Eris: first impressions

[Grimster]

Another happy Eris owner here. Sense UI kicks ass! Not sure why people claim this has a "slow" CPU. I run youtube, full size webpages, and even view large color PDFs and the phone renders eveything fine, interface is nearly liquid smooth. I dont see any CPU issues here. Sure maybe the "Bleeding Edge" phones out there can render pages a few seconds faster but who cares? This phone is much more compact and pocketable then them...

 

[whidbeyk]

How is the battery life?

Bump. Feedback from Eris owners on battery life?

 

[Needsdecaf]

Bump. Feedback from Eris owners on battery life?

Crappy if you're not careful.

You need to make sure that you turn off some of the bigger battery hogs, especially bluetooth.

 

[whidbeyk]

Crappy if you're not careful.

You need to make sure that you turn off some of the bigger battery hogs, especially bluetooth.

Is the display as much of a battery hog as I've heard on the Moto Droid? Any other features that should be used carefully to extend battery life?

Thanks!

 

[Needsdecaf]

Is the display as much of a battery hog as I've heard on the Moto Droid? Any other features that should be used carefully to extend battery life?

Thanks!

Bluetooth.

I had charged my phone today and took it off around 1.

By 7, it was down to about 40% and I realized I had left the bluetooth on.

 

[whidbeyk]

I see the emerging pattern

Thanks

 

[Needsdecaf]

I left my phone on all night and this morning (7) it was down to the battery warning, but still on.

It hasn't been charged since Saturday afternoon.

Admittedly, this is with little usage. But all the GPS and updates are on, etc. Only BT was off. WiFi was on.

 

[cth95mustang]

I was more impressed with the Eris from the beginning. After playing with both, the Eris just feels and behaves better than the Droid in my opinion. My only concern was the battery life. Can anyone tell me how often they are having to charge it? I suppose I will use it in an average way. Maybe a few calls a day and a little bit of web browsing.

Is this something that has to be charged everyday or every other day? Just wondering before I make the purchase.

 

[Needsdecaf]

I was more impressed with the Eris from the beginning. After playing with both, the Eris just feels and behaves better than the Droid in my opinion. My only concern was the battery life. Can anyone tell me how often they are having to charge it? I suppose I will use it in an average way. Maybe a few calls a day and a little bit of web browsing.

Is this something that has to be charged everyday or every other day? Just wondering before I make the purchase.

Every night. No biggie from my POV.

 

[cth95mustang]

Every night. No biggie from my POV.

Ok. About how much do you use it throughout the day?

 

[r2d2]

Anyone else notice the following:

Documents to Go: Cannot download my paid license. License was paid for using the Droid....same as above. Only free main app available on the Android Market. Cannot upgrade. Even if I wanted to re-purchase, the store will not show the appropriate screen(s).

I'm having the same issue with Documents ToGo. Talked to DataViz tech support this morning about it - couldn't help me, told me to contact Google. Google wants me to contact DataViz.

Might need to contact my credit card company to register a complaint and get a refund. I'll give them a couple of days to figure this out though...

 

[Needsdecaf]

Ok. About how much do you use it throughout the day?

Varies, but see some of my other posts. I can now use it pretty hard and not run the battery down.

 

[Chuntsman949]

My battery is awful, I charged it lastnight, and now I am at 30% life, I have no idea why.. I have turned Blue Tooth off, Wifi is on, I have App killer on and Google Sync off......any ideas ?

 

[cth95mustang]

Well couldn't they come out with a better battery later on?

 

[r2d2]

I'm having the same issue with Documents ToGo. Talked to DataViz tech support this morning about it - couldn't help me, told me to contact Google. Google wants me to contact DataViz.

Might need to contact my credit card company to register a complaint and get a refund. I'll give them a couple of days to figure this out though...

Issue resolved. DataViz contacted me via email, called them on the phone and got my app re-licensed.

Just had to send an email to DataViz via google checkout stating what happened. Contacted me a few hours later... Wished it could have been worked out when I first contacted them, but all is well now in the end.

 

[dureyes]

My battery is awful, I charged it lastnight, and now I am at 30% life, I have no idea why.. I have turned Blue Tooth off, Wifi is on, I have App killer on and Google Sync off......any ideas ?

I had this problem with my HTC Ozone, solved it by turning off the Bluetooth and Wifi....why have wifi on if you are on a unlimited data plan? Hope this helps.

 

[spawn]

This morning I went to my local VZW store fully intending to walk out with a Morotola Droid, but it only took about five minutes playing with both phones to convince me that Droid Eris would be replacing my BlackBerry.

Same thing happened to me. I had the Blackberry 8100, 8310 and 8900 and went into the verizon store to play around with the Droid. For me the Droid felt nice size wise, but I found it to be on the heavy side and also didnt like the way the keyboard opens and closes and how loose the top feels. There was an Eris next to it and I started playing with it and it felt great on my hand right away. Size, feel, look everything click for me. So now Im an Eris owner

The only thing that Im starting to miss from Blackberry is the lack of good quality accessories from HTC...we BB users are really spoiled with extremely good quality built accessories. Maybe I just have not found the right place...who knows

 

[smallbizown]

I'm considering either the Motorola Droid or the HTC. Do both or either of them have the capability to sync with Outlook? I'm mostly concerned about contacts and calendar (though task list would be nice) since my e-mail is through a POP3, which I've been told should sync from the server just fine (if that's incorrect, please let me know.)

 

[DroidDO]

The Droid does NOT support Outlook syncing out of the box (see here for a long work-around). The Eris DOES, and includes the software to make it happen. Here's the link for the software if you want to play around with it.

 

[Droidess]

Anyone know how to upload phone numbers so that the () and dash stay in the phone number? I tried downloading my numbers as a csv in Gmail, correcting the formatting, then re-uploading the file, only to see all of the formatting disappear.

 

[Droidess]

Found the solution to formatting phone numbers in Gmail. Saved contacts as a csv file, opened the file and changed the cell formatting for each phone field to custom and set the formatting as (000) 000-0000. This formatted all 138 contact phone numbers. I then copied the column and pasted special: as values. This changed the column to a text column so that when I uploaded the file back into Gmail, the formatted numbers remained as I saved them.

 

[amharach]

I just picked my Eris up last night after years on a Blackberry. I loved the look and feel better than the Motorola (especially the weight), but started having a few fears of needing the Motorola keyboard and more umph. After reading the feedback and playing more on mine, I am convinced I have made the smart choice.

Thanks!

 

[Needsdecaf]

I just picked my Eris up last night after years on a Blackberry. I loved the look and feel better than the Motorola (especially the weight), but started having a few fears of needing the Motorola keyboard and more umph. After reading the feedback and playing more on mine, I am convinced I have made the smart choice.

Thanks!

After having the Eris for 2 months and switching to the Droid, the Droid is a huge brick in comparison. Heavy and bulky, for sure.

 

[amharach]

My battery is awful, I charged it lastnight, and now I am at 30% life, I have no idea why.. I have turned Blue Tooth off, Wifi is on, I have App killer on and Google Sync off......any ideas ?

Be sure to get Advanced Task Killer. When you are done each time, kill all active apps not needed. Saves a ton of battery.

 

[nekoki]

After having the Eris for 2 months and switching to the Droid, the Droid is a huge brick in comparison. Heavy and bulky, for sure.

Dont let some of the regulars on here hear that. According to SOME, it's impossible for a phone to be heavy. (PS I agree with it being bulky and heavy).