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Verizon Takes on Apple with New iDroid Website

Photo courtesy of BoyGeniusReport.com, who got a hands-on with the new phone.

On October 30, Verizon Wireless will roll out its new Android-based Motorola phone, and the new website for the phone takes direct aim at Apple. They don't even try to hid their contempt for Apple, and the site is full of direct attacks on them. Most notably, the site reads (in an Apple-like font with an Apple-like graphic):

idon't have a real keyboard
idon't run simultaneous apps
idon't take night shots
idon't allow open development
idon't customize
idon't run widgets
idon't have interchangeable batteries
everything idon't
droiddoes

The new Verizon Droid site also utilizes Flash, which was recently announced for all major mobile operating systems, except the iPhone. In order to run Flash on Android phones, you'll need Android OS 2.0, which the Droid has.

While Motorola manufactured the Droid phone, they don't make an appearance on the website. This is purely a Verizon vs. Apple thing, and NOT a Verizon vs. AT&T (the exclusive carrier of the iPhone) or a Motorola vs. Apple thing.

What this site and the language included in it also alludes to is that Verizon probably won't be carrying any iPhones anytime soon.

Verizon also launched a television ad with a similar message Sunday evening during the Yankees-Angels playoff game. Check it out here:


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