Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I switched from a smartphone to an ENV2. > > My wife wants to upgrade to an ENV3 > > BB's do have a touch screen it is called the Storm 2. > > There are those sold on touch screens and there are those who are

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread MrMike6by9
I believe many carriers allow a 30-day experience with a new subsidized device before you are fully committed to the 2-year contract. With ATT, I only needed to wait 18 months before going from a Q9h to my 3GS. It would have been 2 years if I had switched carriers. I've seen my 3GS perform noticea

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I switched from a smartphone to an ENV2. My wife wants to upgrade to an ENV3 BB's do have a touch screen it is called the Storm 2. There are those sold on touch screens and there are those who are not. I am not sold on touch screens I want a physical keyboard. Stewart At 12:19 PM 1/3/2010,

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread mike
Yes, as I noted in another thread, many won't buy an iPhone due to lack of keyboard. For me, the eris/hero keyboard is good, I'm not sending out massive 4 page emails on the thing, just an sms a few times a day. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 11:19 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM, mike wrote: > 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

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread mike
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. O

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
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 S

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread rleesimon
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

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-02 Thread mike
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 wrote: > Mike, thanks for the comments - much appreciated. In fact, because I did >

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-02 Thread Andy Gallant
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 1/2/2

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-02 Thread mike
I have the sprint version of the eris and I find it extremely usable and well made. Everything I've wanted to do I've been able to, the soft keyboard is good, but not quite iphone good. The apps are plentiful, I don't find myself missing anything in that department. The droid I have zero experie

[CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-02 Thread Andy Gallant
Now looking at a Verizon Wireless promotion - buy a Droid and get a free Eris (naturally, Ts and Cs apply). The primary requirements are for two phones for voice, text, email, and web in the MD/DC area - at least one phone with physical QWERTY keyboard - personal and light business use - Veriz