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OK, I admit it, I’m a tech geek. The new android phones like this one captivate me. Motorola Droid Does anyone here have one, or experience with them? Proprietary systems like the iphone don’t count.
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I am also a tech geek. I have looked at them and played with them and I have several colleagues that have them and I, myself, would have one in an instant EXCEPT for the fact that there is no easy way to synchronize with MS Outlook @ the desktop. There are lots of ways to IMPORT outlook data, but that does not help me.
Thom
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Don't know much about the Droid but I hear many complaints about the Iphone. I personally don't want one I like my Motorola Tundra, tough flip phone that does more than I could ever learn how to do. It will even work like a Tom Tom with voice and all. I had a touch screen phone and couldn't get used to it.
The Droid does look like a cool toy though.
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Yes, very cool. Question is does RAM make a handlebar mount!
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I had lust in my heart for the Droid but after reading a few reviews I think it might be better to wait for version 2. The most common complaint is the slide-out keyboard's keys are very mushy. (Although all reviewers admit that you can use the on-screen touch keyboard to work around that.)
One reviewer said that the HTC Droid Eris was a better device than the Motorola Droid. Slightly smaller screen, on a par with the iPhone's, but the keys work better and it still runs the Android operating system (although version 1.5, while the Mot runs 2.0.)
Another common complaint about Android phones in general was that the iPhone has 100,000 apps in its app store while Android has only 10,000. If you've ever looked at the crud that people pawn off as apps in the Apple store, you'd probaby conclude that this is a non-issue.
I want an Android phone so I can write my own programs for it. I have the tools to do iPhone programming but I want to stick with Verizon as a carrier. But my first Android device will probably be Barnes & Noble's ebook reader, the Nook. (No, I don't know who comes up with these names.) With the Nook I can load PDF files of my shop manuals and take them with me out to the driveway.
Dave
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