Verizon/Droid ad aimed at iPhone appears
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — As promised, Verizon unveiled an ad in tonight's Yankees-Angels game aimed pretty squarely at the iPhone.  It is interesting to remember that the Motorola ROKR had Apple iTunes software on it and Apple was negotiating to put the iPhone on Verizon a mere three years ago. They also have a website - DroidDoes.com. ...

Do You Think Apple’s iPhone May Have Actual Competition Now??
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Droid Attacks iPhone
Technologizer — Verizon Wireless, which recently announced it was hopping on the Android smartphone OS bandwagon big time, has started whetting our appetite for its first Android phone. It’s launched a TV ad for the phone, the Droid, and a teaser site. And so far, it’s mostly promoting the phone by bashing the iPhone, with ...

Verizon ad pits Android against iPhone
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network — As promised, Verizon tonight launched a commercial and a matching ad campaign, DroidDoes , that together attack the iPhone. The reveal (video available below) centers on the upcoming Motorola Droid and sets it up as the direct rival to Apple's hardware, offering exactly what its competitor is lacking: as an Android device, the Droid will have customized home screens, multitasking, open development and widgets. It also gets a hardware keyboard and a replaceable battery. The posting also confirms more specific traits of the Droid itself, including its 5-megapixel camera, an 800x480 display, and that it will use Android 2.0 . ...

Groking the Geekiest Campaign Ever
Mobility Site — In my time I have seen a lot of campaigns aimed at tech enthusiasts or, and I use the term lovingly, your average geek. Mainly they can be found on the back pages of gaming magazines, or slipped into the commercials for TV shows geeks may like but not enough to TiVo. However, the weirdest thing is that not that the new DroidDoes anti-iPhone campaign from Verizon is the most geek friendly marketing push I have ever seen from a mainstream company, but that they are aiming it directly at non-geeks…I mean they aired the initial ad in a baseball game, for god sake. Not in a commercial during Chuck, or FlashForward…but a BASEBALLGAME? A ...

Verizon s’attaque à l’iPhone avec son Droid !
Le Journal du Geek — Le Motorola Droid est sans aucun doute le mobile le plus attendu chez l’opérateur américain Verizon. Ce dernier vient en effet de lancer une campagne de pub qui s’attaque directement à l’iPhone, proposé depuis le départ par son concurrent AT&T. Cette campagne nommée “Droid does” met en avant tout ce que le téléphone d’Apple ne fait pas ! La guerre est déclarée… Pour rappel, ce nouveau smartphone qui devrait sortir début décembre tournera sous Android 2.0 Eclair avec l’interface MotoBlur et offrirait un écran capacitif tactile de 3,7″ avec une résolution de 480×854, un ...

Verizon Levels Guns At Apple, Not AT&T, With Droid Phone Blitz [Android]
Gizmodo — This 30-second Droid spot started airing last night during the ALCS. Dan may not like it, but even so there's no denying that Verizon, in the words of Matt Buchanan, went totally balls in with an Android phone. An Android 2.0 Motorola phone, to be precise, which we'll officially get to see sometime in November. Until then, we can feast on rumors and speculation, revel in the broadside Verizon fired against Apple (not AT&T;, it should be noted), and of course dissect the actual marketing itself, as was done at Daring Fireball: 1. The whole site is Flash. 2. The ...

Verizon Bashes iPhone With Lame Android Ad
iPhone Savior — Verizon has come out swinging wildly at iPhone in their first lame ad pimping the arrival of the Android 2.0 Motorola phone. The ad spends :20 seconds focusing on what looks like a poorly executed Powerpoint presentation that hacks on the limitations of iPhone by vomiting up iDon't sentences at warp speed. The ad is cut to music sounding like a Target commercial reject. Then as if hitting a brick wall, the text smacks head on into a collage of retarded 1990's video editing techniques and twisted sound effects revealing the statement DroidDoes, along with ...

Verizon to unveil Motorola Droid on October 30
Android and Me — On October 6, Verizon announced a strategic partnership with Google to sell Android phones, but they failed to announce any products. It was widely believed that Motorola would provide the first Android phone for Verizon (who’s CEO Lowell McAdam was pictured with the secret device). After an endless stream of leaks for the Motorola phone, Verizon has launched a teaser campaign for the first Android 2.0 device. Droiddoes.com is the new promo site for the Motorola Droid (Sholes). Verizon continues their direct attack on Apple and mocks the iPhone as the iDont. ...

Verizon Motorola Droid Promotion Begins, It Does What iDoesn’t
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Verizon sets it sights on Apple, AT&T in ad campaign
AppleInsider — By Brian Garner Published: 05:15 PM EST Verizon has upped the ante in its battle verses Apple and AT , airing a series of ads which highlight AT 's lack of 3G coverage, iPhone shortcomings. In a thirty second advertisement which first aired Saturday during the ALCS baseball game, Verizon unveiled a new add targeting the iPhone. The ad, which greatly resembles Apple's stylized spots, listed several of the iPhone's proposed weaknesses when compared to Verizon's new Droid smartphone with the tagline "iDon't." No real details about the Droid phone were presented in the spot, instead viewers were directed to a website where email addresses ...

Motorola DROID de Verizon apunta directo a iPhone
Celularis — Por si no entendieron el video de arriba, se está refiriendo a todas las cosas que no puede hacer o no tiene el iPhone: teclado real, posibilidad de correr aplicaciones simultáneas, flash, desarrollo abierto, customización, widgets, baterías intercambiables. Pero todas esas cosas si las hace DROID… DROID DOES: Así decidió la operadora de estadounidense Verizon lanzar su campaña para promocionar el Motorola DROID, el segundo móvil con Android de la compañía que se supone sería el Sholes o Tao del cual hace rato ...

L’iPhone è ”finito”?…almeno per Verizon
P@ssioneMobile — Il titolo del nuovo spot Verizon  “iDon’t” non lascia dubbi come riporta iPhoneItalia anche se l’iPhone non viene ”nominato” Nello spot vengono elencate tutte le mancanze dell’iPhone, mancanze che invece non sono presenti sul prossimo ...

Verizon Attacks iPhone With “Droid”
TheAppleBlog — Over the weekend, Verizon launched its second attack against the iPhone, a condescending teaser for an upcoming Android-based phone, Droid. However, unlike the first ad, which rightfully attacked AT&T’s anemic network coverage and dependability, the Droid ad goes after the iPhone. According to Verizon, the iPhone ...

Verizon's Motorola Droid To "Do" What the iPhone "iCan't"
HotHardware.com News Rss Feed — Verizon's Motorola Droid To "Do" What the iPhone "iCan't"

Android OS 2.0 coming with Motorola Droid on Verizon!
OnlyGizmos — Verizon has kicked off a campaign promoting the upcoming smartphone ‘Droid’. Expected to go on sale sometime in November, the Droid is ...

Video: Verizon’s anti-iPhone commercial – Droid Does
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — As it prepares to launch the Motorola Droid smartphone, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless released a viral video arguing how it’s better than the iPhone. The upcoming device will be more customizable, more open, have a better camera with flash, full QWERTY keyboard, widget support, and so on. I’m not sure that ...

Motorola Droid: first details leaked
Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's fastest-growing tech news site — The Motorola Droid Google slider smartphone just got a whole lot more official over the weekend, with a major US network kicking off advertising for the most powerful Android handset yet, and now the first hands-on snaps and impressions have started seeping out on to the web too. Want to know what’s in store for the DEXT followup? We’ve got the answers here. After we saw that scary teaser video of the Motorola Droid on Friday, US network Verizon kicked off advertising for the slider (video here), touting it as an iPhone beater, while still keeping it off camera. But Boy Genius Report ...

Verizon Announces New Android 2.0 Phone
GeekSugar — Has the iPhone met its match? A new Android phone called Droid is on the way. It's a joint venture from Verizon, Motorola, and Google, and may be available by the end of the month. The phone, which is set to compete with the iPhone, will feature a pull-out keyboard and be available on the Verizon network. The announcement comes ...

Verizon Takes Aim At iPhone - Hints at October 30 for Android 'Droid' launch
DSLreports - front page — A few weeks ago Verizon began taking aim at AT&T; and Apple by running a suite of ads that mocked AT&T;'s loose 3G coverage. The company also announced they'd soon be offering new android-based phones. As part of their promotion for the new phones, Verizon's launched a new countdown clock that marks October 30 as a date to watch, though they don't say whether that's a launch date or a date for further announcements. They've also cooked up this spot that takes competitive jabs at what the iPhone doesn't do. The Boy Genius Report has an early hands on look at the new "Droid," so you can make up your ...

Better Stop Holding Your Breath for a Verizon iPhone
Digital Daily — If Verizon (VZ) is in talks with Apple (AAPL) to become the second U.S. carrier for the iPhone, they evidently weren’t going very well. How else to explain this iPhone slagging ad campaign for the company’s forthcoming Android handset, Droid. iDon’t have a real keyboard iDon’t run simultaneous apps iDon’t take night shots iDon’t allow open development iDon’t customize iDon’t run widgets iDon’t have interchangeable batteries Everything iDon’t DROID DOES Shown on Fox and CBS during a pair of NFL football games Sunday afternoon, the ad clearly positions Droid as the ...

Hoping Motorola's upcoming Droid phone is half as good as its new commercial
bookofjoe — Take that, Apple!

Is the Motorola Droid the Next Big Thing?
Dial-a-Phone — For those unfamilar with the name, the latest Motorola phone has previously been known as the Sholes, a name we’re glad has been given the boot.  The Motorola Droid is the company’s second device to run Google’s Android operating system, but where the DEXT could be viewed as a good-time social networking fun phone, ...

Do Verizon's anti-iPhone/anti-AT&T ads mean it doesn't expect to ever carry the iPhone?
TECHNOLOGY — Ex-Tech Blogger Andrew Smith forwards a link to a New York Times blog post speculating that the recent slew of tough Verizon ads targeting Apple's iPhone and AT&T;'s network coverage with the iPhone is a sign that Verizon's negotiations with Apple to carry future versions of the iPhone have broken down. Andrew thinks the ads could also affect Apple's infamous tablet project, as the rumor has been that the machine (whenever it comes out) will have 3G connectivity and be offered on Verizon's network. But with Verizon dancing so gleefully on Apple's baby, what are the ...

Verizon Droid gets a brief hands-on, said to be the best Android so far
Tech Ticker —   Verizon initiated a marketing campaign of Droid yesterday. The campaign does not say about the phone yet but claims to do everything what iPhone can’t do. BGR also managed to get their hands ...

Verizon Attacks the iPhone, Hints at Upcoming Droid
Wired: Gadget Lab — In one of the boldest attacks on Apple’s iPhone so far, Verizon unveiled a TV commercial and website over the weekend that touted Droid, a new smartphone from Motorola, as a device that does everything the iPhone doesn’t. Verizon’s “iDon’t” TV commercial and website (warning: Flash-centric site) displays a series of statements aimed directly at the iPhone, such as ‘iDon’t have a real keyboard, iDon’t customize, iDon’t allow open development,” but without naming the iPhone directly. (You can watch the Droid ad on YouTube, or scroll down to see the video ...

Can Droid Take iPhone Market Share?
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — droidcommercial.jpg By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews Verizon is pulling put all stops with its new Android commercial, which highights what the iPhone doesn’t do, in an ad that tells you exactly what the iPhone doesn’t do, like “iDon’t allow open development, i’Dont run simultaneous apps.” And at the end of the ad: “Everything iDon’t, Droid Does.” Besides the fact that Verizon is bashing the iPhone big-time, it seems like this would put to rest, at least for now, any rumors that Verizon will be picking up the iPhone anytime soon. Why bash something you are considering selling? As I said previously, I don’t think Verizon will pick ...

Verizon takes after Palm without pioneering an OS
Gadget Teaser — On Saturday night, Verizon publicly declared it would be going after the iPhone with a new Android phone from Motorola. To do so, Big Red is using the same tactic Palm did, but it will probably see a much higher success rate. The reason: the OS. It’s not just that I think Android is a superior platform (which I do), or that Palm continues to botch almost everything it tries with regard to the App Catalog (which it does). It’s really that Verizon isn’t trying to pioneer a new OS against the world’s most successful smartphone. Android is not the thriving development community it could be, but it’s not ...

Motorola Droid wants to rival iPhone
MyCE News, Articles & Reviews — Verizon Wireless is teasing an upcoming Motorola phone, with Apple in its crosshairs. Dubbed the Motorola Droid, the phone has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.7-inch capacitive touch screen. It gets its name, of course, from Google’s Android mobile platform, running version 2.0 according to Boy Genius Report ...

Verizon To Get New Motorola Droid, Takes On Apple’s iPhone in Leaked Commercial
ZiggyTek Blog — [image] Verizon is making some big ripples this month, and they are some interesting ones indeed. Verizon is believed to be receiving the new Motorola Droid, a small cube of Android goodness, sporting a full fledged QWERTY keyboard. The new iPhone bashing video (after the break) shows no signs of what the Droid has in store for us, instead listing a bunch of features on the iPhone that the Droid can do better. BoyGeniusReport recently received a prototype of the Droid and it seems as if Motorola is packing some serious heat to blast themselves back into the game. The Motorola Droid is running a TI Omap 3430 processor, giving it the power ...

Motorola Droid wants to rival iPhone
MyCE News, Articles & Reviews — Verizon Wireless is teasing an upcoming Motorola phone, with Apple in its crosshairs. Dubbed the Motorola Droid, the phone has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.7-inch capacitive touch screen. It gets its name, of course, from Google’s Android mobile platform, running version 2.0 according to Boy Genius Report ...

Motorola Droid - high-end Android-communicator
Technology News — At the resource boygeniusreport.com lit not announced until Android-communicator from Motorola - Droid (also known as Tao and Sholes). Communicator is scheduled to release in November this year. Droid positioned the company as a high-end device on the OS Android. Info from boygeniusreport.com: OS: Android 2.0 ...

Verizon's first Droid ad goes on the iPhone attack
Consumer Reports Electronics Blog — Click for the the Droid promo site (with ad). Verizon has begun running a hard-hitting ad aimed at building excitement for its first phone powered by Google's Android-operating system. Dubbed the Droid, the phone, which until recently went by the code name "Sholes," is expected in early November. ...

Verizon’s Ad Campaign against iPhone
High Tech Lounge — Verizon’s Ad Campaign against iPhone 21st October, 2009 by Adina Tags: iPhone , News , Verizon The commercial ad campaign named DroidDoes, meant to put Motorola Droid in a favourable position towards its opponent iPhone, was launched a few days ago. The campaign outlines those features iPhone is lacking, such as customized home screens, open development, multitasking, widgets, hardware keyboard and replaceable battery. Other features of Motorola Droid are also outlined, such as its 5-megapixel camera, an 800×480 display and the Android operating system. Deep integration of Facebook, speech recognition and text-to-speech ...

Apple Fans Respond To The “Droid Does” Advertising Campaign
iPhone News Updated — The Droid vs. iPhone battle is beginning to heat up The Motorola Droid advertising campaign is in full swing, and I’m sure by now you’ve seen the commercials, if not you can see the commercial below. Basically, the campaign is all about taking digs at the iPhone while showing Motorola’s support for the Android OS. If you’re un-familiar with the Droid, it’s the first Android-based smartphone that will be sold exclusively by Verizon Wireless. Why is this fact important? Verizon currently has more than 86 million wireless subscribers, and will be the ...

Windows Mobile App Store Advertisement Equals Fail
TmoNews - Unofficial T-Mobile Blog - News, Videos, Articles and more — What do you get when you cross two guys in lab coats, lame jokes and the Windows Mobile app store? You get this advertisement and the ability to watch once, laugh hysterically and then do it all over again. Seriously, this is bad. I know I am not a Windows Mobile fan so it’s not as if I’m rooting for anyone here but if they were hoping for a turn around, this is not the way to do it. Either way, watching this half a dozen times or so might make you completely forget all the problems in the world and give you a few moments of reflection on how awesome ads like these are. ...

Droid Does…..What?
Tys iPhone Help.com - The Best iPhone & iPod Touch Site — If you’ve seen the Droid Dos commercial then you know that this phone is supposed to be better than the iPhone. Now we know that as of right now the iPhone is the BEST phone ever! That’s not a opinion…that’s a fact! The question is though, what would a phone have to have to be better than the iPhone? Well, some of the points that the Droid made referring to be the “Downfall” of an iPhone were Virtual Keyboards, Not running simultaneous apps, Camera quality, Its disability to customize without jailbreaking, not running widgets, not allowing open development, no nighttime photo ...

Android Buzz Grows as Droid Launch Nears
GigaOM — The Android buzz ramped up another notch this week with Google’s release of the SDK for Android 2.0, dubbed Eclair. Among other things, the new OS offers a combined inbox for multiple email accounts, a virtual keyboard with an improved layout and word completion, email and contact sync from multiple accounts including ...

Motorola Droid – What’s Rocking INsiDe?!
The Cool Gadgets — How cool is Motorola Droid? What is your first impression on Motorola Droid? What is the difference to the similar handphones in the market? What about the resolution? ...

iDon’t Care: Apple Fanboy Rebuttal [VIDEO]
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Review roundup: Motorola Droid, Verizon's first Android handset
AppleInsider — By AppleInsider Staff Published: 08:25 AM EST Verizon's first Google Android-based handset, the Motorola Droid, has been directly positioned as a competitor to Apple's iPhone. Reviewers have now compared the two to see how they stack up. The Droid officially arrives Friday, sporting a 3.7-inch screen with a width of 843 pixels and a quick TI OMAP 3430 processor. It costs $199 with a two-year contract. The device is slightly thicker than an iPhone 3GS, and comes with a physical slide-out keyboard. Verizon and Motorola have targeted the iPhone with an advertising campaign comparing the Droid to the iPhone. With a style and ...