the perfect phone??
 

I have had a TouchPro 2 for almost a year (I got it on day one when VZ offered them online) & absolutely loved the thing which made me unsure whether I really wanted to make the jump to Android (I have used WM for years & have every cab file in the universe). I flashed a ton of different ROMs to it but not because I really wanted to, it just took me a while to get it just right (then I ran the same ROM for 6 months)

Until the DroidX was released, there was no Android phone that really excited me. I watch a lot of mp4 movies on my phone, so when the EVO first came out I was kinda pissed that VZ didn't have a phone with a screen like that. My boss bought an EVO & after seeing that HTC was back to their shoddy build quality I didn't really want an EVO anymore (his first EVO had the screen peeling off brand new out of the box).

I was all set to use the TP2 for another 6 months or so & wait to see what came out. I changed my mind when VZ announced the X however. I knew immediately that a Motorola phone would be a much higher build quality than anything made by HTC (every Motorola phone I've ever used was built like a tank) & it had the same speed/huge screen etc as the EVO.

I am different than most TP2 users in that I almost never used the hardware KB (I would have bought a Diamond 2 if it ever became available). I used TouchPal 3.5 KB 99.9 % of the time, so the X not having a KB was perfect for me.

After deciding I wanted to jump to Android & buy the X, I tried to pre-order one and found nobody was taking pre-orders but BJs at least took down my name & said they would call me when they came in.

BJs got 10 of them in & I stood at the door that Thursday morning & waited for them to open. I was the first one in & got one with no problem. A guy in line behind me said he had just come from a VZ store that is just down the road & said there was a line there that went clear across the parking lot.

After using the X for a few weeks now, I am totally in love with this phone (especially with it rooted & wireless tether working). I can't believe that I had reservations about buying it. This is the first phone I have ever owned that I see absolutely no reason whatever to flash to another ROM. It already does everything perfectly & every app under the sun can be installed without any need to re flash it.

I waited to go with Android until Sling Mobile & Sirius radio where available as I use both daily. Sling works perfectly for me, some users won't like the Sirius app as it won't get Howard Stern but I don't care about that.

When I first got the X, I figured I would use both phones (I still have the TP2) but now I can't even imagine using a WM phone again. I can't think of a single thing that the X doesn't do better/faster etc than any WM phone & I have not even turned on the TP2 since I got the X.

I only have one complaint at this point, now that I have a bunch of custom stuff done (apps added, WP changed etc)

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where do I go from here? ;-) It took me 6 months to get my TP2 to this point, this was just entirely too easy........

~John

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And lets not forget that pesky 68 degree weather screen. LOL.
I'm glad you found your soulmate bro. I hope to feel the same way you do when I get the second or third update to WP7 lol.
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LOL, that was certainly annoying but it started working again this afternoon....

It says 84 degrees right now.

~John

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I would have waited on Windows 7 Mobile if all my cabs would have worked with it.

~John

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This post makes me chuckle in agreement. I was just saying to my wife (she was doing her usual nodding of the head with the glazed over look when i talk phone stuff) how all I have really done is install apps on this thing. I just use it instead of trying to "hack" (read: fix) it like I did with my TP and TP2.

I put the touch pro 2 on craigslist about an hour ago.

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I hear you... I figure I have to start over anyway... Might as well start with something new... Kinda makes me feel like part of the development team.
lol.
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I agree 100%.... Droid X is really an amazing device...

I'm still using my TP2 and the screen now seems so TINY :)
Also while using my TP2 i just can't get over the speed difference... it's like night and day

And the droid x is only $169!!! well, with the online business discount...

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I'm not trolling by any means, but the EVO does not feel cheap in any way and mine VERY feels solid. It feels more solid than the Droid X to me (but that's just my opinion). I think that if Verizon released the EVO, many people would switch.

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I too stopped using my TP2 hardware keyboard, and switched to the imagio for a brief 4 months for the slimmer profile.

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I considered switching to an Imagio myself at one point, but I was afraid there would never be an unlocker or any custom ROMs for it so I stuck with the TP2.

~John