I've known the advantages posting forums gives a person for some time. For instance I'd been riding motorcycles for about 10 years before I joined eSportbike.com. But it wasn't until then that I really started picking up all sorts of valuable tips in gaining horsepower, increasing fuel economy, and decreasing weight.
Same thing when I bought my Home Theater system from Axiom. The speakers sounded great out of the box. But when I became a member of their forum I learned invaluable knowledge about wires, speaker placement, room treatments and all the rest of it. My HT sounded ten fold times better with the stuff I learned on AxiomAudio.com.
So when I got my X last July I poked around on it for a few weeks. Scoured the internet for the coolest, most useful apps I could find, then I hopped online to find a good forum to become a member of to further my Android knowledge. And of all the forums that have helped me out with my particular situations in the past, Phandroid has been the greatest help by far.
I've learned sooo much stuff about Android that I never would have ever figured out all on my own. I honestly don't remember why I chose this one over Androidforums.com, AndroidCentral.com or any of the rest of them. But I'm certainly happy with this forum.