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Engadget reviews the Motorola Droid

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Re: Engadget reviews the Motorola Droid

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Post by rauljara »

It seems like a really fair review. People who want to believe their iPhones are better than everything else will find ammunition to support that claim. People who want an alternative to the iPhone will also find cause to rejoice. I like my iPhone, and I'm not really tempted to switch, but I'm glad to see some serious competition. Here's hoping for continued innovation from every quarter.

Re: Engadget reviews the Motorola Droid

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Post by tumult »

Does anyone know if you can get a data-only plan? I'm planning on picking one up for dev. Normally I'd just buy an unlocked one and swap a SIM card in for when I needed to use the data/cell features, but obviously I can't do that in this case.

Re: Engadget reviews the Motorola Droid

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Post by jasonlbaptiste »

I personally don't think it's better than an iPhone, but I don't know if it needs to be. It's the first viable alternative out there. It's good for the market, which is in turn good for everyone else. I hope they don't rely on the whole "iDont" thing too much in the future, since Apple can make all those claims obsolete if they feel like it.

Re: Engadget reviews the Motorola Droid

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Post by w1ntermute »

tumult wrote: post #5

Does anyone know if you can get a data-only plan? I'm planning on picking one up for dev. Normally I'd just buy an unlocked one and swap a SIM card in for when I needed to use the data/cell features, but obviously I can't do that in this case.

I would like to know if the data-only plan is an option as well.

Normally I'd just buy an unlocked one and swap a SIM card in for when I needed to use the data/cell features, but obviously I can't do that in this case.

Why not? It would just be a CSIM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDMA_Subscriber_Identify_Module) card instead of a SIM card, right?

Re: Engadget reviews the Motorola Droid

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Post by maximilian »

rauljara wrote: post #4

It seems like a really fair review. People who want to believe their iPhones are better than everything else will find ammunition to support that claim. People who want an alternative to the iPhone will also find cause to rejoice. I like my iPhone, and I'm not really tempted to switch, but I'm glad to see some serious competition. Here's hoping for continued innovation from every quarter.

Given the amount of money to be made doing this stuff, it was inevitable that other good smart phones would arise. Props to google for realizing that its the OS that really makes a phone, not the hardware. Obviously, the Droid is a nice piece of hardware, but any other Andriod 2.0 phone will be very close to the same.

I wish Nokia would get their shit together and really make a good OS.

Re: Engadget reviews the Motorola Droid

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Post by nailer »

maximilian wrote: post #8
rauljara wrote: post #4

It seems like a really fair review. People who want to believe their iPhones are better than everything else will find ammunition to support that claim. People who want an alternative to the iPhone will also find cause to rejoice. I like my iPhone, and I'm not really tempted to switch, but I'm glad to see some serious competition. Here's hoping for continued innovation from every quarter.

Given the amount of money to be made doing this stuff, it was inevitable that other good smart phones would arise. Props to google for realizing that its the OS that really makes a phone, not the hardware. Obviously, the Droid is a nice piece of hardware, but any other Andriod 2.0 phone will be very close to the same. I wish Nokia would get their shit together and really make a good OS.

Nokia has had a great OS for years, but the Maemo engineers haven't been allowed to put a radio in their devices until the N900. Now they can.
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