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Motorola Droid

#22
Pilgrim - for me to get a Blackberry would have cost nearly as much. I was due for a refresh, so I figured I'd have me some fun.
Droid just arrived today. I had a massively full day at work so I'm still figuring it out. Its basic functionality is good, for sure.
 
#23
Just got one last Saturday. All the comparisons I read said that the Droid was equal to the iPhone, they just had different advantages and disadvantages. I chose the Droid because of the Verizon network, the open source OS, the Google Nav app (I now have GPS, woohoo!), and the fact that I like Google.

It's my first smartphone, so I am not the best judge. But it's working great for me... it was easy to sync with my Gmail and work accounts. I got some notepad and to-do list apps (Note Me and Astrid) that sync with the calendar, and I'm comparing those with each other... might keep both, what the heck.

I know the Google phone is coming out some time next year, but I didn't want to wait that long.
 
#25
MJ5150 said:
Still loving my new Droid, but the battery life is terrible.

All the neat apps sure make the phone useful, but I have to charge it up everyday. Sometimes twice a day.

-Mike
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Really? I haven't had to charge mine that much. Maybe every other day. I'm using it quite a bit. Works great. I definately love it.
 
#27
That's an unacceptable flaw for me. It has to be able to last a full 12-14 hour work day between charges, with average use, to be worth it as a phone.

Can't stand the screen based type pad on an iPhone, plus the monthly charges are outrageous. I have an LG EnV2 on verizon and it is so far a great phone with passable browsing features. It's GPS isn't great but has saved us more than once in a pinch.

My jury on the droid will remain out for a while yet. The EnV2 is not as smart a phone as a blackberry/droid or whatever, but it more than gets the job done for me, and our bill for three phones, with pretty much bottomless minutes/messaging/browsing, = the same fees as ONE iPhone.
 
#28
Fuzzbass said:
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It's my first smartphone, so I am not the best judge. But it's working great for me... (...)
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when you need to find another restaurant for your date, cause the one you reserved somehow bumped you thx to a sudden party of 10, or need to find another nearby bar cause of the douchebaggery, or need to find another lounge, cause of yes, douchebaggery, or that club you wanted to check out just has too many, yes, douchebags, you'll realize how awesome an internet enabled smartphone can be.
 
#29
MJ5150 said:
How many apps do you leave running? I have Latitude open all day, e-mail, SportsTap, and Messaging at least.

-Mike
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I usually have my gmail, I check my Yahoo Mail, Messaging ( I use the SMS PopUp App), I play solitaire incessantly during smoke breaks. I usually post stuff o FB. Do you have Bluetooth turned on all the time? That will eat your battery.
 
#31
MJ5150 said:
No Bluetooth, no WiFi. Maybe I have a bad battery already.

-Mike
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Possibly. Mine's been pretty good so far. I have my charger with me at work and I just hook it to the USB on my 'puter. I don't have a mobile charger, although I could see getting one if I were going to be constantly using it as a GPS. The good this is that my wife's phone has the same charger, so I can use her charger at home and if I do need a mobile charger I can borrow hers. I guess that I haven't found my battery life to be as issue thus far.
 
#32
To me the biggest drawback of any iPhone competitor is going to be the app store. No matter how many apps are currently in Google's app store I'm sure it's a fraction of what is available in the Apple app store - even if you don't count the thousands of fart apps. I read an article last week that detailed how some major app developers are already pulling out of developing games for Droid too. I've done so much with the iPhone apps. It's a huge part of the phone that you have to consider when looking at features.

bc
 
#35
jokerjkny said:
when you need to find another restaurant for your date, cause the one you reserved somehow bumped you thx to a sudden party of 10, or need to find another nearby bar cause of the douchebaggery, or need to find another lounge, cause of yes, douchebaggery, or that club you wanted to check out just has too many, yes, douchebags, you'll realize how awesome an internet enabled smartphone can be.
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That's funny. I just went out the Longhorn Steak House on Saturday, and the wait was 70 to 90mins for a table. So I used the Voice Command Prompt on my Droid and said the name of our 2nd in line restaurant. It Automatically brought up the restaurant and with one click on their phone number dialed for me, I made a quick reservation the wait was 20mins. It took 20mins to drive there and we got out table as soon as we arrived. Now I guess I could have done all this with my old phone calling 411 and having them look up the number. But with the droid I didn't have to even type anything.
 
#37
DigMe said:
To me the biggest drawback of any iPhone competitor is going to be the app store. No matter how many apps are currently in Google's app store I'm sure it's a fraction of what is available in the Apple app store - even if you don't count the thousands of fart apps. I read an article last week that detailed how some major app developers are already pulling out of developing games for Droid too. I've done so much with the iPhone apps. It's a huge part of the phone that you have to consider when looking at features.

bc
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hmm...

but isnt the android os, code, etc, open source? seems like it'd soon be a bonanza...
 
#38
DigMe said:
To me the biggest drawback of any iPhone competitor is going to be the app store. No matter how many apps are currently in Google's app store I'm sure it's a fraction of what is available in the Apple app store -
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Maybe so, but when is enough a enough? Seriously, I have found tons of great apps for my Droid, without coming across a "bummer, I wish they had that for the Droid" situation. I suppose I could look around the iPhone app store and find everything not available for the Droid, but why bother?

-Mike
 

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