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Motorola Droid: A Promising iPhone Challenger

Hey I like MOT since 80286 chip, and I do respect that they did not rush a copycat game as some notable companies and take their time to make a respectful product. But, as others say, Android market can be troubled with different chips, ans different inputs etc.
Will see.

On Oct 23 07:41 PM Tom B wrote:

> Motorola...Promising-- in the same sentence? Oh that's right-- "promising"
> and delivering are DIFFERENT....

Motorola Droid: A Promising iPhone Challenger

I think that they had upfront, at least 15-25 ready models (edge, 3G, 3Gs, LTE...) of Iphone to be ready for presentation, when AT&T network is done to apply them.


On Oct 23 01:56 PM SiliconValleyJoe wrote:

> If I remember correctly, the progressions is as follows:
> 2007 - iPhone
> 2008 - iPhone 3G, SDK, App Store.
> 2009 - iPhone 3G S with new capabilities.
>
> How is it iPhone is in Fat and Happy mode and how does it mean innovation
> has stopped?
>
> A lot of companies are still making devices to match iPhone capabilities
> or best it, so they are innovating? While they are fighting to catch
> up? Strange.

How Apple Sets Smartphone Industry Pricing

and in all that time, when other experiment with new, prices of new technology will go down on their expense, not apple`s


On Oct 20 11:00 AM Aryamehr wrote:

> Once again Apple is where it is more because of the incompetence
> of others than its own 'destructive technology.' However, the landscape
> is changing and the competition has woken up. By tethering itself
> to ATT Apple has surely handicapped itself, regardless of how well
> it is currently doing. It is giving the competition enough room to
> breath and continue launching better and better Smartphones. IMHO
> there are already a number of handsets that can easily match, if
> not better, the iPhone in quality and functionality. Case in point,
> HTC's Hero, Samsung's Moment, both being offered at Sprint. Sprint
> also offers a much better 3G network and has a substantially wider
> 3G reach than ATT and T-Mobile combined. The new phones are packed
> with technologies that are far superior to the iPhone 3GS, such as
> AM-OLED screens, better camera's and camcorders, removable batteries,
> faster CPUs, and substantially better hardware. In summary my point
> is that in the latter 3 yrs. Apple has basically had a free ride
> and now it will have to contend with a disparate and desperate group
> of contenders that in many cases will be putting everything on the
> line. Most of them will have the support of Google's Android OS,
> which is Linux based, and is well equipped to emulate anything Apple
> has to offer. On the hardware side Apple basically has no advantages,
> which can be seen in the recent launchings of numerous manufacturers
> smartphones. 2010 will no doubt be a facinating year for both the
> Telcos and the Smartphone manufacturers.