Motorola Droid by Verizon has done well to create an iPhone killer hype, and the Android 2.0 device is reported to have sold 100000 units in the first weekend itself. However, here is what the Droid doesn’t do after all the hype and hungama before launch: It fails to allow you to take full benefit of the 1000’s of Android apps out there by restricting app installation memory to just 256MB.
We have seen many iPhone Killers shot down by lack of App store competitors. However, here we have something really promising, has great potential but it shots itself in the foot by allowing just 256 MB of internal app storage space. Android doesn’t provide the ability to support app installations on the SD card, and the internal ROM of Droid is just 512MB leaving some 256MB for apps. Compared to the iPhone which gives over 7GB space (minimum) of space for apps with some apps on the App store weighing more than 500MB+.
The PowerVR SGX 530 GPU of the Motorola Droid (similar to the one in 3GS) looks quite a waste with no proper app storage capabilities. The great games just won’t take off on the Android platform that easy. Some relief though is the fact that apps in Android does allow storing some extra info on the SD card, but that isn’t a great experience competing with the iTunes appstore.
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