The first DROID was introduced in October 2009 by Motorola. It was the first Android smartphone available on the Verizon Wireless network. Since Verizon was and is the nation's largest wireless 3G broadband network, people of all ages jumped at the opportunity to have a smart phone of their own.

I remember DROID being the "must-have" phone, especially before the iPhone became available on networks like Verizon and Sprint.

For those who don't remember the first DROID, it had a touch screen and slide-out keyboard. It offered voice-activated search and GPS navigation features; it connected to the web and let people access social media accounts such as Facebook. The DROID further expanded on the existing model and introduced new hardware, user interface enhancements and updated Android operating systems in 2010.

The DROID was the phone to have. I remember being super jealous of my friend's who had a DROID. It was the first phone my peer's had that could connect the internet and take good quality photos. The touch screen AND keyboard were a necessity I felt I needed. Therefore, I spent many Christmas' hoping I'd get an Android of my own under the tree.

Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld Convention on Jan. 9, 2007. However, the iPhone was not available on wireless networks such as Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. After a year and a half of negotiations, Steve Jobs reached an agreement with the wireless division of AT&T; thus, making AT&T the only network to offer the iPhone. So while those waited for the iPhone to become available on their specified network, people settled for the closest thing on their network-- and in this case, the DROID was the phone to have in replacement of the iPhone that everyone wanted.

On Jan. 11, 2011, Verizon announced during a media event that it had reached an agreement with Apple and would begin selling the iPhone 4 the following month. When the iPhone became available on Verizon, I remember the iPhone being the only gift I wanted for Christmas. Everybody and their mother's ditched their faithful DROID and converted to the Apple smartphone.

So the answer to the question -- "does anyone really own a DROID anymore?" is quite simple. No -- with phones like the iPhone and its top competitor the Samsung Galaxy, Motorola's DROID has drifted into a phone of the past with the EnV's one, two and three, and the generic flip phones. To be fair, I think the advancement in technology from the DROID is well needed and if the DROID were to ever make a comeback -- it would need to be better than ever.