Attack of the Droid

If anyone needed another reason to choose a Droid over and iPhone, how about this, Apple has decided to ban most sexy apps from the app store. First of all Apple has never let any app with nudity into the store, so it’s not a matter of removing and banning “vulgar” apps, no, this is banning apps that show people in bathing suits, stuff we all see everyday on TV or at the pool. According to the CNN story, this is a “quick glimpse” at the new rules from Apple:

1. No images of women in bikinis (Ice skating tights are not OK either)

2. No images of men in bikinis! (I didn’t ask about Ice Skating tights for men)

3. No skin (he seriously said this) (I asked if a Burqa was OK, and the Apple guy got angry)

4. No silhouettes that indicate that Wobble can be used for wobbling boobs (yes – I am serious, we have to remove the silhouette in this pic)

5. No sexual connotations or innuendo: boobs, babes, booty, sex – all banned

6. Nothing that can be sexually arousing!! (I doubt many people could get aroused with the pic above but those puritanical guys at Apple must get off on pretty mundane things to find Wobble “overtly sexual!”)

7. No apps will be approved that in any way imply sexual content (not sure how Playboy is still in the store, but …)

I can understand them not allowing the hardcore stuff, or even R rated nudity, in the app store, but not allowing some photos of bikinis seems a little harsh. And as we have all read on the interwebs, Safari is still there, and that’s all you really need to find the photos you want, like midget hermaphrodites ensued in some “interspecies erotica”.

Here’s something that may piss off some folks who bought a Droid early, Amazon.com has it for sale for $99 with a new service plan right now. Not sure for how long but that is one hell of a deal. Compare it to their no service price of $530

Click here to take advantage of that, makes me wish my wife’s plan was up.

Pocketnow.com has what may be leaked photos of the HTC Incredible. According to their “tipster” it is using the Snapdragon CPU running Android 2.1 with 256MB RAM. Check out the Photos below plus more at Pocketnow.com

I created some Motorola Droid Red Eye Wallpapers and put them up over on another site and they seem to be very popular. I improved them a little, the eye seemed a little too large on some of them, and posted them here. I have sizes for the Droid, iPhone and Blackberries. Just click the one you want for full size.

I got the Motorola Droid Multimedia Docking Station for Christmas, my wife got lucky and happened to be in the store as the guy was stocking the shelves, I guess they were a hot item this year as pretty much everywhere was sold out. I really like this dock, it feels very sturdy and well made, comes with another cable and charger and works very well. I actually replaced my alarm clock with it. So now when I wake up I can see the time (obviously) but it also shows the local weather, which you can touch and open up the forecast for the next few days, then you can decide if you want to get up or stay in bed. It also has a slide-show option to show all your pictures. It is also nice if you want to watch a movie as it holds it at a good angle. The one big option, for me at least, is that I would forget to charge my phone sometimes so the battery would die, always when I needed it for something. Now, though, since I put in in the dock every night, I know it will be charged for the following day. I wouldn’t mind getting some more to have one in other rooms of the house where I frequent.

I was asked by a reader if I had any tips and tricks about the Motorola Droid. I figured, rather than respond to just that comment, the topic would make a good post, so here are a few things you may or may not know. Many of these can be found here, right from Motorola themselves.

Many folks who are new to the Droid might not know how to go about getting files to their phone. With the excitement of having a new toy, and I include myself here, we may fail to read everything before jumping in and playing. So for any of you out there curious as to how to do it, we start with number one:
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