Im literally a day away from ordering the droid, but recently in the last few days more and more google phone rumors, now i know its virtually impossible to stay up to date in the technology world these days but what does everyone else thing?
from what i've seen in the past verizon doesn't let you buy a phone and activate it on there network. either you buy if through them or don't use them. seems to be that way with CDMA. chances are it will be a GSM phone like the nokia n900. awsome phone but no provider is carrying it so it's expensive.
the droid is awsome and well worth getting. it's a powerhouse. plus you have the monster verizon network behind you i'm spanking my roomates iphone 3gs on the speed test app
from what i've read the dragon will run at only 850mhz for reliability and is a SOC as where the droid is not, it has a seperate GPU making it faster.
snapdragon is kind of a big jump from where processors are at right now. i certainly agree that for the most part the changes are very incremental, making the need to constantly upgrade rather small. But every now and then there is a jump that makes the predecessors look, well, like predecessors. I'm not saying snapdragon is this, b/c we really don't know how well it works, but it could certainly be just that.
from what i've seen in the past verizon doesn't let you buy a phone and activate it on there network. either you buy if through them or don't use them. seems to be that way with CDMA. chances are it will be a GSM phone like the nokia n900. awsome phone but no provider is carrying it so it's expensive....
just to clarify, Droid does have a SOC processor.
see here: so... 550mhz? - Page 3 - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum
To be honest, I've been wrestling with this myself. I really love my Droid, but I can see myself being sad if in 2 months google or HTC release some insanely killer device. luckily I can replace my phone every year, so at this point I'm just going to stick with the Droid. With the update on December 11th and with devs optimizing their apps the Droid is only going to become a better phone with time. Also, I didn't think I would use the hardware keyboard but now you couldn't pry it from my hands. That for me is the biggest reason why I wouldn't adopt the HTC Passion (besides the fact that both the Passion and the Google phone are nothing more than rumors at this point...I'll believe in them when I see an actual picture of them/an official release from someone with some type of credentials)
from my understanding 2.0 is more optimized for hardware then 1.6
and nobody can say whether or not Rachael is just poorly coded
Better equiped to take advantage, like more colors...but that doesn't necessarily mean it will run better. We will see.
The real issue here is humans. We will always want 'more'.
Yeah, but at $499, you could jump on TMo w/n900, do 500min for $29/mo., and add data for another $10, and it would more than cover any subsidy in the first year vs. same VZ/DROID plan...whether the n900 will do it for you is the ques. however. I took my Droid back mainly for reception issues, and compared to the TP2 I was waiting for, DROID is so much more responsive. If it had TV Out it would suit me fine in GSM trim.FWIW, word on the street is that Canada will get a North American GSM version in Q1 2010, but whether one can get it to work "down here" is not known...should have the hardware though.
And you would have absolutely no coverage when traveling out of the city!
You still haven't answered the broken glass/screen on your droid questions, and I heard you took it back, ie no longer a droid owner
Good luck in making that "GSM" version work in the states! I guess you missed the release of a keyboardless droid with hdmi out in 1Q2010
You are searching for a droid on ATT, OP is just asking about the droid today. I'd say do it and keep in mind that you have 30 days to return it. Just keep in mind things like restock fees or if early termination fees apply. Good luck OP!
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