Comments on: Verizon Starts HTC Droid Eris Training, November 10th Launch?

By: dave wdwards

dave wdwards — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:47:55 +0000

I like my droid eris,i have yet to pay for any aps….verizon and htc outstanding job!!!!!.i would thank it will be awhile before we out date this phone or any other droid. would like to see android 2.0 soon for eris,but still the best smart phone i have had so far.i will get the newits droid when my contract hits 2 years.once again thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:50:22 +0000

Talked to Verizon today and both phones come out friday and stores will be opening early for it. The Droid will be $299 but has a $100 mail in rebate. I asked concerned about it being a slider so to speak and was told the phone seems extremely solid. Also that when you buy aps. it charges directly off your credit card rather then come on your monthly bill.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:21:48 +0000

I currently have the Sprint Hero and for the most part love it!

However, the HTC Hero has a few bugs to fix. For those interested in the Eris, please check this out…

http://community.sprint.com/baw/community/buzzaboutwireless/phones-and-devices/android_phones/hero?view=overview

My main concern about the Hero was the battery drain bug (which has a workaround) and the pathetic excuse for a camera.

I’m more then likely returning my Hero because I’m in the 30day window. Just need to decide… Droid or Eris!

By: HTC Droid Eris Coming To Verizon, 5MP Camera In-Tact | Android Phone Fans

HTC Droid Eris Coming To Verizon, 5MP Camera In-Tact | Android Phone Fans — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:37:53 +0000

[...] heard the Droid Eris is already in verizonwireless.com stores as part of an employee training program and know we’re seeing the Verizon Equipment Guide for [...]

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:21:29 +0000

Anthony…. the Verizon Rep told me the price for the Droid will be anywhere form $160.00 to $199.99 with a 2 yr. contract! Hope this helps!

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:18:42 +0000

I talked to a Verizon Rep today and she told me both the Motorola Droid and the HTC Eris will be released for sale on Nov. 6th! She said they are in training now with them both and she said they are both awesome phones. She did say the Droid is heavier than then Eris, but then the Droid has the full keypad where the Eris does not! So it is whatever you are looking for and that will work for you! I am so ready for a new phone and looks like the Motorola Droid has my VOTE!!!

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:32:21 +0000

Okay, has anybody really noticed that this phone is identical to the one Google’s CEO was holding, but NOT the same as the one pictured in the following article?

http://phandroid.com/2009/10/23/more-than-one-motorola-droid-eris-arrives/

Unless the one in the link above is actually an earlier hardware revision that got leaked out later than the finished version, or that is yet another Verizon HTC Android phone. Heck, for all we know, THAT’S the Passion, and the unnamed phone that doesn’t have a Verizon logo on it is something entirely different.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:15:05 +0000

@BUSTACAP … I got palm pre … and sometimes it stinks trying to zoom in to click on a small link on the web… a trackball is perfect…

and the most useful thing is when you’re typing … you made a spelling error about 15 letters prior to your current spot … Capacitive touch screens (like your Ipod Touch and most android phones) .. are not as accurate because you can’t touch with your fingernail. With a trackball you can easily scroll back to the poin where you want to add or remove a letter.. with a palm pre or an Iphone/Ipod touch .. it gets on your nerves trying to touch exactly wehre you need the cursor to be…

By: BustaCap

BustaCap — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:47:14 +0000

Thanks for answering my question guys. I’ll know soon enough firsthand I guess because I’ll be dumping my Storm by Xmas for one of the 3 rumored Droids coming for VZW.

By: Black Kristos

Black Kristos — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:34:45 +0000

@BustaCap: I only use my trackball about 20% of the time, but it comes in super handy when browsing the web and trying to hit a hyperlink that is scrunched in with several others. For all those places where your finger can’t quite get an acurate touch, the trackball is awesome.

By: MonkeyCheese

MonkeyCheese — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:01:50 +0000

@BustaCap The trackball is there for easier navigation around the phones menu or when you’re surfing the web instead of having a D-pad. Think of the trackball on the Blackberry phones and you might understand it better.

By: MonkeyCheese

MonkeyCheese — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:56:33 +0000

@anthony Yes, the ERIS (its also been called the Desire) is supposed to be the Verizon version of the Hero.

By: BustaCap

BustaCap — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:51:42 +0000

Quick question. What is the purpose of a trackball on a touchscreen phone? I have a Storm and an iTouch and I just don’t understand what the need for one is. Maybe I’m just slow but any help would be appreciated.

By: mulda71

mulda71 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:48:53 +0000

now that pic looks different than the latest pix (but does look more like the one we saw a while back at the big announcement of googleverizonlove. At any rate, with the dragon rumors floating around, i’m not buying either of these just yet.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:44:48 +0000

I’m sick and tired of my broken ass iphone, but I love the soft-keyboard so much that I really have no desire to ever have a phone with keyboard. I hope HTC IME is as good as folks say because I’d really like to skip what looks to be a slightly chunkier motodroid….though both phones are definitely thin enough for my tastes.