wants it to be...]]>Oct 17th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Apps are supposed to automatically scale to the available screen size. Notice that when you're making a call, if you quit the Phone app and go to any other app, the app will resize to allow for a larger status bar. If the app doesn't automatically scale, then it's the developer's fault. ]]>Oct 17th 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
"next summer when apple brings out the iPhone 4, say they decide to pack a higher resolution screen (which they will have to, looking at the WinMo/Android competition)... how will that work with the 85k apps... how flexible are they? will it fragment the app store much?"

a high resolution in the iPhone will have zero effect on apps. Why? Steve Jobs has been talking about a little something called Resolution Independence for a few years already. iPhones and iPhone OS have had resolution independence built-in for about a year already. In fact, resolution independence is also built-into Snow Leopard.. pretty much across the board on OS X. So yeah, iPhone apps are very flexible.]]>Oct 18th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 18th 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
yeah I got the same thing,,it is counting down to 12 AM on Oct 30th.]]>Oct 18th 2009 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://web.theunlink.com/images/Key.png and the numbers go: DD HH MM SS

So it just rolled over to eleven days and 23 hrs left. Which doesn't make sense, because that's October, but the ad said November.]]>Oct 18th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
please motorola, get innovation rolling, there's nothing like a war to accelerate technology

apple, like the rest of them can do with a kick now and then

...ponders.... Spose Apple kicked Moto's razr ass, who better to actually get the gloves on. Could play like a laurel and hardy film each kicking the other in turn and doing a silly jump]]>Oct 18th 2009 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
This is only a teaser for the geeks of us out here. The actual ads will be far more typical and less aggro towards the competition. ]]>Oct 18th 2009 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 18th 2009 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
By GPS locked, I believe he's referring to the situation on many VzW devices, where the GPS is locked so it only works with VZNavigator, a crappy $10/mo service.

He certainly could have worded it better, but I'd happen to agree with his sentiments..]]>Oct 18th 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.google.com/trends?q=motorola%2C+iphone&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=1]]>Oct 18th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/

on YouTube this is the new Verizon Add:

Sponsored Links
iDon't Customize
Droid Does.
Coming 11/6/09.
VerizonWireless.com/Droid

November 6th, 2009 !!!]]>Oct 18th 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 18th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 18th 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
Anti-droiddoes commercial: http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/verizon-launches-anti-iphone-marketing-campaign-droiddoes/

Entitled “iDon’t care”

idon’t need to imitate..
idon’t need scare tactics..
idon’t need a droid..

With the same music as the 1st droiddoes commercial, but with added twist – That I think
will be loved by iphone-fans

the next question now will be, “what are the reaction of droid fans and future droid fans alike?”]]>Oct 27th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
not have wifi. Thanks verizon!]]>Oct 17th 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
]]>Oct 17th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/All the points they listed have pro and cons:
physical keyboard - awesome, but adds to bulk
5mp camera - honestly, I think we all know that the MP value of cellphone cameras is useless. you can have an 8mb cameraphone that performes much worse than a 2mp cameraphone...
background apps - is this thing even gonna have a processor powerful enough to use the phone itself well, let alone run background apps? I only say this because it seems to be an issue in a lot of touchscreen phones... apple doesn't allow it cause it'd slow their phones down, kinda sucks but at least they have a somewhat valid reason
widgets... seriously... most widget type features are one tap away on an iphone
Not saying the iphone is the god of all phones... it is not. there are a ton of issues with the iphone that suck. There just don't seem to be many legit competitors out there... (pre rocks)]]>Oct 18th 2009 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/6 months, they need to: give it Expose for running multiple apps, get a flash for their camera, fix the crappy speaker to be like the Bold, make it more stable, and the two biggest ones: 1) Get a f-ing physical keyboard already, and 2) GET THE HELL OFF AT&T. The network sucks. End of story.

However, what really should happen now is Palm can speak up over there on Sprint and say:
-iHave a camera flash, multiple apps, music software, an awesome touch screen, and a kick ass operating system, and interchangeable batteries! And my wireless service doesn't suck every penny out of you (Verizon), have crappy coverage (AT&T), or suck in general (T-Mobile USA, the network internationally is better)! Look at me!

They'll sell millions. Just lose Tamara Hope, alright Palm? kthxbai]]>Oct 18th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Dude, whose ass is that?]]>Oct 18th 2009 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/And shooting pictures with a 2MP camera (iPhone 3G) doesn't produce noise? Well it does, but what droid wants to tell you is it'll have a flash!]]>Oct 18th 2009 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 18th 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
You are right, most people wouldn't care about interchangeable batteries if it lasted as long as they needed. However the iphone does not last as long as people need. If you fully charge and use it a little bit, ZAP your battery is dead. The interchangeable batteries also play more roles than just battery life. Let's say your battery gets old, nothing wrong with your phone just needs a new battery. How are you going to replace it? You have to send it into Apple, and they send you back a DIFFERENT refurbished phone. You don't even get your own phone back. So basically in an age where we're worried about e-waste and emissions from manufacturing, Apple is trying to get people to buy new devices instead of just getting a new battery. Not only does Apple does this for iphone, but ipods and now macbooks as well. My computer needs a new battery and Apple won't even give me MY computer back, I get a refurbished one? This is where Apple fails majorly and why people need to start revolting against built in batteries.]]>Oct 18th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 18th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
Look it up man, it's what they do. They don't hand you a new computer, but they give you a refurbished one. Take your hard drive out and stick it in one they fixed.]]>Oct 18th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/Oct 17th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
iDon't....... think Verizon is ever going to carry the iPhone.

iDon't....... think aiming at one competitor device is a good strategy for a network (for Motorola, yes).

I do think Droid is the best name yet for an Android phone. HTC must be kicking itself.]]>Oct 18th 2009 12:02PM