Greetings,
I've been lurking here trying to learn all I could about the Eris, and yesterday I finally pulled the trigger and became an Eris owner. Gave up the old LG VX8300 I've been using for longer than I can remember...
I wanted to share some early observations from a real newbie; some of these address items which almost scared me away from...
Battery Life: Well, I picked up the phone at the Verizon store in Butler, NJ around 1:00 PM yesterday. I guess battery was about 40%.
I used it pretty non stop, both plugged and unplugged.
I put it on charger around 11:00PM, but didn't power the phone completely off. Removed from charger at 6:00AM with a full charge, and used it full tilt (WiFi on, 3G on, GPS on, web surfing, mail, texts, downloaded apps, drove around with Google Maps following me, etc).
At 4:10 PM, I finally got a low battery warning - 15%, please plug in. I didn;t think that was all that bad, considering I have no clue what I'm doing!!
OTA Update: I was afraid to do this...kept hitting "Install Later", but finaly did, and do not notice any of the previously mentioned issues - so far.
So far, so good...You Tube plays most vids (some give me a can't be played message for some reason) but the ones that play are clear and smooth.
So far, I am liking this phone. I must admit, some of the posts here almost turned me away from it, but most of my problems are with ME, not the phone (for the most part).
My questions are going to revolve around the phone and how it syncs with Mac OS X 10.6. I got so used to using the iPod Touch as a PDA, and it's seamless sync to my MacBook and iCal, address book, contacts, notes, and Safari Bookmarks, that I am getting slightly frustrated in some of these functions.
I am having a heck of a time with the native Text Msg app......can't get it to send a photo no matter how hard I try.
This is a nice phone. Considering the price ($99. minus my $50 promotional discount), it will do everything I need...and admittedly fill the void until (hopefully) Verizon grabs the iPhone.
Thanks for all the info that's offered here...it's great for an ole guy like me.
Regards / Mike
I've been lurking here trying to learn all I could about the Eris, and yesterday I finally pulled the trigger and became an Eris owner. Gave up the old LG VX8300 I've been using for longer than I can remember...
I wanted to share some early observations from a real newbie; some of these address items which almost scared me away from...
Battery Life: Well, I picked up the phone at the Verizon store in Butler, NJ around 1:00 PM yesterday. I guess battery was about 40%.
I used it pretty non stop, both plugged and unplugged.
I put it on charger around 11:00PM, but didn't power the phone completely off. Removed from charger at 6:00AM with a full charge, and used it full tilt (WiFi on, 3G on, GPS on, web surfing, mail, texts, downloaded apps, drove around with Google Maps following me, etc).
At 4:10 PM, I finally got a low battery warning - 15%, please plug in. I didn;t think that was all that bad, considering I have no clue what I'm doing!!
OTA Update: I was afraid to do this...kept hitting "Install Later", but finaly did, and do not notice any of the previously mentioned issues - so far.
So far, so good...You Tube plays most vids (some give me a can't be played message for some reason) but the ones that play are clear and smooth.
So far, I am liking this phone. I must admit, some of the posts here almost turned me away from it, but most of my problems are with ME, not the phone (for the most part).
My questions are going to revolve around the phone and how it syncs with Mac OS X 10.6. I got so used to using the iPod Touch as a PDA, and it's seamless sync to my MacBook and iCal, address book, contacts, notes, and Safari Bookmarks, that I am getting slightly frustrated in some of these functions.
I am having a heck of a time with the native Text Msg app......can't get it to send a photo no matter how hard I try.
This is a nice phone. Considering the price ($99. minus my $50 promotional discount), it will do everything I need...and admittedly fill the void until (hopefully) Verizon grabs the iPhone.
Thanks for all the info that's offered here...it's great for an ole guy like me.
Regards / Mike