14 DAY TRIAL // The year 2009 is almost ended, and people are already starting to make recaps of what has happened during the past 12 months. Among the summaries, we can spot Time's top 10 gadgets of the year, which has on the first position one of the latest mobile phone delivered to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, the Motorola DROID. Take a look at the video below to see the entire top 10 gadgets of the year from Time.
Here's what Time says about the handset: “Everybody likes Android, Google's open-source smartphone operating system. But a smartphone operating system isn't all that satisfying without an actual kick-ass smartphone wrapped around it. Now Android has one: The Droid is a hefty beast, a metal behemoth without the gloss and finish of the iPhone, but you don't miss it. The Droid's touchscreen is phenomenally sharp and vivid, it has an actual physical (not great, but good enough) keyboard, and best of all, the Droid is on Verizon's best-of-breed 3G network. It's Android's first credible challenge to the iPhone. Price: $300.”
Motorola DROID's main competitor, the iPhone 3GS, has managed to finish the year only on the fourth position on Time's list. It seems that DROID's large touchscreen display and its sliding QWERTY keyboard managed to make it much more appealing than the iconic Apple device is. However, there are a wide range of other capabilities this handset comes around with that were surely appreciated, including the Internet connectivity options, multitasking capabilities, and others more.
As many of you might already know, the Motorola DROID has just started receiving the Android 2.0.1 software update over-the-air from Verizon, and it seems that all DROID users should enjoy the new firmware within the following days. DROID is at the moment the hottest Android phone on the market, and it is expected to remain so for a while, though previsions show it might face some powerful competitors in 2010, in the form of a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, or an HTC device, both powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor.