Thread: Time: Motorola DROID review

That's the hallmark of a really bad writer; he says that it's probably because of crummy camera software, but doesn't differentiate that from the overall review of the camera.

"With only 256MB of on-board storage, the DROID is limited to the amount of applications you can store and maybe even the possibility of not being able to run future updates of the OS. It was rumored that 2.0 would allow you to store apps to the external memory card, but that's obviously not true." Wouldn't this automatically make this device far inferior than the iphone?

AppManager Pro is a cheap app that lets you backup and install apps to and from the SD. And with opensource app development, it's only going to get easier to do things like that.

I've got about 40 apps installed on my Droid, and I still have over 175mb free. It was touched on above, but only the executable must live in main memory. Any data and auxiliary files may be stored on the SD card, making it largely a non issue. It's still a stupid limitation, although I have had issues before on WinMo with SD installed apps, especially if you ever remove the card (yes, obviously it doesn't work with the card...

you dont have to go to google to sync a new contact. just add it onto the phone and it will update to your google account in the cloud. not sure if it'll trickle down to outlook, but at least it'll be on your phone instantly and you don't have to wait...

Magus you made some good points. But I am not writing off the Droid but rather I have issue with Verizon's strategy to please shareholders after a very bad mistake. iPhone should have been Verizons. But it is not, and moving forward Verizon should respond aggressively to maintain their position in the market. However, throwing 14 products at consumers is in my opinion a panic move. Verizon needs to demonstrate to shareholders that they...

How big are apps typically? What the hell is stopping them from storing them on the memory card?

An update for posterity. It took two trips and a huffy 'tude on my part, but Verizon did replace the broken unit. It has not crashed yet and hopefully that will continue to be the case. The random manifestation of the problems (misc app crashes and full system lockups, reboots and crashes) suggest that there was something deeply broken with the hardware.

Yeah you had a bad phone, I also did, but I just exchanged for a new one at Bestbuy and got .06 sent back lol. The new one works great. The Bestbuy phone rep said they got 2 back before mine and sold about 60.

This night can't pass fast enough. I'll be getting up pretty early to go pick mine up.