As many Storm1 owners out there, I was thinking of switching to Storm2...however, after searching the web and debating between Storm2, Omnia II, and Eris, I found myself wanting the new Passion...unfortunately it seems to me there is no Passion, and just a Nexus. So since I'm on Verizon, it looks like the only 2.0 Android out there is Droid. Main reason for not wanting the droid, is the same as why others havent: keyboard. But I've been warming up to it lately and figured maybe the keyboard could come in handy when I'm at home and replying to work emails...otherwise when texting or other, I need the potrait touchscreeen.
So with that said, there are some things at minimum I need in the Droid and if it has it, I'll pick up a Droid this weekend.
Does the Droid have:
1. T9 in potrait? dont want QWERTY in portrait, but need T9 or equivalent
2. I keep my phone on silent all the time as I get so many messages from emails/texts daily during work. So with the Blackberry, they have a LED that I can customize and have it light up a certain color depending on the type of message. Does the Droid have an LED? If so, can it be customized for email/text/calendar alerts? If not, and I keep my phone on silent, how will I know I received a message? Will the phone light up and fade out in 7 seconds? Stay lit until I acknowlege the message?
3. Need to have a Agenda/Calendar on the home screen. From reading these forums looks like Home++ or something will let me get that?
4. Text animations/smiley- If I'm texting from the Droid to Eris and back and forth and we insert animations/smileys, will they appear on the other phone as an animation/smiley or as the text equivalent?
5. Can you text past 160 characters?
6. Can you Edit office files
7. If I make a change to my outlook calendar or task how fast will it push to phone? Instantly or every two mins it sync?
8. Can I use a stylus in a paint type program? I like to quickly jot nots while I'm out and instead of always carrying a pen and paper, I would prefer to write on the phone
9. How many email accounts can I have at once? I have Corporate Outlook, AOL, and gmail. Can I have 3 seperate inboxes on the phone?
10. Just to confirm, will all these Outlook items push to the phone? email, task, calendar, and memopad?
11. As you probably know, there are a few sites out there that let you watch free tv, so like justintv or channelsurfing...can I watch those on the droid, or do we need flash or something?
12. Is there a seperate inbox for SMS or is that combined with email? Is it possible to have seperate?
13. Common thing with Blackberry is that you have to do a daily battery pull..I assume Droid doesn't have this problem?
14. I heard there were Camera issues? As I wasn't planning on getting the Droid I didn't pay too much attention, but has this been resolved? If so, how?
15. Has there been any new updates to the phone/OS?
Thanks for answering these. If the answers are to my liking, I'll be dropping the Storm for a Droid soon.
Thanks
So with that said, there are some things at minimum I need in the Droid and if it has it, I'll pick up a Droid this weekend.
Does the Droid have:
1. T9 in potrait? dont want QWERTY in portrait, but need T9 or equivalent
2. I keep my phone on silent all the time as I get so many messages from emails/texts daily during work. So with the Blackberry, they have a LED that I can customize and have it light up a certain color depending on the type of message. Does the Droid have an LED? If so, can it be customized for email/text/calendar alerts? If not, and I keep my phone on silent, how will I know I received a message? Will the phone light up and fade out in 7 seconds? Stay lit until I acknowlege the message?
3. Need to have a Agenda/Calendar on the home screen. From reading these forums looks like Home++ or something will let me get that?
4. Text animations/smiley- If I'm texting from the Droid to Eris and back and forth and we insert animations/smileys, will they appear on the other phone as an animation/smiley or as the text equivalent?
5. Can you text past 160 characters?
6. Can you Edit office files
7. If I make a change to my outlook calendar or task how fast will it push to phone? Instantly or every two mins it sync?
8. Can I use a stylus in a paint type program? I like to quickly jot nots while I'm out and instead of always carrying a pen and paper, I would prefer to write on the phone
9. How many email accounts can I have at once? I have Corporate Outlook, AOL, and gmail. Can I have 3 seperate inboxes on the phone?
10. Just to confirm, will all these Outlook items push to the phone? email, task, calendar, and memopad?
11. As you probably know, there are a few sites out there that let you watch free tv, so like justintv or channelsurfing...can I watch those on the droid, or do we need flash or something?
12. Is there a seperate inbox for SMS or is that combined with email? Is it possible to have seperate?
13. Common thing with Blackberry is that you have to do a daily battery pull..I assume Droid doesn't have this problem?
14. I heard there were Camera issues? As I wasn't planning on getting the Droid I didn't pay too much attention, but has this been resolved? If so, how?
15. Has there been any new updates to the phone/OS?
Thanks for answering these. If the answers are to my liking, I'll be dropping the Storm for a Droid soon.
Thanks