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Just released this past weekend,. the Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless is the first phone to truly challenge the iPhone's supremacy. True, the BlackBerry Storm (and now Storm2) claimed to make that charge, but the Storm is still a BlackBerry, and never t'will the BlackBerry and iPhone user ever truly meet.
This is not the case with the Droid from Motorola. Exclusive from Verizon, the Droid operates on the Android 2.0 platform which is significantly more efficient than the previous array of Android 1.6 phones on the market. It is also more social network friendly (you can truly annoy all your Facebook friends from ANYWHERE!).
One of the first things you notice about the Droid is its screen, which is truly better than that sported by the iPhone. It possesses a 3.7 inch capacitive screen with striking 480854-pixel resolution. Also, unlike the iPhone 3GS, you also have a full slide out QWERTY keyboard. This makes the mobile experience all that much more powerful. It is almost like having a fully functional PC in your pocket, save that it's a lot cooler and only weight a few ounces.
The camera is also a heavyweight feature. At 5.0 megapixels it rivals all phone based cameras on the market. It also comes with an autofocus and an LED flash feature. As expected, the Droid also has a suite of photo editing software so that you can manipulate pictures right there on the device and upload them to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.
As far as space goes, the Droid comes out of the box with a 16 gigabyte microSD card. If that isn't enough, the device will support a microSD card up to 32 gigabytes in size.
More importantly, if you are a Verizon Wireless customer, there isn't another smartphone in the Verizon selection that remotely rivals the Droid. The Storm2 is great and all, but it does not have the multimedia fuctionality and crisp streaming capabilities of the Droid. Plus, if you are set on the iPhone, you would have to sign up with AT&T, which means you are sacrificing both coverage and network speed.
Unlike AT&T, Verizon's 3G network can actually deliver on the Motorola Droid's capabilities. Live streaming video and tv is seamless on the droid, and the internal graphics processor makes it entirely so.
Without a doubt, the future of Verizon Wireless lies in the hands of the Droid. Both Verizon and Motorola promise an app library that will rival the iPhone, which is still the iPhone's strongest feature at the moment. With WiFi, Bluetooth and every other connectivity mode you could possibly want, the Droid delivers across the board. If you can stomach a change from AT&T's unreliable phone service, get a Droid and ditch the iPhone. You simply will not be sorry.
