Comparisons between Motorola’s Droid and the iPhone 3GS were inevitable. In fact, comparisons between every high-profile smartphone that has been released in the past six months and the iPhone have pretty much come to pass (i.e. myTouch 3G, HTC Hero, BlackBerry Storm2). And yet, are these comparisons at all helpful?
As Verizon’s gazillion-dollar marketing campaign for the Droid points out, the Droid does a lot of things the iPhone doesn’t. Similarly, the iPhone does a lot of things very differently than the Droid and in a way that no one, including …

There is no iPhone killer.
With that out of the way, the new Motorola Droid is recommended to almost any smart phone shopper. It’s not going to outsell or render obsolete Apple Inc.’s device. But it’s competitive, combining neat technology with the reliable Verizon Wireless 3G network.
The Droid lives up to its name. Here’s a rundown:
Screen: It’s astoundingly sharp, with much higher resolution than most phones, and text and pictures redefine the word “crisp.”
OS: The latest version of Google’s Android operating system feels polished and sturdy. There are tons of apps, …

I found some time away from producing this year’s holiday gift guide to try out one of the hottest smartphones of the season.
The scoop: Motorola Droid smartphone (Verizon Wireless service), about $200 (with two-year agreement, plus $70 monthly voice/data service).
What it is: With apologies to Terrell Owens, “Get your popcorn ready!” The Motorola Droid smartphone is ready to take on the iPhone for the hearts and minds of consumers (and, gasp, enterprises). Running on Google’s Android operating system, the Droid features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard as a way to combat …

The iPhone has triumphed over all previous ‘iPhone killers.’ Does the Droid finally knock the iPhone off its pedestal?
Here we go again: Another swaggering company claims to have the iPhone killer. This time, it’s Motorola and Verizon Wireless, with the Droid. You’ve seen the “Droid does” campaign, but let’s cut to the chase: The Motorola Droid does not do that much. It’s a real letdown after all the hype, with some amazingly dumb design decisions, such as lack of a multitouch screen (no gesture support) and a hard-to-use keyboard.
Worse for …

Motorola Inc. probably sold 100,000 Droid phones in their first weekend on the market, a sign that the handset maker is recovering even though it still trails Apple Inc., an analyst said.
Verizon Wireless, the carrier for the device, had 200,000 Droid phones on hand, and most stores sold at least half of their stock, Mark McKechnie at Broadpoint AmTech Inc. said yesterday. Including other models, Motorola will sell 1 million phones based on Google Inc.’s Android software in the fourth quarter and 10 million in 2010, he said.
Motorola and Verizon …