The DROID by Verizon is here: links and facts

Submitted by eacastel on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:23
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The Verizon/Motorola/Google mobile phone DROID arrived in stores November 6 and is causing a stir. The cost is $199.99 (plus tax on the full retail value $599.99) with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate in the form of a debit card.

You will probably want to consider buying an extra battery (I did not) to support heavy internet browsing and application use, although according to this test it is pretty good.

The Droid offers no global plan.

Tip 1: If you are having problems connecting from your PC to your Droid, look for a USB indicator on the notification bar of the phone... drag that down and tap on it... select mount, and it should just show up as a removable drive on your PC.

Tip 2: According to Motorola you can either configure your Exchange email account on the email application or multiple personal emails (hotmail.com, gmail.com, etc.), but not both. If you try to program all it will create problems for the Android OS that force closes the email application: "/!\ Sorry! The application Email (process com.android.email) hasstopped unexpectedly. Please try again. [Force close]." See http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4700 and https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/16336.

Information on the update for Android 2.0.1 is here https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3989...

Features

  • Access the Internet at 3G speeds via "the nation’s largest and most reliable 3G network" or from any Wi-Fi hotspot.
  • The multi-window HTML browser with a massive processor delivers the Web the way you expect.
  • Widescreen on a brilliant 3.7” high-resolution 854 pixels wide to reduce the need for side-to-side panning and more than 400,000 pixels total, more than twice that of the iPhone.
  • Run multiple applications at once: Customize your DROID with thousands of applications and hundreds of widgets available on Android Market™.
  • Toggle back and forth between up to six applications at a time to juggle the universe and your apps.
  • Google Search: Voice-activated search, and it will serve up Google search results based on your location.
  • 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, AutoFocus and image stabilization, DVD-quality video capture and playback.
  • Included 16 GB memory card.
  • Integrated Gmail™ and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync e-mail with Android notification panel.
  • Google Maps Navigation, providing turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps.

Links for Droid and Droid Eris

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