Caught in the crossfire of the Verizon vs AT&T ad war, Apple hits back with two new ads of its own. Should Apple have gotten involved?
After enduring a string of disses against its iPhone, Apple joined the month-long battle between Droid carrier, Verizon and iPhone carrier, AT&T this week — releasing two advertisements highlighting AT&T’s “simultaneous voice and data connection” capabilities, a feature Verizon’s network fails to offer. Is it wise for Apple to step in the ring?
Absolutely — AT&T needs the help: After AT&T dropped the ball by responding …

With the release of the Motorola Droid this month, Apple’s iPhone has its biggest challenger yet in the arena of do-it-all smartphones.
Available on Verizon’s 3G wireless network, the Droid is the first smartphone to run on Google’s 2.0 Android software.
I’ve been testing the Droid ($199) for a little more than a week and here are my impressions.
The great
Turn-by-turn GPS: The Droid offers the most powerful and seamless GPS system on any smartphone. The handset easily replaces stand-alone GPS systems which can cost around $150.
Web browsing: Using the Web on the …

The week has opened with a barrage of stories about the high sales figures for the Droid, Verizon’s Android device launched last week. According to reports, the company shifted 250,000 Droids during this first week, which is a strong figure by anyone’s standards. But can it keep that up long enough to be considered real competition to the iPhone?
More importantly, does it even need to? Let’s have a little look.
The Droid had a comparatively limited release:
The figure of 250,000 units isn’t gospel, but it’s a very decent estimate. According to …