Anyone seriosuly looking at the new DROID?

[Titan410]

The GPS is great and very accurate. There is also an app called Tracks that will create a Google map for you showing your exact route, highest speed, lowest speed, altitude, averages, etc.
Its neat.
I've found call clarity to be very good. Battery OK, but I've been using a lot of apps and its still new so I am on it alot burning the battery up.

[kgoings]

Originally Posted by Titan410

The GPS is great and very accurate. There is also an app called Tracks that will create a Google map for you showing your exact route, highest speed, lowest speed, altitude, averages, etc.
Its neat.
I've found call clarity to be very good. Battery OK, but I've been using a lot of apps and its still new so I am on it alot burning the battery up.

I think the GPS is not as accurate as VZ Navigator. I think VZNav gets your location closer, I have noticed that I will have already turned and the Google maps thinks I am still on the other road.

Also if you lose your GPS connection the Navigation will not continue till you back out and re-nav. VZ Navigator did a great job with this.

These are small issues that can be fixed fairly easily.

[Titan410]

Originally Posted by kgoings

I think the GPS is not as accurate as VZ Navigator. I think VZNav gets your location closer, I have noticed that I will have already turned and the Google maps thinks I am still on the other road.

Also if you lose your GPS connection the Navigation will not continue till you back out and re-nav. VZ Navigator did a great job with this.

These are small issues that can be fixed fairly easily.

I haven't had these problems. On mine I've seen such accurate position that it is kind of scary. Like military grade accuracy, well, almost.
Make sure you have the GPS feature turned on. I guess you would have to to go into navigation mode, but there is an option to turn it off and then I suppose it used the cell tower you are hitting off of to determine your location.

I use an app called Tracks (just for fun that) will track where you've been and speed, altitude, etc. Then you can upload the track to Google Maps and view it online.

[BigAl_SC]

Ok..... You have had your Droid for awhile now. Still happy? recommend now or wait for second generation? Costs? are you getting hit with a lot of data charges after whats included?

I have one renewable now and 2 in feb....

[spectrrr]

Originally Posted by BigAl_SC

Ok..... You have had your Droid for awhile now. Still happy? recommend now or wait for second generation? Costs? are you getting hit with a lot of data charges after whats included?

I have one renewable now and 2 in feb....

LOVE IT! I did have to bring it back for a different unit due to some manufacturing defects, but new one is performing flawlessly so far.

Key part about the droid FOR ME is that it has the specific things I care about - physical keyboard, stunningly crisp and detailed screen. I'm less likely to notice OS bugs because I'm coming from windows mobile, the worst touchscreen OS in existence!

My list of things I wish it would do is pretty small really. So small I can't think of most of them right now. A few glitches syncing contacts between outlook-->google-->phone. No contacts lost... just a few that for some reasons didn't make the xfer. all in all I've been THRILLED with the Android OS, it has a lot of potential and I expect good things from it. First major update for the phone was released already, and another one coming in January, so they are LISTENING and RESPONDING to problems, which I think is CRITICAL.

The stock UI is a bit plain, but there's LOTS of customization options available to you if you look around. As for now or later.... VZW is rumored to be getting a third droid option coming 1Q '10, so you can always wait and look at that. Most likely it will be a Moto Droid styled device with 2.0 and beefy specs, but minus the keyboard. Pure guesswork at this time.

all in all, yes, still in love with my droid. But I fully recognize that its the first generation of droids for verizon and android 2.0..... So there's probably a few bugs I'm simply forgetting about because I just naturally assume they belong there in a 1st gen device. You're always better off waiting as long as you can....

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by BigAl_SC

Ok..... You have had your Droid for awhile now. Still happy? recommend now or wait for second generation? Costs? are you getting hit with a lot of data charges after whats included?

I have one renewable now and 2 in feb....

I would like to add.....
Anyone that has had an iPhone that now has a Droid?
Would really be interested in what you think.

[Titan410]

Originally Posted by BigAl_SC

Ok..... You have had your Droid for awhile now. Still happy? recommend now or wait for second generation? Costs? are you getting hit with a lot of data charges after whats included?

I have one renewable now and 2 in feb....

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.

[Clampdown]

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.

[Titan410]

Originally Posted by Clampdown

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.

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