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by phreeza 5844 days ago
Wow thats confusing... Seems like a big blunder by Motorola to me, they must be kicking themselves. Imagine HTC comes out with the Droid 2, heh.
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It's not confusing if you know that, in the US, the average person doesn't think about buying a Motorola or HTC. They are buying their phone from Verizon, so it's up to Verizon to market them. That's why Verizon licensed the "Droid" TM.

HTC wouldn't be able to come out with a Droid 2 because that's Verizon's decision. The Droid 2 is coming out later this year, made by Motorola because that's the way Verizon wants it.

> Imagine HTC comes out with the Droid 2, heh.

Which is exactly what happened: the Droid 2 is the Droid Incredible, by HTC.