I've also been told that I can't pre-order and keep my "new every 2." The Droid X WILL be mine. Hopefully Wal-Mart or Amazon will have the discount during the first week and I can hopefully get it somewhere other than Verizon.
Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin & Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun ________________________________ From: Sammie A <jazzynupe...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 5:11:02 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises have 2 agree with Martin, they (Verizon) will, but it is such a GREAT phone. it is the same size as the htc EVO that spring has. i am test driving one now (since i work with verizon) and it is AWESOME! BTW, Martin, you need to side bar me about the broadband card u have. got a few new one's that are a little faster! Fate. --- On Sat, 7/3/10, Martin Baxter <martinbaxter7@ gmail.com> wrote: >From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter7@ gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises >To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 11:23 AM > > > >Gerald, allow me to confirm that. As a Verizon broadband customer, I read that >in the mailer that came with last month's bill. > > >On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Gerald Haynes <efhay...@yahoo. com> wrote: > > >>I've read that Verizon will charge an extra fee and a data cap to use it as a >>hotspot. >> Gerald Haynes >>http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin & Hobbes who? >>http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ From: Tracy Curtis <tlcurti...@gmail. com> >>To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >>Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 3:34:39 PM >>Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises >> >> >>Just the ability for it to be a hotspot makes it worth a lot. I didn't know >>it >>could do that. >> >> >>On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:28 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 >
