Update: Wirefly is selling the DROID for 179.99 with free next day shipping via FedEx.
Still doesn't beat the deal I got from Best Buy where I got a 50$ giftcard plus a 100$ instant rebate making the total cost including tax at roughly $158 dollars, got a shitload of reward zone points too.
The HTC ERIS is 79.99 with next day shipping too!
[url]http://wirefly.com[/url]
I wanna see what Apple comes out with next for their next line of iPhones, then I'll make my decision for a new phone.
personally, simply not being made by a shitty company that I hate is enough to make me buy this. I need a new phone anyway.
[QUOTE=Benji;18219217]I wanna see what Apple comes out with next for their next line of iPhones, then I'll make my decision for a new phone.[/QUOTE]
The 3GS already beats this, but meh.
Stop it fanboy.
[QUOTE=Factory;18221175]Stop it fanboy.[/QUOTE]
Again, like I said, I am not a fanboy. I'm looking for reasons more or less to get a new phone, but this Droid that you're all orgasming to is going to fade into obscurity like all iPhone competitors. At least I can face the facts.
Oh, and the Appstore has 100,000 apps now. Checkmate.
[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18221234]Again, like I said, I am not a fanboy. I'm looking for reasons more or less to get a new phone, but this Droid that you're all orgasming to is going to fade into obscurity like all iPhone competitors. At least I can face the facts.
Oh, and the Appstore has 100,000 apps now. Checkmate.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=290[/url] apple forums
what I like is he claimed he's not a fanboy while fangasming in the same post
What a bunch of uptight pricks at Verizon. Definitely canceling my line with them after my contracts up in a few months now.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;18221668]what I like is he claimed he's not a fanboy while fangasming in the same post[/QUOTE]
To care enough about a product to call out a fanboy pretty much makes that person a fanboy as well. Only fanboys care about other fanboys.
The person who lurks threads for products he'll never buy is called a loser, that is I.
I was considering getting the Droid, but after watching some usage videos and looking at the laughably horrid Market, no thanks. There's still hope with WinMo.
Laughably horrid in terms of available products or ease of use?
If it's the latter then ugh, the App Store is probably the most horribly structured shop on the whole internet.
And WinMo is a joke, it's the Windows ME of mobile OSes (and I have to experience that every day)
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;18223146]Laughably horrid in terms of available products or ease of use?
If it's the latter then ugh, the App Store is probably the most horribly structured shop on the whole internet.
And WinMo is a joke, it's the Windows ME of mobile OSes (and I have to experience that every day)[/QUOTE]
Listen to this 14 year old, he has amassed great knowledge in the vast span of time between 1995 and the present. His word is law.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;18223317]Listen to this 14 year old, he has amassed great knowledge in the vast span of time between 1995 and the present. His word is law.[/QUOTE]
What exactly do you not like about my arguments?
What kind of GPU does this phone have?
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;18225924]What exactly do you not like about my arguments?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;18225924]the App Store is probably the most horribly structured shop on the whole internet.[/QUOTE]
Please explain that then.
I'm typing this from my droid.
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;18223146]Laughably horrid in terms of available products or ease of use?
If it's the latter then ugh, the App Store is probably the most horribly structured shop on the whole internet.
And WinMo is a joke, it's the Windows ME of mobile OSes (and I have to experience that every day)[/QUOTE]
Available products. The Appstore application isn't the best way of surfing applications, either. You can always install a 3rd party application that even gives you discount information and whatnot.
[editline]09:42PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Downsider;18225958]What kind of GPU does this phone have?[/QUOTE]
PowerVR SGX530, which supports OpenGL ES 1.x. (Actually, mixed answers. Some say 2.0, some say 1.x.)
I keep reading the title in the zombie voice from Plants vs. Zombies.
[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18106414]Ugh, the sheer stupidity.
Let's state some facts.
Jailbreaking voids your warranty. Restoring with iTunes restores your warranty.
Even though Apple makes it harder for the guys behind the JB scene to figure out methods, those guys get more clever. It's easier than ever to JB today. You have to run a small file that takes literally 10 seconds to finish and you're done.
Everyone wants to jailbreak, the very stupid ones don't know how to.[/QUOTE]
You're trying to counter the iDon't things with weird hacky alternatives that go so far as a digital filter for your camera (that's not a flash ding dong)
[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18226868]
PowerVR SGX530, which supports OpenGL ES 1.x. (Actually, mixed answers. Some say 2.0, some say 1.x.)[/QUOTE]
Is that the same the Beagleboard has?
I'm not a big hardware guy. Could it handle, say a Quake 2 port, at what kind of framerate, would you say?
[QUOTE=Termy58;18227504]You're trying to counter the iDon't things with weird hacky alternatives that go so far as a digital filter for your camera (that's not a flash ding dong)[/QUOTE]
The only weird one is the camera one. Even though it does allow some good night shots, it obviously doesn't replace the flash, hence the only thing better, the camera option. Everything else is pretty much as easy as installing an app, so 'hacky' isn't the proper term. It's not supported by Apple, yes, but it takes literally a minute to jailbreak a device.
I'd prefer it if people didn't keep quoting a reply I made earlier in the thread, as I'm sure everyone's getting fed up with the iPhone vs. Droid discussion.
[editline]11:04PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Downsider;18227510]Is that the same the Beagleboard has?
I'm not a big hardware guy. Could it handle, say a Quake 2 port, at what kind of framerate, would you say?[/QUOTE]
The Droid apparently does 13.5 million polygons per second.
To put things in perspective, the iPhone 3GS does ~25 million polygons per second. The Beagleboard does 10 million polygons per second.
Still, those numbers are all huge, and a Quake 2 port should run pretty well on the Droid.
Almost been using the Droid for 24 hours, have worked with it intensively today and all I can say is... Goddamn... This is an amazing product.
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;18228773]Almost been using the Droid for 24 hours, have worked with it intensively today and all I can say is... Goddamn... This is an amazing product.[/QUOTE]
What makes it different from other Android products?
[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18228375]
The Droid apparently does 13.5 million polygons per second.
To put things in perspective, the iPhone 3GS does ~25 million polygons per second. The Beagleboard does 10 million polygons per second.
Still, those numbers are all huge, and a Quake 2 port should run pretty well on the Droid.[/QUOTE]
That is quite good. It could even run a Quake 3 port, if the RAM would suffice.
Speaking of, what does it have in terms of RAM?
[QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;18228847]What makes it different from other Android products?[/QUOTE]
Well it is Android 2.0... Also the hardware is just simply amazing. I've only used the G1 for about 30 minutes but judging from my experience with that, it is much faster and user friendly. Multi-touch integration and the keyboard are just kickass.
[QUOTE=Downsider;18229193]That is quite good. It could even run a Quake 3 port, if the RAM would suffice.
Speaking of, what does it have in terms of RAM?[/QUOTE]
256MB of RAM, 550MHz CPU.
Also, I found a massive review on the Droid. [url]http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review/[/url]
[editline]11:38PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;18229232]Well it is Android 2.0... Also the hardware is just simply amazing. I've only used the G1 for about 30 minutes but judging from my experience with that, it is much faster and user friendly. Multi-touch integration and the keyboard are just kickass.[/QUOTE]
Does it use a stylus?
Is it a resistive touchscreen? Or a capacitive?
Please say multi-touch capacitive.
EDIT: Ugh, article says it's not multitouch, although it's more or less a software issue.
Oh well. Still a buy from me.
Fucking damn, that is a beast of a phone.
[editline]07:17PM[/editline]
Those pictures look better than the ones my 6 MP piece of shit digital camera takes.
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