Birth of the Droid Fanboy

Birth of the Droid Fanboy

It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle.

Are they legion? Not yet, though the queues have formed in Boston and Manhattan, packed with people who needed a nimble touchscreen smartphone but couldn't part with Verizon Wireless. The real surge will come in the weeks and months ahead, as people use and learn to love their shiny new Droids.

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