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If ordering online works like an "under 30 minutes pizza delivery," then yes, I will have to agree that going downtown and waiting in line is just near idiotic...]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Yeah, if Verizon was paying me today, I would have "Droid mania" as well. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Yeah, considering how most of Engadget's checks are signed by Steve Jobs, it's nice to know they do get a little income from other places as well now and then. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Droido mio, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Droido mio, does it show again
My My, just how much I've missed you?
Moto, I've been broken-hearted
HTC since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Droido mio, now I really know
My my, I should not have let you go]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Hello? We're the Microwave Generation. Results in 30 seconds or our money back. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
That's what she.... Wait, no she didn't.]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Please, for the love of god. Spare us. It's not you. It's the songs]]>Nov 6th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
If anybody wants to see what a real line looks like just pop over to Manhattan on the Upper West Side on Saturday, November 14th. When Apple opens up their new retail store, that will be a huge crowd stretching a couple of blocks. Probably the mayor and dozens of almost-celebrities will be there. None of the useless hype that this Droid is supposed to excite people with.]]>Nov 6th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Collation of info about droid release today: bit.ly/did-droid-conquered-USA-today

Hope Droid will serve as a hand of midas to Verizon Corp. Soweet]]>Nov 6th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Collation of info about droid release today: http://bit.ly/did-droid-conquered-USA-today

Hope Droid will serve as a hand of midas to Verizon Corp. Soweet]]>Nov 6th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
I'll walk in, iPhone 3GS in hand, Fart app loaded....making fart sounds as I walk to the Droid display. I'll "fart" around with the Droid. And I'll walk away thinking, OK, maybe in 20 months when my contract is up, I'll get a Droid, but only if they have a cool Fart app. Otherwise, no dice!
]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Apparently your flower child phone is not giving you enough granola to eat.]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Hmmm.

Locutus of Droid does have a nice ring to it.]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Star Wars]]>Nov 6th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/She was looking to buy iPhone because "EVERYBODY ELSE HAS IPHONE"
I told her to buy DROID because EVERYBODY ELSE HAS IPHONE.]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/So, using the same rationale, when she is thinking of getting a new computer, will you tell her to get a Mac?]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
That being said, you can spend all the money in the world on advertisements, but if they are not effective, then what's the point? I think the Droid will succeed, it probably won't see its highest sales in the first week though, but rather a few weeks from now when the non-geeks see it first hand around town and in the Verizon stores. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/I would build PC for her :)
But usually, these people don't buy computer until their Pentium 3 doesn't let them check hotmail anymore.
Oh, I'm not an Apple hater. I bought iPhone and iPhone 3G before, as well as 1st gen Macbook Air (this purchase would make me an ultimate Apple fanboy, wouldn't it?) and endless versions of iPods. It's just... after 3 years of same (or similar) design, and when 10s of millions of people start using it, iPhone became iPod.]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/I haven't watched TV for awhile :-)
I guess Engadget and Gizmodo not hyping the DROID launch like iPhone made me feel like they put less money on advertising.
Gizmodo did not even mention DROID today. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
It's not the greatest campaign ever, but I think it's been the most clever by a wireless provider* since SBC Houdini'd itself into Cingular.

Note I said PROVIDER, not device maker.]]>Nov 7th 2009 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Kidding.

This Android stuff on Verizon is really quite surprising to me overall. They have always seemed extremely controlling of their devices (where is the Wifi on my Storm?). It seems like they're just throwing their previous caution and control to the wind... which is good. Just... surprising.]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
They'll make a lot of money off these phones and I'm sure will find a way to limit what you can do with them in the end.]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
Still excited about the phone though, I am about to leave for BB.]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/
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I kid. Good luck Moto!!!]]>Nov 6th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/"They come down and never want to go back up" ;^/...]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/I rather be able to walk in and get my phone, thanks.]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/droid-mania-sweeps-the-nation-so-to-speak/Nov 6th 2009 10:10AM