[Hold My Own]

Oh dear Lord TBGBG and myself are on the same thought pattern.....

[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

Oh dear Lord TBGBG and myself are on the same thought pattern.....

"I think I see a haaaateerrrrrrr"

[ALUmnus]

Google will own all of you.

"Living off the grid" will come to mean keeping all your info away from Google.

[Hold My Own]

I agree....I believe in the end times world domination will come from a business that has to much power and falls into the wrong hands.

[SumItUp]

I agree....I believe in the end times world domination will come from a business that has to much power and falls into the wrong hands.

.........and current Google management is??????

Don't be evil!

[adam42381]

I'd also like an invite. I've been a Gmail user since it was in Beta. I used YouMail but didn't pay for the premium service where they'll type your voicemails. It got pretty buggy a couple months back so now I'm back using Verizon voicemail. I'd love to go with Google.

[mrmacphisto]

Don't be evil!

I think their sub-motto is "Do as I say, not as I do."

[El Scorcho]

I gave away my last two GV invites earlier today. (One went to Sly, actually.)

I can't use the service because texts don't always make it to my phone. That's a deal breaker for me. Otherwise it'd be pretty cool. I've been using it since before Google bought it (back when it was called Grand Central) and through the closed beta. Something about the way they're handling SMS messages just isn't consistent. Oh well.

[PAmedic]

IF ANYONE CARES I HAVEN'T UNDERSTOOD ONE SINGLE POST IN THIS ENTIRE THREAD.

THAT'S THREE PAGES AND COUNTING.

ANY PARTICULAR REASON YOU PRIMA DONNAS ARE TOO GOOD TO JUST ANSWER YOUR !@#$%^&* PHONES WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU? AGAIN, IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO USE THE PHONE TO SPEAK TO OTHERS, DONT HAVE A CELL PHONE. JUST CARRY A COMPUTER AROUND WITH YOU . FREAKS.

YES, I'M SHOUTING SO YOU WILL NOTICE ME.

NOW BACK TO THE HISTORY CHANNEL FOR ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

[Sly Fox]

I've been using it at work through an old Grand Central account as well. It was great for us handling text messages during services.

Thanks for the invite on my personal account, El Scorcho. I am getting dangerously close to becoming a Droid carrier (come on, BB ... give me a reason to stick with you) and this would be a perfect fit.

[JDUB]

My droid is on the way. My blackberry keeps freezing up and having different random problems, and I'm just not a huge fan. It was cool when I got it, but the freezing up and stuff got old quick. I ordered the Droid Eris because I don't like the shape of the other one and don't need the keyboard

[El Scorcho]

My droid is on the way. My blackberry keeps freezing up and having different random problems, and I'm just not a huge fan. It was cool when I got it, but the freezing up and stuff got old quick. I ordered the Droid Eris because I don't like the shape of the other one and don't need the keyboard

They're really going to have a hard time with that droid branding. Two totally different devices running different versions of the same OS. One is the droid everyone is talking about, one is not. Confusing. Bad strategy. I blame HTC.

[JDUB]

I blame motorola for not being creative, and naming their devise the same thing as the operating system it runs on. Either way, mine shipped to my parents house instead of mine so I won't have it until this weekend.

[Sly Fox]

Actually Verizon is the one branding all of their Android products as Droids.

I started carrying a Motorola Droid today. I guess my Old Hag status is showing because I don't find it near as ugly as some on here suggest. I like the extra wide screen that comes from the boxier casing. yeah, the keyboard is nowhere near as strong as the BlackBerry (wish they would've used full surface of the slider for keyboard instead of that stupid box). But I'm getting the hang of it ... something I just couldn't feel comfortable with on the iPhone.

I went from dead to fully charged in about an hour off a wall jack. I could never do that on my BB. Sure it doesn't have multi-touch. Otherwise I can't tell how it is not the best phone on the market today. Yeah, I said it. Just the fact I am on Verizon instead of AT&T is reason enough for the droid to have an edge.

[El Scorcho]

Otherwise I can't tell how it is not the best phone on the market today. Yeah, I said it. Just the fact I am on Verizon instead of AT&T is reason enough for the droid to have an edge.

The UI sucks. Yeah, I said it. The overall experience is still pretty lacking by comparison.

Having said that, yeah...Verizon's network rocks. No getting around that. But I'm still carrying an iPhone. Worth it.

[Sly Fox]

OK, I've been using the Droid now for several days and I'm not sure what aspect of the UI sucks. I love how customizable it is.

Granted, I haven't used a 3GS iPhone so my experience is strictly related to the 3G. But I'm not seeing a big upgrade in the interface. What am I missing besides multi-touch (which I admit is cool)?

[JDUB]

I love my Droid Eris, and the only thing that sucks is the battery. My roommate got rid of his Iphone for the Eris, and loves it. He said there are a few things that aren't as good, but the Verizon network, free apps, and customizability make it completely worth it.

[El Scorcho]

OK, I've been using the Droid now for several days and I'm not sure what aspect of the UI sucks.

I don't find it to be as intuitive, as well thought-out or as impressive in general. I know I'm biased, but hey, I like my phone. I like it a lot.

[Hold My Own]

Scorchy didnt you say a few weeks ago talk about how the droid beats the iphone in all the different aspects

[El Scorcho]

Scorchy didnt you say a few weeks ago talk about how the droid beats the iphone in all the different aspects

Uh, no. In the Droid thread I said...

If the interface is solid (and I wasn't under contract), I'd actually consider this phone. It has equal (and sometimes better) hardware than the iPhone and a much better network to run it on. If Google gets v.2.0 of Android right, I think this is the new phone to beat.

Which I followed up with this...

I've got to say, the phone itself looks pretty lame.

I agree. I've looked at a lot of pics of it in the last 24 hours and I think it's ugly. For some people it doesn't make a difference, but I do think it's a major flaw. Appearance isn't everything, but it's something.

Engadget's review (Link: http://tr.im/DE9x) wasn't kind to the interface. That's the thing I said they absolutely had to get right. Shame.

Yep. I still think it's a good phone and the best competition for the iPhone there is. It's better in some aspects, yes. The network, the camera, the screen and the hardware keyboard are nice. It's worse in other aspects. No multi-touch, the look of the thing, poor camera controls and the UI are all negatives, for me. I'd say all other aspects are probably even.

I'm glad there's competition and the Droid is good. But I really like my iPhone. A lot.

[Sly Fox]

For the record, you can have whatever camera controls you like because of the open Android platform unlike the control freak Apple devices. There are some very solid camera controls that are more than adequate for a 5-megapixel camera.

[El Scorcho]

For the record, you can have whatever camera controls you like because of the open Android platform unlike the control freak Apple devices. There are some very solid camera controls that are more than adequate for a 5-megapixel camera.

Ummm. I've got several apps that can control the camera on the iPhone.

[Sly Fox]

For the record, I have been very impressed with the video I've recorded on my Droid. It has exceeded my expectations and then some.

[JDUB]

yes the video quality is excellent, perfect for uploading directly to youtube. I just have the problem of going over 3mb every time

[Hold My Own]

Here's the real test. Yup...you can correct your words with the new Chrome.


Seriously this is about 10x faster then my firefox was running....even to the point it would freeze up for 10 seconds at a time. This is night and day better.

They've made alot of improvements too. I have a ton of addon's that I had over on FF too....so happy I tried the new one.