Look out iPhone, said Sascha Segan in PC Magazine. Verizon Wireless "attacks Apple's iPhone in direct language that's rarely been seen before," in a website and video ad touting the Oct. 30 arrival of the new Android 2.0-powered Motorola Droid phone (watch the Droid Does ad). The ad says the Droid phone has what "iDon't," including a 5 megapixel camera, a real QWERTY keyboard, and, more importantly, "open development."
Many carriers and phone makers "have claimed to have iPhone-killers," said Jason Perlow in ZDNet. So we'll have to wait to see whether Verizon's Droid phone can succeed where others failed. But "I’m really looking forward to seeing what the Droid will offer"—this is where Google's Android OS is "put to the test to see if it is now ready for prime time."
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