Some of the Droid’s “iDon’t” ads claims debunked:
• iDon’t have a real keyboard: I can type twice as fast on the iPhone as I can on the Droid’s mechanical keyboard. Nobody [who tested it] thought the Droid’s [mechanical] keyboard was very good.
• iDon’t run simultaneous apps: Not completely true. You can’t run more than one third party app simultaneously on an iPhone. When I’m navigating with my third-party GPS app, the iPod app is playing music and the Mail app is fetching mail in the background.
• iDon’t allow open development: Droid shouldn’t try to fight the iPhone toe-to-toe on apps. It’s absolutely no contest: the iPhone has the largest, broadest, and highest-quality library of mobile apps anywhere. Verizon is aiming a peashooter against the USS Nimitz.
Ihnatko continues in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Motorola Droid: “iDon’t have a chance in hell at dethroning Apple’s iPhone.”
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Russ W.” for the heads up.]
ihnatko rocks
Yeah the geeks will buy the DROID but it will go in the bottom of their pocket and collect dust. It will be so difficult to use that no one will waste their time with it. The iPhone always stays in peoples hands because it is easy and convenient to use. People just use it.
First.Nice try Droid! Not even close!
Crash and burn!!!! Next?!
Ok not first, third
Verizon is pissing against the wind with their mouths wide open. Yeah thats how good their “iDon’t know how to make an iPhone” ads are.
“Verizon is aiming a peashooter against the USS Nimitz.”
Good one Andy.
@whatever
Well said.
If Company needs to reply on misinformation to sell a product, what does that say about both the Company and the product? And doesn’t it hurt credibility in the long run?
Droid/Verizon: iDon’t have my own innovation so I’ll use the Apple’s catch phrases to advertise my knock-offs.
I chuckled at the “iDon’t do widgets” flash sign. Like the average phone buyer is going to care whether an app is called an ‘app’ or a ‘widget’.
iDon’t work outside the United States.
iDon’t hold more than 256MB of apps.
iDon’t have multitouch.
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iDon’t have to wait in line…..
Ihnatko’s review of the Droid was glowing.
Andy hasn’t actually debunked any of those claims, he’s just said “Yeah, but …”
“Verizon is aiming a peashooter against the USS Nimitz.”
Man, Ihnatko can be funny!
“Gimme a ‘D'”
D!
“Gimme a ‘roid’
Roid!
“What does it spell?”
Motorola!
My big question has to do with Verizon itself. The reason I dumped them in the first place was a) poor to no Mac support; b) charging out the ass for anything and everything.
So has that changed? Can you sync your contacts, bookmarks, music? Do they charge trillions of dollars for sending a text message?
The hemaDroid will swell up for a while, and then pop.
iDon’t have to pay for visual voicemail
Those ads are directed to ignorant people, thanks God that is not for me
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More blood on iPhone’s multitouch screen.
Yet another differentiator. If Verizon actually had the iPhone, Apple would not permit Verizon to create and run advertisements to promote it. It would be in the contract, “Verizon will not run lame-ass ads to promote the iPhone. Apple will be solely responsible for marketing the iPhone.” I’ve seen a few ATT ads with the iPhone in it, but they were pretty generic and unmemorable; the “real” iPhones ads are the ones created by Apple. I don’t think Verizon will be able to stomach just being “the pipes,” a role that ATT is happy to play (although they often do it poorly).
I can’t wait for the hype cycle to run its course, and for reality to set in for the Droid. The Verizon ads are an indication that the company could not get a deal done with Apple. And now, they want to piss in Steve’s cornflakes.
I’ve read the reviews, and overall, the Droid is pretty good. I frankly hate its styling – it’s so very PC. The Android OS still has some rough edges. And as MDN pointed out, the Droid has severe memory limitations. Then there’s Verizon: great network, terrible customer attitude. I think we’ll find that they still want to soak the customer, and will find ways to do so, not to mention dumb down the Droid to not let it do many things we take for granted with the iPhone.
I have no doubt that the Android OS will continue to improve. But Apple won’t stand still either. The huge developer community, their massive lead in game apps, and that little advantage called iTunes give Apple a huge advantage. Dweebs like to talk about features, but ease of use and the elegance of the iPhone OS will continue to help Apple keep its lead, despite growing competition.
One thing I hope is that the revenues generated by the iPhone will benefit AT&T;. What?!!? Did you hear me hope that a greedy cell carrier will benefit? You heard right. Look, I’m no fan of AT&T;or any US cell carrier. They’re all pricks. But my hope is that AT&T;will use the growing revenues from the iPhone to expand its 3G network. I believe that it can, and should.
The more that AT&T;adds more cells in major cities and suburbs, along the interstates and eventually, across rural America, the one big argument in favor of Verizon will be rendered moot. I can’t wait for that to happen, not only for better service, but to see the asshats at Verizon eat their words.
Yahoo Finance had a Droid article where the two buyers were obviously Apple haters. Hope they like the $350 ETF.
“HemaDroid”
Nice one, January 24, 1984.
@Rike
What can you expect from two Yahoos!
jailbreak your iphone with blackra1n. then you have the best of both worlds……wooooooooot!
“the iPhone has the largest, broadest, and highest-quality library of mobile apps anywhere”
There is an app for proving that. Unfortunately, it wasn’t accepted to iStore by iManagement because it had iPhone logo on its cover.