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11/03/09
And for the love of God, has everyone forgotten who is making the phone? When was the last time Moto pumped out something that does not fall apart with hardware issues? (battery, screens, keys)
Fanboys. #motoroladroid
01:41 AM
Why don't you do a search on Motorola here on Gizmodo and you will see that every article before the Cliq and the Droid were pictured with a flaming Moto symbol that looked like a plunging meteoroid coming down to the ground.
If they didn't like it they would flame it. The people that risked their jobs at Motorola that joined the Android group were seriously committed and were willing to work hard and take risks.
Gizmodo has always been honest about Moto, they say right here the camera is shit, which is something many can't deal with. But they gave the phone an honest review. Before you accuse Gizmodo of being *Moto* fanboys you better do your research. #motoroladroid
09:09 AM
You say "... I am sure we will see much more impressive Droid 2.0 phones to come."
Probably. Hence Matt saying:
"If Droid is merely the first in a new wave, we have a lot to be excited about."
And then you delight us with:
"And for the love of God, has everyone forgotten who is making the phone?"
A lot of people felt this way about Apple before they became relevant again post iMac. The point being companies can and do turn it around.
Now that my flame-fanning quota is met I think I'm good for the day. #motoroladroid
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so it stutters the gps sucks as does the camera, the keyboard is meh as is the battery.
So the display and the design are what make this the phone to own? Oris it just the best you can get on android?
I would say the big kicker against is verizon their pricing sucks. #motoroladroid
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This is an interim product, like the G1, and fails at a lot of things software-wise. But this being 2.0 and not 1.0, there should be higher expectations about stability. And Android 2.0 is far from exclusive. And moto shouldn't be given a pat on the back for making subpar hardware when you can install Android on another phone and have instantly the same phone with much better hardware. Let me see, hardware wise: keyboard sucks, camera sucks, video sucks, buttons suck, looks suck (to many people), sliding form factor sucks because the keyboard sucks and makes it absolutely pointless while splitting the phone into two slabs for no real purpose, battery is mediocre because they could have used that extra space for a bigger battery and one piece solid compact design that they wasted for a throwaway qwerty, etc. So if moto handled hardware completely, then moto failed again miserably in that respect.
This crap hype for Moto is just like when they teamed up with Kodak for the ZN5 with a 5 megapixel camera, which I know is crap because I owned one. Moto was bleeding a year ago too, and the buzz was "is this the killer phone that will resurrect Moto from Razr hell?" Fat chance. Then the media completely forgot about it. The software and hardware were both terrible on that thing, and the 5 megapixel camera was a joke. History is repeating itself with the Droid. Too many signs are pointing in that direction. #motoroladroid
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Or at least change the heading to what I got out of it the second best looking smart phone compared to the iphone and a better screen but not an iphone.
That is the comparison that is really boils down to, check your headlines alot of them are starting to no jive with the content of the article. #motoroladroid
08:40 AM
Webos and Iphone have some slickness. Google buy up palm and mash webos and android into some hotness. Yeah I know never gonna happen.
Google buy Palm. #motoroladroid
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ps - my inner child wants to punch someone at Moto right in their Metal Slug for not putting the D-pad on the left side... even from a non-emulator standpoint I feel like the keyboard has an odd offset with the chin and the D-pad on the left. #motoroladroid
11/03/09
Where mobile Safari leaves a lot to be desired is displaying single column pages such as Craigslist, and some mobile pages not specifcially designed for mobile Safari. In many cases, mobile Safari displays single column pages with too small a font size to read comfortably even in landscape mode. In portrait mode, basically unreadable. Double tap zoom will not increase the text size substantially, so you are forced to use pinch zoom. Major problem with pinch zoom is the text does not reflow when increased, and the result is the dreaded horizontal scrolling to read each line. If the webpage developer returns and adds a viewport META tag to the page, mobile Safari can display the pages at a comfortable text size without horizontal scrolling, but most page owners have not included this META tag. Although most multi-column pages display with a comfortable text size without horizontal scrolling on mobile Safari, I have encounted some two column pages on major sites that required pinch zoom, and the resultant horizontal scrolling of each line to read comfortably.
I have not had the opportunity to use the Droid. The specs are impressive, and that large screen beckons use. I have used Android 1.5 on the Archos 5 IMT with its 4.8" screen, and I am impressed with the browser. I understand many like multi-touch, but for me, multi-touch on a small screen is awkward, bordering on gimmicky. I respect the opinion of all you multi-touch fans; however, I prefer the virtual buttons at the bottom of the Archos's screen. You can zoom by just pressing the appropriate button, and the zoom control is not blocking the page like multi-touch gesture do. Multi-touch vs. icon zoom controls are certainly a personal preference. Where the Archos's browser slaps mobile Safari is its contant text re-wrapping with each zoom level. The result is reading those single column, and mobile sites that many prefer on small screen devices at a comfortable text size without the dreaded horizontal scrolling. The text reflows when zooming also work on multi-colmn pages as well. Mobile Safari may be an 8 or better for full desktop pages, but is about a 2 for some single column pages, and some non-iphone specific mobile sites.
I respect the reviewer's opinion, just wanted to post a differing opinion based on extensive use of many mobile browsers including mobile Safari (iPod touch), IE, NetFront, Opera, Opera Mini, Skyfire, and the new browser on the Archos 5 IMT. #android20review
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That's a questionable choice for the one and only provided sample in the review. I'd like to see a more realistic sample - like someone talking, or kids playing at a park, or a cat playing a piano, or Paris Hilton eating a sausage. #motoroladroid
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or maybe during an exclusive trailer premiere at comic con?
That's the real test of a cellphone camera's capabilities. #motoroladroid
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Who cares about a poll from this site. Only tech heads who come to internet sites like this. 90% of the low-tech world who have more important things to do prefer using sync software, iTunes or otherwise. #android20review
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