Another Smartphone Crippled for U.S. Customers: Euro-Droid Supports Multitouch, U.S. Model Doesn’t

Those of who live in the U.S. seem destined to suffer a continuous string of feature crippled smartphones. The Apple iPhone, for example, is able to tether other devices to its 3G network everywhere except the U.S. The European T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 has a front facing second camera for video conferencing. The model T-Mobile USA sells doesn’t have this second camera. And, now we learn from Engadget that the Motorola Droid provide multitouch gestures like pinch-to-zoom in Europe but not the U.S.

GSM DROID with multitouch pinch-to-zoom demoed on video hating America

This reminds me of a recent Apple commercial for the Mac where the “premium PC” tells a Mac buyer to call him when she is ready for a compromise (see video embedded below). In the U.S., we are forced to compromise for feature-crippled smartphones. Boo…

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