I want to start this post by saying I am no fanboi and have no loyalty to any technology company. I believe people should use what works best for them because everybody is different. I have worked in IT for the past 10 years and have used/still use a wide variety of Linux/Windows/Apple machines and use whatever works best for the job to be done.
Now maybe the trolls will stay away.
I was an iPhone user since the initial release. I thought it was a very nice device and I used and I was going to purchase an iPod for my music so I just combined the 2. I like the iTunes interface, it has always handled my music needs well, so I preferred that. I have never like BBs and their physical keyboards. Prior to the iPhone, I really was not a smart phone person due to my hatred for typing on the physical keyboards on most phones. It must be my hands, but I just don't like them.
My most recent phone was the iPhone 3GS. My company has Verizon, but I used AT&T and my company would purchase the phone and pay half my bill. With the iPhone 4 release, I decided to save a little money I would change to the company account so my phone was completely paid for and to get an Android device. I tried the BB Storm but could not stand the way it felt. The CEO of my company bought one when it cam out and when he gave it to me to setup, I thought it was broken because of the way the screen is.
So I decided on the DroidX and I have had it for a few weeks. I like the phone physically and really want to like everything about it. The phone definitely has promise, however there are certain things missing that I am very annoyed with and some I can live with. Bottom line is there are a lot of disappointments. I still have time to return the phone if it will not do what I need so I would like to know if anyone can point me to what I need to accomplish my goals without loosing functionality. It can either be another phone or an app. Everything listed below I could do on my iPhone, but now I can't. I would prefer to keep the DroidX and have it do what I need.
1. I prefer to view ALL of my email in one box with the ability to view them independently if I need to. The DroidX comes close with t he Universal Inbox except for it doesn't include your main Gmail account. It has it's own box which is completely ridiculous in my opinion.
2. I want the same thing in my calendar that I want in my mail. I have a personal calendar, business calendar, and calendars of friends and family that I want to view in a single calendar and have the ability to view them separately as well.
3. Again, I want the same multiple account contact sync, "all in one" view, and separate view for each account contact set.
4. I need a music/video/data management app that will sync everything to my phone, help me mass-edit my music file tags, correct tags automatically, and managing phone apps would be nice as well but not necessary.
5. I want more battery life out of my phone. I would like to be able to heavily use my phone for at least 4 hours continuously. Currently, I only get 1-2 hours. I also would like to be able to get 24 hours of light use without making the phone useless.
6. I want email/phone/text notifications without unlocking my phone.
7. I want my videos on my phone including my downloaded digital copies of movies I have purchased. I tried doubletwist but it will not even give me the option to sync video and manually moving them would not work either.
8. I want to know the date when I look at my homescreen without installing software that drains my battery.
9. I want to know my battery level in increments of 1.
10. I want to sync my corporate Domino email to my phone (IBM is in the process of developing an update to their ActiveSync support but wondering if anyone was able to find another way).
11. I want scientific calculator with buttons that are not for blind people. Other text is annoyingly large as well.
12. I want ot set network settings independently for each wireless network remebered.
13. I want OpenVPN support (OK, I couldn't do this one on my iPhone, but I would love ot know if there is anything for Android).
14. I want to sync my bookmarks from at least 1 location.
15. I want better copy and paste. More place ot copy text from and easier selection. It may be me, but I have trouble getting the context menu to poop up. Sometimes I can select text and then the it gets deselcteed because I don't hold it down long enough to get the menu again to select copy. Adjustments would be nice, but if I just have ot get used to it I can live with that. Has anyone else found it to be kind of hit or miss.
16. A better keyboard. I hat the DroidX default keyboard. Any suggestions on some?
I really appreciate any info anyone can give me. I really want to find solutions for my problems so I can stay on the DroidX or at least stay on Android. I would prefer no to do anything to the phone that is not supported, but if it comes down to an item that I NEED, but can't do it without rooting or some other unsupported method, I may have to do it.
Again, I am not an Apple fanboi, but I like their products and my iPhone 3GS did everything I needed out of the box. Of course I didn't like some things about it, but the things I didn't like were not as important.
Thanks
Now maybe the trolls will stay away.
I was an iPhone user since the initial release. I thought it was a very nice device and I used and I was going to purchase an iPod for my music so I just combined the 2. I like the iTunes interface, it has always handled my music needs well, so I preferred that. I have never like BBs and their physical keyboards. Prior to the iPhone, I really was not a smart phone person due to my hatred for typing on the physical keyboards on most phones. It must be my hands, but I just don't like them.
My most recent phone was the iPhone 3GS. My company has Verizon, but I used AT&T and my company would purchase the phone and pay half my bill. With the iPhone 4 release, I decided to save a little money I would change to the company account so my phone was completely paid for and to get an Android device. I tried the BB Storm but could not stand the way it felt. The CEO of my company bought one when it cam out and when he gave it to me to setup, I thought it was broken because of the way the screen is.
So I decided on the DroidX and I have had it for a few weeks. I like the phone physically and really want to like everything about it. The phone definitely has promise, however there are certain things missing that I am very annoyed with and some I can live with. Bottom line is there are a lot of disappointments. I still have time to return the phone if it will not do what I need so I would like to know if anyone can point me to what I need to accomplish my goals without loosing functionality. It can either be another phone or an app. Everything listed below I could do on my iPhone, but now I can't. I would prefer to keep the DroidX and have it do what I need.
1. I prefer to view ALL of my email in one box with the ability to view them independently if I need to. The DroidX comes close with t he Universal Inbox except for it doesn't include your main Gmail account. It has it's own box which is completely ridiculous in my opinion.
2. I want the same thing in my calendar that I want in my mail. I have a personal calendar, business calendar, and calendars of friends and family that I want to view in a single calendar and have the ability to view them separately as well.
3. Again, I want the same multiple account contact sync, "all in one" view, and separate view for each account contact set.
4. I need a music/video/data management app that will sync everything to my phone, help me mass-edit my music file tags, correct tags automatically, and managing phone apps would be nice as well but not necessary.
5. I want more battery life out of my phone. I would like to be able to heavily use my phone for at least 4 hours continuously. Currently, I only get 1-2 hours. I also would like to be able to get 24 hours of light use without making the phone useless.
6. I want email/phone/text notifications without unlocking my phone.
7. I want my videos on my phone including my downloaded digital copies of movies I have purchased. I tried doubletwist but it will not even give me the option to sync video and manually moving them would not work either.
8. I want to know the date when I look at my homescreen without installing software that drains my battery.
9. I want to know my battery level in increments of 1.
10. I want to sync my corporate Domino email to my phone (IBM is in the process of developing an update to their ActiveSync support but wondering if anyone was able to find another way).
11. I want scientific calculator with buttons that are not for blind people. Other text is annoyingly large as well.
12. I want ot set network settings independently for each wireless network remebered.
13. I want OpenVPN support (OK, I couldn't do this one on my iPhone, but I would love ot know if there is anything for Android).
14. I want to sync my bookmarks from at least 1 location.
15. I want better copy and paste. More place ot copy text from and easier selection. It may be me, but I have trouble getting the context menu to poop up. Sometimes I can select text and then the it gets deselcteed because I don't hold it down long enough to get the menu again to select copy. Adjustments would be nice, but if I just have ot get used to it I can live with that. Has anyone else found it to be kind of hit or miss.
16. A better keyboard. I hat the DroidX default keyboard. Any suggestions on some?
I really appreciate any info anyone can give me. I really want to find solutions for my problems so I can stay on the DroidX or at least stay on Android. I would prefer no to do anything to the phone that is not supported, but if it comes down to an item that I NEED, but can't do it without rooting or some other unsupported method, I may have to do it.
Again, I am not an Apple fanboi, but I like their products and my iPhone 3GS did everything I needed out of the box. Of course I didn't like some things about it, but the things I didn't like were not as important.
Thanks