Comments on: Droid Unveiled in NYC

By: Techno Information » Blog Archive » Did Droid Just KO the BlackBerry Storm2?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:52:48 +0000

[...] I just got off the phone with jkOnTheRun’s Kevin Tofel, and like every other geek, we were talking about Droid and its impact on the market. We were both wondering if Motorola’s release today of its Verizon-focused Droid handset killed the BlackBerry Storm2, the new version of the touchscreen device which also launched today. My argument is that Droid and other Android-based devices are much closer to the BlackBerry and, thus, are a bigger threat to the Canadian giant than they are to Apple. One of our commenters thought so as well. [...]

By: Did Droid Just KO the BlackBerry Storm2? – GigaOM

Did Droid Just KO the BlackBerry Storm2? – GigaOM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:09:28 +0000

[...] Did Droid Just KO the BlackBerry Storm2? By Om Malik No Comments 0 0 0 I just got off the phone with jkOnTheRun’s Kevin Tofel, and like every other geek, we were talking about Droid and its impact on the market. We were both wondering if Motorola’s release today of its Verizon-focused Droid handset killed the BlackBerry Storm2, the new version of the touchscreen device which also launched today. My argument is that Droid and other Android-based devices are much closer to the BlackBerry and, thus, are a bigger threat to the Canadian giant than they are to Apple. One of our commenters thought so as well. [...]

By: Setu

Setu — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:13:20 +0000

You are right. Why did they use this stupid photo? There are millions of impressive screens of DROID….

By: John Albright (trumpetman258) 's status on Thursday, 29-Oct-09 15:14:20 UTC - Identi.ca

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:25 +0000

[...] http://gigaom.com/2009/10/28/droid-unveiled-in-nyc/ a few seconds ago from web [...]

By: Mishan Kontroll

Mishan Kontroll — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:09:48 +0000

Oh, okay. So $70, which is the same as the minimum for an iPhone. What’s wrong with this picture?

By: Forget the iPhone, Can Droid Top the RAZR?

Forget the iPhone, Can Droid Top the RAZR? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:05:32 +0000

[...] “The abundance of Google applications is to be expected, of course, but it also underscores an important strategic about-face for Verizon, which has consistently tried to ‘own the customer’ by closely regulating third-party apps and preventing outside brands from approaching its subscribers.” –GigaOM [...]

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:33:40 +0000

Minimum plan for the Droid is $39 a month for 450 voice minutes and $29 for email / web data.

By: @shyamster

@shyamster — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:54:44 +0000

Sounds like a Blackberry competitor and not the iPhone.

By: Mishan Kontroll

Mishan Kontroll — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:15:12 +0000

The question always unanswered in items like this is what do the voice/data plans cost? If they’re charging $199 for the phone on a two-year plan, the plans had better be cheaper than the iPhone’s.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:25:21 +0000

Great – Nice to see that them support Exchange. Now let’s see a UMTS version.

By: Mike Kirkpatrick

Mike Kirkpatrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:39:41 +0000

This is a little underwhelming…. at least the pictures don’t impress me.

By: Satish

Satish — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:54:38 +0000

may be Nokia should take over Motorola :-)

By: gbp

gbp — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:36:55 +0000

True iPhone competitor.
Google will be gaining some ground in this battle with APPLE.
I wish SPRINT carries it.