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Originally Posted by joelseph
* Potential for Innovation with Android vs. the very slow dev cycle for WinMo. Plus I'm frankly just getting sick of windows mobile. It was not designed very well for phone use in my opinion. Still no repeating notifications for missed calls / txts?! What?!
* Better GPS capabilities - Turn by turn Voice Navigator for free. Very cool.
* Fast and click performance - Android appears to run very smoothly on the Droid.
* Good running app management - From what I understand, the Droid only allows 6 apps to run, and automatically closes background apps if resources get low, depending on settings.
* Better Construction - sounds like the Droid is built like a tank
* Included 16GB Storage
* Better Camera
My concerns:
* THE KEYBOARD! AHHH! The device is the slimmest with a hardware keyboard, but man ... Droid to TP2 is like night and day when it comes to the keyboard. Very big concern.
* No more mymobiler. Boo. I LOVE being able to type txt messages and control my phone from my PC while in the office. Very cool. Hopefully someone comes up for an android replacement.
* Appearance. This isn't real high on the list, but still notable. The TP2 is much sleeker looking IMO. But then again the Droid is more masculine. I wonder what my impression will be after seeing it in person. Samsung's i760 was ugly in pictures, but I liked the look once I got my hands on it.
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I will admit -- the keyboard on my Moto Droid took a little getting used to.. but for the 2.0 OS and the faster processor I'm ok with that for now. I did like how the Eris (HTC) version has 7 desktop panels rather than 3. But after playing with the trackball on the HTC Eris it seems like it might have a higher fail rate similar to the Black Berry devices.
The slider is a new design with like a new roller ball type idea.. very sturdy feeling over the wobbley TP2.
MyMobiler - love this Windows Mobile app! But who knows!! With all the new Droid phones hitting the market on Friday we might see something in the works soon similar.
The Moto Droid also basicly hibernates apps in the background. So if you go back or use the home button it just leaves a mirror image open using very little system memory. Saving battery life and taking the lag factor out of the device.
The camera is as good as my Omnia with a boost on the video side. The 720P video recording is totally eyecandy amazing. I do like how with 2 button clicks you can share the video you recorded straight to Youtube.
Last thing -- Google Maps Turn-by-Turn nav.. its beta, but its working. Best of all its FREE! .. does better than most GPS systems out there to date due to having satellite and street picture view.