The All-Inclusive Android Thread - Page 2

Ok, so I deleted the i Music app. The LD got me thinking: it ain't worth any future repercussions! Plus, as a music lover, I've been pretty happy with myself staying on the legal side of things when it comes to downloading (I have a subscription to Rhapsody, after all...I'm all for giving artists their due).

The Amazon mp3 shop is pretty snazzy. I'm sure I'll be buying from there more often than not.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the "DROID" voice message when you receive an incoming email, text, or update? It woke me up in the middle of the night and scared the shit out of me.

In a few days I'm gonna play with the Voice GPS while cruising around town. Should be fun.

Thanks!

I'm tellin' ya, get the rubber casing/slipcase. You can't even tell the screen is covered with casing and the sliding keyboard is just as functional. Doesn't feel the least bit bulky. Fits like a charm in my pocket.

I don't think the ladies will dig it, though. Looks too masculine, as a female friend told me the other day.

I'll stick up for Verizon's *cell phone* portion of their customer service department. Every time I've called them, they've been pretty helpful and polite. I have a cousin who worked for Verizon's customer service a year or so ago in Tampa, but it was the cable and internet departments, and he told me flat out that their staff were purposely mean, manipulative, and dishonest. The lack of professionalism was pretty disturbing from the many stories he told me.

Yep, the Body Glove specifically made for the DROID. It has a great grip and feel to it. When I bought my phone, the sales associate put it on for me.

A little pricey, but well worth it if you're looking for something that's reliable.

So I tried out the Voice GPS for the first time thoroughly yesterday evening. One of the greatest pieces of technology I've ever had the pleasure of using. I love the fact that I no longer have to type in the addresses of the starting and ending points, and can just say where I want to go along with the city and state, and *voila*, the process begins.

I went to a Best Buy that's about 30 minutes from my house (there's one closer, but I purposely wanted to drive farther out). The directions were precise and clear as day. I intentionally missed the freeway ramp to see what would happen, and the directions were automatically reconfigured quickly. It tells you your next turn on the very top and which direction you're gonna end up turning, along with how many miles you have left before you get to that point. The bottom left corner has the total drive time. The voice itself spelled out the turn-by-turn directions better than a human being probably could. Just freakin' amazing.

And get this--once you get to where you're going, the screen shows a photo of your destination! For real.

On an unrelated note, since the DROID doesn't have VCAST at the moment, I've been trying to figure out how to download official ringtones from Verizon's site to my phone. FYI: once you buy a ringtone from Verizon's site, you'll get a text message along with a button that'll play your tune. After this, things get confusing. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what to do next. Luckily, there was a thread about this very same subject on Verizon's site, and someone had the answer: hold your finger on the actual text that's below the play button for about 2-3 seconds. Once you do that, an option to save as a ringtone will come up. The ringtone that you bought will automatically go to the ringtone section of your phone.

As for buying and setting ringback tones, you can manage that on Verizon's site. There's a link on the top page to "Manage My Ringback Tones".

Didn't think of that. Will experiment the next time I decide to get a new ringtone. I did download the Ringdroid app already. You can even record your own ringtones using Ringdroid (e.g. I won't sing my own ringtone...don't want to scare any incoming callers away! ha!). What really annoyed me when I got the DROID was that all of my previous ringtones/ringbacks that I bought weren't automatically transferred to my phone. If there's one thing that I expected the DROID to have right off the bat it was VCAST.

Yeah, the sales associate asked me if I wanted the belt clip strapped on. Clipping a cell phone to my belt or waist just never felt comfortable to me. I'm always afraid it's gonna fall off, too.

Ha! It seems like most people I know do strap their phones. Then again, most people I know drop their phones, too, so...

No way am I removing it on my own. Knowing my luck, I'd break it in the blink of an eye!

The battery power on the DROID is insane. I haven't had to recharge for a good day and a half with just casual calling. And that's when my battery's been down to maybe 30% (I tend to recharge when it's around this mark early in the morning).

Yeah, I think a day and a half is pretty amazing considering all of the power and memory built in this phone. Even when I had my Samsung Flip-Shot, I was recharging the bugger at least every couple of days out of habit.

I guess I'm weird, too, The LD. Haven't changed the wallpaper either.