http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/ Engadget Comments for Poll: Will the DROID have you in its clutches? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
Appletrooper: These aren't the droids we're looking for. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
BREAKING NEWS: 65,000,000 million iPhones have been crushed and recycled by the Droid Army to produce new Droids.

***plays Imperial Theme **** (that is gonna be my ringtone when I get my Droid)]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
My camera did not suffer from the clicking auto-focus fault found in many of the units. I am very happy with my purchase, now I just need to learn the ins and outs of Android]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
Just making it difficult, eh?]]>Nov 6th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/1. you're an idiot
2. this thing is way better than average. Father OMAP can you read you that bedtime story
3. Moto SUCKS..... until now. For Christ's sake, give a company the chance to reinvent themselves. Apple had tough times but then they did the ipod and revamped their computer lines. You've got to have some faith and let them do their thing.

I hated moto until this phone. Capac screen, high res, android 2. Dude this phone is high end and well built whether you like it or not
Try one in the hand. Feels Solid as hell]]>Nov 6th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Do you WORK for Sprint? Seriously, who has allegiance to carriers? We're all supposed to hate them for charging us a ton of money but secretly love their service. And Verizon has better coverage anyway, admit it. So you're not paying for nothing.

Fan girls huh? Stick with your principles, I'm sticking with the actual phone that's right for me (Droid). I'd even get an iphone if it were right phone for me despite all the iTrolls. Get what you want no matter who else is getting it. What are you a freshman in high school?... who has a part time job at Sprint? ; )]]>Nov 6th 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
But that's just it. Sprint isn't charging me a ton of money. Forgive me for wanting to spread the news. I guess trying to help people out died in 32 A.D.]]>Nov 6th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
I do think the DROID coverage is a bit out of hand though. The DROID is not that revolutionary. Realistically what does it do that competing phones don't? It is just another Android based handset, only impressively slim with a full slider keyboard, but then again the LG Monaco that is rumored to be released on AT&T this month has the same dimensions and gets barely a peep. Furthermore it is CDMA, and tied to a less than open carrier. Android appeals largely to the open source crowd, and Verizon is the poster child for a controlling closed environment. Remember when they used to disable the ability to transfer ringtones using Bluetooth or USB on every phone so that you would have to buy them? Now they are just continuing that with the nickel and dime for tethering and Exchange syncing. CDMA is not flexible and doesn't allow you to just unlock a phone and pop in a SIM when you want to switch things up a bit and change phone numbers and carriers.

So what I don't understand is why all the folks that love Android for being open source, are fawning over a device that is far less flexible than the alternatives.

Perhaps it is just that the iPhone fad has finally worn thin and people are desperately grasping for a new phone that will make them cool again. ]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
The two biggest drawback to the Droid for me are the lack of xda-developers.com support, and the lack of TouchFLO/Sense, which from my experience is the best mobile GUI I've ever used, bar none. That's why although the Droid is compelling, the HD2 and the Dragon are slightly higher on my list (if they ever make it to Canada). I imagine that Android Sense ROMs might appear for the Droid though, so that would take some of the sting out.

PS: rumour has it Droid will be coming to Telus in Q1. I'm off contract at the end of March, so I'm gonna weigh my options until then.]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
At $84 a month I get unlimited everything except calls to landlines. DROID is nice and all but Verizon needs to lower their prices. They have the best customer service and network coverage I have experienced, but that doesn't justify the outrageous prices they like to charge.]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
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It should run great on a Touch Pro.

That being said, yeah, the HD2 is the phone to beat right now.]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/Nov 6th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/poll-will-the-droid-have-you-in-its-clutches/
I mean..... if you don't know the phone at least your know R2D2 !!!! ]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:33AM