Comments on: Droid vs. iPhone vs. Storm 2

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:58:54 +0000

The Droid does multi touch

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:17:25 +0000

Actually, the first storm has the option to display one row, two, or up to three rows on the home screen. I have the first storm and i don’t know for sure if they kept this setting on the second storm.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:40:41 +0000

Question… Can the Droid work overseas? From what I’ve been told it won’t.

By: cam

cam — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:59:50 +0000

You can hate on the iphone all you want, but you have to realize that it’s the reason the droid even exists. All the droid did was copy as much of what apple did with the iphone and then add some crap on top of it like a keyboard (which sucks from what i’ve heard) and some other features. And if you haven’t heard of jailbreaking an iphone, it’s awesome, adds crazy customaization of the phone and free apps that you would have to pay for in app stores.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:30:05 +0000

The Droid can do pinch zoom in the browser, just get the Dolphin Browser. Fail comparison of browsers, please learn the device before talking about it.

By: Clinton Cimring

Clinton Cimring — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:53:46 +0000

iPhone with 93K+ apps would have to be the better pic. Droid also seems more targeted towards teens. I can run several different types of stock trading platforms on the iPhone.

By: da da da man

da da da man — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:21:02 +0000

I definitely say that the droid is my choice because of the faster internet capabilities and the quality of video. I am a little disappointed at the keyboard of the droid but I think that it is not a big enough of a problem for me to choose the blackberry.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:34:45 +0000

@Corinne – Yah there is an app for that :)
http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/android/

By: Corinne

Corinne — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:25:28 +0000

My only question is can I open word docs on the Droid?

By: Julian

Julian — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:33:02 +0000

I was wondering if anyone out there had any serious hardware issues with their new Droids or iPhones.
Also anyone know where I can get info on the number of mobile phones running Android OS in the world?
Thanks a bunch Phandroids!

By: FunkyG

FunkyG — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:28:59 +0000

@John

You sir, are an idiot.

Of course SMS and push notification on an iPod Touch is non functional, it’s not a PHONE. *shakes head*

Stick with your BB and your Droid. Lord knows why anyone would need to use two phones and an mp3 player.

By: John Cihak

John Cihak — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:19:13 +0000

I have used the Storm 9530 for 6 months, an iPod Touch on wifi in parallel and just ordered a Droid because of the Verizon early upgrade offer.
I compare the Storm to the Apple every day and am very disappointed with the Apple – would never get an iPhone:
- I always multitask with documents, games, Pandora, etc and for that the Apple is useless (Droid has this)
- I listen to a LOT of podcasts and PodTrapper on the Storm is much better than playback on the iPod – podcasts auto download over the air or via USB, great use of the shortcut hardware keys and lots of functionality (Droid has several free podcast clients. I hope they’re as good as PodTrapper)
- I have multiple email accounts that are easy to access and use on the Storm. The Apple is a mess when it comes to multiple accounts.
- SMS and push notification is customizable and very easy on the Storm and non-functional on the Apple
- I agree the browser on the Apple is better and there are many more useful apps (Droid has this). This is the reason I am getting the Droid.

Bottom line is the Blackberry is very functional, the Apple has pretty apps and browser, the Droid has both.
I’m keeping the BB Storm and the Droid and giving the Apple to my daughter to play with. Its really just a toy after all.

By: Noorul Ahmed

Noorul Ahmed — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:53:22 +0000

Any news whether or when Android 2.0 (Milestone/DROID )will have arabic support? Or is there any app that can install arabic on the phone. I am in Middle East and thinking of importing Milestone from any country that releases first. I live in Middle East and even iPhone 3GS is not launched here yet. Phones get launched here very late and I cannot wait that long to stay away from my future droid baby :) !

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:46:36 +0000

There may be a better Android phone coming out every few months, but they are Android phones and all a big family. The app developers are going to see a growing untapped market with much less competition. Apple can’t produce new iphones fast enough to keep up with the Android invasion.

I’ve held out patiently waiting for a phone not under Apple’s thumb for the last 2 years and am now a happy Droid owner.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:32:55 +0000

The browser comparison between the Iphone and Droid were not completely fair. Yes, the Iphone seemed to load faster…but try and scroll to the bottom of the page. The Droid loads the whole page and can scroll where ever you need without page loads (checker board).

Also, pinch and zoom is just eye candy (that Android can do). I have it, but never use it because I am usually browsing with one hand and the physical zoom buttons on the Droid just make one handed browsing so much better.