Droid sent out to battle iPhone
Verizon’s smart phone employs Google’s Android operating system
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Customer service representative Leigh Merkel, dressed as a robot, promotes Verizon Wireless’ new Droid mobile phone to Myron Collins of Sherwood at a Verizon store in North Little Rock.
Photo by Benjamin Krain
In one corner is Apple’s iPhone. Launched in 2007, it revolutionized the smartphone market with its sleek exterior and a collection of applications that seems to grow more extensive by the day.
Challenging it is Verizon’s Motorola Droid phone, launched Friday. Powered by Google’s Android operating system, it is a “third generation,” or 3G, wireless device aimed at giving the iPhone a run for its money.
Like the iPhone, the Droid has touch-screen access, though the Droid boasts a larger screen with higher resolution, an actual keyboard, as well as features such as turnby-turn navigation, which is free from Google but only available for a fee on other smart phones.
Verizon also introduced the smaller HTC Droid ...
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Business, Pages 31 on 11/07/2009
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