No, not that kind of droid, unfortunately. One of the new spiffy android style phones. Which is cool all on it's own, but kind of looses its zing when compared to the ultimate little droid.
Disclaimer: These are MY opinions, and things I've found. I'm receiving NO incentives for this post.
Yup, it's time for me to join the world of smartphones. Me, I don't intuitively understand everything about these cool little phones other that i can see a lot of uses for it in my life. That, and I've done a LOT of research.Here's a pretty quick version of how I came to the conclusion to get a Motorolla Droid 2 when I made the decision to really look into it back in September.
Where my starting point was: I currently own a Samsung Alias 2. I got this phone because i started to avidly text with a variety of different people, including my sister.
Something you should know about my family, we have a lot of terms that we instinctively say in other languages. Words that won't go into auto fill easily. My old phone kept trying to make me say things which makes no sense. That's why i opted for a qwerty keyboard and never will go back. I also got the flip phone version because my hip joint is talented and has managed to unlock every candy bar style phone I've ever owned. One of those pocket phone calls was a call to Canada. Yeah, not a happy phone bill.
My Alias has served me well. I heard a lot of complaints about the battery life but since I plug my phone in to charge EVERY night, it honestly has not been an issue. In the rare occasions when i was not able to plug my phone in at night, i typically still had some charge the next day. I never failed to get a "woah" out of people who watched me open my phone in both ways. That was always amusing.
Why I decided to change: Ok, I'll be honest. Boyfriend Jon strikes again with another AWESOME gadget that i can't totally resist. He has the Palm Pre. And he was quick to show off all the things he can do with his phone; tethering, google maps with GPS, comparing prices online right there in the store, and then he introduced me to Angry Birds. That was my tipping point. I knew i was going to get a smart phone and soon.
Initial Research: I frequently walked into cell phone provider stores and started playing with the phones for about 20 minutes. Right now I'm a Verizon customer so i started away from there (Old Italian trick my dad taught me. Start elsewhere and then bring other vendor's offers back to the place you like and see if they'll beat it). This was back when the iPhone was all the rage.
TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. I'm neither for nor against Apple products. If it does the job well, i don't care about brand. I own an iPod and haven't had any problems. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to go buy a iPhone.
Every single sales person at AT&T tried to get me to buy that phone. After playing with in store models, being show all the bells and whistles by salespeople, and then playing with a friends iPhone, here's what i think about the iPhone.
iPhone: With the iPhone, personally, I'm not a huge fan. I instantly took a disliking to the touch screen keyboard. That vibrating thing it does when you touch a key is a big deterrent to me. Same as on the Droid X. I also missed having a simple call, end call buttons which doubled as "recent calls" and "cancel everything" buttons. The screen felt cluttered, and i was annoyed by the fact that i couldn't talk on the phone and surf the web (if absolutely necessary) at the same time. I did like the two finger zoom, huge Ap store, and video capabilities.
Palm Pre: I briefly considered this phone because Boyfriend Jon already had it. However at the time, the slider keyboard version was not available at Verizon. They only had the Palm Pixie which reminded me of a blackberry; aka Not for Anne. The Palm Pre Plus came out more recently and i was definitely drawn to its compact size. Silly women's work pants with TINY pockets. However, the tiny keyboard wasn't working for me so well.
I also did a LOT of internet comparison. Some of the best sites i found were this:
Why I chose Droid 2: I chose the Droid 2 for me because of these reasons:
- I wanted a phone with talk and same time surf capabilities
- Large slide out tactile keyboard (big selling point with me)
- Google Maps is a must for those rare occasions when i get myself horribly lost
- touch screen with two finger zoom
- Tethering capabilities
- Larger screen (if i'm going to have a larger phone, I wanted a larger screen to go with it)
- 1 stop away bus application
- syncing capabilities with Google Calendar which i use more than Outlook
- Bar code scanning
- Angry Birds :) (Best money spent on a phone game)
Ok so the last four are Apps, but think of them as reasons why i'm upgrading from a standard phone. For now I'm looking forward to picking up my new toy tomorrow. I've heard bad things about batteries on the Droids (and every single other smart phone) so i'll post an update in a few weeks to see how its doing. Now to name it...hmmmm.
I welcome comments, but please keep things civil. Like I've said, these are my opinions only.
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