Comments on: Motorola Droid Announcement Date Changed (Oct 28th)!

By: John L. Galt

John L. Galt — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:29:31 +0000

If you check the counter now, using the dd/hh/mm/ss it is down to 3 days. Wait, WTF? *3* days?

So, has the counter now been moved to 10 AM on the 28th?

By: McConchie

McConchie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:41:20 +0000

i was wrong after i re did it

By: McConchie

McConchie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:39:01 +0000

I was looking up the countdown in my computer class and the countdown to me says 16 days til countdown ends which would be on november 6

By: Col. O'neill

Col. O'neill — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:38:39 +0000

Thanks @iamchillin. I thought that was what someone else did was mix their numbers up. It also makes since that it will be announced on the Oct. Date.

By: imchilling

imchilling — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:30:29 +0000

@Col. O’neill
I did the same thing you did at first. you read it as if the numbers were counting up. to get the correct date, take your numbers and switch em. like 0 = 9, 1 = 8, 2 = 7, and so on. you’ll get the correct date.

By: KickNazer

KickNazer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:03:32 +0000

If the droid does not come with the GPS “hardware spec” as it shows for some of your phones, will it still be able to use GPS apps with an unlimited data plan? Or will it need “GPS/triangulation” hardware installed? Basically I’m asking, are the GPS apps written to use your cell single as the locator and thus update your apps location, or does it use separate hardware dedicated to connecting with satellites? Or are there both types of apps out there? I heard telenav, although 10 bucks a month is the best one out there. They say is it better then a garmin. Does anyone know if it will theoretically be able to work with the droid (or any other phone other then the G1)?

Thanks
KN

By: chris

chris — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:39:52 +0000

If you change your clock on your computer it is a countdown to your local time, midnight on the 28th.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:10:52 +0000

Thx- So I guess its not meant to be taken as an exact point in time- only that that something will happen at some point on the 28…

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:48:40 +0000

It must just use your local timezone for the countdown. It is counting down to midnight CDT here.

By: Hendrix

Hendrix — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:24:10 +0000

The timer is set to your computer’s clock so it is counting down to the 28th in whatever time zone your computer is set to.

By: BKdroid

BKdroid — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:14:10 +0000

@Jon
It seems to count doun to Midnight for me in Mountain zone.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:12:22 +0000

This makes sense because Motorola reports earnings on the 29th.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:37:16 +0000

@all
What time zone are we talking about here? (too lazy to calculate myself)

@integroll
If phone if available for pre-order on website- Verizon usually same-day-fedexs the phones on release date.

By: BKdroid

BKdroid — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:22:02 +0000

@Col. O’neill
The announcement is 27th/28th. The release is expected to be in Nov.

By: yourfunnyuncle

yourfunnyuncle — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:06:29 +0000

The banners on this very page forecast “November.” I’m guessing October 27th is the pre-order start date.