My Droid X

It has been 4 weeks since I have been using my DroidX and I am happy with it. Of course, people comment me about carrying a bulky device just like in the "old" days. One of the things that I do like about the device when compared to HTC incredible (3.7") is the Droid X's 4.3" screen. The bigger screen along with a fast browser has definitely slowed me down on buying the i-pad and has given more time on deciding if I have to really buy the i-pad when there are a bunch of other Android tablets coming to the market this holiday season.

Now getting back to the DroidX, the one apprehension I had about this device (or any touch device for that matter) was my ability to continue with my 40+ words per minute typing on a phone which I have been doing on my blackberries for the past 3 years and a Palm treo device before that. Typing on glass is definitely different but the 4 weeks has been good enough for me to get used to it. The automatic word suggestion feature on this device is pretty good as well. I do not see why I would go back to a device with a keyboard. I also predict that the days of smart phones with keyboards will be long gone in the next couple years.

Apart from the big screen, I like the 8 MP camera and the 720 p HD video. The phone has noise cancellation mic and great call quality - best I have seen in the market so far.

Getting on to the email, well of course, nothing at least for now can beat the blackberry email service. While Android 2.0 has built in support for the Microsoft Active Sync push technology, I have seen performance issues such as lag times in syncing of the Sent and the Inbox folders.

Thanks to Verizon, they have ensured that the UI is not "BLUR" ified like the earlier versions of the Motorola Android devices (like the Devour). On the Devour, user had to create a Moto Blur ID as part of the initial set up of the phone. (Another account that user has to maintain for the phone and the irritating experience of going through the set up to use the phone were both "bad" user experience. I wonder how Motorola thought this could be a selling point). While the UI is not "BLUR" ified, Motorola has retained the useful BLUR functionality of unification of all the contacts whether it be from email, facebook, twitter or your corporate contacts. By now, this feature is probably added on most mobile platforms (Blackberry 6.0 being the latest). The unified social networking inbox is kind of useful but I am more comfortable with launching the specific application when required.

I am yet to use the wireless media sharing functionality (uses DNLA technology) and the HDMI port. I will post more once I use this functionality as well as more of the device.