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An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The commercials for the “Droid” phone, being made by Motorola Inc., list features that the iPhone lacks, such as a physical keyboard and the ability to run applications simultaneously. It ends with the tag line… Read More

High-priced plans, dropped calls and bumpy 3G connections? Now that the glimmer has faded, the iPhone is starting to fall short of its miracle status. Good thing for us there are plenty of other mobile handsets eager to step up and feed our desire for smartphone bliss. LG Prada 2, Price: TBD Update to the popular high-end smartphone. Touchscreen up front, slide out keyboard below. 5 megapixel camera, full HTML browser and Wi-Fi. Price TBD.… Read More

Now that the dust from this year’s CTIA Wireless Expo has settled and a new batch of cell phones sits laid out for the public to admire, it’s become clear that 2008’s expo will be remembered as the year of the iPhone challengers. While many manufacturers have already unveiled iPhone clones in the eight months since it launched in late June, the extra R&D has clearly paid off for last week’s crop of imitators, which may come the closest yet… Read More