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This is the [Droid] you're looking for - $199 with 2-year Contract, hits 11/6
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Hopefully I can find a decent phone, I would kill for a droid eris just minus non-wifi internet. People always ask why I would want a smart phone without a data plan. Well, it's a dang good phone and my campus has wifi everywhere, so why the hell couldn't I just use that.
By the way, Eris update starts rolling out tonight to fix a "phone won't wake up from locked screen" issue. Enjoy.
Either way.
Also isn't the Nexus maybe going to go to Verizon at some point? I heard that a while ago.
I'm also wondering if there are any good to do list apps out there. That would be a handy feature. Is it possible to browse the marketplace from a computer?
edit: Oh, there's a general android thread. Sorry.
Awesome.
edit: I just checked and apparently I got one a week ago, but they were both marked as read in my inbox before I even looked at them. So I never noticed. well I hope I can get this taken care of without any huge credit score damages.
I was pretty excited, thinking it was 2.1.
No dice on that. She seems a little quicker after the fact, though. Guess it was just a maintenance update.
Unless it has moved into third party collections I wouldn't worry about credit reporting issues. Most first party collections don't bother with any of that. And if you just got the notices a week ago I highly doubt it has found it's way into third party already.
As for me I am probably getting a new phone in the next two months. My current phone is a Sprint Mogul. It has been underwhelming interface-wise to say the least but it did seem to do most of what I asked it too. But I really haven't been impressed with Sprint's service and thought about going for the Droid. But I never used the physical keyboard on the Mogul so I doubt I'll have much use for it on anything else. I primarily used my phone for the internet. I would be surprised if I actually used more than 200 mins a month of talking.
So does anyone have an opinion on whether the Droid or Eris have any advantages over one or the other with regards to internet use? Is one faster than the other?
Droid, iirc, is a faster processor than the Eris.
Also the keyboard is pretty good, wouldn't hurt to use it from time to time.
I ended up having to get an LG enV touch and it is actually a really good phone, and while I would have rather had one of the droids, I am happy with this since it is the best I can get. It does have web browsing but I have a 25 MB limit for 10 amazing dollars a month, so I doubt I will ever use it unless I absolutely have to.
Gonna stick to using my ipod touch on wifi for that.
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Oh yeah, the Eris is running 1.5 or 1.6 isn't it? It hasn't gotten a 2.0 or 2.1 update yet because of the SenseUI. It should soon though because HTC is announcing handsets with 2.1 with SenseUI on them, so I imagine the software is nearly done.
Seriously? That is awesome. Now I can write essays to my friends.
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Get one now? Or wait for the next version?
Also is Verizon the best place to get one, or should I look at 3rd party suppliers (heard Dell was having a deal a while back).
Pumped.
Where did you get that from?
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Guess we'll find out? (already know the answer to that one: i'm probably wrong.)
Yeah, I've been going off that rumor too. I've kept it as a known rumor with nothing confirmed but I've still been anxious for this day just in case it does come out to be true. Like you said, it's probably wrong, but you never know.
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Using it now on my laptop as a tether through PDAnet.
What's in the 2.1 update?
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Last night I was trying to get directions to Island's Restaurant. So I went to maps, and voice searched for "Island's," it heard "island," and recentered the map on Iceland. I tried enunciating and it heard "islands," this time, but still kept me centered on Iceland. I typed in "island's," and then hit "my location," but it had my location as about 100 miles off the coast of California (I was about 5 miles inland). Rebooted the phone and still had me in the ocean. Finally, I turned off the gps and then turn it back on, and it started running right. By then I had taken the long way around to Island's.
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How to Overclock the Droid to 1 GHz
I'll be trying this tonight, although I only intend to take it to 800 MHz, at which it's apparently pretty stable. (I've heard the CPU was underclocked for greater advertisable battery life, anyway, so although not safe, it's not exactly pushing the envelope.)
Honestly, my Droid is snappy enough for me... but it'll be neat to know it's about as fast as a Nexus One, but with my beloved physical keyboard and better screen.
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However, I've got it working now. I'm running my Droid at 800 MHz, and it's really very nice. Not a revolutionary difference, but it's noticeably snappier. Similar to the difference between 2.0 and 2.0.1. In particular, booting is a lot faster, not that that matters to people who aren't tweaking things a lot.
So, worthwhile for powerusers for sure. Not so much for the average dude.
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Few questions:
1. How good is the Droid with e-mail? Can it handle multiple accounts with both IMAP and POP, and is there any substantial lag from when it's sent to when it's received?
2. Voice quality? Did Motorola just throw whatever cheapo audio components in there or do calls come through pretty clear?
3. How's the app store? I hear the Android app store has way more free apps, percentage-wise, compared to the Apple app store, but is there a noticeable difference in quality? By that I'm referring to hearsay from my friends, who state that a paid app's free counterpart is usually much lower in quality.
4. Hackability? I want to add multitouch and I briefly skimmed past an article about rooting it to enable said feature. I know Android's open source, but does that mean it's easy to mod/hack for the average user?
Sorry if the questions aren't clear.
I don't use multiple accounts on my phone, so I'll leave this to others. I haven't heard many complaints, though.
I've been very impressed with the audio quality in calls. It's easily the best-sounding phone in that regard that I've owned. It's not dramatic, or anything, but it's very clear.
This is my first smartphone, so I don't have experience with other app stores. My understanding is that it really can't touch Apple's selection, still, especially in a few genres. I've been very pleased, but I've never had an iPhone. :P
It's (well, Android in general) the most hackable phone available. Easy? That really depends. If you've had *nix experience at all, yeah, very easy. Or, if you haven't but are savvy with computers in general, fairly easy if you can follow instructions. If you just surf the Internet, check email, and aren't really a poweruser, then it'd be tricky and probably inadvisable, but you'd still get by after some frustration.
I would hie ye to a Verizon store and play with it in person. At the end of the day, you're going to be judging it just based on ease of use and general likability in your day-to-day life. You'll probably know right away if it's for you or not.
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For delivery speed, if I'm sitting logged in at my desk it comes to my desk about 5 seconds earlier than my phone. Using webmail from the road, the phone gets it faster than my netbook.
Best feature? When you close email with a task manager (as opposed to putting it in the background, it's closed. No notices of any kind. I have OCD about the blinking message light, so it is nice to kill email entirely and watch a movie uninterrupted.
Verdect: this is my first smart phone, but it is great for me.
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I thought I was the only one on Earth with phantom vibrate. Thanks for telling me that's a thing.
My wife has a Droid. She keeps her junk email acocunt constantly connected, and her light has been blinking since the day after purchase of the phone. It is driving me slowly insane.
That's where I was. I needed a no-apologies phone, not a toy with a sometimes-phone, so I needed Verizon. If they announced the iphone for verizon today, and offered me a free trade, I'd say no.