Friday I decided to go look at new phones, since my new for two was up. Lindsey just got a new phone and I was starting to feel a little jealous.
I was rockin’ the LG Dare, which at first seemed like a really cool phone. It was all touch screeny and sexy like. Then after about a month I came to a realization: this phone blows.
When I bought it, there were supposed to be apps that would be coming out, but then that never happened (seriously, if I would check facebook online, it would say to download the app for the Dare, but then it would say not found…). Also, I started to notice that I was not adapting to the touchscreen keyboard. In fact, I was downright terrible with it. Then a coworker got an iPhone and I asked if I could try to keyboard. Guess what? I could type on that one. So, I reverted back to texting the old fashioned way, using the key pad. “Hey whats up?” Or in that language: “4433999SPACE944287777SPACE887111”. Jesus Christ that is time consuming. But, if I used the keyboard, it would end up looking like “heu qwhjats uop?”
Lindsey bought the Blackberry Torch and seemed to like it, so I did a little research. I found that the Verizon Blackberry really was not as nice as her phone. Also, it seemed like Droid was the way to go. Which one though? I read a bunch of reviews, and then I remembered that Greg wrote about a Droid recently and then again here. I went to the store with the intention of just looking (even though my mind was pretty much made up).
Needless to say, just looking did not work out so well. I played with it for about eleven seconds and decided that I wanted the Droid X. I have used it a good bit for the first two days (I worked third shift, what else was I supposed to do, just kidding Work Overlords if you are reading).
The big fear I had was the keyboard, but it is big enough and the letters are spaced far enough apart that it is quite smooth to use. I also was worried that I would not really put much use to apps (I make fun of the iPhone folks all the time). I was completely wrong about making fun of them and now see that my life is better because of apps. I have wanted either an mp3 player or satellite radio for my car for awhile now. Well guess what? I can use my phone now. I can use Pandora or listen to ESPN Radio. Also, it doubles as a GPS (in case I ever go somewhere).
I love that there are apps for my fantasy sports through Yahoo, I have not downloaded them yet, but I hope they allow me to check my teams (I cannot imagine what else they would be for). Instead of going through ten screens to find the Pens score, I can just hit the Pens app and I know that they beat Boston 3-2.
The best thing though? Bubble Breaker (or whatever it is called)! This came with my old Motorola Q and I seriously played over 10,000 games. It actually kept track of how many games you played, when I got jumped and lost the phone it had been around 4,000 and then on the second phone I played another 6,000. It was so much fun.
Needless to say, I am definitely diggin’ the new phone. Also, I really enjoyed this commercial when it came out (I wonder if it influenced my decision?)
Dude. You now have the same phone as me. I’m writing this comment on my Droid X because the firewall at work blocks blogspot. If you’re interested in app recommendations, check out http://greghowley.com/categories/android
Also, check out swype as a text entry method. It is awesome.
do not worry, as soon as i bought my phone, i remembered your site having something about droid, so i went and checked it out.