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Daring Fireball: ★ Pinching and the Droid
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@afrotoe this is a pretty sick phone too: http://bit.ly/1GYiHm though I love my iPhone 3GS more then anything ! #droid 18 hours ago |
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Motorola Droid Review http://bit.ly/1GYiHm 2 days ago |
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@prashmohan The @engadget review says the DROID can't do multi-touch http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review/ 2 days ago |
★ Pinching and the Droid
Daring Fireball —
... Joshua Topolsky, writing for Engadget, gives the Droid a very positive review overall. But regarding something I’d been wondering about, here’s what he writes about multi-touch: ...
Review roundup: Motorola Droid, Verizon's first Android handset
AppleInsider —
... alleging that the coverage maps shown are deceiving for viewers. Reviewers like the Droid, saying it's a good handset and likely the best smartphone Verizon has to offer. Whether it's better than the iPhone, though, seems to come down to a matter of taste. The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg : The New York Times' David Pogue : The Associated Press' Rachel Metz : PC World's Robert S. Anthony : Other reviews are available from Gizmodo , Engadget , CNet , and MobileCrunch . And for a rebuttal of the Droid "iDon't" ...
Verizon's Droid launch: your complete guide
Macworld —
... : "If you don't buy an iPhone, buy a Droid. It's the best phone on Verizon, and with Android 2.0, the second best smartphone you can buy, period. It's flawed, deeply in some ways. But it's the second best phone around, on the best network around." • Engadget : "It's hard not to recommend the Droid to potential buyers eager to do more with their devices. It's easily the best Android phone to date, and when you couple the revamped OS, Verizon's killer network, and an industrial design straight from a gadget enthusiast's fever-dream, it makes for a powerful concoction." • ...
A cheap iPhone 3GS for the end of year festivities?
HardMac.com —
... has received information from two different sources, Apple could launch for the end-of-year festivities a cheaper iPhone 3GS for $100. It would be different from the current models and have 8 GB of memory which is sufficient for many people. After a subsidy, it would cost $99.
The acknowledged goal is to fight against the newest iPHone Killer from Motorola, the DROID.
If you are curious about other thing besides the iPhone, Engadget published a complete test of it.
Analyst estimates 100,000 DROID smartphones sold in first weekend
Engadget Mobile —
... , but one way or another, it sounds as if Motorola managed to sell quite a few DROIDs over the weekend. According to analyst Mark McKechnie at Broadpoint AmTech, the outfit managed to move around 100,000 of 'em during the opening weekend, with most stores moving at least half of their original shipments. He also estimated that Moto would sell one million Android-based phones in Q4 2009 alone (which includes the ...
The Motorola DROID Review Mix!
iSmashPhone —
... covering android and iphone side by side
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Reviews used were:
A Place to Put Your Apps - the New York Times' David Pogue
Motorola's Droid is Smart Success for Verizon Users by the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg
The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone by Scobleizer
Motorola Droid Review by Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan
Motorola DROID Review by Engadget's Joshua Topolsky
Droid Sites: ...
