Motorola Droid ads invading mailboxes, too?
By Ross Miller 
posted Oct 20th 2009 10:32PM
posted Oct 20th 2009 10:32PM
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Can't wait.
lol, low-light capable it says.
any sensor that size isn't capable regardless of light conditions.
At night, thats gonna have more grain than a silo in central valley.
YES!
I'm highly debating eating AT&T's ETF..... hmmmmm.......
VZW really does stand to make a killing with this one. Finally a GOOD, non-blackberry smartphone.
SuperTroll, did your parents happen to be an orc and a giant?
@SuperTroll
I love it when somebody's handle matches their comments. Synchronicity.
love the fresh new ergonomics ...................i think i jizzed in my pants
Can somebody answer this for me. How exactly is Droid any different from the Palm Pre, which also had all these features where the iPhone was lacking? I mean, I'm not understanding the hype.
in all objectivity, so far, what do we know that droid DOESN'T?
DOESN'T know which network to chose
@lalondegeoffrey are you stupid in japan they have cell phones that can do just that and some with night vision filters yrs ago what makes you think that can't be applied here
This looks good wish I can have 1
@lalondegeoffrey this has a flash. a real flash, not some led thing.
@rinum009
It's simple. These people are sheep that have fallen under the influence of an infectious (to nerds) advertising campaign. Yet, they are the same people who constantly say iPhone OWNERS are sheep to apple's advertising. Hmm. Pot, meet kettle.
How Verizon can say that ANYONE is "liberated" on a CDMA network where they make you pay extra for almost every feature and lock and strip half the good things about all of their phones is beyond me.
Invade my Canadian mail box...with actual phone. Do want NOW.
@Sam:
You're an idiot. How can you say you're liberated at all when you're on any closed network? Until the day we get these nice "Star Trek" tap-your-commbadge networks, you have to deal with what's there. So what if Verizon's CDMA? They're still the largest in the nation and for the grand majority of the people who do not use their phones outside of the US, that's liberated enough for them.
Plus, if you've been reading the posts (instead of just trolling), you'd have noted that Verizon has not been borking their smartphones for some time now. Of course, that doesn't fit into your iPhone-lusting, stuck-with-AT&T paradigm (assuming you even know what a paradigm is) pre-digested thoughts, so the most you can offer is just more of the same bullshit.
Few people here really have any problem with the iPhone; they just prefer something else. However, it's you, Truth, Detox and all the other iTards that we're sick of. Just do us a favor and jump off a cliff. Hell, there's probably an app for that.
@ Sam:
Most of the people on here knew about this phone FAR in advance of any advertizing campaign by Verizon. We've been looking forward to it since the first renders were released along with some general spec guidelines.
Also, name a single smartphone that has been released in the past year that has been "crippled" by Verizon (WiFi-less BBs don't count; that's RIM's fault, look at the Storm 2).
@ Truth
Youre a POS. Keep trolling along...You blurt Apple every chance you get. Eat shit and die. I get tired of hearing the same old bull shit from you. The market is betting on Steve to retire and when he does, ill be trolling on every Apple thread that engadget publishes.
SP
@ Truth
Youre a POS. Keep trolling along...You blurt Apple every chance you get. Eat shit and die. I get tired of hearing the same old bull shit from you. The market is betting on Steve to retire and when he does, ill be trolling on every Apple thread that engadget publishes.
SP
Sounds great. Hope it's competitively priced and isn't bogged down by Verizon's many UI additions/removals.
i totally agree with you about pricing, i mean if even the iphone is only $199 how can any other phone be that much more expensive?
Verizon hasn't touched a smartphone UI in years; there's no reason to worry.
Even if they do screw it up someone is sure to root it and make a custom build.
I think we should be more concerned about the plan pricing. After all, even if Verizon service is better, why should plans for their "superior" phone cost more than others? I'd like to see them match Sprint's new $69.99 plan, but I'd say that's unlikely. And if they load too much crap onto it, and disable things like Bluetooth transfers, then it'll be a mere competitor, not an iPhone killer. If Verizon can offer a feature or two besides improved service (and the better phone specs), then this could go more mainstream.
Are you just thinking of shit that you believe that VZW will shut down? They cannot do anything like "disable bluetooth file transfers." The phone has "With Google" branding on it, so they CANNOT touch the OS.
Nothing.
Whatsoever.
No I'm not. I'm musing over the possibilities. I only voice a concern because Big Red is taking this phone to heart if the ad campaign is any indication. They may have had a hand in crafting some software, maybe not. I haven't seen it yet.
If they're not going to touch the OS, then good. Wouldn't want my Donut to be handled by someone else before I ate it, so to speak. I could use one actually, I've had a very tiring week so far.
Android so far doesn't even have BT file transfer. The BT stack isn't finished yet. It seems they worked on other issues first. It's one of the main complaints on the bug tracker. Hopefully 2.0 has it. I don't know why Google is taking so long to do the BT stack.
There are some apps the provide it, but only on rooted phones, so it's not applicable to most users.
Huh, I did not know that. Looks like our Droid pal will be a fully fledged Android phone then, since apparently Verizon doesn't get to modify it. Wish they wouldn't modify any of their phones' UIs. Sprint too; I hated the interfaces and lack of customization on my old Moto and Sammy phones with them. Thanks for the info BTW.
@Maccadude33:
"Wouldn't want my Donut to be handled by someone else before I ate it, so to speak. "
Don't you mean your Eclair? :)
Verizon sure is throwing all their eggs in one basket, i really hope they are sure this is that killer of a device.
It just seems kind of weird that a Motorola is supposed to beat the iPhone...
I don't; I think it's a nice return to ascendancy for Moto if it does. They were arguably the first ones to come out with the first practical cellphone and since they've been sliding since their RAZR days, it'd be nice to see them get back on top with a new outlook.
So what's my next phone?
not this one.
I'd like to know this too.
Judging from your avatar, the Samsung Behold II.
I'm wondering about that too. Seems to be implying that it's not coming out for a year and a half.
They're trying to convey that this is two steps ahead from what you're currently using, rather than one. It's awkwardly worded, but I'm sure the twelve marketing drones who thought of this at a "creative meeting" (oxymoron) just LOVED it.
Yea those words struck me as stupid.
"It's not your next phone, it's the one after that"? So is this phone coming out soon or not?
No, never, that why they sent ads in the mail dummy,
You know, so people could get excited about something that won't happen for another year
The commercial says "November."
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/
droid does, bitches.
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Droid Does what iWANT
Droid does what iWANT
Except reply fail.
Engadget, what is the reason for your comment system to act up. I mean the speed you put out articles- correction, blogs- about apple's refresh line was amazing- why omit your comment system bug maintenance?
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iCan't let you do that, iPhone...
I'm really liking this advertising. It's not that happy, folk crap Apple puts out for their stuff.