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• Three things we'd like to see from new Motorola Droid

  By Brad Reed | 17 June, 2010 04:46

  The Motorola Droid certainly hasn't been an "iPhone killer," but it has become a solid alternative to the iPhone for Verizon customers who don't want to switch their carriers.

• Palm CEO: We Could Have Been Bigger Than Droid

  By David Coursey | 20 March, 2010 05:32

  Yesterday's statement from Palm's CEO, lamenting how Motorola's Droid beat the Palm Pre into Verizon stores, I was reminded of a famous Marlon Brando line from "On the Waterfront." Many people know the words, even of they don't know they come from a 1954 motion picture.

• Google's Nexus One vs. the Droid: Two phones dissected

  By JR Raphael | 16 January, 2010 10:36

  Motorola can add one more item onto its list of Droid slogans: Droid does have more expensive hardware than the Nexus One. But only by a small margin.

• Google's Nexus One details: what we know so far

  By Jared Newman | 24 December, 2009 11:48

  Google's pretty good at keeping its Web and search developments secret, but it's quickly learning that hardware's a different beast, as details on the Nexus One, a.k.a. the Google Phone, are leaking all over the Internet.

• Motorola Droid laid bare, reveals all in teardown

  By Chris Brandrick | 13 November, 2009 01:23

  Motorola's Droid has been the subject of much furor lately, fueled in-part by a series of ad spots, including Verizon's controversial campaign.

• HTC Droid Eris, the under-Droid

  By Paul Venezia | 11 November, 2009 06:05

  It's apparently not common knowledge that there are actually two Droids: the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris. They're both Android-based phones, but significantly different in form and firmware. The Motorola Droid is a slider phone with a large screen and a physical keyboard that runs Android 2.0. The Droid Eris is cheaper, with a slower CPU and no dedicated GPU, but it's also far slicker than the Motorola Droid.

• No Droid for me, iPhone is the PC of smartphones

  By David Coursey | 10 November, 2009 01:42

  There is no piece of technological wizardry that I want so much as a Droid. Yet, I have decided to hold onto my iPhone. Why? Because the iPhone is the PC of smartphones.

• First look: Droid not an iPhone killer, but still pretty cool

  By Matt Hamblen | 06 November, 2009 03:38

  The new Droid slider smartphone by Motorola Inc., running on the Verizon Wireless network, is clearly not an iPhone killer. But it is still pretty cool, with multitasking abilities and Google Inc.'s touches, such as quick access to Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation with GPS.

• Droid vs. iPhone: Which revolution should you join?

  By David Coursey | 06 November, 2009 06:27

  If you are buying your first smartphone, which should it be: Droid or the iPhone? Both are revolutionary devices, but which revolution is for you? It is not (yet) a coin toss.

• A tale of two Droids: HTC Eris vs. Motorola's Droid

  By Jared Newman | 06 November, 2009 08:35

  Ever since Verizon Wireless used Motorola's Droid to diss the iPhone, it's been nothing short of Droid hysteria in the tech world, and it's only getting crazier with today's reveal of the HTC Droid Eris. What can I say? We love a good fight. But let's not let flame wars get in the way of solid information, which may prove valuable if you're planning to pick up either the Motorola Droid or the HTC Droid Eris on launch day, Friday. Here's what you need to know:

• iPhone under attack from Android invasion

  By Tony Bradley | 04 November, 2009 06:54

  There are only three days until Verizon joins the Android invasion. T-Mobile was first to embrace the open source Google operating system, but with the addition of Sprint, and now Verizon, Android is mounting a quiet revolution that could see it squash the iPhone OS and rise to a dominant position among mobile operating systems.

• Droid beats Pre, iPhone beats Droid--for now

  By David Coursey | 03 November, 2009 08:07

  Motorola's Droid has a tough game of catch-up to play, but not as tough as what faces Palm's Pre as both challenge Apple's iPhone. Longer term, this may be a two horse race, with Android winning in the end and BlackBerry still chugging along.

• Will Droid put Motorola back on top?

  By Ian Paul | 31 October, 2009 01:27

  With its new focus on Android-based handsets like Droid and Cliq, Motorola may finally be getting back its handset groove back.

• Droid: Motorola's saviour or Google's false profit?

  By David Coursey | 31 October, 2009 04:17

  Too much, as least so early, is being made of the Motorola Droid's supposedly magical powers. Can a single handset "save" Motorola, launch a new operating system, and smite the evil Steve Jobs?

• Put Verizon's Droid to work with Google services

  By Tony Bradley | 31 October, 2009 06:00

  The countdown is underway to the Droid invasion. Verizon has unveiled the official specs and contract details, and pre-orders are already underway at Best Buy. By this time next week the Motorola Droid will be unleashed and we will find out if the reality can come close to the hype.