Comments on: Motorola Droid Picture Gallery, Hands-On Review Posted

By: Harold

Harold — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:34:12 +0000

I’ve been with Verizon since they were US West Cellular… 15+ years, and I’ve been counting the days until my 3 phone family plan contract was up so I could switch to AT&T to get an iPhone. My plan is up on 12/11/09, but now I wonder if this phone will make it worth my while to stay here on Verizon.

My concerns are that Verizon will charge too much for the phone and service to make it competitive. They have the best coverage and will PROBABLY use that to charge more rather than as a competitive edge to attract customers.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:24:20 +0000

Does the droid have full web interface or is it the mobile simple version? text based only?

By: Boris

Boris — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:29:07 +0000

This KB looks kinda cramped…………

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:14:54 +0000

@danis Im with you bro. Specs are awesome but its hideous to look at. It looks vintage or like an old PDA from the early 90s. Unfortunately from a mass adoption standpoint, I think this phone will sell well to techies but not to the mass public that don’t care or even want to care about what operating sys is running their phone. Unfortunately most folks buy on the cool factor. This thing is all brains and no beauty.

By: Teeder

Teeder — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:30:16 +0000

Looks great. I’m definately going to look at this phone when it hits, to replace my ailing BlackBerry Storm. The only dealbreaker on this phone will be the slide out keyboard- I’d love the phone if it was 100% touch with no slide out qwerty keyboard. My experience with phones that have the slide out keyboard is that they get very loose and sloppy after being slid in and out “x” number of times. It would be awesome if the Droid came in 2 models- 1 with the physical qwerty keyboard and 1 without. Time will tell.

By: Danis

Danis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:39:53 +0000

i can understand why this phone is so awesome. i mean look at all its features, and the 5mp camera is just fantastic, but am I the only person here who really does not like the design of the phone? i have seen what the layout of the screen and what the menus look like and to be completely hones, its hideous. The exterior design of the phone and menu design are just so unappealing that it makes me rethink heavily about getting the phone when it comes out; it looks like something made in 1997. the menus are gray and everything is a real chore, bore and pain to look at. i’d rather downgrade to a normal phone. And this is coming from someone who has been on the verizon network for 11 years and has a $75 towards any phone i would want and my upgrade happens to be December 4, but i think i’ll pass on the Droid.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:08:45 +0000

Anyone know what that rectangle on the right hand side of the keyboard is?

By: Ndroid

Ndroid — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:59:36 +0000

@Aaron

You should get the data plan. Had a treo once w/o the data plan, and the treo would still connect to the data network at random w/o my input, and I got charged $$$$$.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:22:16 +0000

I’m very glad this keyboard isn’t final. While it probably wouldn’t deter me from getting it, I really hope the keys aren’t all flat and that the d-pad gets moved to the left side (just for the gamer in me). I guess we’ll find out in 10 days.

On a side note, is anyone else planning on trying to get this without a data plan? The only times I don’t have WiFi are when I’m driving, and if I’m doing that I probably shouldn’t be checking my email anyway…

By: BKdroid

BKdroid — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:33:56 +0000

This phone is really on the very edge of convincing me to take it up the tail-pipe from Big Red to the tune of >25% over any other carrier’s monthy charge. I don’t understand how many people have hemorraged that kind of money for the crap phones they’ve had.

By: Mr Lee Cooper

Mr Lee Cooper — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:43:31 +0000

My plan was to switch from Verizon to AT&T during the 1st half of 2010 when my Verizon contract expire and the next-gen iPhone came out. Well… Verizon may finally have a phone that will keep me on their network… can’t wait to see this thing for real.

By: BigD

BigD — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:51:36 +0000

@Daniel – Don’t let that be a deterrent for you, it has wifi, and is android, meaning Google voice over wi-fi support. Surely your work has a wi-fi network…

Currently rocking a vx6800 and cannot wait for this. MONEY IN THE BANK!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:58:17 +0000

I have not heard a confirmation on an accelerometer for the phone. Does anyone know if it is definitely going to come with one? Also if it does, will we be able to use the on screen keyboard in landscape mode instead of using the physical keyboard?

By: Marcelo L

Marcelo L — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:32:41 +0000

Ok…since no one’s actually ASKING ….how much ?!?

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:53 +0000

I’m currently with Verizon and am not eligible for an upgrade. I’m hoping they let me just sign a new 2-year contract so I can get the good price.