The Droid just keeps the teasing going.
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R2-D2 speaks during the 23rd annual American Cinematheque show honoring Samuel L. Jackson held at Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 1, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.
On the eve of the highly anticipated unveiling of the Motorola Droid, the first Android-powered phone on Verizons network, we got a curious box from Verizon. Inside: a droid. Sadly, it wasnt the phone, but a remote-controlled R2-D2 action figure (plus batteries!). A note with it read: Come tomorrow for the real thing!
The carriers been busy creating heightened levels of hype in the last couple weeks with the iPhone squarely in its eyes. Last week, it began running a TV ads highlighting features that the competition (read iPhone) cannot do:
iDont have a real keyboard.
iDont run simultaneous apps.
iDont take 5-megapixel pictures.
iDont customize.
iDont run widgets.
iDont allow open development.
iDont take pictures in the dark.
iDont have interchangeable batteries…
Everything iDontDroid Does.
Alongside R2D2 in our box was a card that said Droid Does on one side and 11.09 on the other, possibly indicating the date the phone will hit stores. The box also contained an invitation to a Verizon event tomorrow morning, where presumably the Droid will be unveiled.
Even before the Droid’s launch, an Apple fan has hit back with a video spoof on Verizons TV ad called “iDont Care, which uses the same music and minimalist design, but the following lines scroll down the screen:
iDont need vague information
iDont need scare tactics
iDont need to imitate
iDont need a droidunless its R2D2
iDont have a problem with iTunes
iDont buy brands who bash other brands
Let the Droid battles begin. We’ll be live-blogging the Droid launch here on Digits, so tune in tomorrow.
ryan
