“RT @Sprezzatura I love my #Droid. It’s like Jesus in a box.” via Twitter
I am not what you call an “early adopter.”
But yesterday, I was the first in the door of my local Verizon store to purchase the DROID-my very first 3G-Internet capable, multifunctioning cell phone! Here’s what I like and don’t like about my new DROID.
Here’s what I LOVE about it.
- SUPER FAST CONNECTION and BROWSING
- Awesome screen resolution
- It makes perfect little videos
- Takes better photos than my digital camera
- Sound is great
- Screen sensitivity is perfect
- I like the big font!
- Fun little Android guy
- Great to sync my gmail, contacts, docs and calendar
- With all the little apps I can do everything I need
- GOOGLE MAPS
- Easy to post to Twitter via an app called “Swift”
- Easy to post to Facebook
- Free Apps
- GPS app
Here’s what I don’t love about it
- It feels kind of clunky in my hand, not smooth and sleek.
- The keys on the real keyboard are too small for my fingers.
- Same with the keys on the screen
- Battery life sucks!! I charged it up all night and used it today and it only took a couple hours to get to 50% battery. (I’ve heard there’s an app for that.)
- No instruction manual in the box, just a shot little “Getting Started Guide”
- The girl at the store sold me the wrong accessories and she didn’t seem to know much about the phone.
- I haven’t figured out how to transfer the video and photos that I took to my computer other than by email.
- Verizon hasn’t paid any attention to my tweets or retweets. They are not attempting to connect with their audience.
I don’t know how this compares to an I-Phone, but for me whose last phone was the Envy, this phone totally rocks.
What do you think?
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If you honestly think Verizon is going to listen to every single complaint/suggestion that gets thrown at them, then you truly are an idiot. I would argue, in all seriousness, that they don’t even look at things like that. Rather, they would use focus groups and things of that nature to get feedback.
Bob, Verizon needs to get involved in the conversation.
Wendy, I am an early adopter—I got a G1 last November. George liked it so much he bought one the next week, and a month later we upgraded everyone in the office.
This phone is what I had hoped the MDA with Windows Mobile would be. A computer. In my hand. Always on. Intuitive to use.
*My hope for you is that it will begin to feel good the more you use it.
*I’ve developed a typing style on the keyboard where I use my index fingers, not my thumbs! It’s fast, a little more accurate, and I’ve convinced myself I’m avoiding carpal thumb syndrome!
*Grab TaskKiller from the Marketplace, but have rechargers everywhere. (I have them by the bed, at my desk and in the car.)
*Transfer files you want available on your phone to your gmail account. Sync everything through gmail, and you won’t have to worry about loosing your phone because nothing is on it!
Here are a few of my favorite apps:
*Phandroid blog – for everything Android
*GDocs – for everything from grocery lists to book inventories and instructions. If I think I’m going to want it away from my computer, I copy it into a Google Document.
*Listen – for podcasts. I haven’t really gotten into this much, but my husband likes it so much he’s quit using his iPod for podcasts. He just pops his phone into his shirt pocket.
*Memory for Lemmings and TasKiller
*Swift (for Twitter), and Moby for everything SN
*ThinkingSpace – eager to hear your thoughts on this one.
*iPadio – haven’t started using it, but I’ll bet you will! Then I want to hear from you how to shorten my learning curve.
Enjoy – W!
Wow! Great info! Thanks for the advice and the app recommendations! It’s good to “see” you again too!
I work for verizon and got this device a week early from launch date and i must say I love it. I am sorry about your lousy buying experience… but its kinda silly to knock the phone for that.
Lets talk about a couple things I love about this phone.
1 With voice search I can push one button say “wallmart” have google find location and press navigate for turn by turn directions.
2 I can ssh and vnc to my home computer from anywhere at 3g speeds.
3 I can customize the daylights out of this thing.
4 It is open source.
5 Camera/video are incredible.
6 The android market (app store) has an insane amount of free apps and whats more is the types of apps do not appear to be censored.
7 This phone encourages development… what you see out now for it is only a harbinger of whats to come.
8 My display is crisp and second to none.
9 My emails display in a pristine manner that reflects a desktop experience.
10 My text messages are formated in a running dialog sort of manner that is easy to follow and picture messaging is threaded seamlessly in text. (you really need to check it out)
11 First touchscreen i ever liked.
12 The novelty of this phone does not fade the more I play with it.
Hi Max! Thanks for taking the time to give some valuable input!