Droid is a major threat to Apple

Analysis The beast cometh
By Nick Farrell, 17 November 2009

IT IS WRITTEN in the book of the revelations of Steve Jobs that the world will be swamped in a sea of open sauce and people shall not heed the hallowed press releases from Cupertino any longer. It predicts a grave time, when the smug, after inheriting the world with their nifty gadgets, will be mocked for being backward. This terrible course of events can be avoided, says the book of Jobs, if mankind repents and buys whatever Steve tells them to at whatever price he names. Now it seems that people have not been buying Ithings fast enough for the beast, or rather the anti-Iphone, is upon us. The Motorola Droid is proving popular with the great unwashed. After only a week in the stores 250,000 people have snatched up Droids according to Flurry, an analytics firm specialising in mobile applications. This is four times the number of launch-week sales estimated for the Mytouch 3G, which had previously been considered the fastest-selling Android device. Droid's 250,000 figure puts it well above the Mytouch, but still well below the Iphone. More than 1.6 million Iphones went out the doors during its first seven days. However the Iphone 3GS was building upon a massive base of brainwashed Apple fanboys whipped into a frenzy by the tame Apple press vying to show Steve how loyal they were to the faith. Droid started out from scratch with few people knowing what it was. It also only launched in the US while the Iphone 3GS was launched in eight countries during its first week. True it is a long way from being an Iphone killer even if it has emerged in a strong position. But taken together with Android's popularity among mobile phone makers, Apple might have something to worry about.

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