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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
I look forward to reading what you have to write Rushmore. I saw someone with the Droid yesterday on the Metro. It looks nicer then I thought but the Verizon logo on it makes me go "ugh".

If I were to ever get it I would probably get the Milestone (GSM variant of the Droid which was actually Sholes originally). Especially since Verizon's 3G network won't let you do voice and data at the same time.
I already know the good and bad about Droid:

+ Sweet 3.7" screen with perfect aspect ratio for movies (less black bars)
+ A lot of practical apps and good phone centric integration
+ Google apps work great- especially Nav and Layers
+ Game emulators work very well (from a game nut perspective)
+ 3G is amazing in KY (of all places)
+ Solid build

- Android
- Processes reopen even after killing them with task manager- bad for game emulators and I can tell when it happens. For some reason, even apps like Tunewiki will load without prompting-odd.
- SD card stuck behind battery
- 28 less usable gigs of memory compared to N900
- No FM receiver or transmitter
- Have to convert video files to MP4
- No Flash until July (at best)
- Camera is weak and maybe not all issues can be corrected through software.
- Low apps space. I currently have 181mb free on the Droid I am using, which is not much if decent commercial games were to come out.
- Keyboard is weak.
- Sound quality is weak compared to G1 (good sounding device)
- OS updates are at the mercy of Motorola - this is not good, based on their history.

N900 will have to be looked at differently, since "new" OS with version 5 and will take time for apps and phone features to build up and / or improve.

UPDATE: Laughing Man, I did not know that. I have not used it for much calling since I still have my G1 and want to keep my current phone number. I have only called out a few times testing the signal in remote places.

Last edited by Rushmore; 2009-11-24 at 14:15.