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David Pogue: " Smartphone Is Too Limited...It's An App Phone " [Blockquote]
Gizmodo —
... I disagree with both Chen and Pogue and prefer to think of the gadgets as "Things I Can't Live Without," but what do you think they should be called? [NY Times] ...
Review roundup: Motorola Droid, Verizon's first Android handset
AppleInsider —
... app for that advertisements, by declaring "there's a map for that," comparing the two devices' coverage maps. This week, AT filed a lawsuit against Verizon over the campaign, 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 ...
Smartphone, App Phone, Superphone — What’s in a Name?
jkOnTheRun —
... David Pogue feels that “smartphone” is no longer fitting for the phones of today. According to Pogue, the new phone is much more capable than the old smartphone, and the term no longer describes what these phones can do in just a word or two. He feels that a “smartphone is a cellphone with e-mail” and that new phones today are simply too capable to be lumped in with these old phones by name. That’s the reasoning behind his putting “app phone” out there. While it fits one of the primary benefits these new phones provide, it just ...
In the news
iPhone J.D. —
... Second, David Pogue reviews the Droid for the New York Times,
and his review is also mostly a comparison to the iPhone. Pogue's
conclusion: "Droid wins on phone network [Verizon], customizability,
GPS navigation, speaker,
physical keyboard, removable battery and openness (free operating
system, mostly uncensored app store). The iPhone wins on simplicity,
refinement, thinness, design, Web browsing, music/video synching with
your computer, accessory ecosystem and quality/quantity of the app
store." ...
Verizon’s Motorola Droid: Best Android phone, but it’s no Apple iPhone
MacDailyNews —
... . Pogue reports, "Droid-versus-iPhone deciders should also take into account the iPhone economy: that universe of docks, cases, chargers, Web sites and information that surround Apple’s hype monster." Full review here . Mark Milian reports for The Los Angels Times, "After spending plenty of time with the iPhone and MyTouch, we realized just how much we don't miss physical keyboards. Granted, the Droid's isn't as nice as most Blackberry keyboards. We spewed just as many typos on the Droid's black-and-white-and-brown keyboard as we did on software keyboards. Only problem is ...
Verizon's Droid launch: your complete guide
Macworld —
Posted on by JR Raphael , pcworld.com Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Today @ PC World blog at PCWorld.com . Can you feel the tremors? Verizon's hotly anticipated Motorola Droid finally arrives on Friday, and—if the earth-rumbling ads are to be believed—we'll be feeling its force all over the world. All right, so the ads may be a bit exaggerated. Let's face it, though: This phone is stirring up quite the geek-friendly frenzy. Whether you think it'll be a mere blip on the radar or you believe it'll send the iPhone scrambling to a secure bunker , the Droid has definitely become difficult to ignore. ...
