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By: Doko

Doko — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:34:24 +0000

because 4g will kill todays batteries and cost at least $10 more a month

By: Pongor410

Pongor410 — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:08:35 +0000

It looks good. I really don't like the keyboard on the droid 2, its so flat but hopefully this will be a better phone and keyboard.

By: huevosgrande

huevosgrande — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:53:47 +0000

hows battery life cause the incredible kills battery like crazy

By: spygame

spygame — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:32:52 +0000

slower cpu isn't always “Fail.” It could be a newer generation architecture CPU which is faster than the previous one. For example, take a core 2 quad @ 3.00 Ghz and compare it with a I7 @ 2.8 GHz.. No way the 3.0 CPU is faster than the new gen 2.8 CPU right?

By: Bigdav1178

Bigdav1178 — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:37:00 +0000

I agree, but I fear it will have the same “rootkit” that the G2 users are having to deal with now – considering it’s a close relative to the G2/Desire Z phones. I really don’t like that it has Bing on it; but I can deal with it as long as I can root it and get rid of it. I think this phone has a much nicer keyboard than the Droid 2, and it appears to be just as powerful performance wise, so it should compete well against it. But should it end up having that rootkit that makes modifying it unnecessarily difficult, that may kill its potential.

I plan to pick this one up when it’s finally released, as long as it can be rooted to remove the Bing crap and doesn’t have the rootkit to contend with. I’ve been seeking a higher-end physical qwerty android on Verizon for a while, but the Droid/Droid 2 keyboards just haven’t cut it for me. It’d be really disappointing to see this one fall short of being great because of carrier/OEM choices of Bing and rootkit.

By: Rousellbrandon

Rousellbrandon — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:50:02 +0000

1st not a Droid stop the coverage.
2nd why buy a phone now when 4g is around the corner.

By: Lakerzz

Lakerzz — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:43:09 +0000

*BADA BING* lol

By: Lakerzz

Lakerzz — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:38:13 +0000

*Its not moto blur, its sense ui* lol (sorry, I couldn't help myself)

By: tarman

tarman — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:45:15 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. Then I hope it does come with the new version of Sense.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:05:27 +0000

The home screen automatically rotates when you slide open the keyboard

By: James Ryan

James Ryan — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:03:25 +0000

I am not sure why these companies put a handicap on their phones by choosing bing. I am sure Microsoft is paying them to do it, but in the end they need to sell phones. Your average user does not even know that you can root a phone, or what that even means.

By: eryk

eryk — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:00:30 +0000

It's faster. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjvtwVXxd4A&feature=related

By: tarman

tarman — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:56:09 +0000

This is actually a nice phone. Yes it has Bing on it and the default search is Bing, but you can always install Google Nav and maps on it. As for the slow processor, this is running the second generation snapdragon and the 800 MHz processor out performs the 1 GHz processors of the FIRST generation snapdragons. The main focus of this phone is the Global capabilities. I deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan and hate to carry 2 phones with me; my droid for the apps I need to use in the field and my older samsung for making calls. Having the ability to do both on one phone makes it great.

And this appears to be running the new version of Sense since the phone is rotated and the screen does too.

By: tjpeco

tjpeco — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:55:43 +0000

Physical Keyboard?!

Kill it with fire.

By: Iturbided

Iturbided — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:54:10 +0000

i hope this is out before the end of October.