Only on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon could the
TwitterPeek overshadow Verizon's DROID. Fact of the matter is, it's easier to grasp the idea of a dedicated tweeting device than a Verizon phone touting "open development" as one of its main features. TwitterPeek is available now for $200, a price that includes lifetime service, or $100 for a 6 month subscription. Hit the read link below for details or mosey on through to the other side of the break for the Late Night buffoonery.
** Qlorigan is a trademark of Fallon Corp.
posted Nov 3rd 2009 2:02AM
Too much talk and not enough info.
It is a talkshow, afterall. It got enough "ooh! Shiney!" to appeal to the masses.
@IcerC that's a pretty good description of twitter... but how was the show?
Josh is that you?
You didn’t even dress that good for the Engadget show. What’s up man? I nearly did not even notice you in that picture :-)
I thought it was perfect for late night tv! Got the Droid out there and it felt like people were impressed with Google Navigation. I was imaging myself as an iPhone user seeing Droid for the first time and I'd definitely be intrigued.
People watch/go to these shows to be entertained and Josh did and awesome job of mixing humor with the most info casual gadget consumers/enthusiasts would tolerate.
@Thinker They make their guests wear suits on every NBC late night show. If they don't wear a suit to the taping, wardrobe will lend you a suit.
im i the only one that thinks josh looks like a young jeff goldblum?
Jimmy FAILon!
I just wish I could watch these clips on my iPhone.
you know whats coming.
troll troll troll
I know you are.
man i hate it when engadget deletes trolls comments. then i'm left looking like a douche with my reply comment....
whatever troll... ;)
You'd have to be really annoying to write posts like that.
And I'm not even that thrilled by the Milestone (mostly due to shitty camera).
The Droid really looks like a decent phone. Why are you hating on it?
And no, I'm not a fanboy. I'm getting the HD2.
I see that they're trying to get a bit going and I appreciate both Jimmy and Josh. But, as much as I love sexy tech, this isn't late night material.
It got me to watch the show.
Good segment. Josh said Google wants to bring the navigation to any device that can run Google Maps...... is this true? My HTC 8925 and Touch Pro will now have free turn by turn? Or will Androooooiiiiiiiid be required? Thanks for answering the question I had in my head about the LucasFilms TM LOL.
I'm actually pretty sure Google is even trying to work with Apple to get this on iPhones, so, yes, any device with Google maps, Google wants to try to provide free navigation. I think that means no Google maps on the next iPhone. It's going to hurt Apple revenue if they can't sell $100 navigation apps.
Dam so ATT network is that shitty? I have no problems in Miami FL. WOW.
I have no problem Olympia to Seattle.
Not only do I have no problems in Austin and Houston, ATT's reception is probably the best here.
No problems in the Bay Area or Sacramento, either. I have to admit, Verizon's "we have a map for that" propaganda showing how 'expansive' their 3G network is is pretty ridiculous. They show coverage in some of the most unpopulated areas in the entire country, while it seems ATT focuses on the most densely populated areas. More red color on a map doesn't necessarily make the network better, it just means that creepy 'can you hear me now' guy follows you to more places, and who wants that? :|
No, it's ok. In Bay Area it used to be the best 3G network until mass adoption of iPhones. It works just fine in all other respects, though my wife started complaining about dropped calls after she switched to iPhone 3G. My old HTC which is using 3G all time as well does not have these problems. I've heard AT&T network in New York is really dead especially during the day.
@all things considered
Really? I'm in the same area, and everyone I know on AT&T has problems with poor signal and dropped calls, while I have almost perfect coverage through Verizon.
My network's bigger than yours....
...and all the ladies love that.
Actually ATT service is pretty good in most larg cities listed above, however, outside of that the service is a bit bad or even non-existant in places especially in the Central part of the country where the population is lower.
They're in New York, where I understand there are so many iPhone users concentrated I to one small area using constant data that is bogs down the network and causes constant call drops, lost and delayed texts and missing voicemails. This even affects non-iPhone users from what I can gather.
for you people in large cities, or in higher populated places in the country, att works fine. for me, att has no 3g coverage within 100 miles of my house, their coverage is terrible (i used to get it maybe 10% of the 30 min drive to school) while verizon's comes in at about 90%. verizon has 3g coverage the whole way.
@all things
I love that you are an AT&T customer but you "have to admit" a verizon ad is stupid. That's an hilarious attempt at misdirection. Guess what?! A lot of people still live and travel to the verizon areas noted on the map. Hey that's great if you only stay in large cities some people get around a lot more and having a real network is important. I know two people who have and love their iphones but they carry another phone on verizon because not only can they not count on their main phone in certain big cities, they travel all over and need to always be connected.
There nothing "ridiculous" about covering parts of the country that you yourself don't go to.
it appears that in verizon's coverage map they're including 1X as "3G" coverage
The state of Michigan in their map is solid red.
When I when up north with some pals , their Verizon phones where on a single bar of 1X, which I highly doubt is faster than EDGE.
Sorry for the slightly random question, but don't the various companies share their towers over there, like they do here in the UK?
@logicbomb
1x is technically 3G so it's perfectly OK they include it in the map.
Yeah, technically CMDA 1X EVDO is considered 3G, but it's painfully slow at ~128kbps... I'd call it more like 2.5G or something. All of Verizon's lowest end dumbphones use it, while the higher end devices use EV-DO Rev.0/A
wow did josh really clean up this time?
Yeah, no alcohol or drugs before the show, if that's what you mean.
No? That's not what you mean?
Umm... well, he shaved....?
yeah, shaved his legs perhaps. I don't know how he could get into those pants
lol, dude seriously? His pants are totally fine, relax man.
I dug the pants he wore when interviewing Ballmer, but the internet disagreed.
Posture was god awful though
He looked better with the beard.
It's currently has the best processor of Android phones; it's also the only one as of now to have 2.0 since the older ones haven't been updated yet. Being available on the best network (In terms of coverage) and having a physical keyboard is also a plus.
AWESOME I love your face :)
RIP beard :(
The fact that Josh had the HD2 and instead showed TwitterPeek really hurt -__-
Great segment either way, nice job, Josh!
He probably knew he only had a minute left which would be not nearly enough time to go over a phone such as the HD2 so he went for the twitter peek which got some laughs. The TwitterPeek isnt going to sell because anyone who would use twitter is going to have a phone able to send and receive tweets anyways so no need to carry around another device to duplicate the service.
Why would Google fanboys downrank you because the "truth hurts," you didn't say anything negative about Android 2.0. (What could you attack it for any way? It's multi-tasking, GPS Nav, Widgets, or the ability to choose what apps they want on their phone) You attacked Motorala for having an ugly physical keyboard (An ugly one is better than none by the way).
You know what I don't get, is what makes the iphone so good, if they are just going to update it the following summer.
Huh? All phones get updated every year or so (many more often than that)
Okay, it won't be better than other Android phones running 2.0 with an equal or better processor; they will all be better than the iPhone. It's just the first Android phone available on Verizon and also the first to get Android 2.0.
Really, nothing makes it worthwhile?
I'm not the type to respond to trolls, but to put you in your place:
How about the Cortex A8 processor (making it one of the fastest Android phones available), the gorgeous 3.7" 480×854 display, 5MP camera with flash, an actual physical keyboard, soft-touch plastic and solid build quality. As for looks (which is always based on opinion), I think it looks like a phone that means business (fits the Droid name really well), even though I don't particularly like gold accents either. I would have to see one in person to judge looks. Also the only one with Android 2.0 out of the box. All of the other phones you have to wait indefinitely (no solid release dates for 2.0 on other phones).
And I don't even like Verizon (I'm on AT&T) or Motorola (I like SE more). I wouldn't mind if a similar phone came to AT&T.
Everyone really seemed to like the fact that it had a real keyboard. Including ?uestlove.
Lol, there were audible gasps from the audience. I think I also heard women fainting and being fanned by gentlemen.
@ Snake Robot Podium
That wasn't gasps from the audience, that was At&T 's pride deflating. Or the sound of apple shatting in their pants.
I just have to say that I appreciate Josh's better (on camera) attitude here and on the Ballmer Report… Much Much less douchey than that 1st engadget show with Jon Rubinstein.
Qlorigan.
There I said it. Sue me!
I can't believe Qlorigan hasn't been in every post so far.
I think what you meant to say is Qlorigan(tm).
Droid is good because its the first android phone on Verizon. Android is a great smartphone OS and Verizon is a good carrier (read carrier with good coverage). And this comes from an iPhone user on AT&T.
Pretty much all touchscreen smartphone look the same, and you don't have to use the physical keyboard if you don't like it. I wonder what kind of dumb phone you are using.
People downrank you because your comment is boring, stupid and redundant
I'm on the West Coast and I'm glad they posted the video clip early so I don't have to wait for Jimmy's god awful show...
Overall, the segment was pretty lame b/c it lacked content and the humor was drier than a cooch from a 95 y/o woman.
Josh is such a tool...
I agree with you about posting the clip early, but not about the other stuff.
I'm generally not a fan of Fallon -- I only watch when he has good guests (like Felicia Day or the Monty Python troupe) -- but I don't think this segment was that dry. I know gadgets aren't known to be talk show material the way celebrities and movies are, but I think Josh did a decent job of making the Droid and TwitterPeek as interesting and mainstream-friendly as he could.
Considering the Droid doesn't have a whole lot of appeal outside the geeky world, and considering TwitterPeek isn't worth its high cost of ownership, I think Josh did well presenting them to the public. It's unfortunate he didn't show off the HD2, but that was likely due to time constraints.
Haha, I found this interview pretty hilarious...mainly b/c Josh & Jimmy together = win imo. I wish they would keep you on for more than 5 minutes tho :(
His pants are so baggy compared to the last Engadget Show.
Oh! Aren't we all so clever and funny.
Did you hear the audiences of dumbnuts laughing at the TwitterPeek. Probably some technologically underdeveloped floor manager held up the "Laugh at the Geek" board at that point.
Sickeningly sycophantic. Let's get back to the tech NEWS and stay off the bandwagons.
I guess it's the same about complaining about using the camera on your phone. It's all about convenience. I'd rather use Twitter off my WinMo, all about convenience.
I don't see how this will take off unless you're a Twitter addict.
Everybody, just hit the exclamation mark. We may not get him banned as quickly as his name suggests but we banned he will be.
Win.
You didn't exploit the terrifying DROID sound? It's late night comedy gold.
DROID
Which one is Jimmy Fallon?
More useless than a 10 dollar mobile phone.
Josh has gone all Rick Moranis...
Honey, I shrunk the pants.
Great job Josh, love the show, your sense of humor is universal it seems. Maybe you need your own late night comedy show!! Co-partners w/ Fallon.
Wow... Okay I savagely ripped Josh's dress and appearance on the last few shows and I must say This is finally professional. Just one thing and its like wheening a kid into the later stages- lose the white shoes with the dark pants- its out of style and looks ridiculous- stop the rebel its comfortable crap and move into the full look..
A dedicated twitter device... lame. People don't want to carry around a phone, a music device, and now a twitter device. I think I'm one of the last people on Earth that just doesn't have a Twitter account, and I have no plans to get one. As if Myspace and Facebook aren't breeding grounds for stalkers already. Twitter is for update whores who want to validate their lives for every day tasks that they have to do anyway.
It's okay, I think us update whores will be okay without you. And you should probably take a deeper look at why you insult people that you don't know, over something that you obviously don't understand.
no they are down raking you cause your a moron
android to me feels just as its name states. Impersonal, unfeeling and cold. The droid is nothing more than a G1 re-invented, it has ground to make up if it wants to beat out the Iphone3GS and it really better do its homework if it wants to compare to the Pre and Pixi. IMO WebOS is the best hands down. True Open Source, ergonomically perfect, quick (not fast), and reliable. Also, stylishly designed!
Congratulations! Great performance, Joshua, and you're getting funnier.
Josh is actually kind of funny.
Oh dear, a suit and tie and regular shirt, soon he'll be saying 'gosh' and 'heck' too, and will forget the details about internet but will volunteer it's dangerous for the kids, let's hope a replacement is found as he's lost to that world
I'm sort of 'joshing' of course, but the jacket&shirt&tie on him does make him look even more geeky somehow, like some spoof on the tech d00d.
But the segments were not bad, seems josh and fallon are more attuned to each other, or rater josh is more accepting fallon's lead to avoid awkwardness it seems to me.
Sorry to be shallow, but Android's UI looks like shit aesthetically. If you're marketing to the iPhone crow, you'll do well to clean it up. Granted, they've already indicated that they are aiming the device more at nerds than mainstreams trendsters, but it has to be said that this thing still looks rough around the edges. After almost two years. It's not like Google is a new player in UI, which is what bothers me. The whole thing looks like it was written in someone's garage. The apps may not reflect that, which I applaud, but why the hell have they not done more to clean up the home screen or the navigation across the phone? Tey're at 2.0 on this piece of shit, after all. Take a page out of HTC's handbook, for Christ's sake. I'm admittedly an iPhone user, but I'm not daft and not outside the realm of being tempted away from the big shiny apple by a better, more versatile or advanced device. I'm just saying, at this point the HD2 would be it, if anything. IF only they slapped that skin on something that wasn't Winmo. Up your appeal, Google. And act like a company the company you really are, the next anti-trust victim...
Hey noob, you can change everything about Android, including the UI.
Rick Moranis from ghostbusters was on the Jimmy Fallon show?
TwitterPeek = Best Christmas gift EVER!
I love the fact that Jimmy Fallon says on national TV that ATT's NY network constantly drops his calls! I guess they dont have an app for that!
I just wish I could watch these clips on my iPhone.
Josh, you looked better with a beard/facial hair haha