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 …

The Motorola Droid won’t make anyone forget about the iPhone, but the new device generally has received high marks after its first weekend on sale.
Motorola Inc. (MOT) launched the Droid on Friday in an exclusive deal with Verizon Wireless, which is heavily promoting the device for the holiday shopping season. Although long lines did not form at Verizon stores, analysts say the Droid appeared to be selling well.
New York-based Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), the No. 1 mobile operator in terms of customers, hopes the Droid will help it better compete …

Verizon’s Motorola DROID, launched November 6, 2009, wasted no time taking it to Apple’s iPhone 3GS, starting with a pre-emptive iDon’t TV commercial that mixed unflattering fact and fiction to appeal to geeks and general consumers alike. Many have now hailed it as the best competition to the iPhone to date, and the first flagship device to match it. Are they right?
If you’re interested in either an iPhone 3GS or DROID, here are some points to consider:
Network: AT&T vs. Verizon
Many would say pick your network before you pick your device, …

iPhone, consider yourself marked.
In an aggressive new ad campaign teasing a mystery phone with the potential to slay Apple’s leading smartphone, Verizon Wireless appears to have thrown down the gauntlet.
Its Web and TV ad lists the iPhone’s most notorious flaws, such as the lack of a physical keyboard, the inability to run several applications simultaneously and a camera that can’t take shots at night, and then ends with the tag line: “Everything iDon’t, Droid Does.”
Verizon has not said anything about the phone outside of its ads, but some say the …

There is no piece of technological wizardry that I want so much as a Droid. Yet, I have decided to hold onto my iPhone. Why? Because the iPhone is the PC of smartphones.
I mean that in the good sense of what a PC represents, namely compatibility. Yes, Google’s Android operating system may someday–probably will–become the standard for comparison among smartphones.
That time, however, is not here and may not arrive for several years. In the meantime, if I want just one smartphone, it will be an iPhone. The iPhone today represents …

The Droid lands in stores Friday, and on Thursday the heavyweight reviewers — which is to say the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg and the New York Times’ David Pogue — weighed in.
Given that Motorola (MOT) and Verizon (VZ) pitched the Droid in its first TV ad as everything Apple’s (AAPL) and AT&T’s (T) iPhone was not, it was perhaps inevitable that every reviewer so far, including these two, treated its arrival as a grudge match.
Mossberg’s review is positive but tepid — especially the video version. He plods through the …