Droid

More than one in three U.S. consumers want to buy the iPhone 5, and nearly 70% want someone to give them one.

Apple Insider has a post about Verizon's plan to launch a major promotional campaign for its new iPhone. Neil Hughes writes:

We've been hearing a ton of rumors regarding Verizon's LTE Android phones, but finally one has actually been announced. The Motorola Droid Bionic sports a 4.3-inch qHD display and a dual-core processor.

When holiday promotional e-mail from Verizon listed the Motorola Droid 2 as having a 1.2GHz processor, we were mystified. Among the listed specifications of the Motorola Droid 2 we reviewed was a 1GHz TI OMAP processor. But the Droid 2 Global has a 1.2GHz processor so was the Droid 2 getting some sort of upgrade? Or was it simply a mix-up by Verizon? When the Verizon Wireless Website listed both the Droid 2 and the Droid 2 Global side-by-side as having 1.2GHz processors, we decided to investigate.

It was surely only the purest coincidence that Verizon, Motorola and Google introduced the Droid X smartphone the day before Apple's iPhone 4 shipped. And certainly, the companies' ability to get actual shipping units into reviewers' hands before most of them could see Apple's latest had not a whiff of calculation. Perish the thought.

Stop the funeral proceedings: The physical smartphone keyboard is not dead.

On Wednesday today, Motorola introduced the Droid X -- the company's response to the Apple iPhone 4. On Thursday, the iPhone 4 goes on sale. As a result, the digital world has a smartphone smackdown rivaling a wrestling match promoter Vince McMahon might emcee. What follows is a specification comparison between the hardware and software of the Droid X and the iPhone 4. Stay tuned for hands-on testing comparing the two models.

The mobile OS battle is joined: The next generation of the Motorola Droid smartphone is being announced next week, the day before the iPhone 4 ships.

Impatient to get Android 2.2 on your Droid? There's an unofficial version now available for downloading, but use it at your own risk!

While Mark Gibbs was without DSL he got online from his PC by tethering it to a Motorola Droid. Way cool.

Android phones, like Verizon's Droid, Sprint's Hero, and Google's own Nexus One, can pull off all kinds of unique tricks. Running multiple applications at once or in the background, translating your words to text, and navigating like a full GPS unit--they're all pretty amazing, but they take their toll on battery life and phone memory. These tools let you pull more life and speed from your gung-ho Android.