Verizon's Droid phone pokes fun at the iPhone.Verizon increased its bid to generate buzz over its Motorola Android-powered 'Droid' this weekend by rolling out an ad the questions the usefulness of Apple's iPhone. <div class="imageBox" style="width: 500px;"><img id="5917" class="imgPhoto" src="http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/articles/full/2009/10/19/5917.jpg" alt="Motorola's Droid (robotics) droid - (From "android") The robots of the Star Wars universe. While androids look somewhat human-like, Star Wars' droids are typically fashioned in the likeness of their creators or in a utilitarian design that stresses function over appearance. Phone (Credi: Boy Genius Report)" width="500" /> <div class="caption">Motorola's Droid Phone (Credi: Boy Genius Report)</div> </div> "iDon't have a real keyboard. iDon't run simultaneous apps. iDon't take night shots. iDon't allow open development," reads copy posted on the iDroid website. "iDon't customize. iDon't run widgets. iDon't have interchangeable in·ter·change·a·ble adj. That can be interchanged: interchangeable items of clothing; interchangeable automotive parts. in batteries. Everything iDon't, Droid does." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. early reports, the Droid, which is powered by Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , will include a full QWERTY keyboard The standard English language typewriter keyboard. Q, W, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. Designed by Christopher Sholes, who invented the typewriter, the keyboard layout was organized to prevent people from typing too fast and jamming the keys. , a 5-megapixel digital camera, Wi-Fi, an interchangeable battery, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, and a 854×480 touchscreen See touch screen. . The Droid is reportedly a three-way effort between Verizon, Motorla, and Google. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington J. Michael Arrington (born March 13 1970 in Orange, California)[1] is a serial entrepreneur and the maintainer of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley and wider United States technology start-up community. called the Droid "the real deal," saying that the device "poses a different and more significant challenge to the iPhone than any other phone to date." <strong>Watch the whole idroid commercial below:</strong> <object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPYM-XTqcec&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dPYM-XTqcec&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> </object> |
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