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Originally Posted by Knipps
However, according to iphone help, what all that hype doesn’t say is that this supposed new iPhone killer doesn’t actually take full advantage of the thousands of Android applications available on the Android Market, the reason being application installation is restricted by a measly 256MB of memory.
In the past, many supposed iPhone killer handsets have quickly fallen by the wayside due to the lack of a substantial iTunes App Store competitor, and the Motorola Droid only allowing 256MB of internal applications storage space just doesn’t cut the mustard.
Furthermore, as Android doesn’t have the ability to support application installations on an SD card, Motorola Droid owners are stuck with that pitiful 256MB for apps, compared to the iPhone which packs a nice large 7GB of application space minimum.
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Do a little more reading and you'll find that this may effect only users who like to play large scale games on their phone. Even so, the application source code can be run from the core memory and the large files can be stored on the SD card (16GB). It's simply a developer work around so I wouldn't get caught up as this being a huge issue. Granted they should have just dropped in more memory but for someone like myself who keeps his large scale games reserved to his gaming system a la PS3, I have no issue with this.
I am not making this to be a "I have a Droid, so every other phone sucks" type thread. I prefer Verizon's phone service over AT&T plain and simple. The basic function of the phone is to make a call. I made the mistake in the past of purchasing the phone that did all the cool functions but couldn't make or not drop a phone call due to the service provider.