45 Droid Did

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—Mike Cleron

The marketplace success of the Motorola Droid was the first sign that maybe Android would do all right. Android had been slowly gaining in adoption and acceptance, but the Droid was the first hugely successful Android-based product, especially in the US. One element that distinguished the Droid from previous Android devices was that it was the first one with a real marketing campaign. Verizon spent $100 million on marketing and covered the airwaves with their commercials for “Droid Does.”

Launched on October 17, 2009, and released ...

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