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1 edit | About time! It's about time Verizon gets out of the stone ages and expands their smartphone portfolio. Personally I am looking at the Motorola Droid myself, but with so many android phones coming out in the next few months, it's tough to commit 100% till I see what else big red is getting. | |
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bender
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clubs: | Re: About time! with so many android phones, finally ppl can settle down and just look at the plans being offered instead of being screwed into a horrible plan because the phone is only offered on one carrier.
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clubs: | Re: About time! damn that RAZR!
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clubs: | Re: About time! lmao! yea the razr, thats the one | |
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clubs: | Good thing no other carriers and providers have exclusive handset deals, huh?!?!
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clubs: | Re: About time! yea that would just suck for the consumer | |
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| lesopp
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Land O Lakes, FL
| Re: What early impressions? said by Nightfall  :I guess if you are basing your impressions on a single picture and a bunch of speculation... Maybe this phone is in the running for the next Nobel peace prize. | |
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| Here are the specs.
* Dimensions 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm
* Weight 169g
* Battery Li-ion 1400mAh.
* Standby 450 hours, talk time 420 minutes
* Display 3.7-inch touch-sensitive with a resolution 480×854 pixels, displays 16 million colors. Physical screen size is 45.72 mm by 81.34 mm.
* 16 GB Memory (FLASH / RAM): 512MB/256MB memory card microSD / microSDHC up to 16 GB
* Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-Mail
* Complete embedded HTML browser
* Camera: 5 MP autofocus
* Connectivity: USB2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR 1, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g)
* Supported audio formats: AMR-NB/WB, MP3, PCM / WAV, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA
* Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H263, H264, WMV
* GPS navigation
* Package Contents: Phone Motorola Sholes, battery, charger, USB cable, memory card 8GB MicroSD and other literature. | |
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| Re: What early impressions? said by rick0204 :Here are the specs. * Dimensions 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm * Weight 169g * Battery Li-ion 1400mAh. * Standby 450 hours, talk time 420 minutes * Display 3.7-inch touch-sensitive with a resolution 480×854 pixels, displays 16 million colors. Physical screen size is 45.72 mm by 81.34 mm. * 16 GB Memory (FLASH / RAM): 512MB/256MB memory card microSD / microSDHC up to 16 GB * Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-Mail * Complete embedded HTML browser * Camera: 5 MP autofocus * Connectivity: USB2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR 1, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g) * Supported audio formats: AMR-NB/WB, MP3, PCM / WAV, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA * Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H263, H264, WMV * GPS navigation * Package Contents: Phone Motorola Sholes, battery, charger, USB cable, memory card 8GB MicroSD and other literature. * Severely crippled by Verizon Wireless. Your list was cut off, I corrected it.
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Matt
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| Re: What early impressions? said by joako :said by rick0204 :Here are the specs. * Dimensions 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm * Weight 169g * Battery Li-ion 1400mAh. * Standby 450 hours, talk time 420 minutes * Display 3.7-inch touch-sensitive with a resolution 480×854 pixels, displays 16 million colors. Physical screen size is 45.72 mm by 81.34 mm. * 16 GB Memory (FLASH / RAM): 512MB/256MB memory card microSD / microSDHC up to 16 GB * Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-Mail * Complete embedded HTML browser * Camera: 5 MP autofocus * Connectivity: USB2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR 1, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g) * Supported audio formats: AMR-NB/WB, MP3, PCM / WAV, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA * Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H263, H264, WMV * GPS navigation * Package Contents: Phone Motorola Sholes, battery, charger, USB cable, memory card 8GB MicroSD and other literature. * Severely crippled by Verizon Wireless. Your list was cut off, I corrected it. Please note the BoyGeniusReport. They specifically state it's not crippled by Verizon in any way.
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/dev/null | Re: What early impressions? They've picked one up from a Verizon retail store just to make sure?
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bologna11
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Gbcue
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| said by Nightfall :All I see is a picture or two of the device. There are no reviews on how the phone works. There are no reviews on what applications are going to be available. There are no reviews on the speed of the phone. There are no specs on the phone as to how much memory, processor, and so on. I guess if you are basing your impressions on a single picture and a bunch of speculation, then its very positive. Personally, I want to see a detailed review on this before I get my hopes up. »www.google.com/motorola+droid
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Matt
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| said by Nightfall :All I see is a picture or two of the device. There are no reviews on how the phone works. There are no reviews on what applications are going to be available. There are no reviews on the speed of the phone. There are no specs on the phone as to how much memory, processor, and so on. I guess if you are basing your impressions on a single picture and a bunch of speculation, then its very positive. Personally, I want to see a detailed review on this before I get my hopes up. The Android 2.0 OS is pretty well known and BoyGeniusReport did provide a few bullet points from their hands on. I'm with you though, everyone creamed their pants when the Pre was released and it's (so far) turned out to be rather mediocre.
I'm hoping this phone will be a winner though as so far, it's got everything I want; it's thinner than my iPhone, is a slider with a full QWERTY keyboard, larger/higher resolution screen, it supports Exchange (but does that mean push support? What about tasks and calendar?), and the web browser is based on Chrome with built-in flash support. Oh and it's not on a GSM network. (Ok, that was a cheap shot, but I really hate my AT&T service.)
On paper, it looks GREAT. Here's hoping it's not all hype.
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@nuvox.net | Re: What early impressions? Not thinner than the iPhone. iPhone is 10-11mm thick, Droid is 13.7mm. Not a lot of difference but it is not thinner. | |
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Matt
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| Re: What early impressions? said by drock4484 :
Not thinner than the iPhone. iPhone is 10-11mm thick, Droid is 13.7mm. Not a lot of difference but it is not thinner.
The iPhone is 12.3mm (»www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html) but your point still stands, I misread the boygeniusreport. Thanks for the correction.
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Nightfall
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| said by Matt :said by Nightfall :All I see is a picture or two of the device. There are no reviews on how the phone works. There are no reviews on what applications are going to be available. There are no reviews on the speed of the phone. There are no specs on the phone as to how much memory, processor, and so on. I guess if you are basing your impressions on a single picture and a bunch of speculation, then its very positive. Personally, I want to see a detailed review on this before I get my hopes up. The Android 2.0 OS is pretty well known and BoyGeniusReport did provide a few bullet points from their hands on. I'm with you though, everyone creamed their pants when the Pre was released and it's (so far) turned out to be rather mediocre. I'm hoping this phone will be a winner though as so far, it's got everything I want; it's thinner than my iPhone, is a slider with a full QWERTY keyboard, larger/higher resolution screen, it supports Exchange (but does that mean push support? What about tasks and calendar?), and the web browser is based on Chrome with built-in flash support. Oh and it's not on a GSM network. (Ok, that was a cheap shot, but I really hate my AT&T service.) On paper, it looks GREAT. Here's hoping it's not all hype. This is what I am talking about.
I want to know how snappy it is. I want to know how useful it is. I want to see the apps that are being developed for it. I want to see the performance of the phone. I want to see the reception on the phone and how well it sounds.
So many things to go over, so little time.
The little bullet points are just enough to wet my appetite. It really answers no questions about the device.
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FastiBook
join:2003-01-08
Newtown, PA | I've seen lots of photos of it, it's nothing special.
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Matt
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| Re: What early impressions? said by FastiBook :I've seen lots of photos of it, it's nothing special. - A Says the guy who is so enamored with the iPhone it's his freaking avatar. 
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Markie
join:2003-07-26
Kalispell, MT
| Love and hate are human... Verizon and Google *don't* hate each other. Corporations don't have love and hate. They have business goals. Verizon's and Google's are normally very different. Right now they're the same - beat Apple. When they're the same, they can work together  | |
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Matt
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| Re: Love and hate are human... said by adisor19 :said by Markie :Verizon and Google *don't* hate each other. Corporations don't have love and hate. They have business goals. Verizon's and Google's are normally very different. Right now they're the same - beat Apple. When they're the same, they can work together Verizon's getting desperate. They're skipping HSDPA so they'll be behind everyone else until LTE is out and they NEED something semi cool to get customers. This Droid phone certainly fits the bill and google spanked them around and forced them to support net neutrality. I definitely like where this is going ! Adi Verizon is skipping HSDPA because they run a CDMA network. HSDPA runs on top of the UMTS network. LTE is the next logical move for them and they've announced 50 markets that will be LTE by the end of next year.
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| Re: Love and hate are human... Yes, except other CDMA carriers around the world are dumping CDMA networks and going to UMTS networks (and even 2G GSM in the case of CellularOne here in MT but they were only CDMAone - never CDMA2000 much less EVDO).
Bell and Telus in Canada make the switch from CDMA/EVDO to UMTS/HSDPA in November for example... | |
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| Re: Love and hate are human... said by Markie :Yes, except other CDMA carriers around the world are dumping CDMA networks and going to UMTS networks (and even 2G GSM in the case of CellularOne here in MT but they were only CDMAone - never CDMA2000 much less EVDO). Bell and Telus in Canada make the switch from CDMA/EVDO to UMTS/HSDPA in November for example... Verizon is completely bypassing HSDPA and moving to LTE. LTE is GSM/UMTS based, but is not compatible with HSDPA. So if Verizon wanted to support HSDPA they'd have to roll that out in addition to LTE. Just like when AT&T rolls out LTE it won't be compatible with their HSDPA 3G network. So it makes zero sense to roll out HSDPA if they're rolling out a newer technology already.
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join:2003-11-07
Long Beach, CA | Verizon's just jealous.  | |
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GenBlood
join:2005-04-14
Nashua, NH
| Bring down your PRICES .... The Droid phone looks great ... now make it even better
by having a service plan better then other cell phone
providers ... I would pay $300 for a good cell phone ..
but the service plan for smart phones are too high ...
I figure a with unlimited talk,text and a limit on internet
surfing and make it under $45.00 would would be nice ..
Verizon step up and due it cheaper then AT&T ....
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Lancaster, PA | droid fones let's see if MILLIONS of people line up at midnight to be there when the stores have them for sale... | |
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| just one catch? "given Verizon's history with closed networks and crippled devices, you have to wonder where the catch will be."
Uhh...would that there was only one catch. I fully expect the Droid phone to demonstrate the full extent of their anal retentive control freak nature. Probably we'll see multiple catches.
Perhaps it will finally STFU all the iTards out there who are frothing at the mouth over when the jesus phone will finally escape from AT&T, when they discover that Verizon is actually much worse than AT&T in terms of open-ness with devices on their network.
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cdru
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| Pun said by Karl Bode :Is this, dare we say, the droid you're looking for? Boo Boo. How long have you been waiting to say that line? | |
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| Re: Pun said by cdru :said by Karl Bode :Is this, dare we say, the droid you're looking for? Boo Boo. How long have you been waiting to say that line? Probably since the site opened.
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1 edit | Delete this please mods. Delete please.
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FastiBook
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| No... No, sorry, this is still not the droid we are looking for. I think it's fair to say we will never find the droid we are looking for, and moto will end up with another huge flop sadly failing to reproduce its huge razr success. People fail to realize that motorola is a US company, and since when have us electronics companies beaten the competition?
It was though, fun to laugh at the first photo i saw of the droid. I don't think i've ever randomly laughed at a product in such a way before. Why doesn't moto go back to making car radios?
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| Re: No... said by FastiBook :No, sorry, this is still not the droid we are looking for. I think it's fair to say we will never find the droid we are looking for, and moto will end up with another huge flop sadly failing to reproduce its huge razr success. People fail to realize that motorola is a US company, and since when have us electronics companies beaten the competition? It was though, fun to laugh at the first photo i saw of the droid. I don't think i've ever randomly laughed at a product in such a way before. Why doesn't moto go back to making car radios? - A Ahhhhh - another abused ex-MOT employee.
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hoyleysox
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| Looking forward to the VZ Droid phone Thanks for posting the news Karl! I am very interested in the phone. I am curious if VZ will require the $30/month data plan like they do with blackberries or if I can continue to use my $15/month 'unlimited' data plan.
Anxiously await reviews to see how locked down the phone will be.
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hayabusa3303
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Droid Launch November 9?
