09-08-2014, 10:37 PM
silvarios wrote:
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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.
Licensing aside (yes, I was familiar with the deal), it's a Verizon thing and no, most people are not calling their phones Droids. Some people are of course confused, but I haven't seen any evidence that is a particularly common usage. At least 80% of the marketplace doesn't have the Droid brand on account of Verizon being a USA carrier, so…
Yes, "Droid" is only by people unfamiliar with Android oriented products. People just call 'em phones.