Yes. But the rest of the hardware is pretty nice, the resolution especially. I wonder if Apple will announce in january a speed bump to their iphone line, it's getting dated. The snapdragon is going to start appearing in more and more phones across the board, offering nice video playback etc.
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 9:47 AM, John Duncan Yoyo <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm waiting out CES to see if anything really cool gets announced. The > Droid is a near miss- I want a better keyboard than than one. More like my > LG ENV with raised buttons not a flat plane of keys. The droid keyboard is > everything I dislike about the touch screen keyboards but mechanical. > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM, rleesimon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I found droid and brethren to be too big and square ...I like to "one > hand" > > the fone and I opted for a slightly smaller screen device with great > > features and, the deal maker for me, triband 3g so I can use it in the EU > > as > > well as the USA (quad band 2g) ...it's the Motosurf a3100 ...I am > > accustomed > > to WindowsCE/PocketPC as I have an IPAQ PDA for years, so no learning > curve > > for WindowsMobile6.1 ...I don't know if they will come out with > > WindowsMobile6.5 upgrade for this device which is androidish but Motorola > > made a today screen overlay which is great with pages to the side via > > carousel etc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mike [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:35 PM > > Subject: Re: Droid/Eris questions > > > > Go into a store and use it a little bit, probably the best way to find > out. > > I think verizon also had a deal, buy one eris get one free...and the eris > > is > > much cheaper. > > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Andy Gallant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mike, thanks for the comments - much appreciated. In fact, because I > did > > > read a number of the many reviews, I wanted to ask and hear from the > > folks > > > on this list, including how it feels to use the Droid keyboard, which > > many > > > reviewers did not like. There's a lot of value here! -Andy > > > > > > > > > On 1/2/2010 10:17 PM, mike wrote: > > > > > >> /snip/ > > >> > > >> > > >> There are about four million reviews of the hardware on the droid, > find > > a > > >> couple you trust (they are like movie reviewers) and read up. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/** > > > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
