Motorola and Verizon put full page ad in NY Times for DROID X: Hold it any way you want

13. jdoc611 posted on 30 Jun 2010, 17:48 0 0

I would not say great shot... That is the pansy way of marketing. Why dont you be creative and think outside the box. Attacking another product shows a huge lack of creativity.

15. theman414 posted on 30 Jun 2010, 17:59 0 0

This is a great ad on Verizon and Motorola's part. I love it, but Verizon will not gain any sales from the iphone off of this, nor with the Droid X come close to iphone sales. As for Motorola, they better hope Verizon never gets the iphone because they will be laying people off!

23. PhoneUser posted on 30 Jun 2010, 19:17 0 0

@JDOC611 STFU LOL and suing other company cause they made something that resembles a UI is not a pansy way of trying to eliminate the competition?

25. networkdood posted on 30 Jun 2010, 20:18 0 0

That has been Verizon's m.o. for a while now....

31. remixfa posted on 30 Jun 2010, 21:03 0 0

can you uhh.. i dunno.. point to an article that shows VZW trying to sue one of the other major companies because of similar features? if not.. then STFU :) I think its a great shot across the bow. Only panzy liberal iphone lovers would get offended by it. Business is cut throat. You take every advantage you can get, because your competition is doing it to you. Ol Jobs left himself wide open with the way hes been acting about the situation. It would be stupid if noone took advantage of that fact. He sure would if it was the opposite.

34. E.N. posted on 30 Jun 2010, 21:58 0 0

if those suits area accurate, then they are actually stimulating competition/innovation. No one will invent anything if they know they're technology will be stolen by some other company. If we didn't have patents, then we'd be like China with all the fake models and knock offs. But yeah, I think that was a nice shot though. I just hope Motorola tries to be a little more creative this time with their advertising and not rely on their "iDon't have a physical keyboard" stuff. If they do that again, then they are establishing that iPhone is the phone to beat.

37. Cali_E posted on 30 Jun 2010, 22:06 0 0

does anyone remember the whole thing with that stupid little tickle me elmo toy that blew up like crazy? the company that made them couldnt even keep up with the demands for it. that stupid little fucking toy was ridiculous and people were going absolutly crazy, fighting over it and shit? thats what the iphone reminds me of...lol

45. ILOVEIPHONE25 (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2010, 00:31 0 0

this is kind of childish, in matter of fact. I bet they wont sell 100,000 phones..haha..

52. E.N. posted on 01 Jul 2010, 00:50 0 0

I don't really remember that toy. But do you know what Android reminds me of? It reminds me of the Voyager, the Dare, the Blackberry Storm, the Instinct, the palm Pre, etc etc etc. Everyone who had those phones were basically saying the same thing as you. The iPhone sucks, outdated, boring, fanboys, hype, nothing new, icrap, not as good as everyone thinks it is, etc etc etc. People are so sprung on trying to make the newest phone better than the iPhone. I mean you compared the iPhone to a "stupid little fucking toy" that "was ridiculous." What kind of an understatement is that? I'm considering getting an X, but you're delusional if you really think the iphone is crappy and that bad.

57. plyfulgentleman posted on 01 Jul 2010, 02:11 0 0

Ahhh sori EN..voyager, dare, instinct ARE NOT SMART PHONES! While the storm and the pre were smart phones in the same line as iphone. I will agree that the storm and pre had innovative design flaws like apple is experiencing now, but to compare the voyager, dare, instinct is not even close. These devices I just mentioned resembling close to what a smart phone has is html internet and resistive touch screen. Other wise doesn't even compare as such. Just thot u should know. But as far as this iphone 4 is concerned we can say that apple has its first FUBAR! Just like BB w/ the storm, palm with the. Centro series and most if not all windows phones. I can foresee another iphone 5 in the horizon alredy, perhaps in 8-10 months from now. Heck apple and all their techies are back @ the drawing board hatching up the next gen phone. Believe it or not the apple fan club will see the light day and that bulb will go off in the distant future. Just like the cyclical theory everything goes round and round...its just googles turn now...while its hard for some people to accept that its a fact of life. By the way aesthetics only goes a certain amount of time... the saga continues...next comment...

58. *HOVA* posted on 01 Jul 2010, 07:39 0 0

Well when the original iPhone came out it wasn't considered a smart phone either. That's when the phones he was comparing it too came out so his comment is quite relevant.

60. ILOVEIPHONE25 (unregistered) posted on 01 Jul 2010, 07:53 0 0

you got -15 comments, this website is nothing but google fagboys.

64. vzw fanman posted on 01 Jul 2010, 08:17 0 0

when a competitor makes a product with a weakness, it is a smart move to bash it anyway they can. and i think they did a great job handling it.

69. cc16177 posted on 01 Jul 2010, 09:29 0 0

My uncle actually invented the tickle me elmo haha, we all got them for Xmas that year...

70. PapaJay224 posted on 01 Jul 2010, 11:47 0 0

Sorry the lack of a working product shows a lack of creativity you moron....Pointing it out is only helping customer choose corectly! Jdoc611 -1

71. tuminatr posted on 01 Jul 2010, 12:02 0 0

I bet they will sell that many launch day, and you probably wont need to sue motorola because they make a phone that you need to hold a certain way to make a call

72. 4nak1n posted on 01 Jul 2010, 12:22 0 0

We're fanboys of freedom, dude =]

75. E.N. posted on 01 Jul 2010, 18:34 0 0

They are not pointing it out to help customers choose correctly. They are doing so to boost their sales! You need to understand that. Profit is the only driving force in this game. @plyfulgentleman You missed my whole point completely. It doesn't matter whether or not those phones were smartphones or not. I was trying to point out that people were saying the same exact things forever regardless of what phone they had and how much their phone sucked/didn't suck.

76. plyfulgentleman posted on 01 Jul 2010, 18:36 0 0

Hey smart ass (referring to iloveiphone25)... I'm just stating a fact something that has blinded and keeps you in denial from the fact that Android OS is steadily taking over. Market share is exponentially growing YOY and is reaching the iphone status in the shortest amount of time. Yes I'm only speaking in terms of US market...Wait till this year ends! I just hope and pray that google keepss up the good work and gets more innovative...I actually have a blackberry but I will be getting that droid x tho...