| The iPhone is here to stay, no doubt. It would take | | | | causing quite a ruckus with mobile phone application |
| millions of marketing dollars and years of building a | | | | developers. One day they remove their applications |
| recognizable brand to do any real damage to the | | | | for sale for obscure reasons and the next day they |
| iPhone user base. The iPhone is to today's tech | | | | are back online for sale, for even more obscure |
| savvy twenty-somethings that color TV was to their | | | | reasons than before. Hmm, doesn't seem like a way |
| parents or grandparents. The iPhone was | | | | to nurture today's most popular smart phone |
| everyone's introduction to smart phones. It was also | | | | application gateway. |
| a natural upgrade from the iPod. Plus, Apple's | | | | Besides, the iPhone doesn't let you run applications in |
| extensive selection of killer apps and awesome | | | | the background, change batteries, or host live widgets |
| games makes other company-backed phone | | | | on the cell phone homepage. There is no open |
| application stores look like a boring, dull wasteland of | | | | development for Apple's smart phone operating |
| apps nobody seems to want (hmm, I'm looking at you, | | | | platform – something Google is the kind of, open |
| Blackberry) | | | | source technology and the transparency that techies |
| Droid is a play on the word “Android”. Android | | | | are looking for today. |
| was the moniker used by Google to brand its mobile | | | | The biggest win for the Droid is the amazingly simple |
| phone operating systems that it eventually licensed to | | | | interface and strong hardware, surpassing even |
| manufacturers and cell phone carriers to use. But | | | | previously released “Android” phones. To |
| here are three simply reasons the Droid is going to | | | | illustrate the ease of the Droid interface, here are the |
| dominate Android-based cell phones: hardware, | | | | steps to upload a video to YouTube |
| interface usability, and network reliability and power. | | | | 1. Record video |
| First, the Droid is an joint venture with Verizon Wireless | | | | 2. Type title and description |
| and cell phone manufacturing powerhouse Motorola. | | | | 3. Click “upload” |
| Though in recent months many cell phone service | | | | That easy. Seriously. Doesn't get any easier than |
| providers have upgraded their network service to third | | | | that. Plus you can zoom in and out right from the |
| generation (3G) coverage, Verizon was the first to do | | | | video screen on a handy on-screen icon. A touch |
| so. Before AT&T began offering 3G coverage, lack | | | | screen that – imagine that, Apple. |
| of reliable service was one of the biggest reasons | | | | Plus it syncs your Facebook contacts, its web page |
| people were clinging to their Blackberry's and Verizon's | | | | speed loading time rivals (if not crushes) the iPhone 3G |
| excellent network speed and reliability. Plus, Verizon | | | | capabilities, email works like real email, and the |
| has announced it is hard at work in developing an | | | | Microsoft Exchange compatibility is built-in. No more |
| even more impressive 4G network with the ability to | | | | strange design elements that change dramatically from |
| squeeze more bandwidth into their service. This is | | | | one type of application or software interface to |
| great news because this means Verizon's future 4G | | | | another. Said someone working closely on the Droid |
| network can support streaming video – real video, | | | | before its release and hailed by many after its |
| not the choppy sometimes grainy video currently | | | | introduction: “The whole user interface feels slicker |
| found when using AT&T's network. And as Verizon | | | | … feels like it was painted with the same brush.” |
| boasts of its soon-to-be 4G network, they are already | | | | The days of iPhone vs. Blackberry might be over |
| developing applications to be ready to use once their | | | | thanks to Verizon's Droid smartphone. With the best |
| new network is launched. That sure beats the | | | | of both worlds, the Verizon Droid is something behold. |
| hum-hawing and knuckle dragging displayed recently | | | | Oh, and did I mention it has a slide-out physical |
| by Apple with their inability to deftly manage their | | | | keyboard? Enough said. |
| application store content. Recently Apple has been | | | | |