09-08-2014, 09:36 PM
silvarios wrote:
[quote=GuyGene]
Eh, if they sent it to me free… I'd take it, that's all. Would still get iPhone. Not going on droid system.
Droid is a Verizon brand of phones. This isn't a Droid. Nor does it run stock Android, so if you were trying to avoid Google vendor lockin, you could substitute Amazon vendor lockin. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't buy one either, it's too pricey for my budget and is AT&T locked, but at understanding the device goes a long way to knowing why you should or should not buy one.
In actuality the word Droid is a trademark of LucasFilm. It is (was?) licensed to Motorola for use in the naming of its phone models that run the android operating system. It has since become used to generally refer to any phone running the android system, much like kleenex is used to refer to a facial tissue.