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Old 08-18-2010, 09:19 AM
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Smile Thinking about getting a Droid X but had questions..

I thinking of upgrading to the Droid X from my third Verizon Touch Pro 2 by the end of Oct beginning of Nov and I'll being paying full price for it since I'm not eligible to upgrade until June 2011. The reason for upgrading is that while I like my Touch Pro 2 it's that I'm getting tired of hacking/ loading custom roms to get everything working properly and just want something that works out of the box with very little to no modding. I also know the Droid X will not work on Verizon's soon to be released LTE network but that really doesn't matter since I may use my new every two in June so by then Verizon will have worked out the bugs.

1) Bluetooth- when I upgraded from 6.1 to 6.5 (with sense 2.5) the bluetooth on my Pro2 actually worked (Blueant Q2 headset). How well does bluetooth work on the Droid X? Is there a program like voice command? My headset did have a card mentioning VLingo where it reads out your text messages with the android app? Is there a lot of static etc?

2) Video- I saw a post regarding Rockplayer that plays .flv and .avi so I guess that would work with the Droid X as well but is there another player that you would recommend?

3) Customization- How hard or easy is it to customize the device (backgrounds, colors, etc)? I played with a Droid X briefly and really loved how you moved the widgets around (kind of reminded me of SPB Mobile Shell).

4) Size- This phone is huge but very slim since it doesn't have a slide out keyboard which doesn't matter to me. I found the on-screen keyboard to be quite responsive and I made far less few mistakes using the Droid X's since the keys were spaced better. Can you actually holster this thing without it snagging on things such as car side mirrors in a tight garage or wear it under a suit jacket without noticing it?

5) File managers, backup, importing contacts- I'm using Resco's File manager and really like it so I'm wondering if there is something similar as well as programs to back up the device (recover from a hard reset) and how do I import contacts from the TP2?

6)Sync with pc- Is there any reason to sync with a pc with this device? I assume with everything in the marketplace that I can just download over the air. The only time I currently use activesync with the TP2 is in case I want to transfer over a .cab file (not for contacts, outlook etc).

7) Call quality- Is this device loud enough that it can be heard in a noisy environment or is the volume set too low?

Memory cleaners- Is there something available like Memmaid or HTC's Clean Ram?

9) Browsers- What browser is installed on the Droid X? I use Opera to access e-mails and banking sites but is Internet Explorer able to be added (needed to get into my work employee site to view paycheck stubs, review schedule etc).

10)Any issues with the device- Sleep of Death, phone drains battery, build issues etc?

Sorry for the questions but I was really impressed with the speed at which this device opened apps, the on-board memory, on-screen keyboard, screen size and the fact that it may work straight out of the box with only user customization needed (ring tones, backgrounds, screen layouts, programs).

Thank for your kind help and advice.

Last edited by BK111968; 08-18-2010 at 09:25 AM.
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