Smartphone of the Year DROID!!!

[jcortes]

As of this post the Engadget Awards results show that the Droid is ahead of the iPhone. Keep on voting guys!!!! We have come back from about 1500 behind.

Vote for the 2009 Engadget Awards! -- Engadget

 

[natediddy1120]

Awesome!!! I hadn't checked it in a while but thats really good news for the Droid...

Now if it can just stay where its at til the vote is over..

 

[jcortes]

Its also really close for gadget of the year as well

 

[armeddroid]

wow nice...
but damn...IPhone is right on the Droid's ass.

 

[Matth3w]

Why does it matter if the Droid wins? Do I get a rebate check or some prize in the mail if they do? A credit to my Verizon account?

 

[shademar]

More overall interest in android as a platform, more devs and more apps perhaps? It wasn't long ago that android was a pretty thin sliver of marketshare afterall...

Also, Gadget of the year too!

 

[natediddy1120]

I would love to see the Droid beat the iPhone in this.....just outta principle of the whole matter...

 

[korp]

17306 for the Droid

17335 for the iPhone.

 

[Matth3w]

More overall interest in android as a platform, more devs and more apps perhaps? It wasn't long ago that android was a pretty thin sliver of marketshare afterall...

Also, Gadget of the year too!

Interest is based on sales, not 14 year old kids voting from 6 different computers 10 times on an irrelevant poll.

 

[jsh1120]

Of course all of this is rather adolescent fanboyism run amok, but from a more or less "objective" standpoint, the Droid certainly deserves to be both the "gadget" and the "smartphone" of the year.

That doesn't mean the Droid is in any sense a "better" gadget or phone than the iPhone 3GS. For many applications the iPhone is still a better choice. And for that matter, so are the various BlackBerry devices.

It does mean, however, that the Droid has had an impact on consumer technology (nearly) comparable to that of the first iPhone. And that is a significant accomplishment. Will 2010 see better devices than the Droid for particular applications? I certainly hope (and expect) so. But sad to say for early adopters, the direction of development is likely to be toward less multifunctional, more focused android devices.

 

[Guchi]

when people research and see those types of things maybe just maybe it could influence their decision... i know i know, how dumb could they be....

 

[Guchi]

engadget will find like 3000 votes for the iphone over night again anyways

 

[AnneDroid]

Right now:

Gadget of the Year - Droid 17346
iPhone 17350

Smartphone of the Year - Droid 19404
iPhone 19303