The debut of the Droid, a smartphone made by Motorola for use on Verizon’s network and powered by Google’s Android 2.0 operating system, has tech observers asking whether it will threaten Apple’s market dominance. Not since the iPhone’s 2007 launch, says Businessweek, has a new product affected the competitive landscape so dramatically. Will the Droid be an iPhone killer? (Watch a video preview of the Droid)
Actually, it’s a Palm killer: The idea that Droid can seriously undermine the Apple smartphone’s dominance is “ridiculous,” says Gizmodo’s John Herman. The iPhone “is already a superpower with massive adoption, a huge app store, and a bright future." The truly vulnerable player? Palm “should be bracing themselves for hard times.”
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