Inventor of Cell Phone Still Loves His Android

July 10, 2010 | by Jorge Parrales

You might recall the big story in March, when cell phone inventor Martin Cooper got rid of his iPhone (gave it to his grandson) in favor of the Motorola Droid, which was one of the premier Android devices at that time. Of course, it had less to do with choosing an open platform and more to do with testing the latest and greatest devices in the mobile market. Cooper frequently points out that he always has the latest phones, mostly because people are always asking him about them.

Whatever the reasons may have been, the Android community was happy to welcome Martin Cooper to the family, and four months later, it appears he is still enjoying the experience. In March, while he was familiarizing himself with the Android OS, he reported some “favorable results.” Now, in a recent interview with CNN, when asked what phone he was carrying right now, he answered that he still carried the Droid and added, “Android phones are catching up now, and the latest version of the Android phones are every bit as good, if not better, than the iPhone.”

Of course, this isn’t news to any of us in the community, but it always means something coming from the inventor of the cell phone himself.

Thanks to Cris Williams for the image used in this post!

Android news, Android vs iPhone, Cell phone inventor, Motorola Droid

5 Comments

Cris Williams said: On July 10, 2010

Created this in photoshop. What do you guys think? http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4809/createdby…

- Rainai said: On July 10, 2010
  
  I think… The link is broken…
  
Emil said: On July 11, 2010

You have big flaw in your image @Cris Williams, old hand vs young hand holding the actual phone

- Cris Williams said: On July 16, 2010
  
  Believe it or not, that's the original hand from the picture. It just looks that way in the first place.
  
Cris Williams said: On July 16, 2010

I'm surprised this picture actually was used in the post. Thanks Androinica!

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