Verizon released a new commercial which takes shots at the missing features for the iPhone. The website droiddoes.com has a countdown timer to the release of the new Android 2.0 mobile phone. The ad attacks a variety of things Apple doesn't do or won't do on the iPhone.The advertisement attacks Apple's oversights on the iPhone like a real keyboard, running simultaneous applications, being customizable, allowing widgets, open source development and interchangeable batteries. The advertisement also takes a stab at the iPhone's camera, saying the Android based phone will have a 5MP camera and will be able to take pictures in the dark.
The Android 2.0 phone will release this November on Verizon. The phone hasn't been officially priced from Verizon yet, but will be featured on the Motorola Droid.
The Droid phone will feature with a 3.7" screen, have an ARM Cortex 500Mhz CPU with a 5MP camera and will run Android 2.0.
I don't see how you having "crappy average phones" that we don't have equals a "**** poor" choice of phones?
This.
The US has the best computer hardware prices and availability, but our gadgets and mobile phones are WAY behind Europe and Japan. Even then our choices are pretty limited/provider controlled.
/providings
You missed the point. He was trying to illustrate that the USA doesn't even have phones that we over here in the UK and Europe consider mid to low range.
Yeah well you can think that if you want. Nokia still sells and makes more.
http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola...Droid-redirect1
Real ad doesnt seem to have that music =/
Yeah, I thought I was watching Cloverfield for a second.
Competition is good. The only reason why I don't have an iPhone is because I'm with Verizon.
I will be getting the Droid.
The iPhone does suck, IMO. Yes, I have used one.
Similar feature handsets may cost the same for the "phone only"... but on contracts you can pay less than half the price per month on these equal or better phones for the same or better. The "iDonts" in the video the N97 does has most of it...
N97 im paying £25/mo, get 600mins, unlimited texts and 500mb data which is easily enough - and wasn't charged for the phone. - iPhone at £35/mo and £175 for the phone (over £415 extra in total or 70%)
Android phones will be even cheaper than the N97 too (nokia aren't known for being cheap!) Apple will have a problem soon as I can see the iPhone costing double some Android phones which do more.
The iPhone does suck. It can't even do video calls. A £10 phone does those so when i pay £400 or £1k in line rental for a phone, I would expect it to have more than that cheap nokia
Competition is good. The only reason why I don't have an iPhone is because I'm with Verizon.
I will be getting the Droid.
Yes. I have used one before full time. I work for a pretty busy IT firm and we're surrounded by the hype non stop. Fortunately, we have partnerships with the local cell phone resellers in the area so we get to play with a lot of different stuff. I say the iPhone sucks because you're not getting what you're paying for in the least bit. For what some people need out of a phone it's great and I'm be happy to admit that but lemme tell you what - there are alternatives on the market that you don't pay nearly as much for and perform better than the iPhone. Once again, a lot of people like Apple products not for what they can or cannot do but rather they like them because for a lot of people they are out of reach cost-wise and to be seen with one is to be deemed cool nothing more, nothing less. Don't get me wrong. The iPhone has nice web browsing and the apps that can be used on it are OK but for what the iPhone coulda been; as we know it in its current form - it does suck. Mind you - to each their own. If you like it I won't hate on you for it but I will take time out of my day to rebut your statement. What else would the comment section be good for?
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I hope that it doesn't really look like that - or maybe it's a little more flattering in real life.
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The sound effects and overall style at the end reminded me of Crysis.
Glad to see the Android platform becoming more and more popular. Hopefully it will keep being a big contender. I have an android and LOVE it. Can customize the look and feel to what i like...not what some company tells me I like.
Glad to see the Android platform becoming more and more popular. Hopefully it will keep being a big contender. I have an android and LOVE it. Can customize the look and feel to what i like...not what some company tells me I like.
How is Android in terms of usability and whatnot? My current contract with Verizon ends around December, and I've been giving serious thought to getting an Android based phone. The Droid (or one of the other rumored heavy hitters that are to be released in the future) are all possibilities.
Glad to see the Android platform becoming more and more popular. Hopefully it will keep being a big contender. I have an android and LOVE it. Can customize the look and feel to what i like...not what some company tells me I like.
How is Android in terms of usability and whatnot? My current contract with Verizon ends around December, and I've been giving serious thought to getting an Android based phone. The Droid (or one of the other rumored heavy hitters that are to be released in the future) are all possibilities.
I have the MyTouch for T-Mobile. I rooted my phone (unlocks addition features/admin features and allows to theme). Phone is fast, works great, and I have had no problems with it. I can remove the battery and it takes micro SD cards up to 32gb in size.
Also, it has built in GPS that works great and wifi. Can download a variety of diff web browser to use and there are a TON of apps which are updated often.
I think this could be the replacement for my Sony Ericsson W595 when I'm done with it.
Makes me want one.
I'm pro real-competition because that is what makes all of our phones better. But let me see if I can dissect these:
1. Real keyboard - I've gotten use to the onscreen keyboard and now would prefer to have a better form factor than a full qwerty keyboard. I can type about 45 wpm on the onscreen keyboard now which is what I was doing with my previous phone that had a qwerty keyboard.
2. Running Simultaneous Applications - As it is now, I can run iPod and the Telephone applications simultaneously with all the other applications. Everything else resumes from its previous state when it is opened. Do I want every 99 cent application hanging out in memory and consuming CPU cycles? No... but it would be nice if there were a way to enable it. I can get this feature if I jailbreak my phone, but don't have a good reason to. Push Notifications work very well for me and I love how my phone is always snappy and never in need of a reboot.
3. Being Customizable - I think customization is nice, but comes at the cost of usability. My iPhone OS looks beautiful, works wonderfully, and I seriously doubt I could do any better so I don't really need the option to. For those who do, Jailbreaking lets you customize all kinds of stuff.
4. Allowing Widgets - wth is that?
5. Open Source Development - The flip side of the open source/open platform coin is security. Another thing that can be changed by jailbreaking the phone, but hardly concerns me as a user.
6. Interchangeable Battery - Should really be an option for iPhone users. Probably the #1 thing my boss complains about for his phone. Personally, I wouldn't have a 2nd battery even if it were an option but it should really be an option.
7. Flash + 5MP camera - iPhone should have these things. Hopefully next model...
I'm looking forward to see these new phones, and I like how the ad is attacking the iPhone. But, my question is, can it do what the iPhone does only better? When it comes to playing back music/video and surfing the web iPhone is outstanding. It is above-par when it comes to GPS and PIM as well...
Probably the biggest feature that the iPhone is lacking (IMHO) is a usable file system. Should be able to plug the iPhone into a USB port and copy a word document or PDF and be able to read it later. There are workarounds but that is all they are, workarounds.
3) Customizing an android DOES NOT effect usability.
4) Dont know what a widget is? May want to google that...widgets are handy.
5) Security? Uhh, if anything open source can be MORE secure since people are modding it and can make any changes they want. Plus, issues get fixed quicker since multiple sources can provide the fix, not one company.
If you root an android phone, some of the mods come with PDF readers and office readers. Really handing and being able to mount an android to the phone and then copy files easily (like a flash drive) is great to.
5) Security? Uhh, if anything open source can be MORE secure since people are modding it and can make any changes they want. Plus, issues get fixed quicker since multiple sources can provide the fix, not one company.
4. Oh thats right... widgets are those weather/picture puzzle/large clock things that you put on a screen and I find completely pointless. Cheers to you if u think such things are really useful. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple adds these to iPhone at some point. Wasn't that considered a "major feature" of Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger *laugh*?
5. I would have to agree with your statement. I do, however, like that Apple reviews every app in its App Store and that if users were allowed to install unauthorized apps it would open a big fat security door. I mean, look at the recent headline that indicates that so many users have installed fake security software in Windows. Being able to install anything and everything isn't always a good feature.
5) Security? Uhh, if anything open source can be MORE secure since people are modding it and can make any changes they want. Plus, issues get fixed quicker since multiple sources can provide the fix, not one company.
5. I would have to agree with your statement. I do, however, like that Apple reviews every app in its App Store and that if users were allowed to install unauthorized apps it would open a big fat security door. I mean, look at the recent headline that indicates that so many users have installed fake security software in Windows. Being able to install anything and everything isn't always a good feature.
Except that Apple's Screening process is very flawed.
5) Security? Uhh, if anything open source can be MORE secure since people are modding it and can make any changes they want. Plus, issues get fixed quicker since multiple sources can provide the fix, not one company.
4. Oh thats right... widgets are those weather/picture puzzle/large clock things that you put on a screen and I find completely pointless. Cheers to you if u think such things are really useful. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple adds these to iPhone at some point. Wasn't that considered a "major feature" of Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger *laugh*?
5. I would have to agree with your statement. I do, however, like that Apple reviews every app in its App Store and that if users were allowed to install unauthorized apps it would open a big fat security door. I mean, look at the recent headline that indicates that so many users have installed fake security software in Windows. Being able to install anything and everything isn't always a good feature.
I use a few widgets. One of my widgets allows me to change things like wifi, GPS, BlueTooth and display settings with 2 clicks instead of the normal 5/6 it would take going through the settigns.
5) Security? Uhh, if anything open source can be MORE secure since people are modding it and can make any changes they want. Plus, issues get fixed quicker since multiple sources can provide the fix, not one company.
4. Oh thats right... widgets are those weather/picture puzzle/large clock things that you put on a screen and I find completely pointless. Cheers to you if u think such things are really useful. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple adds these to iPhone at some point. Wasn't that considered a "major feature" of Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger *laugh*?
5. I would have to agree with your statement. I do, however, like that Apple reviews every app in its App Store and that if users were allowed to install unauthorized apps it would open a big fat security door. I mean, look at the recent headline that indicates that so many users have installed fake security software in Windows. Being able to install anything and everything isn't always a good feature.
Android Apps are reviewed as well. Also, Android has a feature to warn if there is an unauthorized app being installed. It pop up on the screen warning you.
Music/video is pretty much the same with every smartphone. Though on windows mobile you get divx and coreplayer, so you can play EVERY video file. Now can your iphone play avi files without having to convert it?
Surfing the web? The opera mobile browser is better than the safari one, and it can now play flash. And skyfire can play silverlight and quicktime too.
Oh and how is the GPS so much better? Please do explain as it only took Apple an entire year or two to add GPS and other features that phones from 2007 had.
I can get all the major information on my home screen without having to click through apps. So yes it is a neat feature.
No its got a lot less to do with security, and more to do with apple wanting to milk people.
Well good for you, except the majority of people can type faster than that on a qwerty keyboard.
Hold on, I puked a little when you mentioned Windows Mobile.
Where did you get that from? Reference please. Or did you pull that out of your ass? I thought 45wpm was pretty good given the cramp conditions of any mobile phone keyboard.
Where did you get that from? Reference please. Or did you pull that out of your ass? I thought 45wpm was pretty good given the cramp conditions of any mobile phone keyboard.
Lol to your first comment.....
As for your second comment, go look up blackberry wpms, most people can do an average of 60 and theres videos of people doing over 75.
I can easily do 50-55 on my old qwerty phone. Plus it's easier to type without looking at the keyboard on a full qwerty phone. Not saying it can't be done when using onscreen keyboards.
Never said they are continuing to innovate...said they USED to be ahead of the game and innovation.
Apple need a big jump to stay in the game.
For one, most people are not stupid. And those who are, shouldnt be using a phone like this anyway.
Me too. It's easy to distinguish the two halves of the advert... typical Apple white with i preceding everything is clearly meant as a dig at Apple. Anybody with more than a handful of braincells will see that.
From the ****ing title:
It's a Motorola Droid advert, which uses the Android OS, not an Android advert. *******
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so from a few idont sentences and a crazy terminator thing at the end, you say we now have a real competitor for the iphone. we've had two real competitors, htc hero and palm pre.
I've been an iphone owner for two years now, the iphone is a great phone, but other phones are surpassing it in my opinion. multitasking is the big thing now and iphone has none of it. besides playing music in the background. the android market building its application database, I think they are up to 8000 apps now? the palm pre app store is starting to get larger, but no where near the size of android, and certainly not iphone app store. The iphone has the appstore, without that, it wouldn't be the top phone. Once android and webOS(palm pre) get larger app stores, they advertise it like apple does. Its only a matter of time till the masses realize what the iphone can't do.
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What do you mean? theres multiple android devices available around the world.
Fail???? Uhhh, yea. Like the other poster said, their are android device world wide. Even if there wasnt, then it would still not fail. Many companies start of US only and go on to be very successful.
Find me a UK release date, until then - you sir are the one that fails, and it may very well be successful in the US, but not being worldwide it wouldn't be competing against the iPhone very much would it.
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You do realize you can theme/skin Android phones just like you can Windows...dont you?
There is still no rival for the iPhone, certainly I bet android won't be.
There is still no rival for the iPhone, certainly I bet android won't be.
Your obviously clueless. With prices of software going up all the time and companies making their software bloated as hell...people are looking for alternatives that are cheaper, and open so we can do what we want. If you want to bow down to the Apple gods, then thats fine...the rest of us who want to do more with our products will choose better alternatives.
Android is a rival and will continue to be so. Why do you think so many phones are adapting the android OS? Apple is not the answer to everything...its funny that people think they are and are locked in to one product and cannot open their eyes to see there are other alternatives out their.
People are so vain and full of crap these days (not saying you so dont get offended) that they see what is popular and what everyone else has and they HAVE TO HAVE it. Then when they get it they have the attitude that it is the best, nothing else compares, and you are not cool if you dont have one. Amazing people will go buy what is popular and looks instead of reliability and functionality.
There is still no rival for the iPhone, certainly I bet android won't be.
Your obviously clueless. With prices of software going up all the time and companies making their software bloated as hell...people are looking for alternatives that are cheaper, and open so we can do what we want. If you want to bow down to the Apple gods, then thats fine...the rest of us who want to do more with our products will choose better alternatives.
Android is a rival and will continue to be so. Why do you think so many phones are adapting the android OS? Apple is not the answer to everything...its funny that people think they are and are locked in to one product and cannot open their eyes to see there are other alternatives out their.
People are so vain and full of crap these days (not saying you so dont get offended) that they see what is popular and what everyone else has and they HAVE TO HAVE it. Then when they get it they have the attitude that it is the best, nothing else compares, and you are not cool if you dont have one. Amazing people will go buy what is popular and looks instead of reliability and functionality.
First of all, please note what I have wrote. I had many devices before the iPhone, n95, n82, omnia, n72 etc. Point is I'm not an American kid who's first phone is the iPhone and instantly claims that the iPhone rules without checking out the alternatives. So watch out your mouth.
Second of all Android is not a rival, and phones are adapting Android because it has a strong foundation, and Google pays well and people trust Google
Third of all, I didn't buy the iPhone to be amazing, I just got it and realized it's the funnest and reliable device I have had. Being jailbroken, the options are limitless. Yes maybe it doesn't have a 5 mpx camera, but I'd take the fun, reliability and build quality(can't compare with those crap plastic nokias) of the iPhone any day for those extra mega pixels.
Makes it look like un upcoming horror film though lol
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