Andy Ihnatko on Verizon Droid "iDon't" ads: baloney (mostly)

Personally I like the ads and hope that they will push Apple to opening up the platform (probably not), and push at&t to improving their network (possibly).

Not sure I understand everyone comparing the Get a Mac ads with the iDont ads. When you see a Get a Mac ad you know that the ad is for Mac, and Apple even points out features of the Mac OS in most of those ads. On top of that, they are ads that everyone can understand.

The Droid iDont ads are simply horrible. They bash the iPhone without really mentioning features --other than implying them-- and why they think the phone is so great. On top of that they listed a web site on the ad that basically played the ad when you went to it, still never showing the phone. It was a big waste of ad time to me because non iPhone users didn't really understand what it was for and I doubt their marketing approach is to get iPhone users to switch to the Droid.

If that commercial is supposed to be nitpicky, I have no idea what you'd call this guy's column. From where I'm sitting, the Droid is honestly making an effort to give iPhone a run for it's money. It looks to be a damn solid device and where I've held off buying an iPhone for years due to some of its limitations, Droid had me at "Hello". iPhone wins in a lot of ways (style, simplicity, looks) but it's got some pretty big shortcomings and Droid seems designed with the sole intent of succeeding where iPhone fails. I think the commercial is pretty spot on.

I've got an iPhone 3GS, and I can say for certain iDon't get all of my phone calls, and iDon't get all of my voice mail. There's nothing more irritating to me than switching out the SIM card on my iPhone to the Blackberry Bold I have, and not only getting better call service, but also seeing all the voice mail messages that were never displayed on my iPhone. No doubt some of these issues are with AT&T, but I'm using AT&T on the Bold with much better results, in the same locations. I'll tell you what iDo: iDo get a Droid tomorrow and sever my relationship with the draconian Apple with it's arcane app store approval policies, and sever my relationship with AT&T, the company that would rather spend money suing other companies when they point out the real deficiencies in their network than fixing their network. Buy towers, not lawyers, asshats.

So you can be fed up with one Verizon commercial but not years of those redundant Mac vs PC commercials? Adds some validity to the 'smugness' of Apple and it's users, huh?
I know people will take that as a PC fanboy or troll comment but I haven't had a PC in 2 yrs since I got a Mac. I only have allegiance to my wallet.

They should append the ads with "iDont have a chance in besting the iPhone"

I love my iPhone. But I think the iDon't add was very clever and liked it. I can't recall every phrase, but I don't remember anything to be false in what they said. Unless you say jailbreaking negates most of it, but mass market out of the box it's all true.

Motos hardware does look nice as well. IMHO Apple needs to freshen up the hardware looks a bit. I really is practically identical to it's two predecessors.

That said, I think stock Android's UI is crap and I would never give up my (jailbroken) iPhone for it.

Actually he doesn't point out that most are wrong. He agrees the points made in almost all cases, but he also points out that he doesn't agree that the thing stated being is an issue (at least for him).

Most of the points made in the ad are the reason I haven't gotten an iPhone. The lack of multitasking is a total deal breaker. I need the ability to be connected to Skype 24/7, while researching a problem in a browser and connecting to a remote desktop all at the same time. The iPhone simply isn't capable of doing something like that as-is. Its poor battery life is also a real problem. (Co-workers using their iPhones the same way I use my phone have to charge no less than THREE times per day.) The lack of a separate keyboard is also an issue, as when the keyboard is on screen half of the screen is occupied. With its low resolution screen to start with, this makes remote support nearly impossible.

The iPhone has the "cool" factor for now, no doubt, but it certainly lacks a lot of functionality that some people actually need. The Droid addresses some of those issues, so yeah, there are going to be people that care. Andy just isn't one of them.

i find it ironic that a company that cripples all of their phones, so they can nickel and dime customers suddenly starts talking about openness...

This post just screams mindless fanboy parroting. The points the idon't ads bring up are real, wether they matter to you or not is a different story, but the points are legit. For the most part I agree with the comment that tiroger left. The one thing I'll add is what I feel is a pretty important one.

Point #4 - “iDon’t allow open development.”

Just google the following- site:tuaw.com app store rejection

The 1,640 results returned should tell you exactly why open development is an important.

If anything, true fans of the iPhone should be rejoicing that there's finally some real competition. Imagine what Apple would invent in a world where iPhone-like devices are the standard.