The BugDroid dog Alex is still missing or perhaps now pronounced dead as there is a tombstone in his spot.

The statue was also called Mike & Droid, but Droid is now becoming more synonymous with the upcoming Verizon Android phone series that launches on November 6th a week from today.

Of course the iPhone fanboys are out showing their love of big brother Apple in costume which is strikingly similar to Hero costume Michael Arrington of TechCrunch had back in August.

I still feel the costume to beat is the Halloween 2008 Android costume Gabe McGuinness of Grand Rapids Michigan created last year which seemed to have done well with the ladies as it came loaded with a chic magnet application versus the cumbersome iPhone costume above.

Android Statue Ready for Halloween but Dog May be Dead

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Just like Bo Jackson in the 1980s (All Star in Baseball, Football, & unstoppable in Tecmo Bowl) the iPhone can do a lot of things well, but they still don’t know Diddley.

Verizon has pointed out there is a lot the iDont but the Droid & Android does.

Recently Google unveiled the Eclair Android 2.0 SDK for developers just before Verizon officially announced the Droid series today which the Motorola Droid will have Eclair 2.0.

One of the highlights of what Android Eclair does is the Google Maps Navigation system which the iPhone at this time iDont.

The Google Maps Navigation is something I have been waiting for as it renders a separate GPS navigation device in the car like having a wristwatch or calculator – a redundant device that is fulfilled with your all in one mobile.

Perhaps the same can be said of the iPhone as you can have it all plus more in an Android device.

iPhone iDont Know Diddly

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Today marks the one year anniversary of the first publicly available Android phone the HTC Dream T-Mobile G1 as it made its debut on October 22nd, 2008.

I have been talking about Android for well over a year as I presented and spoke on panels at SMX Advanced, PubCon, BarCamps, Google User Technology Groups, SMX East as well a recent Cornell University study.

I enjoyed seeing the evolution in awareness and respect Android has received since I first spoke about it at conferences as people would initially scoff that it would never make any real inroads into the smartphone market nevermind ultimately supplanting the mighty iPhone.

Earlier this month I spoke at SMX East in New York City and provided an update with Cindy Krum on Android for WebProNews with the video below:

I been keeping an updated list of all the current & upcoming Android mobile phones both rumored and confirmed as it totals 50 on this one year mark.

BOLD if available now / ITALICS is rumored release date

1. Acer Liquid – A1 – November 28th
   
2. Compulab Exeda
3. Dell Ophone mini3i – Benzine
4. Geek Phone One
5. General Mobile DSTL1
6. Haier H7
7. HKC Pearl
8. HighScreen PP5420
9. HTC Click – Fiesta – Tattoo
10. HTC Desire 6200 – November
11. HTC Dragon – Zoom 2
12. HTC Dream – T-Mobile G1
13. HTC Hero – G2 Touch
14. HTC Lancaster
15. HTC Magic – Sapphire – T-Mobile myTouch 3G – Google Ion – Dopod A6188
16. HTC Passion
17. HTC Predator
18. Huawei U8220 – T-Mobile Pulse
    
19. Huawei U8230
20. Innocomm Skate
21. Kogan Agora
22. Koolu Freerunner – Openmoko GTA02
23. Lenovo O1 Ophone
24. LG Etna
25. LG GW620 Eve – November 2009
26. LG GW880
27. Motorola Calgary
28. Motorola Devour
29. Motorola Droid – Sholes – Tao – November 7th
30. Motorola Heron
31. Motorola MB200
32. Motorola MB300
33. Motorola Morrison – Cliq – DEXT
    
34. Motorola Motis – 2010
35. Motorola Sholes Tablet – 2010
    
36. Motorola Zeppelin – 2010
    
37. Philips V808
38. Qigi i6
39. Samsung Behold 2 T939 – November 18th
    
40. Samsung Bigfoot
41. Samsung Galaxy i7500
42. Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 – Spica – 2010
43. Samsung Houdini
    
44. Samsung m850 Q
45. Samsung Moment – InstinctQ m900 – November 1st
46. Sciphone N12
47. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 / x10 Rachael – January 2010
48. Sunno S880
49. Tiger G3
    
50. ZTE Android

I am curious to the expansion of this number at the next anniversary of the G1.

First Android Phone Anniversary with 50 Already Planned

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Raytheon has told Forbes they are preparing to use Android software in order to save lives in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Raytheon has termed this framework program as RATS for the Raytheon Android Tactical System.

RATS is to use Android software for the military to combine its use of maps with a buddy list to locate & communicate with other military personal and vehicles.

I doubt they will be the using the G1 for these operations unless its attached to a nuclear device in order for it to last for more than a few hours.

Raytheon has stated its been working with Android for two years and will deploy its use before the end of this year.

Interesting the Department of Defense has expressed interest as well the Department of Homeland Security and law enforcement agencies.

I wonder how open Android will be in this use and if any related public MODS will be distributed.

Raytheon to Use Android Military RATS to Save Lives

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The iPhone has been able to virtually ignore Android up to this point but now it can not Avoid the Droid with Verizon hyping its upcoming Motorola Android phone and comparing it to the iDont.

The initial Android phones from HTC & Samsung are decidedly lackluster but were great inroads of progress toward competing with and ultimately supplanting the iPhone.

Its not even a year ago as the HTC Dream G1 became the first Android enabled phone to be released publicly on October 22nd and now I have listed at least 50 Android phones expected in the near future.

I enjoyed the G1 when I first got it last year and then the next generation Google Ion that I got from Google IO, but I miss the keyboard and need more from the processor.

The Droid seems to deliver minus the Qualcomm SnapDragon processor & increased RAM/ROM that I feel is needed to truly outclass the iPhone in processing performance.

The formerly named Motorola Sholes, Tao, & Calgary is now officially the Droid with some impressive specs:

• Texas Instruments OMAP3430 600 MHz CPU
• 5MP camera with flash
• 3.7 inch Capacitive screen
• 854 by 480 resolution
• 3.5mm headphone jack

The Motorola Droid looks to be the first professional use high end Android phone as well the upcoming Sony Xperia X3/X10 Rachael as the middle market is targeted by the HTC myTouch 3G & Hero while leaving the low end “clicks” to the Motorola Cliq & HTC Click.

Dominos may have been able to Avoid the Noid a decade ago but the iPhone does not look like it will be able to Avoid the Droid entering the next decade.

The iPhone Can Not Avoid the Droid Noid

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