Motorola Droid ads invading mailboxes, too?
By Ross Miller 
posted Oct 20th 2009 10:32PM
posted Oct 20th 2009 10:32PM
posted Oct 20th 2009 10:32PM
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iCan't market like the iDevice can.
Seriously, this is the worst appealing ad since the Coming of the Storm. The only way to compete with the iDevice is for Big Red to get the HTC HD2 running Snapdragon and Android 2.0 with Sense UI. That device on the best network means AT&T playing second best carrier in the US forthe next 10 years!
Haha, well your opinion is obviously flawed because it seems to be working pretty damn well. Can you argue against it being the #1 google'd item after the commercials aired?
Also, the HD2 is running winmo 6.5 (an unfortunate crutch), and while the snapdragon will be a slightly faster chipset, the TI OMAP 3430 chipset is still superior in graphics.
Im seeing droid does ads everywhere!
I seem to have the opposite opinion. I think verizon is doing a great job and pretty ingenious of them.
They are definately thinking outside the box and taking bits and pieces from transformers, terminator, and all new type of futuristic marketing. The traditional iphone marketing tactics wont cut it here.
My only gripe is we all know verizon is as strict as can be and android on the other hand is a open source os which opens up customizations. How far will verizon limit what we can do with the droid? That seems to be the big kicker for me.
Forgot to include:
http://www.droidmotorola.com
No worries, the Droid is under a "with google" contract, which basically means Verizon has to allow any and everything Google allows on the device. If someone makes a baby shaking app (similar to the iPhone's) Verizon is bound by contract to allow it on the market. Considering the Droid is relying heavily on this contract, Verizon isn't going to screw this up because if there is one company Verizon can't stand up to, it's Google.
Oh really, this phone is going to "liberate" me? How could a locked phone using a proprietary network technology (CDMA2000) possibly liberate me? I'll never buy a crippled device like this that forces me to use only a one mobile operator. Anticompetitive business practices that eliminate consumer choice are everything but liberating to the user.
How many mobile operators do you need?
The smart choice is to go with either the technologically superior Sprint or Verizon network, both CDMA.
But then again you can "liberate" yourself by going with ATT and their older, lower performing, and spotty network.
Are you using an older phone, or do you typically keep the same phone for more than 2 years?
Know that most new snappy CDMA smartphones today are also able to work on the antiquated GSM network outside of the US.
It's the best of both worlds.....unless of course, you're liberated with ATT.
How is GSM an older network? CDMA has been around longer than GSM and GSM is the most used cell phone technology in the world.
Only 14% of the world uses CDMA compared to 73% which uses GSM (the remaining uses TDMA)
And the reason why most of the "new snappy" CDMA smartphones are able to work with other GSM networks is because the world capable smartphones CDMA networks like Verizon carry actually have a SIM card slot in them so when they travel they can run on GSM networks.
Wow, what a colossal misstatement to say that CDMA is older than GSM.
Without having to go into the numerous advantages of CDMA2000 over GSM, here are the facts which show GSM to be the OLDER network:
>GSM originated in 1982 as Groupe Spécial Mobile (GSM) which later became Global System for Mobile Communication.
>In 1993, CDMA is adopted by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) as a North American digital cellular standard.
>CDMA2000 originated in 1998, and currently in USE in the US.
GSM has a greater market simply by age and the fact that those nations have not yet UPGRADED to CDMA.
ATT was just recently unveiled 3G, while Sprint has ALREADY unleased 4G to the market with Verizon to soon follow.
Early adopters of CDMA includes the US, Japan, South Korea along later followed by the countries of:
Australia, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, India, Israel, Japan, Moldova, New Zealand, Panama, Russia, Venezuela, Argentina, Belarus, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
Lastly, those new Droid commercials illustrate some of the true differences between ATT's 3G network vs what Verizon's and Sprint's CDMA2000 network offers.
The screen's diagonal screams large but its width wimpers small. Seriously, that phone needs some more meat on it to compete with HTC's offerings.
Ummm....... yeah. Great advertising on Verizon's behalf. Unfortunately does anyone remember what happened when Motorola came out with the first 'world's thinest phone', the Razor. That phone was not able to take a minimal beating on any network and as time went on, the software updates made the phone worthless.
My opinion? Great advertisement Verizon. I hope that you're ready to take a beating - not because your network isn't the finest money can offer - but because you picked the sloppiest mobile device manufacturer in the industry.
Good Luck!