Comments on: DROID X Pre-sale Starts Today at Best Buy

By: Torresjosem

Torresjosem — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:27:56 +0000

i pre ordered the droid x with BB, but i got a text from verizon yesterday saying its time for a new phone you have a $50.00 credit to upgrade. i was wondering will i still be eligible for the credit even though i am not signing up through verizon.

By: Torresjosem

Torresjosem — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:27:56 +0000

By: Puffy98

Puffy98 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:27:42 +0000

i did it today. they knew about the upgrade promotion n let me pre-order..my possible upgrede will b 7/22.

but they said no prob.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:20:21 +0000

This is going to be YMMV but, TMobile is increasing the Regulatory Programs Fee and also start charging returned payment fee for check payments. This is a change to their existing Terms/Condtions. Call TMobile customer Service and start bitching about this. They will let you cancel the service without ETF.

Last time they changed their T&C they gave me a lot of run around and were not willing to let me get out of the contract. At that point, I wrote them a letter saying that the change is going to have a materially adverse effect on me and that I would like to get out of the contract with out canceling my line. I included a copy of the contract and highlighted that section. At the bottom of the letter, I mentioned that a copy of the letter and contract has been sent to BBB and California Utilities Commission. In order to keep records I sent the mail to T-mobile via a certified mail.

Seven days later I got a letter from BBB that they had opened a case and on the tenth day I got a call from T-mobile and my ETF was waived. At that point, T-mobile will sent a letter out to BBB and California Utilities Commission saying that the issue has been resolved. One of these two agencies even sent me a copy of their response.

By: EC8CH

EC8CH — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:45:39 +0000

The keyboard on the X is also customized by Moto. I agree that the ui is not blur as we know it, but there is some level of customization which means it is not vanilla android. Many of the files from the dump also had blur in their file names. I'd say it's not blur but it's not vanilla, it's something in between.

By: andrew401

andrew401 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:52:26 +0000

nah man i've just played with one and it's def not motoblur. only thing different is the launcher other then that it's vanilla.

By: EC8CH

EC8CH — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:24:44 +0000

The guys says its not running blur but a custom UI from Motorola, which is essentially the same thing. They just don't want to say its running blur because everyone hates blur. They have made some changes to their UI (blur) and now are refusing to refer to it by that name.

Sorry, I was excited when I saw this too, but it is definitely not running vanilla android, and any custom UI whether they call it Blur or not is going to slow updates. Lets just hope this new "Not-Blur" doesn't mess things up too much.

By: Lt1Demon

Lt1Demon — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:48:09 +0000

They should. I called customer care last night and asked about the smartphone promotion. At first, he said he did not about it. But I kept telling him details about it and he put me on hold. After a few minutes, He came back and knew all about it. He told me on the 15th, when Best buy calls Verizon, the rep should know about it and I'll be set to go. P.S. First pre order at my store also. It seems any one who isn't on this site knows nothing about the Verizon early upgrade or the pre order, not even the employees!!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:29:56 +0000

They are not honoring the verizon promotion for any contracts ending in 2010. I called like 5 BB's and they all said you have to have an upgrade available on the 15th or 08/23 or sooner

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:27:06 +0000

They are not following the Verizon promotion which allows you to upgrade to the x if your contract ends anytime in 2010. You have to be eligible when the phone comes out. My BB told me if my upgrade was 08/23 or sooner they would do it.

By: Sjobs

Sjobs — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:28:41 +0000

I asked the guy in best buy today how many people have reserved a DroidX and he said 2 (two). I guess droid people have jobs and a life as opposed to the other crowd

By: Ragnarok180

Ragnarok180 — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:30:06 +0000

I sold my iphone 3gs and paid the $490 ETF with the iphone cash and switched to verizon just for this phone…

By: EC8CH

EC8CH — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:56:10 +0000

Read john's comments.

By: Ash

Ash — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:30:45 +0000

I was planning on going to best buy tomorrow (saturday) and returning a case I bought for the evo since I returned that lol. I am hopping my local best buy is doing pre orders and knows about it! Ughh I hate waiting games! lol..

By: Someguy

Someguy — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:54:15 +0000

Ugh, your ignorance hurts my brain.