I played with it again!

[MrszBerry]

Not bad! It's just hard for me to get use to the Android platform coming from a Blackberry! Lol I wasn't able to try out the LED notification because in the store they had the security thingy over it. "/ But I can tell from the Light Flow application that the Atrix has more LED choices than the G2. Very tempting. Lol

 

[rewd]

im coming from a BB too for me it's not the platform that I am concerned about switching from it's going from a physical keyboard to a touchscreen. I'm so fast on my keyboard and make no mistakes, not so much everytime I've played with an Atrix demo

 

[li2327]

I came from years of using a blackberry also. You getvuse to the android platform and touchscreen real quick. I have the galaxy s 4g and prefer all touchscreen now.

 

[dwaynewilliams#WN]

im coming from a BB too for me it's not the platform that I am concerned about switching from it's going from a physical keyboard to a touchscreen. I'm so fast on my keyboard and make no mistakes, not so much everytime I've played with an Atrix demo

Unfortunately, the typing and messaging experience isn't going to be as good as it is on a BlackBery device on the whole. I have a D2G and the keyboard is great but it still falls short of thr BlackBerry keyboard as far as typing speed and comfortability. The messaging sytem on Android isn't as intuitive. However, Android's messaging system is begter than any other platform outside of BlackBerry. What you gain is on the apps and multimedia side with some features that BlackBerry does not have. I wish that Android had autotext and a better word prediction system, but I can live with the shortcomings there in exchange for all of ghe multimedia greatness and that I don't have to deal with truncated emails, memory leaks, BIS outages, slow web browsing, and weaker apps.

 

[BrianTufo]

I wasn't a huge fan of the stock Android messaging app so I use Handcent SMS now and love it. All the customizations are great! I think that could also help you with the switch.

Handcent SMS is a powerful free sms/mms tools for your android phone

Handcent fully unleashes the messaging power for android phones, fully customizable and more features than the stock android messaging app.

> Support All types for andorid phone,from android 1.5 to newest 2.3

> Full SMS/MMS support

> Group sending options,batch send

> SMS Popup with quick text

> Customize look with theme supports, include iphone look ,hero look, and support for downloading more skins and themes

> Individual contact notification,custom look (background,buble style) for different friends

> Security lock options, password protect handcent and your stock messaing application

> Backup/restore SMS /MMS, Handcent settings online and restore with one click

> My Handcent online services

> Built in spell checker

> Hundreds of handcent online themes, download them free and adding new themes everyday

> 16+ languages supported and will add more language support

> Better Mms support (better picture resize feature,help you download high resolution picture for UK carriers,settings Maximum Mms size)

> Handcent Mms Plus service, helps you send high resolution pictures and videos to your friends

> Additional smileys package add-on, you can download more smileys for handcent from android market

> Support local messaging protocol for different countries

> Split 160 feature support auto split message for CDMA network (for example: Verizon)

> Support for additional font packs, also can display sms message with many beautiful & stylish fonts

> Many plugins (Location,smileys,fontpack...)

> Built in Blacklist with the ability to make incoming mms/sms private per individual sender and help you block spam message.

> Supports manage drafts and undelivery messages

> Added vCard capacity for your android phone ,you can send/receive/import vCards from handcent

>Added Emoji capacity for your android phone,you can send cool/funny emoji icons to iphone and the android phones that installed handcent & handcent emoji plugin

>Handcent greetings include many holidays animated greetings ,you can choose the beatiful greeting and send to your friends.

 

[Terrigno]

If not Handscent, try Go SMS. Thats a nice solution also. You can customize everything with both.

Speaking of BlackBerrys. I was a Verizon BlackBerry Guru! I had the Curve 8330, The World Edition, Storm 1 and 2, Tour and then the 9650 Bold. Then switched to AT&T basically just to have the Bold 9700. The 9700 was one of the best phones I have ever used. Then I decided to give the HTC Aria a try. And within weeks, I had the Samsung Captivate. Then the Dell Streak...........and now the Atrix. Im not turning back. Android is just to fun! No the texting will NEVER be like how it is on a BlackBerry. But everything else is just that much better. Especially when you start getting into Rooting and loading different Roms