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engadget.com - 10/30/2009

Motorola DROID review

— engadget.com — It's hard to look at the DROID without looking at the company which brought the device to... life. Motorola: for years the name has been synonymous with... well, disappointment. While the industry-stalwart made cellphones sexy with the RAZR, the days ... (more) Motorola DROID review

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billshrink.com - 10/28/2009

Total Cost of Ownership: Motorola Droid versus iPhone 3GS versus Palm Pre

— billshrink.com — digg_url = 'http://www.billshrink.com/blog/total-cost-of-ownership-motorola-droid-versus-iphone-3gs-versus-palm-pre/'; After months and months of blogger buzz and a heavy veil of secrecy, the... new Motorola Droid for Verizon Wireless is set to launch ... (more) Total Cost of Ownership: Motorola Droid versus iPhone ...

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forbes.com - 10/29/2009

HTC CEO On Android, Verizon, Microsoft

— forbes.com — TAOYUAN, TAIWAN -- For more than six months, HTC enjoyed the privilege of being the only cellphone... maker to have a handset running on Google 's mobile platform, Android. Several manufacturers, including Samsung, Motorola ( MOT - news - people ) and ... (more) HTC CEO On Android, Verizon, Microsoft

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GigaOM:  Verizon: Our Network Can Handle the Droid

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Verizon Wireless: Out network can handle the Droid, unlike SOME networks around here: http://is.gd/4Hcdj 10/29/2009

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Verizon: Our Network Can Handle the Droid
GigaOM — ... Verizon, with the launch of the Droid phone, is being either incredibly confident or amazingly arrogant about its network performance (I suppose it could also just think that the Droid phone won’t be a data-consuming blockbuster hit). Yesterday, Telephony Online quoted a Verizon regional data sales director as saying that it wasn’t planning any network overhaul to keep up with the Droid, that in fact Verizon welcomed the data deluge: ...

Verizon Not Worried About Network Strain
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... popular the droid will become, but even then, if they’re trying to take a jab at AT&T (NYSE: T)’s network buckling under iPhone traffic, it’s not exactly a fair comparison considering droid sales won’t come anywhere near iPhone’s, and the network strain will be proportionally minuscule. In any case, the confidence is a good sign – just remember, we’ll be holding you to your promise, VZ. [via TelephonyOnline] Related News from IntoMobile: AT&T ...

Verizon: Our 3G Network Can Handle Large Droid Demand
Unwired View — ... phone, and there is a very good chance the Droid will live up to the expectations. Now we sit back and see how right or wrong Verizon was in making those claims. We know it would be difficult to be any worse than the iPhone’s strain on AT&T’s current data network, but will Verizon be any better off? VZW is almost cocky about its network, but AT&T is usually just as confident about its data capabilities. via TelephonyOnline ...

Verizon says 3G network will not be strained by Droid demand
Phones Review — Verizon Wireless is expecting unprecedented sales with the Motorola Droid smartphone along with a surge of new traffic via millions of unlimited data subscriptions reports an article over on telephony online. However, Verizon Wireless has “expressed confidence” that their nationwide 3G network will be able to cope with the onslaught of data traffic heading their way, with Verizon director of data sales Illinois-Wisconsin region Arvin Singh saying, “We’re encouraging it.” Singh has also stated that Verizon has long architeched their EV-DO Rev.A ...

Verizon Promises Droid Won't Strain Network - Though they're preparing for more backhaul for LTE launch...
DSLreports - front page — ... Unlike some of the capacity issues that troubled AT&T; with the huge influx of iPhone customers, Verizon is insisting the company won't struggle under the load when they launch the new Motorola Droid this Friday. That's easy to say, given Droid's sales likely won't dent iPhone volume -- but Verizon has an interesting conversation with Telephony Online on getting ready for the influx of additional data users. According to Verizon, they didn't add backhaul capacity for Friday's Droid launch -- because they didn't need to. At least not yet: ...