The Droid is not out yet, but the Droid does website and commercial have been up since Satuday. The commercial makes some fair points about the iPhone not having certain features, but what Verizon does not know is that most of the “i Don’t” remarks are not true for iPhone users who are jailbroken. If you don’t know what a jailbroken iPhone is, go to the jailbreak page to find out. If you want to jailbreak your iPhone, check out our jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 post.
Here is a list of the features mentiond in Verizon’s iDon’t commercial. Jailbroken iPhone users can already get these features.
- iDon’t have a real keyboard: An iPhone does not have a physical keyboard, but it does have a virtual keyboard. Out of all the virtual keyboards I’ve tried, the iPhone’s virtual keyboard is the best. It is really easy to use, and I consider it a real keyboard.
- iDon’t run simultaneous apps: Users with jailbroken iPhones can download the Backgrounder app from Cydia and multi-task with it.
- iDon’t take night shots: Yes, Verizon is right on this one.
- iDon’t allow open development: I’m not really sure what Verizon means by this, but the jailbreak community does allow open developmet.
- iDon’t cusomize: Jailbroken iPhones are really customizeable. With Saurik’s Winterboard application, the iPhone can be themed. There are many different quality themes available in Cydia.
- iDon’t run widgets: Try the Intelliscreen application from the Rock application. It has widgets that allow you to put whatever you want on your lockscreen. There’s also an application called QTweetr that lets you tweet any time you want by sliding it out.
- iDon’t have interchangeable batteries: That’s true, no amount of jailbreaking can give us interchangeable batteries but I don’t really look for this feature in phones.
If Apple were open source, the iPhone could really take on all their competitors. Unless Apple opens up, their competitors like Verizon Droid, Palm Pre, or other phones do stand a good chance at beating them. It doesn’t seem likely that Applew will ever open up. They are always trying to patch the exploits that allow iPhone users to jailbreak. They love playing the cat and mouse game. Will the Verizon Droid cause Apple to open up? I really hope so!
Droid does
Verizon mocks the iPhone with their “i Don’t” ad
Droid does have a release date
Verizon Motorola Droid phone with Android 2.0 is coming on November 6
I use an iPhone 3G jailbroken and it’s awesome! I think Android has a long way to go to beat iPhone but if this does “kill the iPhone” doesn’t mean that apple will stop they will probably add those features in the future generations of iPhone or in firmwares. but for now We wait for the battle of the smartphones
This is the dumbest defence of an Iphone I have ever heard.
1.A virtual keyboard is not a real keyboard, thats the whole reason qwerty phones exist.
2. jailbreaking is a void of warranty and many of the programs are illigal.
I can’t argue with the fact that a jail-broken iPhone beats an official firmware iPhone, but the Droid still trumps any iPhone, because it is open source, has a better camera (with flash), and a WAY better network. All without hacking or breaking any copyright laws, and without spending a ton on a spendy iPhone plan.
minus one for mispelling illegal…
I would imagine that the price plan for the droid would be the same as Verizon’s Blackberry plans. Which is the exact same price as the “spendy iPhone plan”. Verizon is the most money hungry cell phone company in the US. They will nickle and dime you for every little thing and cripple any phone not running a secondary operating system.
How is a virtual keyboard not a real keyboard??? It lets you input “keys” does it not? Is it not an interface to the OS? :) People need to stop saying “real” and start saying “physical”. Aside from that… who the hell cares if it’s physical or not anyway. The iPhone’s keyboard is vastly superior to any “physical” keyboard I’ve ever used on any cellphone (in my opinion of course). A physical keyboard is strictly limited to the key size whereas the virtual takes the greatest percentage of “press” so as long as the majority of your fingertip presses on (let’s say) the F key, then you’ll hit the F key. On a physical keyboard (for cellphones), they’re so damn small you run a greater risk of hitting the wrong key.
As for the rest…
the iPhone takes excellent pictures with limited MP. It’s NOT about the MP people!!! Come on! Stop buying into the marketing hype and actually LEARN about photography and digital cameras. If you want to print, then yes you should be concerned with MP… but for a cellphone or pocket camera for everyday pictures, it’s all about the lighting. And before you re-emphasize Droid’s flash… digital cameras take horrible pictures indoors regardless of the flash unless you turn on all the lights and/or use spot lighting.
And to say that the Droid trumps the iPhone because it’s open source is just plain stupid. That only means you can screw it up easier by downloading/installing something that hasn’t been properly tested. :) Sure free is great but it has its’ disadvantages. Not to mention… google apps are just widgets, aka web apps designed to access the hardware API. You can do this on the iPhone (non-jailbroken) as long as you know how to code for it. People have been doing that since the iPhone first hit the market. Do your research!
“without spending a ton on a spendy iPhone plan”…. ??????? Have you looked at the plans? Have you compared them with Verizon’s? ALL the cell providers have very, and I mean VERY, similar plans when it comes to smartphones. The iPhone itself is expensive, yes, but the plans are virtually identical across the board and most smartphones comes with a mandatory $30 data charge.
The jailbreaking voids your warranty is debatable… I’ve had an iPhone that I had to send in for repair that was jailbroken and I didn’t even bother removing the jailbreak or restoring to an original Apple firmware. My warranty was honored just the same and I was shipped a new phone at no cost! I know plenty of other people who have done the same thing… so if it does void the warranty, they must not really care about it. And the apps aren’t “illegal”, they’re just not Apple signed or approved which does NOT make it illegal and a lot of the jailbreak apps could easily go through the AppStore should the developer decide to join the dev community. :P
I won’t argue with you on the network though. :) Everyone knows AT&T’s network sucks (at the moment). LOL
The Droid does, however, have a slower processor than the iPhone by 50mhz. There are no specs out yet exactly what “type” of touchscreen it has. And multitasking??? Please… Google and Motorola are going to shoot themselves on this one. There’s a very good reason the iPhone does not allow for multitasking apps and Google/Motorola is going to learn this the hard way apparently. Or they just don’t care about battery life. Multitasking KILLED WinMo… Google should learn from M$’s mistake!
Don’t get me wrong though… I think the Droid does have a chance but the fact remains that the iPhone is so far ahead of the game, the Droid has to hit the ground running (and fast!) or it will fail just like all the rest. :) Just look at it this way… TONS of people are willing to put up with a horrible network just to have the iPhone and its’ capabilities. Many of those very same people switched from a great network as well! How many of those people do you think will come back just for the Droid??? :P
One more thing… how much do you want to bet that Verizon puts a block on the factory installed Android OS version. :) Thus turning your open source OS into a proprietary “locked” OS that you are “not” allowed to modify. ;) Sure you can install all the apps you want and develop all you want but as far as the OS goes, I’m betting Verizon will lock it as they do everything else.
well the good thing about android is that you don’t have to be on verizon to use reap the benefits of android. Unlike the iPhone which is only At&t, android phones are available on sprint, verizon, t-mobile, and maybe even at&t i can’t really remember all of the carriers but i know the first 3 have them. I currently have the hero and my plan is like 60 a month. If i had the iphone i’d have to pay 90 a month and wouldn’t even get as many features as i do on sprint, BIG difference.
Also it should be noted that anyone can buy an iTouch iPod for free and jailbreak it and get and do like 99% of the things the iPhone does without worrying about their phone battery dying. When an iPhone battery dies from usage (recharging) you have to buy a new iPhone. When it just dies and can be charged, you still have to find a place to charge it. Replacable batteries are very convienient in the short term AND long term.
but in reality we shouldn’t be comparing ‘jailbroken’ iphones to off the shelves android. You can mess around with any smartphone and make it better, the comparison should be out of the box because 99% of the people who buy smartphones don’t know how to jailbreak it in the first place.
Also maybe you haven’t used the Touch pro 2 but its keyboard is VASTLY SUPERIOR to the iPhones. i know its not android but there are a lot of physical keyboards that are way better than the iPhones keyboard, you have to get used to the iPhones keyboard, anyone can pick up most physical keyboards and type fast with them.
even with the so called app that lets you ‘multi-task’ on the iphone, its not really multi tasking if you have to exit out of something to check something. iphone still lacks the notification bar which is genius and lets me check my ebay auctions, scores, text messages, voicemail, music playing, essentially anything etc from any page or window or screen i could be on. I can even see the messages in the notification bar, that is true multi-tasking where i don’t even have to change the screen i am on.
everyone with an iphone should just buy a cheaper phone and get an ipod touch. it’ll save you alot of money and you get the same thing :) iPhone restricts you from so many little things i need to start keeping tally, i know one that comes to mind is putting files on your phone from any computer or vice versa. when i see a video or music or word document from someone else i just put it on my sd card and wa la its on my phone, can’t do it with the iPhone :/
1.so as a wrap up let’s see, iPhone DOESN’T have the best keyboard nor a physical one. but a very good one indeed. But at least i know android can get an amazing physical keyboard like the pro 2. iphone users are stuck with the same ‘virtual’ keyboard. pro2 keyboard = best ever.
2.even that backgrounder app isn’t really what we mean by running simultaneous apps, verizon should have worded it better by saying multitasking or something, notification bar does that! and i know that on a lot of games when you get out of them on an iphone it does not pick up back where you left off if you are in the middle of the game. on my android it automatically pauses it and resumes when you click back on the game :)
3. night shots, yeah iphone doesn’t
4. out of box it doesn’t have open source. most people don’t even know what jailbroken means. plus its just more hassle iphone has to do to get like android :)
5.sorry but winterboard is not customizing like android. sure you can change your color and fonts and icons but its still the same old same old icons. android lets you take off icons and put on the ones you want. you can also have widgets and different shortcuts that aren’t just icons that lead to an application. all iphones have the same structure, icons and a dock. android can get a dock, have icons, widgets, pictures, playlists, anything, thats real customization. winterboard is just replacing one icon with another icon.
6.haven’t heard of qtweeter but even if it works thats only for one thing, twitter. android has widgets for like every program, scores, weather, messaging, calender, contacts, ebay, facebook, and i bet that qtweeter ‘widget’ is not even in comparison to the tweeter widget on android, or else more people would have it as i’ve never seen it. same goes for the other widgets you named.
7.and batteries are very convienient as i said earlier. iphone battery life isn’t very good and neither are most android devices. but with an extra battery i don’t have to carry my charger around all day and can just pop in that second battery to make it through a LONG day. also i don’t have to worry about my battery just completely dying and having to buy a new phone. But i guess if you have 100 dollars to dish out every month for one cell phone plan you can afford to pay 300 dollars for a new iPhone :p
Droid does all those things out of the box you don’t have to hack it to get features that should have been included on a device from the beginning. I think that iPhone fan boys are just afraid that their device has competition real competition now and not some crappy blackberry storm. Fan boys need to get over the fact that technology advances beyond apple, get over it and stop complaining. The only thing that makes the iPhone decent is its apps they phones hardware blows.
blows? Is that why the iPhone 3GS has a faster processor than the Droid? :P
Droid: 550mhz (possible 600) (same ARM architecture as the iPhone)
iPhone: 600mhz (possible 650)
All the other hardware in the Droid is almost identical to the iPhone (aside from the touchscreen which is not yet known).
I personally welcome any competition. I didn’t jump on the iPhone bandwagon until the 3GS and that was simply because I was sick and tired of waiting for someone (on Verizon) to come out with a comparable alternative! I would gladly dump the iPhone should such a device exist on Verizon. I have yet to see one… (I’ll have to test the Droid out myself as I don’t put much faith in reviews anymore).
What an iphone can do once you break the OS configuration, void the warranty and violate your license agreement is not an argument against the idon’t ad campaign. Jail breaking your phone can also open you up to being hacked. There is a purpose behind BSD jails beyond Apple iphone software control.
>> A touch screen keyboard is not a keyboard, it is a touch screen with a picture of a keyboard.
>> Open development does not just mean “anyone can develop for it”, it means the OS supports open source standards such as Java, OpenGL, and other technologies commonly used on other platforms.
It occurs to me, why would someone go purchase a phone, jail break it (voiding their warranty and potentially compromising their security) just to get functionality which already exists as a standard in many other phones? The Motorola Droid runs Android, a joint effort between over 50 big name companies attempting to establish standards within mobile technologies. Sorry folks, even if the Droid itself isn’t here to stay, the Android OS plus the standards it implements are!
are people serious here this droid bullshit phone is trash its just the corny ass my touch g1 for verizon smh n we all know them phones is bullshit
I have an Iphone 3GS and the new motorola cliq, before that the G1 and Mytouch 3G. I love my Iphone for the apps (games) and thats it. I will say when its Jailbroken it then turn in to a GREAT phone, BUT the Iphone needs to be jailbroken to even do 75% of what the Android phones do and with Jailbreaking problems, void warr, no updating, and maybe even a bricked phone! With all that being said, why is it worth it? Lets be honest, besides the game apps that are better than the android games why does everybody praise the iphone and trash the android phones? Iphone was yesterday and the android is here now, get over it and go buy a android. Dont get me wrong, untill the android get better games I will keep my iphone as entertainment plus I still have a contract with ATT but once the android upgrades there games and have the phone to support them, LATER IPHONE!!!!!
75%? LOL You obviously don’t use your iPhone that much. :)
Honestly I have not heard about verizon’s pricing plans for the droid because for it to be an actually an iPhone murder it has tohave a cheap pricing plan and what if it even more expensive what would u do????
If open source was the issue… then why isnt Linux as commonly used? Im a Linux person myself, but why is it that Mac and Windows are STILL most commonly used? I am thinking Open Source is a GOOD fight, but not the issue in this case. I am what you call an extreme nerd in that I do not favor brands (in fact I hate Apple… but that’s another technical battle) but look at what the brand can ACTUALLY do. We recognize good hardware when we see it..right?… regardless of the brand. Evidently everyone forgot how TERRIBLE it was to store your apps on a Micro SD card… do you really want to run apps off a data card?…Really? Its terrible slow. Apple did it right by not using those slow cards. It will never be as fast as just running from internal memory. The multi-touch screen uses a technology known as “Capacitive Touch” in that it measures the flow of electrons from your finger. This is why it is sooo much more accurate when clicking on a super small url or button. Most screens just measure heat and pressure which is much less responsive. All that said… you can write the most AMAZING apps with open source, get THE BEST support from open source community, and have bugs and security issues fixed SO fast; but you put this Open Source platform on a walkie-talkie… Open Source will be the least of your worries… You can always modify the OS easier than you can the hardware… keep a focus on how its built.
P.S. “Real Keyboards” look cheap… of course this coming from a dork.
*this article was translated by the “help” of Google translate, I apologize for any errors.
Iphone killer my ass i love my jailbreak iphone i can do many things as download torrents download music albums i can do many things with my iphone so verizon kiss my ass!!!
The ONLY thing I’ve seen on the Droid website that it has over the iPhone is Flash enabled browsing. Seriously… that’s it! Jailbroken or not, the iPhone can do all the rest. Keep in mind those commercials for the Droid are taking “iDon’t” very specifically! So in other words… if the iPhone doesn’t use Android OS, then it can’t do “anything” the Droid does. LOL Very poor marketing if you ask me!
iDon’t have a real keyboard: iDont need a real keyboard, its 2009, not 1999, besides i dont want any crud build up.
iDon’t run simultaneous apps: iCan because i have Backgrounder via cydia.
iDon’t take night shots: ok maybe iDont but how good does flash work on a phone camera anyways.
iDon’t allow open development: The jailbreak community does allow open developmet.
iDon’t cusomize: Jailbroken iPhones are really customizeable. Try Winterboard perhaps plus thousands of themes.
iDon’t run widgets: Intelliscreen does. It has widgets that allow you to put whatever you want on your lockscreen. There’s also an application called QTweetr that lets you tweet any time you want by sliding it out.
iDon’t have interchangeable batteries: iDont look for a phone with an interchangeable battery so iDont Care
iPhone FTW!!
Ok let’s see. For VERIZON users, like myself, this is a huge development. honestly, verizon needed to up its phone status and quite frankly, AT&T doesnt know what to do. what the droid does right out of the box (without jailbreaking *cough cough broken warranty cough*) is amazing. how many other phones can let you search good in just a few taps. and how nice is it to have a REAL keyboard? pretty good. Night shots, ehhh. Im for the apps :D. Lets face it guys, i think the iPhone and Droid have met a stalemate. But verizon still has a more powerful 3G and regular network. so my choice is the Droid bcuz its got a better network, doesnt require jailbreaking and loss of warranty for extra features and the the physical stuff like the removable memory and interchangeable batteries plus 5mp camera ( which has video and the iPhone didnt for 2 generations which is just sad) my choice: The iPhone CANT do what the Droid Does…
Sooooo FALSE!!!
iPhone is the BIGGEST OVERHYPED piece of TRASH i’ve seen to date!!!
after getting i8910 HD i regret to even getting the fugly ipod. It sux in games, and can’t even handle simple multitasking….
I can’t believe Apple even survived thas far, cause i ASURE U that they will be bankrupt by 2012!!!
I can’t wait for Steve Jobs to die!
That retarded doesn’t deserve to leave in this world!