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I had to laugh a little bit when I was reading about some of the forthcoming Android models. The names are as meaningless and generic as most car models, and it occurred to me that what is being sold is in both cases the same thing — a lifestyle choice. The brand names and marketing material are all being dreamed up by your typical bonkers marketing department.

See if you can guess which models in the list below are an Android phone and which are a Ford car or truck. The lists were obtained from Wikipedia: List of Ford Vehicles, and List of Android Devices, and I wrote this post on an early review device — the HTC Transit.

Model	Manufacturer
Lobo	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Sapphire	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Tattoo	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Aspire	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Sirius Izar	Pantech Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Moment	Samsung Group Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Tempo	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Intercept	Samsung Group Android or Ford? — click to reveal
XPERIA	Sony Ericsson Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Carousel	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Smoke	Dell Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Fusion	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Vision	HTC Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Intercept	Samsung Group Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Ikon	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Galaxy	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Beam	Samsung Group Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Pulse Mini	T-Mobile Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Classic	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Smooth	ZTE Android or Ford? — click to reveal
XL	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Zephyr	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Zodiac	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Devour	Motorola Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Desire	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Futura	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Dream	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Pilot	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Popular	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Hero	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Legend	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Deluxe	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Elite	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Magic	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Falcon	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Granada	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Laser	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Mainline	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Wildfire	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Verona	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Versailles	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Endeavour	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Galaxy	Samsung Galaxy Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Edge	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Escape	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Flex	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Freestyle	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Behold	Samsung Group Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Aerostar	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Optimus	LG Group Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Freestar	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Cargo	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Courier	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Tiger	Tiger Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Streak	Dell Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Aero	Dell Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Thunder	Dell Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Starliner	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Flash	Dell Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Explorer	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Windstar	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Freighter	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Puma	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Scorpio	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Sierra	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Droid	Motorola Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Backflip	Motorola Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Skyliner	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Special	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Sunliner	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Super Deluxe	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Sirius Alpha	Pantech Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Evo	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Nexus One	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Pulse	Huawei Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Eve	LG Group Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Quench	Motorola Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Ranger	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
CLIQ	Motorola Android or Ford? — click to reveal
MOTO MILESTONE	Motorola Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Sirius Sky	Pantech Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Maverick	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Meteor	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Pronto	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Pulsar	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Liquid	Acer Inc Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Pearl	HKC Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Imobile	HKC Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Aria	HTC Corporation Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Squire	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Telstar	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Super Duty	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Thunderbird	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal
Ranchero	Ford Android or Ford? — click to reveal

Tags: android, ford, marketing

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