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An tangential question: why do some people relate to Android as Droid? Is this (by)product of Motorola marketing?
by stakent 16y ago
An tangential question: why do some people relate to Android as Droid?
Is this (by)product of Motorola marketing?
- Samuel_Michon 16y ago'Droid' is a Lucasfilm trademark, which Verizon licensed. On other carriers, Motorola and HTC handsets use different monikers. Droid = Motorola Milestone Droid 2 = Motorola Milestone 2 Droid Eris = HTC Hero Droid Incredible = HTC Incredible http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/17/verizon-droid http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/17/verizon-droid
- stakent 16y agoOk. Thank you for clarification.
- lancer383 16y agoMany people don't know there's a difference between the two, and Verizon has so well marketed the Droid name that many people have just started to call any Android phone a Droid — kind of like people calling any tissue Kleenex. Notice I said Verizon has marketed this — even though Motorola was the first manufacturer for the Droid, Verizon has the Droid naming rights — hence the HTC-made Droid Incredible and Droid Eris.
- stakent 16y agoThank you. It is great for Apple to have branding under complete control.