Comments on: What You Need to Know About the Droid

By: Android: The Wild West of the Smartphone Space? – GigaOM

Android: The Wild West of the Smartphone Space? – GigaOM — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:30:29 +0000

[...] Galaxy have learned that they’re not in line for an upgrade to Android 2.0, which first came to market with the Droid a mere two months after the Galaxy became available. The revelation highlights the double-edged [...]

By: Why Galaxy Users Should Demand Android 2.0 – GigaOM

Why Galaxy Users Should Demand Android 2.0 – GigaOM — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:38:18 +0000

[...] OS, because they’ll be missing out on some pretty cool features: Android 2.0, which first came to market with the Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless just two months after the Galaxy appeared, includes a [...]

By: wm

wm — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:50:02 +0000

has no voice dialing with bluetooth.not good for a hansfree phone

By: How Many Droids Has Motorola Sold? – GigaOM

How Many Droids Has Motorola Sold? – GigaOM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:06:33 +0000

[...] works to about $100 per customer in acquisition costs for Motorola and Verizon. (Related posts: “What You Need to Know About the Droid” and “What Are the Downsides to [...]

By: Palm Pre Sales in “Substantial Decline”: Analyst

Palm Pre Sales in “Substantial Decline”: Analyst — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:03:37 +0000

[...] best hope for webOS appeared to be an upcoming launch with Verizon Wireless early next year. But as Verizon’s Droid initiative demonstrates, the Google OS has captured the attention of the nation’s largest carrier. If it overlooks [...]

By: 4 Scenarios for Android, Minus the Phones

4 Scenarios for Android, Minus the Phones — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:06:50 +0000

[...] Open Source Program Manager at Google and one of the overseers of Android, what he thought of the new Droid phone during a casual, non-interview conversation. He immediately answered that he really liked the new, [...]

By: King Fraiser

King Fraiser — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:40:28 +0000

Thanks! I don’t understand why people have to market as iPhone Killer when internally they know it is not even close. Verizon’s reputation is at stake…

By: SD

SD — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:17 +0000

any news of when it is launching in other countries….specially Asia???

By: Tony K's got something to say · Droid update & other smart phone links

Tony K's got something to say · Droid update & other smart phone links — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:32:39 +0000

[...] What You Need to Know About the Droid (GigaOm) T-Mobile’s CTO Talks Up Android — Going Forward, Apps Are Key (GigaOm) The New New Carrier Deck (GigaOm) BlackBerry Bold 9700 Impressions: Small and Chirpy, Like a Black Hummingbird (Gizmodo) Dialed In 103: Android highs and lows (Cnet) Share and Enjoy: [...]

By: Darwin

Darwin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:01:14 +0000

Here is what you really need to know.

Cannot use more than 256MB for applications.
Terrible physical and on screen keyboard.
No multi-touch.
Cannot do voice and data at the same time
Slow
Not a great UI
Touch buttons work sometimes.
Web browser not ACID compliant like iPhones.
OS/App fragmentation.

Does that sound like an iPhone killer to you? Doesn’t to me. Not even close.

By: albert

albert — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:56:09 +0000

My local Verizon store said they were opening at 6am. In Philadelphia, next to Penn’s campus.

By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:38:39 +0000

You should correct the pricing for average plan – $110 is for 900 minutes (not 450)

Does the Droid sync with Outlook on the PC or the Mac (iCal, Contacts)?

What media sync does it use?

The website is ridiculously annoying / useless. The website is (trying to) sell Cool instead of show the product – a very bad sign.