Getting a Droid but want a couple of opinions...

[blazingwolf]

Originally Posted by dutch169

I'm in the same situation. I currently have a TP2 but getting tired of it. I checked out alot of Roms but nothing ever did it for me. My main concern is that if I will like it. I tried it out in the store but can't really do want I want to it. Can it read edit and create MS Docs. That is one of my biggest concern. All of my files for work are MS Word and I need to access them quickly and easily. Also, I am seeing everyone talking about rooting and overclocking and was wondering if thats like ROM flashing. On that note can you flash roms and how difficult is it. Also, I have a yahoo email account and was told I would have to pay for my yahoo service to get my emails to the phone. Sorry to ask so many questions (plus I have alot more) but would like an honest opinion from actual users instead of a store rep trying to sell me a phone.

The Droid does not natively support editing doc files. You will need to purchase a program for it like Documents to Go. I picked that up on sale for $9.99 but it generally runs $39.99.

Rooting is what needs to be done to allow you to flash new ROMs so it is similar to the Hard SPL of the TP2 though it will allow a lot more then just that. Overclocking is exactly that. You need to be rooted to overclock.

Yahoo email does not support Android. Some have had success getting it to work but most can not get it working. The paid version supposedly works better.

There are threads in this forum that answer these questions in greater detail if you need more information.