No Jacket Required: Motorola Coming for Apple

Motorola has fired another salvo at Apple by taking out a second full page newspaper ad for the new Droid X. It's pretty much a flame war here folks. I'm guessing Motorola had to respond to Apple's "Droid Death Grip" video.

 

 

He is the wonderful quote burn from Motorola:

At Motorola, we believe a customer shouldn’t have to dress up their phone for it to work properly.  That’s why the Droid X comes with a dual antenna design.  The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like to make crystal clear calls without a bulky phone jacket.  For us it’s just one of those things that comes as a given when you’ve been making mobile phones for over 30 years.

 

In my previous post Apple is not "Too Big to Fail", I mentioned that Apple's rivals would have a field day with the “Antennagate”. It seems like everyone is jumping on the "Let's Bash Apple" bandwagon.

 

What do you think of Motorola's ad? Let me know in the comments!

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Droid X Hits Verizon Stores This Week

The Droid X, the next member of the Droid family, will be coming to Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday.

 

The Droid X is Motorola’s latest Google Android device, featuring a 4.3-inch screen, 8-megapixel camera, HDMI out put and more.

 

The Droid X looks like it will be shipping with Android 2.1 to start. Android 2.2 (Froyo) and Adobe Flash Player 10.1 will be available via an over-the-air update before fall.

 

The original Droid was a massive hit for Verizon and has been the most successful Android device to-date. Since original Droid release last November, many high-end Android-based smartphones have showed up, including the Nexus One, HTC Incredible, HTC EVO 4G and the Dell Streak.

 

The Droid X will be available for $199 after a $100 mail-in-rebate and a new, two-year contract. So get your hands on one right now!

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Android Surging in U.S. Smartphone Market; RIM Still Tops

USA Today is reporting that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is king of the smartphone hill, according to data released by researcher comScore.

RIM had a 41.7% market share among smartphone platforms, topping Apple (iPhone) 24.4%, Microsoft (Windows) 13.2% and Google (Android) 13.0%. Palm, which was recently acquired by HP, lagged with a 4.8 % share.

The folks at RIM may not want to get overly giddy. The numbers reflect the three month period ending in May 2010, prior to the iPhone 4's release and before a slew of new Google Android devices invaded the market, including the HTC Evo 4G from Sprint and Motorola's Droid X from Verizon.

Most of the momentum indeed points to Android. Google gained four percentage points compared to the previous three month reporting period of February 2010, the only smartphone rival with a positive point change in market share during that time.

Still, comScore says overall smartphone ownership continues to grow, with 49.1 million people in the U.S. now owning such a device, up 8.1 percent over the corresponding February period.


I suspect that RIM will be king for another 1 - 2 years as companies relax use of non-blackberry phones on their networks. With the failure of KIN, Microsoft needs a home run with Windows Phone 7.

The competition in the mobile phone market will only get more fierce as more users move to smartphones. We are not even near 80 saturation of the smartphone market, so this a great time for companies to build device/brand loyalty.

How long do you think RIM can hang on? Let me know in the comments!

Read the post at USA Today.

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