Posted Aug 14, 2012 0:13 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
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You're probably right, I haven't looked into it. But you agree with my point? Most regular people refer to the entire Android ecosystem as "Droid".
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo
Posted Aug 14, 2012 3:57 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
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I have never seen that. Dozens and dozens of regular folks have mentioned Android to me however.
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo
Posted Aug 14, 2012 3:58 UTC (Tue) by LightDot (guest, #73140)
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Perhaps in your part of the world, how big that my be. My parts of the world suffer from no such generalizations. Even more, saying "droid" to anyone would most likely produce a blank stare, while "android" most likely will not.
Thus taking either your or mine impressions and assuming we now have an insight into the worldwide product recognition seems to be a bit premature.
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo
Posted Aug 14, 2012 14:18 UTC (Tue) by joeldillon (guest, #86199)
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As everyone else is saying, you mean 'most Americans'. Verizon doesn't have a whole lot of European (or Chinese, or African, or South American) customers ;p
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo
Posted Aug 14, 2012 15:48 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
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Very true. It might even be just Californians, or wherever Verizon sloshed all their marketing dollars.
OT: Android vs droid vs FDroid
Posted Aug 14, 2012 15:39 UTC (Tue) by debacle (subscriber, #7114)
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I have never heard anybody referring to Android as "droid". I wasn't even aware of the word "droid" and would have probably assumed a pronounciation error or typo. I like FDroid, though :~)