Does Droid ‘Do’?
According to the many dark and somewhat frightening Verizon commercials, “in a world that doesn’t, Droid does.” Statistics show that the Motorola Droid is ‘doing’ better than imagined. Faced with the challenge of breaking through the brand loyalty of Apple and BlackBerry users, Motorola has managed to garner enough brand loyal customers to top Apple’s brand index rating for males ages 18 and up, a prime target market. What’s so great about this robot-like phone that causes such a stir in the smart phone market? While the impressive advertising campaigns have tremendously helped the Droid’s launch, the Droid itself seems to be holding its own once it’s off the shelves.First of all, the basic features that come standard with activation already trump some of the coolest apps you have to download and pay for on other smart phones. The Speech Recognition and GPS features allow you to literally tell your Droid where you want to go (“Navigate to Olive Garden”) and it will provide you spoken turn by turn directions courtesy of Google Maps. Also, the Droid is capable of multitasking up to 8 tasks at one time so you can invite your friends along as you follow the Droid’s directions. The iPhone 4, which promised the multitasking feature, has fallen short on its performance whereas the Droid delivers. In addition to the handy Google Maps feature, Google backs a number of other useful apps on the droid. Gmail, Google Talk, Google Search (for the web and your applications, contacts, and bookmarks within your phone), Google Calendar, and YouTube are all integrated into the Droid.The setup of the Droid was well thought out and executed to suit the desires of you, the consumer. The notification panel is conveniently located at the top of the screen so you don’t have to stop what you’re doing to receive and read your message. Furthermore, the Droid Appsphere has tens of thousands of apps in the ‘ever-expanding Android Market‘ for you to run at high speeds without draining the battery.In conclusion, Droid Does.
Filed by www.discussphone.com at August 20th, 2010 under Droid