Comments on: HTC Droid Eris: Android 1.5 on 528 MHz Processor http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/ Android Phone News, Rumors, Reviews, Apps, Forums & More! Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:51:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ben http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-87995 ben Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:52:58 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-87995 The eris is better. The Droid is not only ugly, but anyone using common sense knows smartphones eat up battery life quickly as it is. That's increased if it's a faster processor. The advantage of a 550 vs 528 mhz processor is not worth the ugliness of the Droid. For a hundred bucks more you could just buy a netbook. The part of the Droid that is better is Android 2.0, not the phone itself. The eris is supposedly getting 2.0 q1 2010 (this month), so the Droid has nothing on the eris. The eris is better. The Droid is not only ugly, but anyone using common sense knows smartphones eat up battery life quickly as it is. That’s increased if it’s a faster processor. The advantage of a 550 vs 528 mhz processor is not worth the ugliness of the Droid. For a hundred bucks more you could just buy a netbook. The part of the Droid that is better is Android 2.0, not the phone itself. The eris is supposedly getting 2.0 q1 2010 (this month), so the Droid has nothing on the eris.

]]> By: joe http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-86525 joe Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:53:46 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-86525 I own both phones the droid is better. Sorry guys if u like soft edges no droid for u. If u like preformance go with the droid. No mamby pamby fo me lol. Oh and the htc droid is smooher operating because it is less a phone. My old nokia 2900 was fast as heck lol. Only had a few colors tho lol. Peace guys and remember dosent matter u have a fricken droid. I own both phones the droid is better. Sorry guys if u like soft edges no droid for u. If u like preformance go with the droid. No mamby pamby fo me lol. Oh and the htc droid is smooher operating because it is less a phone. My old nokia 2900 was fast as heck lol. Only had a few colors tho lol. Peace guys and remember dosent matter u have a fricken droid.

]]> By: TIM http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-80091 TIM Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:54:48 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-80091 I just purchased the droid Eris and love it. cant stand MOTOROLA. HTC is much better after 4 days with the phone I will never go the the MOTO Droid I just purchased the droid Eris and love it. cant stand MOTOROLA. HTC is much better after 4 days with the phone I will never go the the MOTO Droid

]]> By: Jon http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-78936 Jon Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:35 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-78936 i had a Droid for a month and traded it in for an Eris. The things i didn't like about the Droid are: 1- battery cover comes off about 1 out of every 3 times i took it out of my pocket. 2- Its too big 3- it's so SQUARE. 4- I liked the on screen keyboard over the real keyboard of the Droid. don't need that feature. otherwise the Droid was awesome. just got the Eris today. so far so good. i had a Droid for a month and traded it in for an Eris. The things i didn’t like about the Droid are:

1- battery cover comes off about 1 out of every 3 times i took it out of my pocket.
2- Its too big
3- it’s so SQUARE.
4- I liked the on screen keyboard over the real keyboard of the Droid. don’t need that feature.

otherwise the Droid was awesome.

just got the Eris today. so far so good.

]]> By: Kevin http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-76634 Kevin Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:50:24 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-76634 Hey Macen, I am having real problems finding a flash player to play videos on my Droid Eris. How do I find one on the phone itself or do I need to use the internet on my home computer? Where do I look and how do I install it? Hey Macen, I am having real problems finding a flash player to play videos on my Droid Eris. How do I find one on the phone itself or do I need to use the internet on my home computer? Where do I look and how do I install it?

]]> By: Matt http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-73796 Matt Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:23:02 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-73796 oh and youtube videos dont always play so if anyone knows about that lemme know mattzerweck@gmail.com oh and youtube videos dont always play so if anyone knows about that lemme know mattzerweck@gmail.com

]]> By: Matt http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-73795 Matt Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:22:03 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-73795 ok i got the eris a few weeks ago and its amazing not always really fast it can be slow at times but it is likely to get updates. the hero is going to android 2.1 in Q1 and since the eris is technically the same as the hero it probably will. and the eris's virtual keyboard is amazing its auto correct and everything and the droid is too big it doesn't even fit in pockets ok i got the eris a few weeks ago and its amazing not always really fast it can be slow at times but it is likely to get updates. the hero is going to android 2.1 in Q1 and since the eris is technically the same as the hero it probably will. and the eris’s virtual keyboard is amazing its auto correct and everything and the droid is too big it doesn’t even fit in pockets

]]> By: Macen http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-73286 Macen Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:48:18 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-73286 Now that all these phones have been released at this date in time that have been mentioned in this forum, I must ask you all; which phone is better? Especially those who had no belief or faith in the Motorola Droid. You get a combination of all the phones mentioned with more and better wrapped into Motorola's Droid. It is not bulkier in thickness than iPhone unless 1 cm equals 1 mile to you, the screen is bigger and videos you watch on it uses the full screen, along with a staggering amount more of resolution than the iPhone which gives you brighter colors and more colors and no blocky images with a bright screen. And yes you want the virtual keyboard along with the physical one, you get the best of both worlds since some apps work better with physical keyboard, and plus as a human wouldn't you want everything you could have at your fingertips; its called being prepared. The sharp corners of the body do not bother me and I am one who loves and prefers style second to qaulity and convenience. I can look up to the stars with my phone and it will tell me the name of the stars, constellations, planets, or any other heavenly bodies that is in the area that I point my phone into the sky with Google Sky Map app in real time. I get free turn by turn navigation using Google Maps that I can speak the name of address or name of the business without even knowing the address or phone number and get that info along with reviews and website of that company I wanted turn by turn directions to. I can find anything or file on my phone using my voice. I can call your phone with my Motorola Droid and make you think your mom, boyfriend, sister, friend, or whoever I wanted you to think it was as long as I knew your number and the person's number I wanted you to think it was is calling. Their name, picture, and ringtone will show up when I call you, and I can change my voice to male or female when I do all this. I can copy and paste, I can surf the web and talk on the phone at the same time and my 3g network reaches far more places than AT&T; unlike what AT&T says on their commercials; they should be sued for false advertising, there are laws on that. I can download full length songs for free faster than most PCs and use full song as a ringtone or I can cut out the part of song I want to use as ringtone. When I'm typing words I don't have to finish them because the Droid does it for me. That's just a few things to mention. I get very little sleep since I have owned this phone since it does so much. Oh yea, I typed this whole thing with Motorola Droid while having multiple internet windows open, I've been going from here to My Space IM this whole time, and it all runs smoothly with no freezes, stalls, or problems you would get with some home PCs, why would Verizon not push this model the most, and why would would they not have the Eris. Its because they can make more money from more planes, its called smart marketing. I am the Envy of the iPhone. I target iPhone here because it is The second best phone mentioned in this forum. I can do anything Google can and more with owning this phone at an unbeatable price. And battery life last forever and I multitask with this phwone. Sorry if I offended anyone, I just had to set things straight, don't you think its been long enough for Verizon to come up with an iPhone KILLER! Now that all these phones have been released at this date in time that have been mentioned in this forum, I must ask you all; which phone is better? Especially those who had no belief or faith in the Motorola Droid. You get a combination of all the phones mentioned with more and better wrapped into Motorola’s Droid. It is not bulkier in thickness than iPhone unless 1 cm equals 1 mile to you, the screen is bigger and videos you watch on it uses the full screen, along with a staggering amount more of resolution than the iPhone which gives you brighter colors and more colors and no blocky images with a bright screen. And yes you want the virtual keyboard along with the physical one, you get the best of both worlds since some apps work better with physical keyboard, and plus as a human wouldn’t you want everything you could have at your fingertips; its called being prepared. The sharp corners of the body do not bother me and I am one who loves and prefers style second to qaulity and convenience. I can look up to the stars with my phone and it will tell me the name of the stars, constellations, planets, or any other heavenly bodies that is in the area that I point my phone into the sky with Google Sky Map app in real time. I get free turn by turn navigation using Google Maps that I can speak the name of address or name of the business without even knowing the address or phone number and get that info along with reviews and website of that company I wanted turn by turn directions to. I can find anything or file on my phone using my voice. I can call your phone with my Motorola Droid and make you think your mom, boyfriend, sister, friend, or whoever I wanted you to think it was as long as I
knew your number and the person’s number I wanted you to think it was is calling. Their name, picture, and ringtone will show up when I call you, and I can change my voice to male or female when I do all this. I can copy and paste, I can surf the web and talk on the phone at the same time and my 3g network reaches far more places than AT&T; unlike what AT&T says on their commercials; they should be sued for false advertising, there are laws on that. I can download full length songs for free faster than most PCs and use full song as a ringtone or I can cut out the part of song I want to use as ringtone. When I’m typing words I don’t have to finish them because the Droid does it for me. That’s just a few things to mention. I get very little sleep since I have owned this phone since it does so much. Oh yea, I typed this whole thing with Motorola Droid while having multiple internet windows open, I’ve been going from here to My Space IM this whole time, and it all runs smoothly with no freezes, stalls, or problems you would get with some home PCs, why would Verizon not push this model the most, and why would would they not have the Eris. Its because they can make more money from more planes, its called smart marketing. I am the Envy of the iPhone. I target iPhone here because it is The second best phone mentioned in this forum. I can do anything Google can and more with owning this phone at an unbeatable price. And battery life last forever and I multitask with this phwone. Sorry if I offended anyone, I just had to set things straight, don’t you think its been long enough for Verizon to come up with an iPhone KILLER!

]]> By: cole http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-72828 cole Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:48:05 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-72828 I just got a droid eriis yesterday they come free withthe motorola droid its so cool it has google and msn and youtube and it looks alot like the iphone I just got a droid eriis yesterday they come free withthe motorola droid its so cool it has google and msn and youtube and it looks alot like the iphone

]]> By: urdooped http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-71996 urdooped Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:15:11 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-71996 Sorry to disappoint anyone, but the contract btw mac and AT&T with the Iphone is coming to a close and so far the plan is not to renue. Verizon may be taking over this contract. Smart move by Verizon considering this phone is still quite popular. Those with At&T Iphones are still safe, but from the point that contract is signed anyone who wants an Iphone will have to sign with Verizon if they haven't already. HTC Android phones are a new love of mine including the T-mobile MyTouch 3G. I work for a company where I get to work with all models from every carrier and manufacturer. The different HTC android models are so far much better than Blackberries and I say this as a previous BB owner. Sorry to disappoint anyone, but the contract btw mac and AT&T with the Iphone is coming to a close and so far the plan is not to renue. Verizon may be taking over this contract. Smart move by Verizon considering this phone is still quite popular. Those with At&T Iphones are still safe, but from the point that contract is signed anyone who wants an Iphone will have to sign with Verizon if they haven’t already.
HTC Android phones are a new love of mine including the T-mobile MyTouch 3G. I work for a company where I get to work with all models from every carrier and manufacturer. The different HTC android models are so far much better than Blackberries and I say this as a previous BB owner.

]]> By: Dave http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-71416 Dave Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:37:33 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-71416 Loving my htc eris... sure, it doesn't have a dedicated GPU but what is the GPU used for? 3D games, that's it. I have a GTX275 that satisfies that desire. And the GPU in the Droid and iPhone only supports OpenGL ES 1.1 which doesn't support programmable shaders (think DX7). Now if there was a phone with the Tegra chipset, I might be jealous. Loving my htc eris… sure, it doesn’t have a dedicated GPU but what is the GPU used for? 3D games, that’s it. I have a GTX275 that satisfies that desire. And the GPU in the Droid and iPhone only supports OpenGL ES 1.1 which doesn’t support programmable shaders (think DX7). Now if there was a phone with the Tegra chipset, I might be jealous.

]]> By: valeria lopez http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-62914 valeria lopez Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:26:40 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-62914 i think thi i think thi

]]> By: brian http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-62682 brian Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:22:32 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-62682 I finally got a chance to check out the two droid phones. I was dissapointed with the motorolla droid. It was too bulky and had sharp corners. It looks like another Storm Flop. The HTC Droid however was a very good looking phone. I think the HTC should have been the big push by Verizon and not the Motorola. They need to put the dual processors and other fancy features the motorola phone has into the HTC if they want to be a tech leader and give the I-Phone a run for thier money. Come on Verizon, don't think your going to get anywhere doing it half ass. I finally got a chance to check out the two droid phones. I was dissapointed with the motorolla droid. It was too bulky and had sharp corners. It looks like another Storm Flop. The HTC Droid however was a very good looking phone. I think the HTC should have been the big push by Verizon and not the Motorola. They need to put the dual processors and other fancy features the motorola phone has into the HTC if they want to be a tech leader and give the I-Phone a run for thier money. Come on Verizon, don’t think your going to get anywhere doing it half ass.

]]> By: Digimav http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-62334 Digimav Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:39:21 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-62334 If all you think about is processing let me pull out my 2000 Mac Powerbook laptop with a 400mghz processor which will still to this day blow out all cell phones out the water!! 9 years Old!! Not just because it is a laptop computer (which cell or smart phones are computers don't forget) but because of the software or OS. That is what makes the difference. The Android is released to company's with there free will to do what they like with the Android software. And some company's, as HTC has done better than others with what they are given. It is not all about the hardware the software makes the complete package. I currently own the HTC ERIS simply becuase it was a better phone than the Droid, the touch screen was better and faster the phone responded better. Also the Eris has a flash player which HTC developed and pinch zoom or multi-touch, which is what the iPhone has. With all the updates that 2.0 has my Eris pretty much has, without the useless slide keyboard and over sized screen that does nothing more than have video be smaller than the size of the screen, and with screen that is still under 4inches the resolution wont make difference that the human eye. The Google navigation is missing, but good news is that the only reason why HTC does not use 2.0 is because of there UI, which is too good, meaning they have to make Android 2.0 work with there UI. An update will be within the next month. BTW HTC ERIS and the HERO are the same phone. If all you think about is processing let me pull out my 2000 Mac Powerbook laptop with a 400mghz processor which will still to this day blow out all cell phones out the water!! 9 years Old!! Not just because it is a laptop computer (which cell or smart phones are computers don’t forget) but because of the software or OS. That is what makes the difference. The Android is released to company’s with there free will to do what they like with the Android software. And some company’s, as HTC has done better than others with what they are given. It is not all about the hardware the software makes the complete package. I currently own the HTC ERIS simply becuase it was a better phone than the Droid, the touch screen was better and faster the phone responded better. Also the Eris has a flash player which HTC developed and pinch zoom or multi-touch, which is what the iPhone has. With all the updates that 2.0 has my Eris pretty much has, without the useless slide keyboard and over sized screen that does nothing more than have video be smaller than the size of the screen, and with screen that is still under 4inches the resolution wont make difference that the human eye. The Google navigation is missing, but good news is that the only reason why HTC does not use 2.0 is because of there UI, which is too good, meaning they have to make Android 2.0 work with there UI. An update will be within the next month. BTW HTC ERIS and the HERO are the same phone.

]]> By: phonelover http://phandroid.com/2009/10/27/htc-droid-eris-android-1-5-on-528-mhz-processor/#comment-58975 phonelover Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:08:06 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=6514#comment-58975 Got an Eris on Friday and so far love it. My only complaint is the short battery life! I would never want that brick they call the Moto Droid no matter how fast it is, it's almost the size of my laptop! Got an Eris on Friday and so far love it. My only complaint is the short battery life! I would never want that brick they call the Moto Droid no matter how fast it is, it’s almost the size of my laptop!

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