Comments on: An Open Letter to Droid Owners http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/ The trusted source for Android news and opinion | Est. 2007 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: droidin http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-12019 droidin Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:25:55 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-12019 I had infinetely better 2 mpx camera on my non-android, 3 yo Sony-Ericsson then 3 mpx on MyTouch. That's the only thing I really miss. If your optics suck no amount of mpx will compensate, By February when 8pmx Sony-E is out Droid will be old news anyway. Nothing lasts forever and life expectancy of any gadget does not extend beyound 3 months. And I do like MyTouch, going to hang onto it for as long as I can (man I have 20 months left on my contract) I had infinetely better 2 mpx camera on my non-android, 3 yo Sony-Ericsson then 3 mpx on MyTouch. That's the only thing I really miss. If your optics suck no amount of mpx will compensate, By February when 8pmx Sony-E is out Droid will be old news anyway. Nothing lasts forever and life expectancy of any gadget does not extend beyound 3 months.
And I do like MyTouch, going to hang onto it for as long as I can (man I have 20 months left on my contract)

]]> By: kolomari http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11849 kolomari Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:25:31 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11849 Try Snap Photo Pro or one of the other 3rd party phone apps. They really rock. Try Snap Photo Pro or one of the other 3rd party phone apps. They really rock.

]]> By: Ender http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11846 Ender Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:05:27 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11846 Idk if I would go for the droid quite yet. I like my rooted g1 with all the Roms I can get for it, and cool interfaces. Once 2.0 source comes out, the rooted g1s will have it too and everything will be good. I have to say though, after the 1.6 update, the camera on the g1 hasn't been very good. Idk if I would go for the droid quite yet. I like my rooted g1 with all the Roms I can get for it, and cool interfaces. Once 2.0 source comes out, the rooted g1s will have it too and everything will be good. I have to say though, after the 1.6 update, the camera on the g1 hasn't been very good.

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11829 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:45:35 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11829 Ha! Thanks Raphaels. Ha! Thanks Raphaels.

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11828 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:24 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11828 Patience is supposed to be a virtue, right? :> Patience is supposed to be a virtue, right? :>

]]> By: Jeff http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11791 Jeff Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:46 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11791 About the Eris - I'm strongly considering it over the Droid. I don't need or want a physical keyboard, and the fewer moving parts the better. I also like what HTC does with their phones, and Sense is a big improvement to the Android UI. Since they've said 2.0 will be coming to the Hero (which is basically an Eris), the Eris will definitely be the better phone when that happens. About the Eris - I'm strongly considering it over the Droid. I don't need or want a physical keyboard, and the fewer moving parts the better. I also like what HTC does with their phones, and Sense is a big improvement to the Android UI. Since they've said 2.0 will be coming to the Hero (which is basically an Eris), the Eris will definitely be the better phone when that happens.

]]> By: Raphaels http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11787 Raphaels Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:32 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11787 Very good Jose! "Make sure you have a firm hold on your shiny new Droid. Would hate for it to fall!"... I would have say that a jealous iphone owner might try to steal it from you :-) Very good Jose!

"Make sure you have a firm hold on your shiny new Droid. Would hate for it to fall!"...
I would have say that a jealous iphone owner might try to steal it from you :-)

]]> By: PK20 http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11781 PK20 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:32:55 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11781 How the grass seems greener on the other side... It wont be too long before each carrier has it's Droid-equivalent. It's never long before the latest and greatest device is trumped by the next best thing. OK having said all this BOY I wish it was me running Android 2.0 right this second! (sigh... it's just a matter of time...) How the grass seems greener on the other side... It wont be too long before each carrier has it's Droid-equivalent. It's never long before the latest and greatest device is trumped by the next best thing.

OK having said all this BOY I wish it was me running Android 2.0 right this second! (sigh... it's just a matter of time...)

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11779 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:15:19 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11779 Nice read on your blog Ambarish! Thanks for sharing that. Any opening at your work? Droids and Cliqs for everyone!! Nice :) Nice read on your blog Ambarish! Thanks for sharing that. Any opening at your work? Droids and Cliqs for everyone!! Nice :)

]]> By: Ambarish http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11778 Ambarish Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:05:13 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11778 I just wrote a post today on my blog that compared a Droid with the G1 <a href="http://funwithandroid.blogspot.com/2009/11/g1-vs-droid-vs-cliq.html" target="_blank">http://funwithandroid.blogspot.com/2009/11/g1-vs-...</a> I actually didn't like the Droid that much. Here are the reasons: - Keyboard is worse than my G1 - Isn't on a GSM network (can't take it abroad) - Not rooted - no tethering - Motorola has done a lousier job with their key placement than HTC. Only 4 keys at the bottom. I would have put menu in the middle and return on the right. Don't know that search needs it's own button - happy to open the keyboard when I want to search, since I will need to type anyway. I like my call pickup and hangup button..... - Not that I need this, but Verizon seems to have taken out all foreign lanugages from Locale other than Spanish I already have the new Google Maps with Navigation, so that doesn't bother me at all. I just wrote a post today on my blog that compared a Droid with the G1
http://funwithandroid.blogspot.com/2009/11/g1-vs-...

I actually didn't like the Droid that much. Here are the reasons:
- Keyboard is worse than my G1
- Isn't on a GSM network (can't take it abroad)
- Not rooted - no tethering
- Motorola has done a lousier job with their key placement than HTC. Only 4 keys at the bottom. I would have put menu in the middle and return on the right. Don't know that search needs it's own button - happy to open the keyboard when I want to search, since I will need to type anyway. I like my call pickup and hangup button.....
- Not that I need this, but Verizon seems to have taken out all foreign lanugages from Locale other than Spanish

I already have the new Google Maps with Navigation, so that doesn't bother me at all.

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11772 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:17:10 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11772 Jealous? Did I come off as jealous? My bad. I'm really SUPER happy for you *grrrrrrrr*. :> Jealous? Did I come off as jealous? My bad. I'm really SUPER happy for you *grrrrrrrr*.

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]]> By: dagamer34 http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11771 dagamer34 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:12:44 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11771 I just want Sense UI on my Droid. Then you'll really have something to be jealous about. Nice software PLUS nice hardware. I just want Sense UI on my Droid. Then you'll really have something to be jealous about. Nice software PLUS nice hardware.

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11770 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:04:10 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11770 Can I get an Amen?! :) Thanks for the comment Todd. Can I get an Amen?! :) Thanks for the comment Todd.

]]> By: Silasrye http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11768 Silasrye Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:56:26 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11768 I sold mine on Ebay the weekend I bought the Droid. By the end, I'm paying $50 plus the G1 to get the Droid and I didn't even get the sweet $150 Wirefly/Sears/Best Buy deal. It seemed like a no brainer in that light. I sold mine on Ebay the weekend I bought the Droid. By the end, I'm paying $50 plus the G1 to get the Droid and I didn't even get the sweet $150 Wirefly/Sears/Best Buy deal. It seemed like a no brainer in that light.

]]> By: Todd A http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11767 Todd A Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:46 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11767 Some of us still have our G1's also (they just don't have any service !). Rising Android lifts all handsets ! :-) Some of us still have our G1's also (they just don't have any service !). Rising Android lifts all handsets ! :-)

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11765 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:36:15 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11765 Thats saying something... G1, dock, high-cap batt plus more and its STILL cheaper than the D. Wow. No hating allowed though :) Thats saying something... G1, dock, high-cap batt plus more and its STILL cheaper than the D. Wow. No hating allowed though :)

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11764 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:34:44 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11764 ..that being said.... :) Hahaha. feel ya schwiz.... ..that being said.... :) Hahaha. feel ya schwiz....

]]> By: eclipse http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11762 eclipse Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:30:59 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11762 Um...my G1 has full GPS and compass, don't all of yours? I can load up all the email accounts I want as well (though Google Apps does that for me at the head end). I got a third-party dock the week I bought my phone. The Droid is nice, but its tied to a service I don't use and it twice what I paid for my G1. Still more expensive than the G1 including the doc, high-cap battery and other accessories I bought. Um...my G1 has full GPS and compass, don't all of yours?

I can load up all the email accounts I want as well (though Google Apps does that for me at the head end).

I got a third-party dock the week I bought my phone.

The Droid is nice, but its tied to a service I don't use and it twice what I paid for my G1. Still more expensive than the G1 including the doc, high-cap battery and other accessories I bought.

]]> By: schwiz http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11761 schwiz Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:29:34 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11761 Hey at least we have a strong mod community. I already have navigation working find on my phone albeit slightly laggy. And I am damn sure that 2.0 will come at least in a rooted phone version, even if half the OS needs to go on an SD card. We can do that. That being said I would love to get my hands on a Droid ^.^ Hey at least we have a strong mod community. I already have navigation working find on my phone albeit slightly laggy. And I am damn sure that 2.0 will come at least in a rooted phone version, even if half the OS needs to go on an SD card. We can do that. That being said I would love to get my hands on a Droid ^.^

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11760 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:16:29 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11760 Droid as a G1 upgrade?? How DARE you!!! :) Hahaha. Enjoy the phone Silasrye and thanks for the comment. Droid as a G1 upgrade?? How DARE you!!! :) Hahaha. Enjoy the phone Silasrye and thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Silasrye http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11759 Silasrye Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:05:34 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11759 Yeah, I just came to Droid from the G1. Of course the G1 has a better keyboard and i think the 3mp camera takes better pictures (though the video is sweet on the Droid. Anyways, I listen to the Podcast and thought you all seemed a little sour on the Droid, only one person got it and will talk good about it. And the Eris? they aren't nearly the same hardware wise, and only you've got to be hatin' pretty hard to take an Eris over a Droid if you've got a choice. Annnnnd finally, Yeah I was wanting to wait for the SE x10a also, but... it isn't even announced when it will be released, or when or if to the US as far as I know, and there will always be a better phone over the horizon. The Droid is the first compelling upgrade for G1 owners in my mind. So Yeah, I just want to say that some of us have been here before we had the Droids, but the Droid is actually cool! Yeah, I just came to Droid from the G1. Of course the G1 has a better keyboard and i think the 3mp camera takes better pictures (though the video is sweet on the Droid. Anyways, I listen to the Podcast and thought you all seemed a little sour on the Droid, only one person got it and will talk good about it. And the Eris? they aren't nearly the same hardware wise, and only you've got to be hatin' pretty hard to take an Eris over a Droid if you've got a choice. Annnnnd finally, Yeah I was wanting to wait for the SE x10a also, but... it isn't even announced when it will be released, or when or if to the US as far as I know, and there will always be a better phone over the horizon. The Droid is the first compelling upgrade for G1 owners in my mind. So Yeah, I just want to say that some of us have been here before we had the Droids, but the Droid is actually cool!

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11758 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:03:15 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11758 5 megapixel goodness.. :) You digging the GPS though Polymira? 5 megapixel goodness.. :) You digging the GPS though Polymira?

]]> By: Polymira http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11757 Polymira Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:48:32 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11757 At least your G1 autofocus' ... my Droid does maybe one out of 15 tries. At least your G1 autofocus' ... my Droid does maybe one out of 15 tries.

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11751 Jose Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:33:54 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11751 Thanks whatsupandroid. We are all one big happy family. No hate here.. :) Thanks whatsupandroid. We are all one big happy family. No hate here.. :)

]]> By: @whatsupandroid http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-droid-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-11750 @whatsupandroid Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:24:08 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10667#comment-11750 Brilliant Letter. I think it's great that you extend the Android Love to the Droid Android Phone Owners. After all, there are Android too .. even it they're 2.0. Keep up the great posts! Brilliant Letter. I think it's great that you extend the Android Love to the Droid Android Phone Owners. After all, there are Android too .. even it they're 2.0. Keep up the great posts!

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