My wife and I picked up a couple of Droids yesterday. Her phone was broken and mine was up for the new in two. Since they are currently 2 for 1, we took the jump.
This is my first real smart phone. I like it so far. There are a ton of options. I can see why this platform as presented(the normal android interface), wouldn’t be ideal for every day users, and really pointed towards people who aren’t afraid to mess around with their phone.
I like the Gmail integration. The touch screen works better than I thought it would and I have no problems with the on screen keyboard. If I’m doing a bit more typing, I’ll slide the physical keyboard out. Wireless on a phone is great as I’m normally around a wireless AP when at work or at home. The 3G will work fine in between.
There are a couple of things that bug me a bit. Novell is still working on their sync tool for modern phone to replace the GroupWise Mobile server. Outside of the SMTP and IMAP combo, there’s no good way to get your GroupWise mail on the phone. The default GW8 webaccess interface doesn’t work with the default browser or the dolphin browser. You have to switch it to basic mode to open mail. Not that aesthetics are everything, but the basic mode in webaccess is just that, BASIC. For now, I’ll just be forwarding my Zenoss and other SMTP alerts to my gmail account.
I downloaded a task killer tool which I find myself using often. I’m not sure how much I really need to be using it, but to keep the battery from getting sucked down, I’m using it. That’s a bit annoying and takes me back to the old Mac operating system where you had to manage your RAM manually for each application. It’s not the end of the world, but I guess it’s the price you pay for multitasking.
How are the Droids treating you after a week or two of use?
I’m trying to decide between the Droid and the Nexus One.
AJ,
Sorry I missed this comment. I saw on your site that you went with the Droid. Other than a few quirks, I’m very happy with the purchase.
So far I’ve been happy too. Though I really haven’t gotten to really play with the phone yet. I think for the deal of buying one getting one free that made it worth it. That being said I definately agree with one of your prior posts that the monthly bill on cell-phones is just getting WAY out of hand.
Between the family plan and possibly getting my data plan subsidized by work, we may actually end up ahead of the game.
Even still, monthly, we pay more for our mobile phones than our power and water.