tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11584089.post1597139510002747313..comments2009-11-30T18:40:59.288ZFergalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16797666098837209048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11584089.post-60355425470031391872009-11-30T18:40:59.288Z2009-11-30T18:40:59.288ZHmm, <br />I&#39;ll start with the bad I guess. Its certainly not a camera even though its 5MP. The flash is not very good. The battery lasts a bit less time than I would like - only about a day per charge but I assume that&#39;s pretty normal for smart phones - this is my first so I&#39;m not 100% sure. I usually turn off gps, wireless, and syncing (email, facebook, twitter) to preserve battery when not using them.<br /><br />Not being able to use the internet and talk on the phone is a bit of a pain (rarely), but that&#39;s because of Verizon, not droid afaik. Also, I haven&#39;t found yet how to manually lock the screen..it auto locks after about 15 sec, but I need to find out how to lock manually. <br /><br />I&#39;ve read that the voice quality is better than iphone, but I don&#39;t have an iphone to compare. I wasn&#39;t overwhelmed by the voice quality, but the signal strength in San Bruno is crap compared to TMobile. Quite the opposite here in the office though - Verizon is much better here (in SF - changed jobs since we talked last). <br /><br />The good. I like having a keyboard. The screen is quite good to read stuff from (considering dimensions). Using the gmaps navigation is cool - pretty much identical to a dedicated in car nav. The voice search is really cool. <br /><br />I know I have a longer list under the bad, but so far I&#39;m pretty happy with it. <br /><br />One other bad thing is that I worry much more about breaking this phone than previous ones :)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796470348476315059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11584089.post-73345194237472530352009-11-30T18:00:45.478Z2009-11-30T18:00:45.478ZHi John, <br /><br />I&#39;m jealous. Yeah lot of people liking the keyboard - which given my mucky fingers would probably be a good idea. Unfortunately droid / milestone not yet available under contract in Ireland - and I&#39;ve no plans to move - it will be eventually. So any thing else to say about droid - the good, the bad...Fergalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16797666098837209048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11584089.post-57979222026618830942009-11-30T17:25:41.099Z2009-11-30T17:25:41.099ZOh yeah, and..E500 - that is f&#39;in expensive. I paid less than $250 (incl tax) for the droid. Not sure that I&#39;d pay $750 for a phone (based on xe.com). Even $500 would be a hard sell (I think without a contract the droid is $599, but I got a 2 year contract).Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796470348476315059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11584089.post-37911258697891614712009-11-30T17:21:13.721Z2009-11-30T17:21:13.721ZI have a droid and would definitely recommend getting one with a keyboard. Much nicer than using the onscreen keyboard methinks.<br /><br />cheers,<br />jrJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796470348476315059noreply@blogger.com