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Motorola creates a worthy adversary for the iPhone: the Droid

December 15, 2009

Carmine Sberna

IPhone, look out. The new Droid for the Verizon Wireless Network is here. Advertised as “the phone that does,” the Droid is outfitted with many features that make it stand out from the rest. Some of these features have even outdone the Apple iPhone. With its recent union with Google, Motorola has made an impressive multi-application operating phone that does everything with the touch of the hand.

Most noticeably different than the iPhone is the full QWERTY keyboard that is revealed by pushing the display upwards. While the phone is equipped with this convenience, it also has an onscreen keyboard. While the Droid is just a tiny bit thicker than Apple’s product, its body is actually more narrow.

The CPU in both phones is similar meaning they give similar results, however the Droid has a bigger screen than that of its counterpart. With the Android Market, the equivalent to the App Store on the ATT network, the Droid offers 10,000 applications, many free, to download directly from your phone.

One feature that has people talking is the camera. Unbelievably, the Droid is equipped with a five mega-pixel camera and an LED flash. Not only does the camera have many options to adjust the pictures, it also includes a self- focusing lens. Like any phone, there are a few quirks that could be worked out, but that hasn’t stopped the phone that does.

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