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[yearn]

The device makes you create a G-mail account before it will even boot up.
I have been super impressed with the speakerphone, its really, really loud.
I would just let the VZW store transfer your contacts, it took about 30 seconds to transfer over 200 contacts from my diamond. although I lost all my contact pics attached to the old contacts.

[blazingwolf]

Originally Posted by yearn

The device makes you create a G-mail account before it will even boot up.

You can skip that and use the phone as is as has been stated. I used mine for a little while only synced to my Exchange server.

[psooky]

Originally Posted by yearn

The device makes you create a G-mail account before it will even boot up.
I have been super impressed with the speakerphone, its really, really loud.
I would just let the VZW store transfer your contacts, it took about 30 seconds to transfer over 200 contacts from my diamond. although I lost all my contact pics attached to the old contacts.

In preparation, I created a gmail account to sync everything from my TP using Googlesync. I'm actually impressed with google calendar so that made it a little easier to bare.

I just like avoiding the store if possible, but I will have to go there to get the accessories it seems.

New question: some people on HoFo complained about the voice quality on the phone. Bad phone, bad reviewer, both?

[seventhds]

Originally Posted by psooky

Good to hear.

Another question:

I am going to be switching from a TouchPro to this phone. If I don't use an exchange server, what's the best way to get all my information onto the Droid? I would like to avoid going to a store and using Cellebrite if possible. I am looking into Googlesync but don't really want another email address (don't use gmail right now).

The quickest way and simplest seems to be to export your contacts from outlook to a .csv file then goto your gmail account. On the contact screen there is an import button. Use that and wa la. I ran through all my contacts in gmail on the computer to clean up any that needed it and then let the phone sync them.

[Isror]

Originally Posted by seventhds

The quickest way and simplest seems to be to export your contacts from outlook to a .csv file then goto your gmail account. On the contact screen there is an import button. Use that and wa la. I ran through all my contacts in gmail on the computer to clean up any that needed it and then let the phone sync them.

Indeed the csv file was the best way for me to bring my Outlook contact to the droid. After that, creating contacts on the phone its self will sync up in gmail as well.

[pars65]

I like many things about this phone!
But, I have a pop email account that seems to have some issue when I mark messages read, they just keep coming back as new.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?

[ironi]

Originally Posted by pars65

I like many things about this phone!
But, I have a pop email account that seems to have some issue when I mark messages read, they just keep coming back as new.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?

i had this problem on winmo as well. it just takes a bit of time for the pop server to refresh and delete the email you've deleted locally. make sure you allow the mail to download fully (pics attachments, etc) before you delete it and wait 5-10 minutes after deleting an email before hitting refresh, they probably won't come back.

[nerdherd]

Originally Posted by psooky

New question: some people on HoFo complained about the voice quality on the phone. Bad phone, bad reviewer, both?

In my opinion the voice quality is very good. It does sound a tiny bit more "digital" than my old Omnia, but the voices still sound much more natural because it seems to have a very balanced frequency output. Whereas many phones are seriously lacking in bass, on this one when you're talking to someone with a low voice their voice actually sounds normal.

[iced98lx]

A few days later...

Things that I don't love:
The keyboard still gets me, my typing is way off compared to my XV6800/titan..

Things that I'm impressed with:
Voice quality on calls and speakerphone
construction of phone
batter life thus far has been comparable or better than my titan
the camera quality, the video especially is very nice, the built in youtube uploader is also nice.