Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-04 Thread Sammie A
Gerald,

hit me up on sidebar too.  amazon will not have it (at least that is what they 
are telling us) and as 4 wal-mart.verizon is setting the msrp @ $299.99, so 
they will have 2 start there.

Fate.

--- On Sat, 7/3/10, Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Gerald Haynes efhay...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 10:27 PM







 



  



  
  
  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://thesmallfrie s.com - Calvin  Hobbes who?
http://dontarrestus .com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun

From: Sammie A jazzynupe007@ yahoo.com
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.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://thesmallfrie s.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





 



 





  


 








  


 





 



  






  

Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-03 Thread Martin Baxter
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:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.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. 
 comravena...@yahoo.com
  wrote:



 http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ytech_gadg/ ytech_gadg_ 
 tc2996http://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


Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-03 Thread Sammie A
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 martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.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://thesmallfrie s.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





 





 



  






  

Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-03 Thread Gerald Haynes
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
 

 


  

Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-02 Thread Gerald Haynes
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: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.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. 




 


  

[scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-01 Thread Kelwyn
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. 




Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-01 Thread Martin Baxter
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


Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises

2010-07-01 Thread Tracy Curtis
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.