Touch pro 2 vs Droid

[sudermatt]

I am sooooooo torn between these two devices..

[Jaxx10]

me tooo ... i preordered my DROID .... guess ill try it out for 30 days ..if i dont like it illget the tp2 .... but dont know if i should go the other way instead ..tp2 if not droid ....

i guess im torn for the looks of it ... i like the keyboard on the tp2 and not the droid...and the look is kinda tacky on droid ... but im a geek so whats inside is what should count ...but im a girly girl geek .... so looks is what i like tooo .... arghhhh ... oh welll i already put a deposit on the pre-order of droid ... so i guess i will try that

IMHO it would look so much better if they ditched the gold like sprint did with the Hero..... look at this....



What interests me is that is has a much better CPU than the Touch Pro 2, a seperate GPU and the drivers to use it.... this has been a huge problem for current HTC devices **cough**cough** cept Hero... **cough**cough** And performance should be sweet on the Droid... but im not a fan of the standard Android UI... Im spoiled by HTC Sense and all the modified basic apps. So HTC Dragon for me

BUT.... the Touch Pro 2 has over the Droid

-I like the screen better cuz its nice and wide as well as long, the Droid's screen looks skinny yet long and thats a turnoff for me

-better Keyboard, no contest HTC wins

[info[]box1]

if i was on verizon or if sprint had the droid....

i would have and be all over the droid (no tp2)...no question ask..that a device i can see myself keeping over the period of a contract..w/o selling...

it reminds me of the gsm nokia n900...beast..!!

as far as look of the Droid...it is what it is.!!

[joelseph]

After waiting for weeks for the TP2 to get back in stock (and seeing it was in stock yesterday only briefly and now is back out again, ugh), I am going to try to get the Droid and give it a good test run and then switch to the TP2 if I don't care for it.

I have used the xv6700 (HTC Apache), Samsung SCH-i760, and xv6800 (HTC Titan), so I have plenty of experience with windows mobile.

I am still working to warm up to the appearance of the Droid - it's very manly and boxy looking -not sleek and sexy like the TP2. But it's very slowly growing on me. What makes the decision is the fast CPU performance, bundled 16 GB of memory, and open-source nature of Android. The camera is also better and it looks like it is VERY solidly constructed, with a metal chassis - Built to last.

If you look at the history of Windows Mobile, their development cycles are slow, and geared more toward PDA/stylus than phone. Windows Mobile 6.5 is better (tried a kitchen on my 6800), but it still has a ways to go. For example, I need phonealarm or another third party app just to get a reminder when I miss a call. Fail. If you get the TP2 you get Windows Mobile 6.5 but will probably be stuck with that. You may be able to get a ROM from our buddies around here (PPCGeeks) for Android.... I see Android being a very exciting OS with unlimited possibilities. There are already some very neat apps floating around. I especially was fascinated by the bar code scanner app...

So the way I look at it, within 30 days of using the Droid I will know if I can live without winmo. I've already compiled my list of what I need to find a replacement for that I could do with Winmo, and so far it looks like Android already 'has an app for that' (sorry, couldn't resist, hah).

Now if I can just make it through this week... Hah...

[joelseph]

My biggest concern: The keyboard. There is no comparison. I have made a point to stop looking at pictures of the TP2 keyboard. : )

[joelseph]

And I'm pretty sure I'm going to do my own software tour on youtube once I get the Droid. All the ones currently out there seem HORRIBLE. Does anyone know of a review that actually covers the most used features? All you see is the camera app and setting wallpapers. Bleh... What about messaging?! I still don't know what the Android 2.0 messaging app looks like. Anyone know of a good in-depth tour vid that actually covers the bases? There are plenty for the TP2.

[clemsondds]

Great. Thanks for the input! Any other input would be greatly appreciated!

[_xv6800]

I am on the same fence as you... I actually started a poll to ask this question in the droid forum (maybe it needs to be moved)...

neways... I honestly am not impressed with the stats for the TP2 knowing that there are faster and better HTC phones in the pipeline already.

I am running winmo6.5 bbs rom on my titan and enjoying the experience - but it is a little late to market imho - 6.1 was still very much stylis driven again imho - 6.5 is now finger driven but shouldn't it have been so 2 years ago?

neways in the end I am gonna give the droid a go - and if before the 30 day trial is up vzw releases something better with winmo maybe I will switch - but I have a feeling I am going to end up staying with droid

- we will see -

[clemsondds]

that's a great idea. Anyone know the biggest negative to the tp2?