When consumer came up to the glass case at their local COMPUSA or Circuit City (you remember them, don't you?) they would see this Palm device with a washed out screen next to the iPAQ with bright, clear colors and details. Sold. The iPAQ did well in the market.
Motorola DROID RAZR |
Consumers don't give a rodent's posterior about acronyms. In this case, they want bright screens, vibrant colors, and sharp details. This is supposed to be the slickest, thinnest phone. A revered phone brand revived to revitalize the return of Motorola. Like that alliteration, huh? Seriously, why do all the great things to make a great phone and mess up the most visible (and, hence, the most important) part of the experience of the phone: the screen?
Unfortunately, it takes a while to make a phone, so they can't scrape off the top and put it back in the oven. Hopefully, there is a fix already in the pipeline.
UPDATE: I went to Best Buy for 1 hour on Friday to see both the DROID RAZR and the Kindle Fire, first hand. The Kindle Fire seemed nice in some ways, maybe a bit jerky in scrolling. The demo unit just played videos of the web browser and apps, which was strange. The sales person brought us a unit we could really play with and it was okay.
The DROID RAZR's screen was better than the L.A. Times article noted, but was over-saturated and the whites were not white, so they were not far off with the review. It was extremely thin, very fast, but also quite wide and tall. I would love the thinness, with a smaller and better quality screen, for sure.
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