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I've had my Doid for 1 month!

So after trying two different home replacements and completely reorganizng my phone several times I think I finally have things where I want them (for now.) I'm just your average unrooted user that surfs the web, texts, and FB's a lot. So after 1 month of ownership here is my review:

So basically this phone kicks a$$ and I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's fast, looks great, does everything I need it to do, and only set me back $100. My favorite things about the phone are the screen and the customization ability. My phone actually looks like it is worth $600 when side-by-side with my bro's 3GS (ha!)

So here are the things I don't like about it:
-Keyboard is completely WORTHLESS except for when playing Gameboid. I'd much rather have the phone be 1-2mil thicker and have 'real' keys!
-Battery life is not the greatest. Not horrible, but I always have a charger handy just in case.
-More of a software issue rather than the phone itself, but after using mainly Home++ the last month I've gone back to the stock homescreen. Nothing is as fast/stable as stock so I'll learn to live with the 3 sceens until we get 2.1 with the next month (crosses fingers.) FYI I tried SH2 for a bit but just don't want to invest all the time into it right now.
-Camera is a discrace to the phone. My old 2mp EnV2 is just as good!

Well that's my litte review, thanks for reading. I'd post screenshots but can't do it with stock and don't feel like downloading SDK.
 
So basically this phone kicks a$$ and I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's fast, looks great, does everything I need it to do, and only set me back $100. My favorite things about the phone are the screen and the customization ability. My phone actually looks like it is worth $600 when side-by-side with my bro's 3GS (ha!)

So here are the things I don't like about it:
-Keyboard is completely WORTHLESS except for when playing Gameboid. I'd much rather have the phone be 1-2mil thicker and have 'real' keys!
-Battery life is not the greatest. Not horrible, but I always have a charger handy just in case.
-More of a software issue rather than the phone itself, but after using mainly Home++ the last month I've gone back to the stock homescreen. Nothing is as fast/stable as stock so I'll learn to live with the 3 sceens until we get 2.1 with the next month (crosses fingers.) FYI I tried SH2 for a bit but just don't want to invest all the time into it right now.
-Camera is a discrace to the phone. My old 2mp EnV2 is just as good!

The phone might "look" like it costs $600 because the actual retail cost is around $550-$600.

-I'll agree with the keyboard's usefulness, however some people don't mind it. Personally I'll stick with using Swype on the touchscreen.
-Battery life on mine hasn't been terrible, and I use it a good bit throughout the day. However I don't really use it much for actual phone calls, and those eat through it quite a bit.
-Most homescreen replacements are laggy I have found, never could get one I liked. Even the basic Launcher++ that just offers 5 screens would lag. Now that I am running sholes though, the phone is smooth.
-I haven't had many issues with my camera, however it is horrible in low light situations. Adding Camera Zoom FX though has improved it quite a bit.
 
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I really don't understand the camera bashing on the Droid. Granted its not as good as the Blackberry storm which was only a 3mp (but was the only thing good about the phone) but I don't think its all that bad. Try an HTC phone if you want a bad pic!

I don't agree with you, any phone is good depending on what you need to do with the phone, Storm Droid or iPhone could be really good for some people or it could be the worse phone to some others.

I have a Storm and a Droid, call quality on the Storm is WAY better then the Droid, so is the camera, email and battery life. Droid is WAY faster then the Storm, browse on internet with the Droid is really good (I don't even try my Storm to browse the web), widgets and apps are perfect on the Droid. I decided to try the Droid and I'm loving it, having fun, rooting, customizing the Droid is awesome. Like I said, phones may be good for me and not as good for you, all depends on everything you need your phone to do and how you plan on using it. (Some people love their iPhone and I think the iPhone is nothing but an big S**t)
 
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The physical keyboard gets better with use. After you've used it a while, it will, in most cases, become more "bumpy" and not as flat. You will be able to feel the difference from one key to the next as you slide your finger across the keyboard. Sounds weird, but it's well document that many, many user's keyboards have morphed.

The camera can be dramatically improved by using Pro Zoom Camera as your camera app.
 
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