Oct 18th, 2009 - PC World
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Verizon Wireless, which recently announced it was hopping on the Android smartphone OS bandwagon big time, has started whetting our appetite for It's launched a TV ad for the phone, the Droid, and a teaser site. And so far, it's mostly promoting the phone by bashing the iPhone, with pseudo-Apple text pointing out that "iDont" have a physical keyboard, (third-party) multitasking, a five-megapixel camera, much in the way of customization options, widgets, "open development," the ability to take photos in the dark, or a removable battery. The Droid (whose name is licensed from Mr. Lucas) presumably has all of the above.
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