anyone waiting on a droid bionic?

[mauisun]

word on the street is it was held back until the changes on limiting download data took affect so consumers have to pay more for unlimited download at such highspeed. We have a grandfathered account so If I get a droid charge I get grandfathered in with unlimited downloads at 4g speed. anyone have thoughts on this???

 

[JAWS]

I'm waiting on Bionic, heard it will be here in 2 to 3 weeks. Everyone is excited about it saying it's better than the Iphone. But the Charge is a special phone played with it in the store for about a hour on Friday, purchased a Iphone for my daugther. So I'm going to wait to see what the Bionic has to offer.

 

[mauisun]

the droid is an awesome cell phone, and with 4g it looks awesome for netflix and live video chat conferencing. just waiting to see what others feel about the hype.

 

[div]

I'm always behind on something, just got 3g incredilbe 2. It's really just right for me. My daughter friend is very tech savvy and he helped me with some apps and such, he doesn't mind. As he says, It's not often I see people so behind, lol! But of course I am curious now that I upgraded, what else it out there.

 

[TexasT]

When I was still working it was essential I had these kinds of communications, but since I retired I just couldn't see any sense in the cost any more and now we just use those WalMart phones with a prepaid service.

One time we got stuck out in the desert and tried calling for help with my Blackberry. No luck. But we finally got through to a friend on my wifes WalMart phone!!!

And I mean we were out in the middle of nowhere!

TT

 

[maureengill]

It's a good thing for sure that you have that wifey of yours ....I guess I'm not surprised she saved your ....

When I was still working it was essential I had these kinds of communications, but since I retired I just couldn't see any sense in the cost any more and now we just use those WalMart phones with a prepaid service.

One time we got stuck out in the desert and tried calling for help with my Blackberry. No luck. But we finally got through to a friend on my wifes WalMart phone!!!

And I mean we were out in the middle of nowhere!

TT

 

[mauisun]

anyone else around here already own a droid? with 4G in Tucson we can get streaming movies like netflix etc.

 

[MisterShah]

I have the original Droid, and I loved it at first and now it is just too slow. I am ready for an upgrade but I am waiting for the Bionic OR the iPhone5... The Bionic will be in stores on the 8th, but I need to at least see the specs on the iPhone5 before I can make up my mind.

 

[mauisun]

yeah, only reason I don't go to apple is my 15 years with verizon gets me alot of cred with them. bionic will work great and I am grandfathered in with the old scheme which is unlimited downloads. netflix full stream looks good to me

 

[vaporgalinfla]

David - I have no interest in this kind of phone. It's probably because I get so annoyed when hubby's smart phone rings every time he gets an email or text. I'm happy with my Verizon LG cell and my work Sanyo cell. Out of curiosity, why would you want to stream movies from netflix on your phone?

 

[TexasT]

Out of curiosity, why would you want to stream movies from netflix on your phone?

I used to watch "television" on my Blackberry and it was great when wifey was in a store shopping for hours ... it gave me something to do. I refuse to shop with her. If there are two thousand cans of Tomato Soup on the shelves, she's going to look at every can to see if one can is marked a penny lower than the others.

TT

 

[mauisun]

streaming media is more of a good guideline. Future live face to face conversations as opposed to a voice call or texting is what I am interested in and a phone that can livestream a movie flawlessly has the kinds of upload/download sppeds I am looking for. I do have netflix and hey, Pam shops like TT's wife

 

[wingscup]

Probably just to say you can..

 

[markfm]

I use a Droid X right now, actually OK streaming Netflix on 3G if the signal's halfway decent.

DW is due for a new phone in late October, was thinking an X2 or Droid3 -- have to check the Bionic out

 

[vaporgalinfla]

I used to watch "television" on my Blackberry and it was great when wifey was in a store shopping for hours ... it gave me something to do. I refuse to shop with her. If there are two thousand cans of Tomato Soup on the shelves, she's going to look at every can to see if one can is marked a penny lower than the others.

TT

streaming media is more of a good guideline. Future live face to face conversations as opposed to a voice call or texting is what I am interested in and a phone that can livestream a movie flawlessly has the kinds of upload/download sppeds I am looking for. I do have netflix and hey, Pam shops like TT's wife

David - I do like live face to face conversations. Since my job is virtual, this is so important. Fortunately, the college realizes this and we have virtual 'live' meetings once a month.

Now, I understand why you would want to watch a movie when shopping since Pam shops like TT's wife. Hubby does all our grocery shopping though. He calls me when he gets in the store and I tell him what to buy. Very simple and efficient.

 

[Ever1ast]

I had Blackberrys for years before switching to Droids, and haven't looked back. I have a Droid X and got an Incredible for the wife. I browse the droid forums a couple times a month to keep up on the latest, but refuse to upgrade till VZW releases 4G in my area. They've been saying all year that it's due in 2011, and it hasn't happened yet. Till then I'll stick with my DX.

As for streaming media, Netflix has made it much simpler than it used to be. I used to use Orb to stream content from my computer, which was convenient, but laggy. Netflix is awesome, I just hope they use the higher fees they started charging recently to expand their streaming library. Hulu Plus is another one not as many people know about. I have a subscription with them to be able to stream Hulu movies to my Roku at home, which also entitles me to stream to my phone via their app. Btw I probably would pay the subscription for either Netflix or Hulu to just use them on my phone; but I get them mainly for watching tv...the phone apps are just an added bonus.

 

[Paddrino]

Sorry, I am an iPhone user. I have a real phone

 

[MisterShah]

I have loved my Droid (original Droid) since launch...but there are definitely some things I hate. The damn thing tends to freeze and chug when multitasking. Also the amount of widgets can reduce speed when returning to home screen (Why the hell are there even 5 home screens) LOL! The camera app is so slow. Forget trying to capture something if it is a spur of the moment type thing. The music app sucks too.

I am sure that some of these issues would be resolved by upgrading to a dual core Droid such as the X2 or the Bionic...but I remain skeptical. If Apple gives the iPhone 5 a dual core processor, 4G, and a FREE turn by turn navigation system (even Google Nav, come on!) I am jumping ship.

 

[Elphaba13]

I watch tv I've downloaded on my iPhone when I'm at the gym or when I'm flying. It's also great when I'm traveling for work and stuck in a hotel where I'm too tight to pay for in room movies (work covers food and accommodation, but not extras).

 

[TexasT]

I watch tv I've downloaded on my iPhone when I'm at the gym or when I'm flying. It's also great when I'm traveling for work and stuck in a hotel where I'm too tight to pay for in room movies (work covers food and accommodation, but not extras).

I guess when your flying with that broom its good to have a phone where you can watch movies!

On airplanes they show them free.

TT