has been evaluating Flash Player 10.1 on the new Droid 2 that comes pre-installed with the multimedia platform. He reports that Flash videos on Sony.com, that were optimized for the mobile web, ran much smoother than the Flash videos on websites like ABC.com that were designed for a PC. He notes:
“The difference between the smooth Flash trailers on Sony.com, the jerky episode of CSI, and the system-stalling Flash video on Fox.com is that the smoother (more…)

Not surprisingly, that didn’t go down too well with Apple ’s competitors.
for drawing them into the antenna issue.
.
Apple has updated its website to show how Motorola’s Droid X and Nokia N97 mini lose signal strength when you grip them in a certain way.
In case of Motorola Droid X, the location of internal antenna is at the bottom.
In weak signal areas, if you grip Motorola Droid X as seen above then it may negatively affect signal (more…)

has backed these claims. For the study,
,
, Samsung Galaxy and Droid X. Basic point-and-shoot cameras from Samsung and Sony were also studied. The results are interesting.
concludes that the images rendered from the iPhone 4 camera were better than those rendered by rival smartphones like EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy and Droid X – even though these smartphones came with 8MP camera sensors. Only the point-and-shoot cameras were seen to deliver better (more…)

4.63″ x 2.30″ x 0.47″
3.7 inch screen with 480 x 800 WVGA OLED touch screen
Android 2.1 with Google Experience and Sense UI
In terms of features, the Droid Incredible appears to be an improved version of
. Considering that the Nexus One was
when it was launched, it will be interesting to see how the new Droid Incredible compares to Apple 's iPhone .
if you compare the hardware features. However, with the next generation iPhone and
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sold just 135,000 handsets in the first 74 days post launch. This is in stark contrast to the over 1 million handsets that Apple sold in the 74 days after the iPhone first went on sale on June 29, 2007. Calling the estimated sale numbers of Nexus One ”
“, Flurry notes that the reasons for the subdued figures could be because of ”
unconventional choices in marketing, pricing and distribution.
Interestingly, Flurry's report also notes that
(more…)

While iPhone fans may look down upon this list as being biased, it is probable that TIME has chosen to offer more weightage to gadgets that have tried to challenge the existing market environment. As TIME notes in their list, the Droid is ”
“. Praising the Verizon Droid for its beast-like looks, TIME writes:
“The Droid is a hefty beast, a metal behemoth without the gloss and finish of the iPhone , but you don't miss it. The Droid's touchscreen (more…)

However, while their
attacking the iPhone were strictly hinting at features that the iPhone lacked or where Droid apparently did better, this time Verizon has chosen a subject where the iPhone clearly wins – the 'looks' of the phones. The ad still goes on to justify why the Droid is better.
Should a phone be pretty? Should it be a tiara-wearing digitally clueless beauty pageant queen
” and more about performance. The ad concludes with (more…)

called iDroid developed by Swavv apps. While the exact reason behind the rejection is not clear, it is pretty obvious that the decision to
was because of the name and utility (or the lack of it) behind the iPhone app.
that was marketed by Verizon against the iPhone . However, there has not been any particular violation that the app can be singled out for except probably violating the trademark of Motorola Droid.
Did this iPhone app deserve a (more…)

Verizon reportedly sold close to 100,000 Droid handsets the past weekend. The corresponding numbers for the first generation of iPhone was 270,000 and that for
were close to one million respectively.
According to Jim Suva, an analyst at Citigroup, this does not however mean that the Droid has failed to meet the hype surrounding its launch. He says
“It wasn’t as good as the iPhone , but anybody that was expecting that had their expectations (more…)

In a series of pictures captured over Droid and iPhone , Andy has tried to compare the camera quality of
. One thing that has been very evident from these images posted on Flickr is the fact that the iPhone camera seems to be 'smarter' in focusing on the essentials while the pictures taken off the Droid camera are a bit bland.
As you would notice, the iPhone 's '
' feature has been able to capture the essential part; in this (more…)