businesspundit.com - 10/28/2009
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Motorola launched its first Android-based smartphone, the Droid, today. It will cost $199 with a 2-year contract and $100 mail rebate. PC Magazine has more:
…the Droid is a large, slim (0.5-inch thick) phone with a 3.7-inch, 854-by-480 capacitive touch screen ...
Garmin and TomTom In Google’s Crosshairs
blog.ockhamresearch.com 10/28/2009 — Google ( GOOG ) has made quite a splash today with the announcement that the new Motorola ( MOT ) Droid will incorporate free turn by turn navigation capabilities. The real-time mapping application will be available on Android 2.0 phones, with the first of which being the Droid which will ...
Motorola Droid Turn by Turn Directions —
Stocks or Bonds?
The Motorola Droid ranks at or near the top in all the important cell phone qualities. It excels in a few ares. Best of all is the GPS feature. Users speak the address or just the information they know and Google is likely to find the destination desired. Once the exact address is found, the ...
Motorola Wins Hype Battle in Smartphone War —
Minyanville
Motorola (MOT) has much to celebrate this week. In addition to debuting its highly anticipated Droid smartphone this Friday Citigroup analyst Jim Suva upgraded the company's shares to Buy from Hold. See this morning's Upgrades & Downgrades.Running Google's (GOOG) constantly improving Android ...
Barron's, Citigroup bet on a comeback for Motorola —
BloggingStocks
An article in Barron's suggests that Motorola (NYSE: MOT ) is on the verge of regaining some of its former mojo. The company recently offered a solid outlook for the remainder of the year, and it could garner new business after debuting two smartphones featuring Google 's (NASDAQ: GOOG ) ...
Betting on Motorola's Droid Is Premature —
Minyanville
The upcoming Droid smartphone based upon Google's (GOOG) new Android 2.0 operating system has Motorola (MOT) on a little bit of a roll. The beleaguered mobile-phone maker delivered a pretty decent third-quarter earnings report this morning but surprised Wall Street with an upbeat fourth-quarter ...
Android Update —
Ideas
As regular readers know, I have long been in search of the perfect pda/phone/web browser. The latest Android phone, the Motorola Droid , officially announced today, may bring that goal a little closer. The screen is substantially larger than the screen on my G1, the keyboard is said to be a ...
Verizon (VZ) takes aim at the iPhone —
BloggingStocks
Ever since Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL ) introduced the iPhone to the world, other cell phone companies have been working hard to compete. Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) is hoping to find success with the Motorola Droid , which will come with a $199 price tag. The phone will be running on Google's ...
The Verizon Droid: "Top Gun" —
Stocks or Bonds?
When reading about the Droid, I am reminded of the movie "Top Gun" and the "need for speed". The specs for the new Verizon phone, a Texas Instruments processor controlled by the Google Android operating system, suggest that the Droid is an awesome and fast phone! > The speed is not just ...