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Motorola Droid hands on
- nimbix 17y agoCan you get a version that doesn't have 5 logos from 3 different companies on it?
- swombat 17y agoYes, it's funny how the iPhone has no logo whatsoever on the front, and a subtle, elegant one on the back. If it's a great piece of design, you don't need to stick labels all over it.
- sonofjanoh 17y agoIt's on the back so everyone can see it. It's a fashion statement to have an iSomething. Even here on HN you never (or rarely) read I have booted up my Asus or Dell or whatever BUT there's always "my Macbook" or similar. I like the underdog companies and I appreciate their effort and technology and I'm not buying into the iXXX hysteria. Apple was clever as it is being paid for being advertised. People pay sh%%loads for their products and they never ever forget to mention it in their discussions that they have one. Geeks are a very small percentage of the market so unless the phone is not a "fashion accessory" there won't be massive commercial success with it...but it will be a great thing I hope.
- gohnjanotis 17y agoI agree with your last point. It's too bad the Apple brand has been reduced to that of a designer fashion by the masses, or some kind of status symbol. It's like some people want a BMW just to impress the neighbors with a badge, while others can appreciate the level of engineering and the minds that went into the precision you can feel when you are driving it. I like to make purchasing decisions based on the competency of the company in making what they make, but unfortunately most people don't think that way so a phone like this doesn't even get a chance.
- ektimo 17y ago"while others can appreciate the level of engineering and the minds that went into the precision you can feel when you are driving it." I'd like to see a blind test for that. And who cares anyway if an expert can detect a certain "feel", other than for status?
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- gcb 17y agoacetone.
- gits_tokyo 17y ago"get a version that doesn't have..." This is the first thing I said to myself. I've never been a fan of the Verizon logo. The other thing that came to mind in terms of the interface for some reason IBM's OS/2 Warp
- maxklein 17y agoI just need to look at this picture (http://www.boygeniusreport.com/gallery/handsets/motorola-droid/?pid=3582#picture_nav http://www.boygeniusreport.com/gallery/handsets/motorola-dro...) to know that it's going to be another flop. Two things I believe someone should tell these companies: 1. Don't save on your casing 2. Girls don't like slide-out keyboards. The killer android phone will look like the razr and be pretty expensive.
- davidw 17y agoThe thing about Android is that eventually, there will probably never be a phone that is as beautiful as whatever iPhone's doing, but that there can models for everyone's tastes. Something like this for the geeks, a slick, slim clamshell like you say, and all kinds of others.
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- roc 17y agoWhich is/was the same philosophy behind Symbian and Windows Mobile. Suffice to say, that flexibility comes at non-trivial cost.
- fpgeek 17y agoFirst, Android is already light-years ahead of Windows Mobile. Second, from what I've seen of the SDKs, Google is doing quite a bit (most notably with their manifests) to maximize the reach of the platform (e.g. netbooks, automotive systems, set-top boxes) without unduly burdening cross-device portability.
- gaius 17y agoWhat is the data underlying point 2?
- moe 17y agoSeconded. The sidekick was pretty popular with girls, for all I know. Also I personally like the look. The edgyness may indeed not appeal much to girls - but I'd say it's definitely geek-compatible.
- zyb09 17y agowell it kinda looks ugly...
- jrockway 17y agoVery ugly. It looks like an advertisement with a phone and crappy keyboard duct-taped on.
- rbanffy 17y agoWhat's about that golden thing in the center of the cursor pad?
- 8plot 17y agoI believe it's the fingerprint scanner.
- gcb 17y agolooks like, but think it's just an ugly button.
- rbanffy 17y agoI imagined a blood-sampler for foolproof biometric authentication. I had a couple HP desktops in the late 80's that required blood to be shed in order for them to let a technician open their cases. Except for that, they were really fine computers.
- fjabre 17y agoIt really hope it does well and I love the direct marketing blitz attack on the iPhone... It's about time Apple had some real competition and Google is really the only company that can give them that.. I just feel bad for the established players.. They're going to have to watch as their core markets erode even further.
- dmpayton 17y agoA lot of the comments here seem to be about how ugly the device is. While I agree that they could have done a better job to make it more aesthetically pleasing, it's the hardware and software that are important. It could be a bright pink Hello Kitty phone, and I'd still want it.