Droid?

Innoc · 01-22-2010, 02:57 PM

After wanting the BlackBerry Storm to be a good phone and fighting with it since it's release...and hving 3 failed phones in the last 13 months I'm giving up. My Droid should arrive today. Anyone else have this phone or its Tmobile sibling? Any must have custom apps?

Skanky Butterpuss · 01-22-2010, 08:31 PM

this is relevant to my interests as well. im thinking of taking the plunge into the smartphone world and this is the one ive been looking at so far. a friend of mine has it and loves it (he has previously owned several blackberries. says he definitely prefers the droid). so yeah, i want second innocs queries here.

SomeOldGuy · 01-22-2010, 08:42 PM

While I don't have one of these and even though you've likely researched it, the droid forums have some takes on the must have apps:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...roid-apps.html

Edit: Looks like you may be the first on these forums, Innoc, to get one of these (same reason I suspect my SSD request post has gone unacknowledged).

Please post your results/feelings after a few weeks of usage to let us know what you think. My contract is up in April, and I'm debating about switching from ATT to Verizon.... and a droid

Circuitous · 01-23-2010, 09:27 AM

Friend of mine got the Droid. No complaints, only a little bit of frothing.

**Bully** · 01-23-2010, 09:44 AM

i'm upgrading soon as im still on a nokia n95. Having resisted Steve Jobs and anything begining with i, i'm torn between HTC HD2 - windows

http://www.htc.com/europe/product/hd2/overview.html

or a droid, nexus one or a xperia x10

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/prod...10?cc=gb&lc=en

Recomendations please ?

**mervaka** · 01-23-2010, 10:55 AM

i'm looking at the motorola milestone. it's like the droid, but tastier!

Innoc · 01-26-2010, 01:51 AM

After a weekend of working with the Droid I think Motorola has a true hit here. There's a number of features that have a huge wow factor. Most of us are familiar with google searching from a phone keyboard whether virtual or real. The Droid has a voice input option that's MUCH faster than typing and pretty damned accurate. The Storm I had was always slow at searching and displaying results. I assumed it was the network. I don't think that is the case anymore. The Droid is VERY fast a pulling down and displaying pages. Assuming the network didn't change over the weekend...the Storm sucks...(all 3 of them I had over 13 months).

It also handles multiple email accounts with no trouble. Initial email account information is going to tie to a Gmail account. This makes populating your contacts on the phone pretty easy. Also, the ability to pull down new apps through the Droid Story is a piece of cake.

So....48 hours under my belt...I'll post more as I get more comfortable with the phone. So far...I like this phone!

Demasu · 01-30-2010, 09:56 PM

I got it for christmas, and I love it. It's amazing.

Skanky Butterpuss · 02-02-2010, 02:52 AM

i think im about to pick one of these suckers up this week. worked a lot of OT last week, so im gonna make use of it!

Innoc · 02-02-2010, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skanky Butterpuss

i think im about to pick one of these suckers up this week. worked a lot of OT last week, so im gonna make use of it!

Two things you should know off that bat. First: disable all location services and only turn them on when you need them.....then turn them off again. Be mindful of any app that can turn on location services and be sure to manually turn location services off once you're done. GPS/Location services eats battery like nothing I've ever seen.

Second: manually set your screen brightness to 50% or less if you can and do not let the phone decide brightness for itself.

If you see battery dropping like mad drill down through the battery utility and it will show you exactly what's eating your battery.

Skanky Butterpuss · 02-03-2010, 08:54 PM

good lookin out, innoc. i just ordered it online last night, hopefully should get it in the next couple days.

already been looking at the modding capabilities haha. anyone tried rooting it to get multitouch? Gizmodo had an article about it, and it looks pretty interesting. not sure if i want to start fucking around with it right out of the box though..

Skanky Butterpuss · 02-11-2010, 09:30 PM

i LOVE this phone. very impressed with it so far in the 3 days ive had it. probably going to root it tonight and install bugless beast and OC it a bit just for poops and laughs

Skanky Butterpuss · 02-12-2010, 12:57 AM

bb is sweet, and im OCed to 1ghz atm. i might turn it down if i notice temperature or battery life issues, but so far it seems to be doin alright. speaking of batery life, good looking out on that tip about turning off gps and stuff. power level widget makes that quick and easy, good stuff

FrenchToast · 02-12-2010, 03:49 AM

This is going to be my first purchase when I get back from South America, if there isn't something better out by then.

Skanky Butterpuss · 02-12-2010, 09:17 AM

DOOOO EEEEET

Agent Buckshot Moose · 02-13-2010, 05:31 PM

I'm waiting on the Nexus One to come to Verizon before making a decision. Wonder if it will have better hardware capabilities. I can upgrade (for cheaper) in August.

Innoc · 02-19-2010, 08:10 PM

One complaint I have is how the Droids will frequently download "new" emails from my personal acct that I've already read and deleted. It seems to be a bit random about which old messages it re-downloads. Apparently I am not the only person experiencing this annoying condition.

Oh....one other thing would be the cut and paste feature....it needs work. Hopefully the 2.5 OS will address these fairly minor complaints!

Skanky Butterpuss · 02-24-2010, 10:16 PM

i havent had that problem with the emails, but now since i have this phone i dont ever check email on my computer anymore so maybe thats why haha.

i just got this app, and so far its pretty fucking stellar. i can stream all my music from my pc to my phone over wifi or 3g. a little bit of stutter, but definitely a badass app once you get it configured.
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp

zE · 02-25-2010, 04:58 AM

capitalism : p

elwood · 02-26-2010, 03:52 AM

YouTube

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01-22-2010, 02:57 PM	#1
Innoc Hitman 2 1 Actual Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: "Oscar Mike" Gametype: FPS or RTS (just say NO to MMO) Affiliations: Your Mom Posts Rated Helpful 8 Times	Droid? After wanting the BlackBerry Storm to be a good phone and fighting with it since it's release...and hving 3 failed phones in the last 13 months I'm giving up. My Droid should arrive today. Anyone else have this phone or its Tmobile sibling? Any must have custom apps? __________________ Mooga on Obama: He can cut taxes. Actually do something useful. Punch Nancy Pelosi in the face. Just to name a few. You eventually run out of other people's money to spend.

01-22-2010, 08:31 PM	#2
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	this is relevant to my interests as well. im thinking of taking the plunge into the smartphone world and this is the one ive been looking at so far. a friend of mine has it and loves it (he has previously owned several blackberries. says he definitely prefers the droid). so yeah, i want second innocs queries here. __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

01-22-2010, 08:42 PM	#3
SomeOldGuy older than dirt Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: just east of the jug handle Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	While I don't have one of these and even though you've likely researched it, the droid forums have some takes on the must have apps: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...roid-apps.html Edit: Looks like you may be the first on these forums, Innoc, to get one of these (same reason I suspect my SSD request post has gone unacknowledged). Please post your results/feelings after a few weeks of usage to let us know what you think. My contract is up in April, and I'm debating about switching from ATT to Verizon.... and a droid Last edited by SomeOldGuy; 01-22-2010 at 08:52 PM.

01-23-2010, 09:27 AM	#4
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	Friend of mine got the Droid. No complaints, only a little bit of frothing. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

01-23-2010, 09:44 AM	#5
Bully Beta Tester Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Class/Position: Spectating Gametype: British Bulldogs Affiliations: ®™ ^ Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	i'm upgrading soon as im still on a nokia n95. Having resisted Steve Jobs and anything begining with i, i'm torn between HTC HD2 - windows http://www.htc.com/europe/product/hd2/overview.html or a droid, nexus one or a xperia x10 http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/prod...10?cc=gb&lc=en Recomendations please ? __________________ ®™ Support FF:

01-23-2010, 10:55 AM	#6
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	i'm looking at the motorola milestone. it's like the droid, but tastier!

01-26-2010, 01:51 AM	#7
Innoc Hitman 2 1 Actual Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: "Oscar Mike" Gametype: FPS or RTS (just say NO to MMO) Affiliations: Your Mom Posts Rated Helpful 8 Times	After a weekend of working with the Droid I think Motorola has a true hit here. There's a number of features that have a huge wow factor. Most of us are familiar with google searching from a phone keyboard whether virtual or real. The Droid has a voice input option that's MUCH faster than typing and pretty damned accurate. The Storm I had was always slow at searching and displaying results. I assumed it was the network. I don't think that is the case anymore. The Droid is VERY fast a pulling down and displaying pages. Assuming the network didn't change over the weekend...the Storm sucks...(all 3 of them I had over 13 months). It also handles multiple email accounts with no trouble. Initial email account information is going to tie to a Gmail account. This makes populating your contacts on the phone pretty easy. Also, the ability to pull down new apps through the Droid Story is a piece of cake. So....48 hours under my belt...I'll post more as I get more comfortable with the phone. So far...I like this phone! __________________ Mooga on Obama: He can cut taxes. Actually do something useful. Punch Nancy Pelosi in the face. Just to name a few. You eventually run out of other people's money to spend.

01-30-2010, 09:56 PM	#8
Demasu Official FF Medic Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I got it for christmas, and I love it. It's amazing. __________________ Some ER Trauma Doctor: Which way did he point the gun? Was it towards the front of your face or the back of your face? ...and you wonder why I love doctors.

02-02-2010, 02:52 AM	#9
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	i think im about to pick one of these suckers up this week. worked a lot of OT last week, so im gonna make use of it! __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

02-03-2010, 08:54 PM	#11
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	good lookin out, innoc. i just ordered it online last night, hopefully should get it in the next couple days. already been looking at the modding capabilities haha. anyone tried rooting it to get multitouch? Gizmodo had an article about it, and it looks pretty interesting. not sure if i want to start fucking around with it right out of the box though.. __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

02-11-2010, 09:30 PM	#12
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	i LOVE this phone. very impressed with it so far in the 3 days ive had it. probably going to root it tonight and install bugless beast and OC it a bit just for poops and laughs __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

02-12-2010, 12:57 AM	#13
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	bb is sweet, and im OCed to 1ghz atm. i might turn it down if i notice temperature or battery life issues, but so far it seems to be doin alright. speaking of batery life, good looking out on that tip about turning off gps and stuff. power level widget makes that quick and easy, good stuff __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

02-12-2010, 03:49 AM	#14
FrenchToast The 1337est D&A Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Omagosh Canada. Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	This is going to be my first purchase when I get back from South America, if there isn't something better out by then. __________________ James, while John had had 'had', had had 'had had' ; 'had had' had had a better effect on the teacher.

02-12-2010, 09:17 AM	#15
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	DOOOO EEEEET __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

02-13-2010, 05:31 PM	#16
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	I'm waiting on the Nexus One to come to Verizon before making a decision. Wonder if it will have better hardware capabilities. I can upgrade (for cheaper) in August.

02-19-2010, 08:10 PM	#17
Innoc Hitman 2 1 Actual Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: "Oscar Mike" Gametype: FPS or RTS (just say NO to MMO) Affiliations: Your Mom Posts Rated Helpful 8 Times	One complaint I have is how the Droids will frequently download "new" emails from my personal acct that I've already read and deleted. It seems to be a bit random about which old messages it re-downloads. Apparently I am not the only person experiencing this annoying condition. Oh....one other thing would be the cut and paste feature....it needs work. Hopefully the 2.5 OS will address these fairly minor complaints! __________________ Mooga on Obama: He can cut taxes. Actually do something useful. Punch Nancy Pelosi in the face. Just to name a few. You eventually run out of other people's money to spend.

02-24-2010, 10:16 PM	#18
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	i havent had that problem with the emails, but now since i have this phone i dont ever check email on my computer anymore so maybe thats why haha. i just got this app, and so far its pretty fucking stellar. i can stream all my music from my pc to my phone over wifi or 3g. a little bit of stutter, but definitely a badass app once you get it configured. http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp __________________ Support FF: Etzell: Skanky Etzell: The Wings are fucking fantastic Etzell: They really are Etzell: But even SAYING that makes me want to vomit

02-25-2010, 04:58 AM	#19
zE Pew pew ze beams Join Date: Jan 2008 Gametype: Gathers Affiliations: pew pew Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	capitalism : p

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