Nov 5th, 2009 - PC World
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.
That is the challenge I was asked to solve, the choice of the perfect smartphone for a woman who had never owned a smartphone before. Until recently, the choice was easy, after tomorrow it becomes much more difficult.
Once the Motorola Droid hits Verizon's shelves, the equation changes and my old "Gotta get an iPhone" answer becomes obsolete. I knew it would someday, but Motorola's Droid has arrived almost like a bolt from the blue.
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