Why I feel like the Droid X is the best phone I've own.

[whsbuss]

Wrong. The ONLY aspect Blackberry has cornered within the market of smartphones is its email system. Hands-down one of the best features of almost every Blackberry I've ever owned. I think it's one reason I put up with my Storm as long as I did. Lord knows how many things it did wrong, but my God was it dependable when it came to email.

Unfortunately, I don't even think 6.0 can save their dying share of the market.

I think you left out BB messenger and notifications. All of my friend's kids (15-21) have dropped their iphones for BBs mostly because of the BB messenger. Interesting, very interesting.

 

[jroc]

carmendiva: u a wild chick....lol

freddyttt: Good question. I wanna know too. lol It does come with a video, pic editing app. I just havent used it yet.

The OP is mostly Android related, its not just the X. U actually could change the title of this thread to "Why I feel like an Android phone is the best phone I've owned."

I came from Win Mo, and I dont see me going back. So to Finally, welcome to The World of Android.

 

[Jacktheringster]

Because it's new! And, obviously it would better than all my older phones….

 

[tbAF]

I'm using Lanucher pro plus and direct dial is not one of the options. Thanks for the help. Any other ideas?

The OP wrote:

I use Launcher Pro, which offers up to three docks. I store my most frequently contacted here. Combining this with Anycut, I can touch a contact to make a directly call, or swipe up on a contact to compose a direct text or mms message.

You need to go to the market and install Anycut. Then it works fine!

 

[jroc]

I've recorded my friends snake eating a rat in HD, edited it's length, added a title, and uploaded it to youtube.


does the X do this or is there an app?

I just tried it, (couldnt figure out how to add the title) the X does this; its that Arc Video Editor Lite some of us saw in the system dump. It came with the phone.

 

[carmendiva]

carmendiva: u a wild chick....lol
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lolzzz

 

[kiddocaldwell]

I came from a BB Storm 2, have had my X for 3 weeks now. --- I just love it ! It is lightyears ahead of RIM, the user customizeability is just mindblowing ! Installed Launcher Pro Plus, now it looks just like the Inc. which I had for 2 weeks. Really liked it too, but LOVE the huge masculinity of the X ! The X screen is wonderfully big, the browsing is out of this world.... and the phone just FEELS perfect in hand !

 

[Piiman]

The purpose of this thread is to share with everyone my experience with my phone. I upgraded from a BlackBerry Curve.

The number one reason why I feel that the Motorola Droid X was a good buy is how easy it can be to do things. It can do everything that I want a mobile device to do in very few preses or swipes.

HOMESCREEN

This is my home screen. I put the most frequently used apps and widgets here. This includes a Advanced Task Killer, Maps, a shortcut to the GVENT contacts, Cardock, Gallery, and Apps Market Place.

Since I do a lot of driving, made sure its easy for me to access my CarDock and Maps. If I'm driving and need directions, I can get to the Maps app by in 2 'presses' from any screen. Home -> Maps.

The Power Control widget needs to be on the homescreen for me so I can toggle the GPS, Wifi, BlueTooth, Sync, and Brightness in 2 presses from any screen. I have my screen on low brightness most of the time to conserve battery life; however, increasing the brightness when necessary is only 2 presses away from any screen. Home -> Toggle Brightness

The shortcut to GVENT allows me to use voice commands to add events to my calender in 4 presses. I don't even have to type out or specify when or where, it is usually smart enough to figure it out. Home -> GVENT Shortcut-> send text-> voice icon -> Speak "Dinner at Mom's house tomorrow at 6 PM."

DOCK

All the necessary functions of a phone is located on the Dock. I use Dailer One instead of the stock dialer. This allows me to use T9 to quickly call anyone in my contacts.

I'm searching through my contacts for "rick" by typing 7425.

The other items on my dock is my GMAIL, Apps drawer, Handcent SMS, and xScope Browser.

I think Handcent SMS looks better then the stock messenger, and has an option to send a the same text out to everyone in a group with 1 click.

I've tried different browsers and I just like xScope the best.

I use Launcher Pro, which offers up to three docks. I store my most frequently contacted here. Combining this with Anycut, I can touch a contact to make a directly call, or swipe up on a contact to compose a direct text or mms message.

Since LauncherPro lets you have 3 docks, I can store 10 contacts that I can directly call or text in 3 presses or swipes regardless of where I am. Home-> Swipe dock-> Press shortcut to call, or swipe contact to text.

With this configuration, everything that I never need to do with my mobile device (make phone calls, send text messages, create event on my calender, navigate or get directions while driving, get to a web browser, check and compose email) is literally at the touch of my fingertips... 2 or 3 swipes/press for most things with the exception of GVENT, but how can I complain when I can create events on my calender with 4 swipes + speak instead of the traditional adding event to calenders.

RAMBLING

With this configuration, I still have many (5) homescreens to customize. I put all my useful apps (Alarm, mp3 Music, Shopsavvy, Files, Youtube, Urbanspoon, Wellsfargo, sound & notification settings) on one of them, and my music player and notepad on the other.

When I find a new App or feature on the phone that I find myself using frequently, it's easy to make a shortcut to it. Convenient.

When connected to Wifi, I use Mp3 Music to download build my mp3 collection. I also download high def youtube videos using jetVD. I'm building a media collection and have yet to plug my phone into my PC once.

I also rooted my phone without plugging my phone into the PC using Easy Root. All my stuff (Apps and system data) is backed up on the SD card using Titanium Backup in case my phone gets wiped. I used drocap2 to take these screenshots and uploaded them to my picasa account. (also in a few clicks)

Using DroidEmulator, I downloaded NES Roms (Metroid), and SNES (Chrono Trigger), unzipped them with AndroZip, and played them using the Emulator.

I've recorded my friends snake eating a rat in HD, edited it's length, added a title, and uploaded it to youtube.

CONCLUSION
This phone does everything. The feeling that you get when you know that your phone is customized to your exact needs is awesome.

Get ride of Advanced Task Killer If you don't know why just Google Why Task killers are bad.

 

[sparky07]

The OP wrote:



You need to go to the market and install Anycut. Then it works fine!

I couldn't find anycut. It looks like it's now called Bettercut in the market.

Thanks.

 

[PSUlion01]

I use Launcher Pro, which offers up to three docks. I store my most frequently contacted here. Combining this with Anycut, I can touch a contact to make a directly call, or swipe up on a contact to compose a direct text or mms message.

Since LauncherPro lets you have 3 docks, I can store 10 contacts that I can directly call or text in 3 presses or swipes regardless of where I am. Home-> Swipe dock-> Press shortcut to call, or swipe contact to text.

Can you elaborate on how this is done? When I try with Anycut it just closes after I select the mobile number that I want to create a direct text to. When I try with BetterCut it works, but the shortcut appears on the homescreen instead of the LP+ dock.

I think I'm doing it the right way -- Hold dock icon -> Change Shortcut -> Select AnyCut (or BetterCut) and follow steps to create direct text shortcut

Frustrating that it's not working... Let me know if you have any ideas...

 

[brlarue]

Thanks for the great post. I just got my Droid X last week and was pleasantly surprised with all the features and terrific apps. I was reluctant to go with the Droid X because of the negative reviews regarding the battery life and the camera. I immediately tried taking some pics and they weren't as bad as some of the reviewers said. I'm not much of a photo guy anyway. On the battery issue I figure I can just deal with it as I have with all my other electronic toys. Since this device is more like a mini computer with a phone I'm surprised the battery lasts as long as it does. I plan to get an extra battery and keep a variety of chargers on hand.

Since I've only had my X for a week I'm a bit reluctant to root it as I've heard that updates might not work. Maybe after the 2.2 update is installed I'll take a second look.

 

[Leftyguy]

Yes the DX is the best phone I ever had but the next new one will be even better....

 

[bobbyray]

lolzzz

And sexy lol

 

[carmendiva]

And sexy lol

Thanks dear!

Ha i gave you your first thanks haha

 

[bobbyray]

Thanks dear!

Ha i gave you your first thanks haha

Lol thanks I'm new to this...originally made it to post that (sexy) but I guess since I got the droid x ill be needing tips haha btw still waiting on it! I guess my BB storm will do for now