# Smartphones comparison side by side

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**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smartphones-comparison-side-by-side/249589 "2010-01-07T05:54:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smartphones-comparison-side-by-side/249589/42 "2010-01-07T13:22:17Z")

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> [@Get the F out!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-the-f-out/28114/16):
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> So what’s the deal with having ‘droid’ in the name from various manufactors?

no…

DROID, is the name of the phone itself made by motorola

ANDROID, is the platform that it runs on and what the nexus will run on etc…

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