My Droid hands-on/highlight (full review next week)

[Vincent]

#droid battery: 30% @ 7h38m, 158m calls via BT, display on 164m, BT on/connected & WiFi 393m, exchange/gmail push on http://url.ag/5bbmu7

Google Maps on #droid will not work if you're on the phone.

[TheJuan]

hey vincent, good to c ya around

so the map not working during a call thats weird, does the browser work? and ur on 3g (hdspa)?
sounds like the battery is holding up well

[Jet]

This is Motorolas first Android right? Although I think it falls short on the iDont campaign, this is only the beginning for them. 3 home screens, I was not expecting that though.

[TheJuan]

lol, u know itll really get crazy when xda kids get theyr hands on it to pimp it out

[docprego]

lol, u know itll really get crazy when xda kids get theyr hands on it to pimp it out

I hope they unlock the multitouch capabilities and bring pinch to zoom over from the GSM version. Shouldn't be too challenging for those guys!

[tiki]

Sounds pretty sweet- I'll check out the review.

Kinda sucks you cant use the mapping while on the phone- I've definitely had to do that a few times in the past.

I'm looking forward to checking out a live one in-store. I'm not sure if I'm gonna like that weird chin, or lack of a frontface trakball


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[ImaG]

lol, u know itll really get crazy when xda kids get theyr hands on it to pimp it out

XDA only supports HTC devices.

[mattsh33]

Vincent: does VZ allow full access to the Android market as well as full access to all features of the phone? One compaint friends of mine have had with past VZ phones was the way they were locked down as far as hardware access and access to only VZ applications/games

I am an expert by no means but I've been following the Droid for quite a while now and I listened to the Conference Call between Google and VZW and the CEO of Verizon Wireless stated that this will be a completely OPEN phone and will allow all apps in the Android Market and that even includes Google Voice. Also all the spec sheets and reviews state that GPS, Wifi, bluetooth, ect are all unlocked and usable. This is a new initiative by Verizon and can been seen in the new Blackberry Storm2, which has all features unlocked.

[Vincent]

My full review of Verizon/Moto Droid: http://www.slashgear.com/motorola-droid-review-0462796/

[paul roberts]

so the map not working during a call thats weird, does the browser work? and ur on 3g (hdspa)?

isn't that because it's cdma?