http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/ Engadget Comments for How would you change Motorola's Droid? 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/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Make a 1 year contract the standard at the same price. At the rate Android (and the entire industry) is moving, our once modern Droids will be the equivalent of calculators in two years]]>Dec 19th 2009 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Also, Google should open their wallets and pay up whatever they need to (that other companies have), to throw some in some multi-touch in the US.

It's not the biggest deal, but I can think of a few key apps and oodles of games that benefit. Plus, don't they want people to explore the more progressive sides of UI (again, in the US)?]]>Dec 19th 2009 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Multi-touch is available on the Droid (and most other Android devices, if the hardware supports it), it is just not available in Google's Native apps (maps/browser). If you want a multi-touch browser then get the Dolphin Browser (its free if I remember correctly). ]]>Dec 19th 2009 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
sprint please!]]>Dec 19th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/the price is fine. $200 for this awesome piece or hardware is nothing. What it needs is video out!!! and Android needs an upgrade. I want to be able to re-name icons and add my own pictures to folders. And, the Android market needs like a million more top developers.]]>Dec 19th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Lose the connection with Motorola. Motorola = FAIL.]]>Dec 19th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
You don't know when to shut up, do ya?

Multitouch for us Americans. We been discriminated.]]>Dec 19th 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 20th 2009 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
WE WANT TO BUY MORE PHONES! Why does Verizon hate us for this?]]>Dec 20th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 20th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://bit.ly/motorola-droid-intro-and-caveats

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I got used to the keyboard in 1 day.]]>Dec 19th 2009 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
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Your MAN-THUMBS!? WHAHAHAHHA !!! OMGWTFBBQHAXFTW!]]>Dec 19th 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
I've used a friend's, and the worst part is that thing on the right side of the keyboard - it means you have to reach awkwardly to access some of the keys. ]]>Dec 19th 2009 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
True, can I get one sans physical keyboard all together to make it look better and possibly thinner? Contrary to what iPhone haters want you to believe they're plenty of us out there that know how to use and prefer a virtual keyboard. One redesigned Droid sans physical keyboard and a multitouch virtual keyboard that's actually descent and maybe I'll think of buying one. ]]>Dec 19th 2009 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
See: Sholes Tablet]]>Dec 19th 2009 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/+1 I gave my wife back her Droid and picked up my TP2 again because of the enterprise email and the keyboard]]>Dec 19th 2009 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Yeah the keyboard really isn't a problem. I've never owned a blackberry or any other smartphone until this for that matter, but I became much more natural with the Droid's keyboard after about a month of use. It took maybe like 2 days to get used to, but now i can type pretty fast with few mistakes and not constantly looking down. If the keys were more distinct it would be perfect, but I really don't think the keyboard is as bad as people make it out to be. Just takes some time like getting good at any new input method.

Personally, I much prefer it to the virtual keyboard- I can't type too fast on that or else the buttons don't register before I release one finger and the typing gets screwed up really fast. Plus call me crazy but I don't like how it guesses some of your words and assumes you want lol capitalized to LOL.]]>Dec 19th 2009 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Replace d-pad with small opti-nav and centralize the keyboard with contoured keys for good separation.

Theres still nothing out there for me yet, waiting on the Trophy..]]>Dec 19th 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/I'm liking my Samsung Moment right now actually, and i'm actually not a Sammy fan. ]]>Dec 19th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
I have my Milestone for a week now and have absolutely no problem with the keyboard, I really like the feedback it gives.

...... What I would change about the droid/milestone?.... I guess more internal memory above everything else. ]]>Dec 19th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
They need to bring that keyboard style back.]]>Dec 20th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/I'm a BlackBerry Bold user, and one of the things that kept me from the Droid was the keyboard. I've been spoiled by RIM.]]>Dec 20th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/I agree about the keyboard...
Sure, you might get "used to it" in a day or three, but that's not even close to the problem:
1) it's flat, no tactile feel - might as well use the touchscreen!
2) typing speed is relatively slower than my old G1, because of it.
3) you have to look at it as you type, because of it.
4) typing on the on-screen keyboard is better not only because there's no tactile-feel advantage of the keyboard over the screen, but the on-screen keyboard auto-completes words that you are typing and corrects typing errors to the degree where you can flying-fingers approach it, typing approximately where the keys would be on the physical keyboard, and it does an unbelievably amazing (nearly 100%) job of figuring out what you *meant* to type. This feature is totally disabled when you use the physical keyboard (and that is a good thing in some cases, when you want to type in weird words, slang, product codes, etc).]]>Feb 1st 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Yup. The good news is that Telus is supposed to get it sometime in January. The bad news is I'm stuck on Bell for another 2 years. Canada sucks for cell phone users...]]>Dec 19th 2009 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Not anymore, WIND MOBILE BABY!!!!]]>Dec 19th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/If only their coverage is better and you don't find yourself roaming on Robbers' network if you're a minute north of Highway 7 paying 25c a minute and 25c/10KB of data all the time...]]>Dec 19th 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/We love our Igloo's, Eh! Property tax on them is a bit high, but they get the job done. Our lower Ontario seal slaughter starts in a few minutes, so I gotta grab my sharpened hockey stick. I hope the seals survived the 20 degree (thats 68 to you Americans) weather we've had the past few days. Eh.
(joking.)
But no seriously, we get short changed on everything. That's when we make the 5 minute drive over the boarder to buy a phone and put our SIM in it.
When your dying in the gutter, come to Canada, we have free health care!]]>Dec 19th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
Yeah right, except you pay huge long distance on telus, bell or rogers whenever you leave your home area anyway. Besides, Wind is expanding like crazy. Give em a year, and they will be a full national carrier, except for Quebec, but that's not Canada anyway. ]]>Dec 19th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Dec 19th 2009 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/
They have the BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Maple, Samsung Gravity and Huawei U7519.

Apart from the last one, I'd take any of 'em.]]>Dec 19th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/19/how-would-you-change-motorolas-droid/Should make it thinner, then.]]>Dec 19th 2009 1:33AM