Can Your Motorola Droid Do That?
While the folks over at Verizon probably enjoyed poking fun at the iPhone and AT&T’s network with its “Droid Does” campaign. AT&T certainly wasn’t too happy about those, evidenced by the lawsuit fired in Verizon’s direction. Now the latest ads emphasize that the Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless can’t make use of its data connection and maintain a voice call at the same time. With the advertisements showing the user performing a variety of tasks such as browsing the Internet, sending an email amongst others, while still maintaining the call. It ends with “can your network or phone do that?” which is an obvious reference to Verizon Wireless and its Motorola Droid.
Apple iPhone Ad – Did You See My Email? from Arik Hesseldahl on Vimeo.
Apple iPhone Ad – What Time’s The Movie? from Arik Hesseldahl on Vimeo.
[Source: Uber Gizmo]
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The Google Phone
So there has been talks again in the past couple of days on whether there will be a Google Phone. Now TechCrunch, who started the whole thing yesterday with the post “The Google Phone Is Very Real. And It’s Coming Soon“, gives more clues:
The Google Phone may be a data only, VoIP driven device. And Google may be lining up at least AT&T to provide those data services for the Google Phone, says one person we spoke with today.
Users could still make calls just like a normal phone, of course. The calls would just be over the data service instead. In fact, this is the exact vision Google proposed back in 2007 when they were bidding on the FCC auctions for the 700MHz spectrum.
Google can even issue phone numbers to users via Google Voice. In fact, I’ve already ported my mobile number to Google Voice, and Google has plans to roll out that feature more broadly. Google Voice can also handle the VoIP function for the phone.
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AT&T may launch $99 iPhone 3GS to compete with Droid
A new rumor: It appears that Apple and AT&T could possibly be releasing an 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS for $99 at some point right before Christmas to compete with the Droid phones that are set to be released tomorrow.
[source: Examiner]
Droid vs. iPhone: It's Really About the Carrier
While everyone is talking about the Motorola Droid vs. the iPhone, we agree with PC World – it’s all about the carrier:
From preliminary reviews it seems that the Droid is a relatively impressive device. On paper, it compares favorably against the vaunted iPhone. In a head-to-head battle with all else being equal, perhaps the battle would be a close one. But, all else isn’t equal. One device is offered by Verizon and the other device is offered by AT&T.
The main event in this heavyweight fight is the battle between the wireless service providers, not the devices. Verizon doesn’t need the Droid to beat the iPhone per se. It only needs the Droid to be an attention-getting device that provides features users want on a network users prefer.
AT&T has faced a fairly steady stream of complaints from customers–the majority of those complaints coming from the dedicated legions of iPhone users. There have been complaints that the battery can’t be replaced, complaints that the data service is slow, complaints that 3G access is dysfunctional, complaints that the device couldn’t do MMS messaging, and more. AT&T and Apple have also been the focus of controversy related to rejecting the Google Voice app, and trying to block third-party VoIP solutions. iPhone users love their iPhones, but they aren’t quite as dedicated to the wireless provider the iPhone is tied to.
Verizon seems to be the number one wireless carrier in the country for a reason. It has a better quality network and higher customer satisfaction, and it is capitalizing on those attributes in its marketing. In preparation for the Droid launch, Verizon has two clever campaigns. The iDon’t ad campaign is aimed at spotlighting the deficiencies in the iPhone and highlighting the fact that Droid has those capabilities. The other campaign plays off of Apple’s “There’s an app for that” iPhone campaign to compare maps of the 3G coverage of Verizon vs. AT&T. Do you want to know why you can’t find a 3G connection with AT&T? There’s a map for that.
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