Roid

[ConeBonerousJones]

Does anyone have the new Droid phone? Thoughts?

I cannot stand this phone, however, this is my first time with a phone w/ a browser, email capable, blah blah. 

[dougola]

I have a friend who has one and loves it   it seems a bit too heavy to me but does all kind of crazy things

[ConeBonerousJones]

I have a friend who has one and loves it   it seems a bit too heavy to me but does all kind of crazy things

I think it's going back and I'm getting the Curve.  I cannot do, nor do I need, a phone that can do 1000 things.  I just have to have email and that does not seem to be going smoothly.  It was a Christmas present from the hubby.  He got one as well (buy one, get one free).  he took his back this morning and went back to the Storm.

I'm asking for opinions because I am not tech savvy and realize my problems could certainly be from my own limitations.

[dougola]

I had five, count'em, five Storms and paid the price to get away from it. Verizon made it so difficult to switch I paid to move to a Blackberry Tour.  I'm just not made for a touch screen, but that wasn't the problem with the Storm. They have so much going on inside the processor can't keep up. 

[ConeBonerousJones]

I had five, count'em, five Storms and paid the price to get away from it. Verizon made it so difficult to switch I paid to move to a Blackberry Tour.  I'm just not made for a touch screen, but that wasn't the problem with the Storm. They have so much going on inside the processor can't keep up. 

He had his Storm for a while and liked it.  I took the Droid back and got a Curve.  I cannot deal with the touch screen either.

[starla]

I've had the G1 Android for 5 months and I like it. It took a while to get use to it, but it gets easy over time.

Only one problem with the phone itself; I read so many glowing reviews of it before I bought it, and it was something I had been wanting for a while since I can't afford an iPhone. It's just like an iPhone, but not an iPhone. On Christmas Day I put it in my pocket and after 5 minutes I felt this sharp burning feeling on my leg. I took the phone out and it was extremely hot and the screen had gone blank. I took it home and pulled the battery out and left it out overnight. Called t-mobile in the morning, and wouldn't you know it, it suddenly started working again and it has since then. I read up on what happened to my phone and came to find out it is an extremely common defect with the phones, apparently the battery is killing the phone if you use it constantly, which I do.

T-Mobile was nice about it and if I call between now and July I can get a new one free (it's $120 through insurance otherwise, but since it is a known defect they will replace it). I plan on calling when I get finished with this one and get the new one.

It is heavy, and many people have pointed that out to me. The battery life absolutely sucks on it, they say it gets 8-9 hours if you use it constantly, I say 5 hours tops. The internet is constantly running and it eats 89% of the energy and there is no way to turn it off that I have found. If you are in the middle of nowhere, like Hot Springs, NC. (like me) you are at the mercy of the environment around you because the battery will be killed quickly from roaming that the phone will never connect to.

I love the Market feature and use many of the Apps, one of my favorites is the barcode scanner. You touch the App and your phone turns into a scanner, scan any barcode and it will instantly direct you to a website online where you can find the item at the lowest price.

[ConeBonerousJones]

I've had the G1 Android for 5 months and I like it. It took a while to get use to it, but it gets easy over time.

Only one problem with the phone itself; I read so many glowing reviews of it before I bought it, and it was something I had been wanting for a while since I can't afford an iPhone. It's just like an iPhone, but not an iPhone. On Christmas Day I put it in my pocket and after 5 minutes I felt this sharp burning feeling on my leg. I took the phone out and it was extremely hot and the screen had gone blank. I took it home and pulled the battery out and left it out overnight. Called t-mobile in the morning, and wouldn't you know it, it suddenly started working again and it has since then. I read up on what happened to my phone and came to find out it is an extremely common defect with the phones, apparently the battery is killing the phone if you use it constantly, which I do.

T-Mobile was nice about it and if I call between now and July I can get a new one free (it's $120 through insurance otherwise, but since it is a known defect they will replace it). I plan on calling when I get finished with this one and get the new one.

It is heavy, and many people have pointed that out to me. The battery life absolutely sucks on it, they say it gets 8-9 hours if you use it constantly, I say 5 hours tops. The internet is constantly running and it eats 89% of the energy and there is no way to turn it off that I have found. If you are in the middle of nowhere, like Hot Springs, NC. (like me) you are at the mercy of the environment around you because the battery will be killed quickly from roaming that the phone will never connect to.

I love the Market feature and use many of the Apps, one of my favorites is the barcode scanner. You touch the App and your phone turns into a scanner, scan any barcode and it will instantly direct you to a website online where you can find the item at the lowest price.

Okay, now that is a pretty cool feature!!

[starla]

It is a pretty cool feature, lol

But email annoys me and I'm tempted to disable it. Sure I get new messages but after I delete them I suddenly get messages from March, over and over and over, you can never delete them and t-mobile can't figure out why I'm getting them. Home email is up to date and I didn't own the phone in March.