New DROID ads show off Android, will make a man out of you
By Paul Miller 
posted Nov 9th 2009 1:23PM
posted Nov 9th 2009 1:23PM
[Thanks, DroidDoesItAll]
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Yes...because the phone that sells millions in 72 hrs is the leading smartphone...
Hold up...wait a minute.
Fails to sell more than 20 million in 28 hours iPhone does!!!!!!!!
See? I can come up with random and meaningless criteria for success too!
English, motherf*****r. Do you speak it?
Where are you even pulling these numbers from? Looking around, it doesn't look like any numbers have been released yet. So far the only thing that's been said is that they're selling like hotcakes and a lot of locations are sold out.
Obviously whatever phone you use blows at spell check.
I still stick the the fact of Blackberry not selling "iPhone weekend amounts" but yet...which phone is the best selling smartphone AND the market leader.
@iDavey
That's because the BB has been in the market years before the iPhone. Of course it has a bigger market share! It's an entrenched incumbent with its own set of rabid followers. Both BB and the iPhone are increasing their slice of the market at the expense of Nokia and WinMo.
@Jin
But in retrospect...WinMo has been in longer and Apple has already overtaken them. The "longer stay" is not applicable when they have already overtaken a main player in the game.
You are right though, as Apple's share grows, it shows BB slowing/lowering. But at the same time the market in its entirety is growing. So it's not like they're losing share.
GOD DAMNIT WORD GO AWAY
Didn't we have a discussion about how it didn't really do that great?
No, we had a bunch of iPhone fanboys in denial pretending it didn't do that great and discussing their mass delusion.
"Wave Shreading Web Speeds"
We will see a class action law suit stating that users are not getting it... whatever it means.
Kamokaze (lol) - Yes, that's entirely different than all the Droid fanboys in denial pretending the ad did do great. I totally see your point there.
the discussion we DIDN'T have is the fact that this so called ROBOT only can type with ONE FINGER.
no multi-touch? failbot.
J 3 LUNT: "fanboooy it has a REAL keyboard ! You can type with 10 fingers if you want.
Except the keyboard does have multi touch. The browser doesn't.
Bla, bla, bla! Where are the Sales NUMBERZ?!!
Did it even beat the Storm?
Cant only one letter be typed at a time no matter what on any keyboard or screen? I cant just press all the keys to a word at the same time and have it come out correctly.
Lets list some pros and cons of the DROID, facts only. Whether something is a pro or con is my opinion, but these are all facts nonetheless.
Pros: Verizon's network, large capacitive touch screen, physical QWERTY keypad, Android 2.0(includes FREE turn-by-turn navigation, Flash support, all the Google apps, auto-correction when using the software keyboard, a decent browser, the ability to gain root control, and an open-source platform), WiFi, GPS, 3G, 5MP camera, dual-LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, removable storage with 16gb microSD included, same CPU as iPhone 3GS, and all in a case not much thicker than the iPhone 3Gs.
Cons: QWERTY keypad has no spacing between buttons, keypad buttons are totally flat, the sliding mechanism is not spring-loaded and does not lock the same way as most others, Android is still not as mature as other mobile operating systems, the Android Marketplace is still lagging behind Apple's App Store, some of Android's multitouch functions are disabled for some reason, and Verizon's smartphone pricing plans and new ETF are more expensive than other carriers'.
Feel free to add your own pros and cons below, but please stick to the facts and remain objective. My goal is to put it all out there, the good and the bad, so people can get the facts and make their own informed decision about the DROID.
So it is now obvious that Verizon is advertising to the Fanboys. I can't imagine the general public getting excited by these ads.
Greg: You really don't think that the turn by turn app and a nice browser doesn't appeal to anyone but fanboys?
@Jayd I agree with Greg. I don't know why Verizon is running ads like this for the Droid. He didn't say that people wouldn't like the free google maps navigation and it's web browser, he's saying the ads don't "only" highlight that. The fact that they have a machine typing on it instead of a human's finger distances the "average" person from the device. The reason apple sold so many overpriced 1st gen iPhones is because they had excellent ads that made it seem like anyone could use the phone no matter their technological knowledge. before fanboys respond... i'm not saying the iPhone is better. I have an iPhone 3G but it's annoying and I'm looking for a good android phone to switch to. I'd take the droid, but I can't be on Verizon unfortunately.
All I'm saying is that Verizon could have played this differently but they chose to get all robot/future-esque on us. They named the thing Droid! Remember when Conan O'brien did that spot with the insult dog razzing Star Wars fans at the Star Wars premiere? Those are the people excited about "Droid". The general public ain't like that. If you want to market to the general public, you don't do what Verizon is doing.
Great marketing and decent products beats bad marketing and great products. Sorry Droid.
@ Greg, you are just in denial because the Droid kicks your ass.
@cal:
Who is the one in denial? Anyone who knows anything about marketing knows that you target a certain audience in your advertising. Verizon has chosen to market to young males who still get excited about a tagline like "Droid Does". It is what it is. Look at the people buying this phone. In a couple months look at the sales figures. It will be relatively small because the market they are targeting is relatively small. If Verizon wanted more than that in this "early adopter" phase, they wouldn't have marketed their phone this way.
PROS: you can swap the battery for a new one any time you want--all by YOURSELF!
hi resolution screen---it is really crisp! makes the iphone and the HTC eris look crappy!
Although these ads are the 'futuristic, sci-fi' type, they more mainstream-targeted than the "iDon't do Open Development" one.
Still, this is similar to how using Firefox became mainstream. It started with a bunch of people (like us Engadget readers) saying to their friends/family "Don't use IE, use this better browser." Now Firefox has ~20% marketshare.
You could even compare this to when Apple switched over to Intel processors. Apple did some advertising, but the general public mainly found out by word-of-mouth from avid Mac users (fanboys, if you want to call them that).
I find that Verizon is trying to accomplish the same thing by forming their own group of dedicated users/fanboys.
@umm....hello???
Your post is a good example of bias. You could have simply said "Removable battery, 480x854 resolution screen"
OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nilay.
Paul apparently.
Paul didn't betray me.
Thx for posting this!!! :)
i wish the vids are posted on youtube. for some reason, vids other than youtube cant be viewed at work.
proxy
I'm glad they ARE NOT on youtube so that I CAN view them from work :P
I feel like there's a Mulan joke in here...
When I read the title I thought they actually put the song in the ads...and then I was disappointed that it wasn't
the last vid looks more like a SEGA CD ad
Like the dog whisperer?
Nice ! :)
Probably my next phone after my iPhone ! :)
its not a phone. it's a robot in disguise!
http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/0602_000001_c3xqbk3t2z_1.jpg
pew pew kablam!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfPw0g2nrdo
or this XD
@Husher, That Garfield phone is awesome in that last video. Funny enough they still sell it.
By then, another Android will take its place...
The Android invasion is already here.
I just did this today. Got rid of my iPhone and the AT&T Network and moved to the Driod. So far, really like it.
Oh, and the first thing I did was customize my background and install Google Voice App. Fuck you Steve Jobs....
I love the droid and whole spirit around it :).
But i'm not planing to change my iPhone in to it, because of one small thing. I need phone that would play with itunes nicely. I have huge music library and I like to carry a big part of it with me, but also i hate to carry many devices. And iphone does it all for me.
I got mine this weekend. The first thing I did while in the store was call my iPhone. Both me and the sales guy watched as my iPhone didn't ring even though it displayed 4/5 signal strength. 48 hours later... no regrets. It's nice to send texts while on the DC metro. It's nice to have a conversation in my condo without having to go outside to the street. It's nice to be shown 4 bars, and amazingly enough... make a call.
^^^^ I feel your pain... I'm from the area too and all my friends are talking and texting on the metro and i'm left all lonely in the corner :(
@k.misiura:
There is a plugin for iTunes that allows it to sync with non-iPod devices, but I can't remember the name. A friend of mine told me she uses it to sync with her Phillips DAP and her Blackberry. If you want a DROID and that's the only thing holding you back, you should look for this plugin and try it out. I did a search and found one for Windows called iTunes Agent, but I'm not sure if that's the one.