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Old 11-06-2009, 10:43 PM
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Re: droid or htc touchpro 2

For those in a rush, I'm not giving up my TP2 for a Droid. For those who want to read my findings, read on. My reason for comparison is I have a TP2 and my wife just got a Droid. Been doing a side by side all evening.

Droid Strengths: Screen, not better, but nice. Better integration with Google products, voice search. More responsive than TP2. Thin. Solid feeling. Very customizable. Did I mention voice search, I can't begin to explain how nice it works.

Droid Weaknesses: Keyboard, although its not as bad as reviewers have said, but it's no TP2. 2 separate programs to handle my Gmail and other email-very annoying. Learning curve going from Windows Mobile to Android. Cannot install programs to SD card. Camera takes awful pictures, everything is washed out or out of focus. For whatever reason Youtube videos took forever to load, I would start them then pick up my TP2 and go about the process of playing the same clip and it would start playing quicker on my TP2 even with the 30 second head start on the Droid and my TP2 is also on Verizon. No Office, although I know its not a biggie for most.

Some of these are not shortcomings of the Droid, but of the OS. And as an FYI, I read somewhere that the car dock included a charger, it does not. If I didn't already have a TP2, I would probably be very happy with a DROID. And Im not really saying a DROID is worse, just not worth giving up my TP2. I've had 2 months to customize my TP2 and I finally have it where its the perfect device for me and it does everything I want it to do. I also love/make use of the video out, and the tilting screen which the DROID lacks.

Just my 2 cents. Hope this helps someone. As always, try it out for yourself as different people have different needs.

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