Comments on: Verizon Droid vs T-Mobile G1

By: Lexi Adams

Lexi Adams — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:49:26 +0000

my car charger is well made and very tough. i use it all the time`-:

By: Trinity James

Trinity James — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:05:44 +0000

i have china made car chargers at home and they work well on my Honda Jazz`;~

By: charles

charles — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:50:52 +0000

droid key mistypes stinks to point of being useless. had use to vertual kb then lost spelling prompts. I went thru two phones in less than a month. 1st screen shatter in pocket. best can figure car key hooked ear hole. 2nd insur. refurb wiped with DAMP. paper b4 applying screen protctn. halr hr l8r phone vibs. think is call. in fact is death cry. screen dead. water in ear hole. iphone and htc drooid have a mesh to protect hole. moto is making a lot money selling replacement screens for bad design. insur. canceled. had to go back to treo battleaxe.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:50:29 +0000

I looked at the Droid when they came out, and if it been offered on T-Mobile I would have gotten one. While verizon has better coverage, I found their customer service lacking. I have the exact setup as Adam – G1 with cyanogen mod. Basicly all the android 2.0 goodness in a 1.6 shell. The tethering is awesome.
I purchased a Nexus One for my wife, while I wait for the xperia or the HTC Evo for T-Mobile. The Nexus One looks great, very responsive, and has great “hand feel” It is the best phone I have used so far. But, I am still holding out for the next great phone.

By: Miles

Miles — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:27:07 +0000

@Adam
How do you update your G1 to the “cyanogens” program?

By: chris kennedy

chris kennedy — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:41:21 +0000

1.5ghz sounds nice, but will drain that battery far faster, and the snapdragon has a weaker gpu side to it, making the processor work harder and burn more battery, that isn’t counting the heat the cpu will generate.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:58:44 +0000

The head phone jack is appealing but I see nothing other then a large screen. But has never posed a problem as I use A2DP Bluetooth Stereo Headphones. Never had a problem with my track ball either…my biggest issue with the droid..Verizon CDMA. I’m sure you’ll get nickle and dimed by them..trust me they can screw up a steel ball.
I currently have a G1 running cyanogens latest mod..get updated atleast 3 times a month. Has the following features:
1. Multi Touch Browsing(Pinch and Zoom)
2. Exchange Email support
3. Google Maps with Nav(from market)
4. WiFi and USB Tethering
5. Dramatically Increased Performance(camera,swiping,applications)
6. Touch Input
7. ECLAIR Kernel
8. Theme support and customization
9. Root and SuperUser Access
Just to mention a few.
You should have waited for the Sony Xperia 10 with Android look it up on the web The Sony Xperia 10 has an 8MP Camera 1080p support with LED Superflash. Not to mention a SnapDragon 1.5 GHZ processor.(SICK) a 4 inch screen with 1080p HD resolution. Now that is where its at. The droid seems like a small upgrade from the G1 with only a small increase in processor speed 548mhz for droid 512 mhz for G1. Sony Xperia will have 1500mhz processor. The bottom line is Phones and functionality will head to GSM networks first and maybe hit CDMA a year later.
Adam on my G1 waiting for the xperia.

By: Rod Hilton

Rod Hilton — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:40:25 +0000

bbot:

really? Well that’s news to me. Certainly I don’t have any other cables with that style plug on the end. If it’s a standard then I’m less annoyed by it and should be able to acquire some cheap cables.

By: bbot

bbot — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:45:29 +0000

The mini-b connector has been depreciated. The standard mobile phone power/data connector is now the micro-b connector, as certified by the Open Mobile Terminal Platform, and as endorsed by Apple, Nokia, LG, RIM, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, Palm, and yes, Motorola.

It is actually technically superior. Unlike mini-b, the retention hooks are on the plug, not the socket. Since that’s the first thing that wears out, it’s nice to have them on the $7 cable, instead of the $300 phone.