http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2996
While the world continues to line up for the latest iPhone reception problems and all Verizon's just-announced jumbo-screen Motorola Droid X has racked up a bevy of admiring reviews. David Pogue at the New York Times calls the Droid X (slated to arrive July 15 for $199, with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract and after a mail-in rebate) a "big, beautiful contender" with an "almost-Imax screen" (4.3 inches diagonally, to be exact, or almost a inch bigger than the iPhone's 3.5-inch display). The phone performs like a "speed rocket," Pogue gushes, and benefits from Google's "open and customizable" (and soon Flash-supporting) Android OS, although he also complains about a few nagging quirks (the security warnings before you download Android apps, the wonky screen rotation, the Wi-Fi-less Skype). The Droid X battery "gets you through a full day easily," Pogue continues, and there's also Verizon's "expensive but not-call-dropping network," as well as the handset's ability to act as a mobile hotspot for other Wi-Fi devices. That said, the Droid X isn't for everyone, Pogue warns, saying that the "absolutely huge" shell makes you feel "as if you're talking into a frozen waffle" when you're making a call, and that although Android is a great OS for "technically proficient high-end users," it's "more complicated and less polished" than Apple's iOS.
