So, rave, any idea as to what happened to the Kin? For three days, I couldn't blink without seeing an ad for it on TV or online, and now nothing...
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
