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Blueface, I came from an iPhone, and to be honest, if Verizon had the iPhone at the time I switched (a month ago) I would have stuck with the iPhone.

The reason I'm staying with Verizon is that the service is much better than AT&T and T Mobile, and I'm happy with the Droid for now. I like it, but I don't love it, and sometimes find myself missing the iPhone's OS. One thing I do really like with the Droid is the notification drag down menu. Texts/emails/updates/etc all show up there, and it, along with the notification LED, are great.

I don't regret buying the Droid because the improvement in service is great, but if the iPhone does show up on Verizon within the next two years, I'd probably figure out a way to get it.

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I am waiting for HTC dragon/passion to come to verizon...should be early 2010

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Greg,
Thanks.
I appreciate.

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I still love my Droid, even more now that the honeymoon is over.
I have an iPod touch and the on screen keyboard is better on the iPod.
First and foremost, the Droid is a PHONE. It excels at that and is a very cool gadget too that lets you play games and download a lot of neat apps.

In Maryland, AT&T is horrible. iPhone users are always complaining about it,
Verizon is rock solid.

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I love my Droid. I love the fact that I can easily download songs for free to the phone, as well as other really helpful apps. The navigation has been great and likely wont change phones until the next upgrade comes out.

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The navigation is amazing! Much better that either of my dedicated GPS units. One is going to eBay ASAP.

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If you're looking for an Android device on Big Red, take a good hard look at the Eris. I like it better than the Droid, honestly.

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I picked up the Samsung Moment android phone on Sprint today. So far I am loving it.

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Nexus One coming to Verizon in Spring 2010. I am now, officially, excited about android.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/v...n-spring-2010/

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Was just reading that Andrew. But..........

I was interested and a little disappointed to read that apparently Google has already developed a new version of android for their own device, so soon after the Droid was released. I hope this doesn't mean that in the future they keep the newest and best for themselves, 'cause that's a pretty crappy business practice.

2) Yet another version of Android? So early on the fragmentation of this OS is very alarming to me.

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The way I understand it is that the Nexus One runs Android 2.1. The Droid, currently running 2.0.1 (or something like that), will eventually get an upgrade to 2.1 and the Eris, running 1.6, will follow the same upgrade path 2.0 then 2.1. But that is based on what I've read, not official announcements or anything.

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maybe I missed that article, but from my brief reading I think thats incorrect. To the best of my knowledge, Nexus 1 is running Android 2.1 which is not a different version of the OS on the droid, its just the latest version of it. The Moto Droid is slated to get the same thing in an update very soon (and certain folks who like to live dangerously have already done it themselves, but its not recommended).

Where are you reading that the OS's are going in different directions?

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I could have misunderstood what they were saying. But google android and fragmentation.

One example:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/...fragmentation/

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In a nutshell, it comes down to Mac vs PC.
It's the EXACT same development problems for the phones as it is for the computers.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. Apple makes their own hardware and it mostly comes in ONE flavor (well technically three flavors that are merely different varieties of the same flavor - vanilla).... As such it is very easy to develop for the phone, because "the phone" is a known factor in the equation, everyone knows what hardware it's going to be running.

But if you want Chocolate, or Cookie Dough... well thats too bad, since Apple is the only folks that make it and they have chosen to make Vanilla only. Enter Google. Good news: anyone can make the hardware, so you'll see submissions from HTC, Motorola, Samsung, etc.... Do you want a physical keyboard? Different camera? Smaller phone? Larger phone? Cheaper phone? NO PROBLEM! You can get any flavor of ice cream you want, from the classic chocolate all the way up to Rocky Road and a dairy-free soy ginger.

And there's where the problems appear: Some apps are allergic to nuts. What worked great with the chocolate........ sent you to the ER with the Rocky Road. And other apps handle nuts fine, but are allergic to ginger. Back to the ER we go.

This "fragmentation" of different options means that for the developers whose apps are inherently allergic to nuts or ginger or whatnot, they then have to figure out how to modify the app to account for that specific issue. As the number of Android handsets grows, so does the number of available flavors and the complexity of the food allergies facing android developers.

That's the simple version. There's plenty of things that "could" be done to help alleviate that problem (but it would NEVER eliminate it)... but since I can say with fair certainty that it will NOT happen that way.... All I can say is comes with the territory. If you want choice in your ice ream flavors, you're going to have to put up with the food allergies or switch to Vanilla.

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I hate Vanilla...and Apple for that matter. :D

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No.

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While not disagreeing entirely with you, it's a little more than Mac v PC, LOL

the wired article makes an interesting analogy between android and java, which developers pretty much despise. Lots of articles out there as to how developers are unhappy and reconsidering whether or not they want to invest the time working with android. Time will tell, but if the developers don't want to work with the os, or choose to ignore it, then google and android will be Palm all over again

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I didn't catch that Hugh, why don't you tell us how you really feel! :r:r:r:r

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Not a disagreement at all, I was drastically oversimplifying things for the sake of folks that don't understand the techie side of things.

Apple solved the Palm problem with their solution - it was called closed source and closed development. The very nature of a freely modifiable and open development environment creates 90% of the problems in that article. You can't have one without the other. Even though the windows mobile OS was not open source, it was open development and most of the same problems remained.

So to me, it just a modern reworking of the same old tale. The facts are different, the acting and scenery is different, but the plot and punch line appear to be the same.

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If anything just more like software updates for existing OSes, at least in terms of buggines. I think that when 2.1 and beyond becomes more feature rich, people/corps will drop the UI mods, even though they look great most features are now in by default.

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:tpd: I've seen this happen with WinMo 6.5. It seems that microsoft saw a lot of what people were tweaking/adding on to 6.1 and implemented that at an OS level.

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Anyone using a Twitter app on DROID?

I have Twidroid, but I cannot click on peoples photos in their tweets. When I do it brings up the Twidroid menu.

Ideas?

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a few months old, but possibly some options:
http://mashable.com/2009/10/23/android-twitter-apps/

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It magically works now. :r

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Has anyone had any issues with e-mail? I sent Danielle a photo on 2/16 and it just showed up today in her inbox. WTF?

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No problems with the gmail side of things. I am not using the corporate app.

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I didn't read through all the posts in the thread but what are you guys paying a month for service? I see that the droids are buy one get one free now, and both the contracts are up for the fiancee and myself in October, we both have Verizon right now, but aren't going to change anything till after the wedding.

I saw that Verizon lowered their unlimited talk plan to $69 recently, and then that sprint just lowered their talk/messaging/data plan to $69 a month so hopefully Verizon follows suit.

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4/12 I'm eligible for an upgrade :dance:

Palm Pixie Plus, Droid, or hopefully the Nexus will be an option :hm

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Rumor mill says March 27th. :D
(I'm due up on the 11th!)

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March 27th has come and gone...

I finally broke down and bought a barely used Droid Eris (should be here in the next couple days) to hold me over until the N1 (or even better, the HTC Incredible) lands on the big red V.

The rumor mill says mid-April should bring the 2.1 update to the Eris.

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My droid got the 2.1 this morning

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Me too. So far I like it. Ive heard about some issues with video lagging but havent tried video yet myself.

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I did the manual update last week. the live wallpapers are cool and I like google earth. Also pinch to zoom is finally here

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Live wallpapers are SIC!

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Got my Eris today, it's great. :)

I'll I am really missing from 2.1 is Google Voice integration and Google Navigation. Not compelling enough to get me to try to use one of the leaked 2.1 ROMs floating around. I'll wait a bit and see.

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I know for the Droid at least you can manual update it and it isn't a hacked version or anything, is the full version. Not sure if that is the same for the Eris but maybe worth checking out

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Once it is "out there", being pushed over the air I think that is possible but it isn't even being pushed yet.

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You won't have any luck on that one. The Droid has the manual option because some folks captured the official update file and published it themselves. For the Eris, there is no official update file yet.

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gotcha :tu

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The android 2.1 on the Droid is awesome! Sending a text, email, setting a calendar appointment by voice is worth getting the phone, oh yeah, and it makes calls well too.

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Rumors have it that the Incredible is coming end of April. I believe the 27th. Looks like that's what I'll be getting :)
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How do you do that?

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When you go to compose something, look for the microphone symbol on the bottom left of the screen. tap it.

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I thought 2.1 would have Flash? Anyone know when Flash is coming?

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OH MY GOD

:fu

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Incredible! April 29th!

http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-200...ag=mncol;title

I am jazzed about this!

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i just got a samsung "moment' yesterday, which is one of sprint's 2 android based phones....

so far so good....

it answers and makes calls..:banger

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anyone d/l any of the droid cigar apps yet? any reports?

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Best of both worlds :)
http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/20...uietly-in.html