does anyone have one of the droid phones?

[man-in-moon]

i am up for an upgrade with my cell and was looking at these. i have never had one of the smart phones or what ever you call them. so i was wondering what anyone with experience with a droid thought. also what are some good apps? i have no clue about these things so any info would help alot.

[jcthejester13]

I am going to get one on Thursday.

[PFDarkside]

Droid is sweet. A few of my friends have it/them/one. If I didn't have an iphone, I'd seriously consider a Moto Droid or HTC Incredible. (Very similar phones, both running Googles Android OS) Those three are the best phones available, Droid is probably better than iPhone now, but the next iphone is coming out soon. I think you can get a Droid far cheaper also.

[man-in-moon]

i have wanted an iphone for awhile but i am with verizon. the droid seems cool i was looking at the incredible or the eris i think it was called. i just do not want to get in over my head. the fanciest phone i have had is the envy touch. and i dont have the data package with it. so all the apps and features are new to me.

[jcthejester13]

I think it is all about what you plan on using your phone for. If you just want something for calling then who cares how fancy a phone is. If you want all sorts of apps, navigation, social networking, interwebs, texting... then an advanced smartphone is probably for you.

[Lucid_Lunatic]

I use a Druid phone

[man-in-moon]

i think i would use a good bit of the stuff on them. plus our internet here is not reliable.
my wife thinks i am crazy for wanting one but then again she does not even like the mp3 players on phones.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Use a HTC Hero...total love it.
Android is very user friendly.....

[Brow]

I have the same phone as Matt and pretty much agree with everything he said!

[stevie_bees]

Use a HTC Hero...total love it.
Android is very user friendly.....

Same for me!!

[PFDarkside]

For me, it's not about what i plan to use a device for, it's about what that device will enable me to do.

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So i used that phones as a 'Call/Text/Camera' device. I think people will find that they will begin to use things as they become easier to use.

Who needed e-mail 20 years ago?
Who needed internet banking 20 years ago?

Nobody NEEDS as internet phone or any of the things it does, but they make life easier. The bandwagon has been running long enough now for me to think of it as 'the future' and so i'm jumping on board.

Just to make your point even more, you talk about cell phones like they've always taken pictures and texted... 8 years ago they didn't. My first phone was just that, a phone. Noone knew thy needed to text but it has blossomed as a more effiient way to communicate. Same with all the features available on the smartphones. I couldn't imagine not having them available everywhere I go now. (I'm posting this on my phone, even though I have a desktop and laptop at my house! )

[jcthejester13]

I would disagree.

For me, it's not about what i plan to use a device for, it's about what that device will enable me to do.

Internet on the phone has been around for a long time now. And i remember when my friends purchased new phones and demonstrated to me with great smiles that the thing could load internet pages... even though the display was tiny and the pages took a long time to load.

So i didn't buy it. I understood that i could check my e-mails, facebook, watch videos, download music, etc... but those phones didn't ENABLE me to do it in a way i found functional. So i stuck with an old school phone whilst these guys were upgrading every 6 months to phones with only slightly better capabilities.

But now, you have phones that really do enable you to use the internet in a way that is fun, practical, easy and fast. My brother bought a HTC phone with android and i tried it out, i loved it. Finally, a phone where i could use the internet just as easily as i can on a laptop or PC computer, with a large screen and good user interface.

So a few days ago, i bought a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. I chose that particular phone because my previous phone was a Sony Ericsson and i like the camera.... the camera is 8.1 megapixels and has a great lense. It didn't cost me any extra per month than my current plan, it was a straight upgrade.

I love the phone, i can see myself having less need to sit at my PC when i get home from work because i'd have been able to easily sort out all my business whilst on break at work or on the move.

Not to mention, i can be a lot more 'plugged in'. I've got apps that instantly tell me the latest news headlines, weather, facebook, whatever i want to know.

Previous internet phones could not do this, my previous phone (Sony Ericsson K850i) could not do this. So i used that phones as a 'Call/Text/Camera' device. I think people will find that they will begin to use things as they become easier to use.

Who needed e-mail 20 years ago?
Who needed internet banking 20 years ago?

Nobody NEEDS as internet phone or any of the things it does, but they make life easier. The bandwagon has been running long enough now for me to think of it as 'the future' and so i'm jumping on board.

Just to clarify my point. All I was getting at is: I know a lot of people who pay for these outrageous plans and then never use the features available to them. If you are never going to use the applications and features available, why pay for it?