Android phones?

[EskimoJoe]

Anyone heard of them or had one? Thinking about getting one the next few months to replace my old, beatup LG.

Opinions?

[SuperDud]

I'm writing this using my X... love it.

[mensa180]

Also have a Droid X, they're great.

[Selino631]

I have a LG Alley with Android from Verizon. I love it, its great. only problem that i've had recently is the browser will crash sometimes.

[Sonicblu]

I have an X best phone I've owned so far. Was using the blackberry Storm.

[FYB]

I'm thinking of three phones, HTC EVO 4G, Samsung EPIC 4G, or the new LG Optimus S. I like the LG Optimus S a lot.

[guncrasher]

I switched from the storm to the droidx. awesome phone, large screen.  you can see youtube in hd.  and the camera and video recorded are awesome.  

these are my kids playing at a local bar. taken with the droidx.  not the best setting first time i really used the camera at night in a bar. and I used one of the built it sound filters.  my bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPQpSCtoeVs

this is the same song, taken by somebody else next to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbeZD_MP2Y

notice how dark the other phone is and how clear it is with the droidx.  I took mine in hd 1920x1080. but only uploaded 720p.  it takes a long time to upload.  no bad comments about my kids they're just having fun.


and this is a picture taken last month at the grand canyon.  2 days after i got the phone.

semp

[Vulcan]

Recently picked up a Huawei Joy (aka Vodafone 845) for ~$US135 and slapped an 8Gb microsd card in it for another $US20. Compact android nice screen, 3g, wifi, gps, bluetooth, gps, microsd slot, 3.2megapixel camera...  wow is it awesome. Also found graffiti is available for android (old hand writing recognition thing from the early palm days) for free... it just made this device perfect.

Liked it so much I got my wife one. Some people think the screen is a bit small but imho it's just right, plus the graffiti recognition makes the need for a keyboard - physical or virtual - redundant.


I've also picked up a Haipad (Chinese) M701R, 7" slate, not 3G, but wifi, hdmi out, microsd slot etc. I use the wifi tethering on the phone when I want to surf on the tablet. Means one SIM... one data plan.

I've finally retired my 6 year old treo

[warhed]

You aren't using your phone to its full potential until you root it and run custom roms 

[guncrasher]

Try using the voice recognition on droid x not perfect but it is fun. I used it to type this

Semp

[Ack-Ack]

Anyone heard of them or had one? Thinking about getting one the next few months to replace my old, beatup LG.

Opinions?

better than iPhone...


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[Reschke]

Wish I had a Droid X...will probably replace my Iphone4 with whatever iteration of a Droid X there is at that time.

[EskimoJoe]

better than iPhone...


ack-ack

Good enough for me! 

[DREDIOCK]

Anyone heard of them or had one? Thinking about getting one the next few months to replace my old, beatup LG.

Opinions?

Everyone I personally know with one without exception loves em.
I'd have one myself but I need something a bit more rugged

[68Hawk]

I love it.  I've got the Droid 1, or whatever the original is called.  The Android system works well, and there's a lot of apps out there for whatever you want it to do.  I have a neat little airplane instrument panel for my car, for instance. 

The GPS works really well.  When I can get a decent number of satellites, I can usually get a fix to between 6-9 feet in accuracy.  The maps function linked to google maps works well in most areas.  I highly recommend the car docking station if you like GPS on the road.  I use it every once in a while.

It takes good pictures and really good video.  I just got a program to backup my files so I can get at them from any computer, and it'll tell me where the phone is on a map if it's lost or stolen.

I have the entire US Constitution, with all amendments, Declaration of Independence, etc.

It's a flashlight.  It's pretty bright too.

Cool Nav data for my desk at a glance:

Heading: 84deg
MGRS grid:  13SED 008xx 890xx
Speed:  0.0mpg (it is accurate on the road though)
Pitch/Roll:  000 L01
Mag. field:  45
Declination:  8deg
Alt:  5386 (-68ft)
Error:  19ft
Fix/Sats:  10/10

29deg outside and mostly cloudy.

You'll like it.