Comments on: Motorola Droid Hardware Overview

By: solraven

solraven — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:41:33 +0000

actually the site says it “supports” a class 6 32gb micro SDHC! the included 16gb micro SDHC card says class 2 right on it. look fore a symbol that looks like a capitol C with a 2 in it. if you happen to have one that says 4 or 6 your one lucky sob.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:49:37 +0000

thanks this was very helpful in deciding what phone to get next

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:17:05 +0000

The 256mb app space isn’t a big deal, only the executable needs to be stored in ROM. Any apps with large amounts of data, like a game, can store all the assets on the SD card and load them as needed.

By: SinisterX

SinisterX — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:20:53 +0000

@chewtoy
Honestly you can’t blame Google for a manufacturer’s design flaws when it comes to the placement of certain things. You need to be blaming HTC for the G1 and Moto for the Droid. Google had no real say in the design except to say that TMO and Big Red couldn’t put their crap programs on it to bloat the OS/Phone.

Yeah there should probably be more storage space available for apps, however I am sure just as the other android phones that there will be a way to root them and a “fix” put out to make it possible to install apps to the sd Card instead of on the rom. The phone just came out 2 days ago…everyone just needs to sit back, relax, and be patient.

@Larry
You know I wasn’t going to say anything to you…but I am kinda drunk and feel I need to butt in here…for you to pop off and b*tch at sully for slamming someone else, perhaps you should take a step back before putting your fingers to the keyboard. He may or may not have been wrong about the dev of the apps…big flipp’n deal, but why should you stoop to the same level and not only rub his nose in it, but bump your post with some reworded BS. Please…learn to be mature and just let others fight their battles for themselves…alright i’m done ranting @Larry…my drunkardness it out.

By: scoobie

scoobie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:47:41 +0000

If google phones don’t let you store big apps (ie Games) the platform isn’t going to beat Apple. This business about only being able to store 256mb apps needs to be sorted on google phones.

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:17:06 +0000

Why the frak would you put the microSD slot behind the battery?

The G1′s slot location was bad enough — this stupid freaking droid makes it impossible to change out the sd card without powering down the phone. That’s just plain STUPID.

Really, really disappointed. I will *not* buy a phone that doesn’t let me easily swap SD cards. This is just plain dumb. It’s shockingly bad design (even worse than the gold highlights :-) ).

And don’t spit back any idiotic fan-boy crap about “why would you need more than 32GB, ever?”

MicroSDHC cards are cheap, as they should be, and they’re so tiny that it’s easy to care dozens of them. Personally I carry six around most of the time. Most are collections of music, some are podcasts, some are work files.

I blame Google for letting the G1 set the tone for the future by failing to include a big chunk of onboard storage for everything AND an expansion slot.

Seriously, people, expansion storage is no different here than it is on your PC. Would you buy a PC without an internal hard drive? Would you buy a PC with no hot-plug external interfaces, meaning you had to shut down and restart just to connect a thumb drive?

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:43:42 +0000

@ sully
Look who really has no clue about developing apps. Please point me to this instructional video and these sites you speak of. Oh, are you talking about that issue with multiple screen sizes? So you do realize that there are a lot more issues at hand than just screen size, right? Next time make sure you know what you’re talking about before attacking someone for sharing some honest thoughts.

By: janus

janus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:32:25 +0000

@Miguel
thx

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:27:10 +0000

Proximity sensor is to kill the screen sensitivity when you put the phone to your ear.

By: janus

janus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:15:22 +0000

what does the proximity sensor???

By: P.F.

P.F. — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:12:03 +0000

Sorry if it’s a silly question. In the video I noticed that the Droid screen is less brighter than the other phone. Is it because you configured like that or does it have a sensor to automatically reduce brightness when in a dark place?

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:41:30 +0000

@ sully
Look who knows nothing about app development. Please point me to this instructional video you speak of and I hope for your sake it’s not the one about multiple screen resolutions. There’s more to making apps work one different hardware and software configs than screen size. Just ask all those devs who just can’t seem to get their apps to work the same on the hero or galaxy as on the g1.

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:20:34 +0000

I want to know if the screen part wobbles at all? Does it give in any when you are holding the phone? What I always hated about my G1 is the screen part was always a tiny bit loose and it will wobble a little bit.

The Droid looks pretty sturdy, and the screen click sounds cool when you slide it, but I wonder if it will start to get loose over time.. but that might be inevitable for any slider.. i dont know

By: Nebfire

Nebfire — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:50:29 +0000

Really enjoy your reviews and commentary. In fact, phandroid is on my short list for “Must Check” mobile phone websites (I check nearly 30 other sites everyday).

Thanks

By: Evan S.

Evan S. — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:46:02 +0000

True, Hakeem… But then, look at any program with Multiple Operating system downloads. Apple software is almost always MUCH larger than Windows or Linux. I don’t know why, but that seems to be the case. :P