There is an app called "Metal Detector" and it works.
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The Droid has a magnetic sensor (magneto-something?) to detect when it's on its media dock. Programmers can access it for other uses, though, and since it detects magnetic fields it can detect ferrous metals.
That is awesome/hilarious. I wonder what sort of range it gets. Find some loose change in my couch!
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Oh by the way, I ended up not being able to get a Droid because of monetary issues. Family stuff, lame. Basically at this point my only option is to go with a free upgrade and not get a data phone. Although I do really want one, the monthly expense is not something I need what with being in college and having a ton of looming debt to deal with.
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.
Then go with T-Mobile? Pretty sure they offer that shit. Plus then you get to be all Nexused up. Awww yeah.
By the way, Eris update starts rolling out tonight to fix a "phone won't wake up from locked screen" issue. Enjoy.
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Oh shit. If that is true that would be bad ass. Although I am still on my family plan. For free. They just didn't want to pay the $30 a month extra for the data line. Or even let me pay it.
Either way.
Also isn't the Nexus maybe going to go to Verizon at some point? I heard that a while ago.
I just picked up my first smart phone, the Eris. If I had known a few days ago that verizon would get the nexus, I might have just picked up a crappy stopgap phone, but my current one was dead and I needed something. Smart phones are cool, I'm loving it.
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.
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Well this is awesome. I'd dropped the Pre a while ago, but I never heard any word about the early termination fee. There was no notice of it on my account before they removed it, and I never got any emails or letters. Until an email last night from them saying they need to hear from me immediately or I will something something collections.
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.
Well this is awesome. I'd dropped the Pre a while ago, but I never heard any word about the early termination fee. There was no notice of it on my account before they removed it, and I never got any emails or letters. Until an email last night from them saying they need to hear from me immediately or I will something something collections.
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.
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?
Well this is awesome. I'd dropped the Pre a while ago, but I never heard any word about the early termination fee. There was no notice of it on my account before they removed it, and I never got any emails or letters. Until an email last night from them saying they need to hear from me immediately or I will something something collections.
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.
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.
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The droid is the beefier of the two. The Eris is a great phone all around, but the droid does have better hardware, and a bigger screen, hence the higher price.
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.
Well this is awesome. I'd dropped the Pre a while ago, but I never heard any word about the early termination fee. There was no notice of it on my account before they removed it, and I never got any emails or letters. Until an email last night from them saying they need to hear from me immediately or I will something something collections.
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.
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.
A friend of mine had the Eris and apparently a lot of apps don't work with it. Apparently the Eris has the SenseUI stuff which can mess up a lot of apps. It also apparently means they roll out OS updates slower for the Eris. (this is all hearsay from him) Also yes the Eris has a slower processor and a worse graphics card.
Well this is awesome. I'd dropped the Pre a while ago, but I never heard any word about the early termination fee. There was no notice of it on my account before they removed it, and I never got any emails or letters. Until an email last night from them saying they need to hear from me immediately or I will something something collections.
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.
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.
A friend of mine had the Eris and apparently a lot of apps don't work with it. Apparently the Eris has the SenseUI stuff which can mess up a lot of apps. It also apparently means they roll out OS updates slower for the Eris. (this is all hearsay from him) Also yes the Eris has a slower processor and a worse graphics card.
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.
I figure I'll mention it here since it was a point of disgruntlement earlier, as of yesterday VZW supports and splits messages above 160 and below 1120 characters in order to deliver the entire message. Out of network. That is all.
I figure I'll mention it here since it was a point of disgruntlement earlier, as of yesterday VZW supports and splits messages above 160 and below 1120 characters in order to deliver the entire message. Out of network. That is all.
Seriously? That is awesome. Now I can write essays to my friends.
I figure I'll mention it here since it was a point of disgruntlement earlier, as of yesterday VZW supports and splits messages above 160 and below 1120 characters in order to deliver the entire message. Out of network. That is all.
Sweet, it's about time! Although, since switching to Handcent SMS for my texting, it hasn't been an issue for me anymore. It's nice to know they're doing it properly on their own, now.
If your main concern is getting an Android device, and not Droid, then wait a few months as there are supposedly TONS of them waiting to be released this spring and summer. If the Droid as a device and its hardware appeal to you, then get it now so you will be out of your return period when something new and shiny comes out and you will have to deal with what you have. :P
Should've done my homework a little better. It was never confirmed, but the rumor was everywhere.
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.
Gah. The 2.1 update never came on the 22nd. But I really want it. Like, right now! I'm hoping it shows up by the end of the month. Firmware updates are so exciting!
Gah. The 2.1 update never came on the 22nd. But I really want it. Like, right now! I'm hoping it shows up by the end of the month. Firmware updates are so exciting!
Fun with GPS.
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.
I picked up the Droid Eris on Sunday and I am loving it. I'd had the Blackberry Storm before, so it's nice to finally have a real phone! I can't wait until 2.0 (or 2.1? Don't think they ever confirmed which one) hits for it.
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.
An update: I wouldn't recommend this unless you're quite savvy and also comfortable with *nix.
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.
So I'm in the market for a new phone, and luckily, my new job is going to foot my monthly bill. It's not a corporate office, but my boss likes to keep us all electronically leashed by cutting us a check for a phone with a data plan.
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?
So I'm in the market for a new phone, and luckily, my new job is going to foot my monthly bill. It's not a corporate office, but my boss likes to keep us all electronically leashed by cutting us a check for a phone with a data plan.
Always a double-edged sword, yeah. Just gotta rack up those minutes and megabytes to make it worth your while.
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?
I don't use multiple accounts on my phone, so I'll leave this to others. I haven't heard many complaints, though.
2. Voice quality? Did Motorola just throw whatever cheapo audio components in there or do calls come through pretty clear?
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
I'm running 4 email accounts - exchange, google, and 2 hotmail accounts. I have them all set differently - work is set up to push/pull, my junk mail to never check unless I direct it to do so. You get a joint inbox AND seperate inboxes, which makes my Blackberry friends green with envy.
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.
I have OCD about the blinking message light, so it is nice to kill email entirely and watch a movie uninterrupted.
Hehe, funny you mention this. You know how a modern phenomenon is "phantom vibrate"? Where you think you feel your phone vibrate, pretty convincingly, but you check it and nope? I now get phantom blinking, on my Droid. I'll frequently catch it blinking in the corner of my eye (it sits on my desk at work, playing music for me), only to look directly and see that it's not. The illusion is powerful. :P
I have OCD about the blinking message light, so it is nice to kill email entirely and watch a movie uninterrupted.
Hehe, funny you mention this. You know how a modern phenomenon is "phantom vibrate"? Where you think you feel your phone vibrate, pretty convincingly, but you check it and nope? I now get phantom blinking, on my Droid. I'll frequently catch it blinking in the corner of my eye (it sits on my desk at work, playing music for me), only to look directly and see that it's not. The illusion is powerful. :P
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.
Hmm, sounds good. I briefly messed around with my coworker's yesterday, and it seemed very snappy and responsive. If Apple doesn't announce a Verizon iPhone, I'm getting a Droid.
Hmm, sounds good. I briefly messed around with my coworker's yesterday, and it seemed very snappy and responsive. If Apple doesn't announce a Verizon iPhone, I'm getting a Droid.
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.
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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).
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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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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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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.