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Comment on The Difference Between “Droid” and “Android” by Nate

Nate — Tue, 17 May 2011 06:16:35 +0000

You bring up a good point. Much has changed since my original post. In short, the only “Droid” devices you will see are owned by Verizon. Verizon has the licenses with Lucas Films that allow them to use the term “droid”.

The Motorola Droid was the first android phone marketed heavily by Verizon as a Droid. At the time that I wrote this article, the Moto Droid was the only Droid on the market. However, now days Verizon has many android devices, all under the “Droid” family, such as the Droid, Droid 2, Droid Eris, Droid Incredible, Droid X, Droid Pro, and Droid Charge.

While the Samsung Charge may be “the first Droid to be infused with 4G LTE power,” it is not the first android device to utilize 4G. In fact, Verizon Wireless marketed the HTC Thunderbolt as their first 4G LTE device altogether, so perhaps they do not consider the Thunderbolt in their “droid” family.

T-Mobile had devices on their own 4G HSPA+ network much earlier than Verizon (myTouch 4G). Similarly, Sprint has been boasting their 4G Clear network even before T-Mobile (HTC Evo).

All 4G networks are not created equal, but both the HTC Thundebolt and the Samsung Charge use Verizon’s same 4G LTE network, so you can expect them to perform on the internet equally fast. The difference is merely for marketing.

Comment on The Difference Between “Droid” and “Android” by lild304

lild304 — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:28:56 +0000

So, I know this is a year later. I’m confused. Your article seems to suggest what I thought… the Droid name is a Motorola brand. I just saw a Samsung Charge commercial using the red eye and the Droid ‘sound byte’ claiming that the Charge is “the first Droid to be infused with 4G LTE power.” It has always been my understanding that Droid was Moto’s brand and the Thunderbolt(my current phone) was the first 4G LTE phone which also happens to be an Android. I feel like I’m missing something in the branding story but I don’t know what. Did something happen between Moto and Samsung that I haven’t heard about? Other’s have suggested that Droid is a Verizon brand but I have a hard time believing that. Thank you for any info you might have!

Comment on The Difference Between “Droid” and “Android” by jclamp

jclamp — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:36:49 +0000

Thank you for clearing that up I needed to Google just to ensure that someone had established this. It’s an important matter.

Comment on Trail Mix by stephradz

stephradz — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:43:38 +0000

Yum is right.

I can think of another combination, however, that is just as “pleasure inducing.”

Curds and whey!

Mother Goose is truly brilliant:

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.