Introduce Yourselves

[ebrown126]

Where you're from: Philadelphia PA
Profession: Corporate Bank Lender
Smartphone History: Envy, BB 8703e, BB 8830, BB Storm, BB Tour, BB Bold, Samsung Fascinate.
Phone switching from: BB Tour (on its last leg)

I'm most excited about getting back to Android on a 4.3 inch screen, Sense 2.0 with LTE. Gave back the Fascinate back in September and have been waiting since then for the Inc HD aka Droid Mecha aka Thunderbolt.

 

[mattrsch]

Where you're from: Wichita, KS
Profession: Engineer at a large aircraft company
Smartphone History: OG Droid
Phone switching from: OD Droid

I'm Psyched about the big screen and 4G for my business trips to Seattle. No more crappy hotel WIFI!

 

[mclarryjr]

Hi, my name is Larry if you didn't figure that out already and I'm from mid Michigan. I'm married with 3 wonderful kids ages 4,8, and 10.

My smart phone history started with the Moto Q> BB Curve > Storm 1 > BB Tour > Moto Droid > Dinc. I had BB for years and never thought I would ever get anything different until the day I walked in Verizon to see the new Droid they were selling and the rest is history. I dropped my BB after playing with the Droid for only 5 minutes. BB are pretty good devices but don't even come close to comparing to any Android phone IMO.

I'm very excited to get the Thunderbolt for its larger screen/keyboard, my Dinc has been a great phone but I have a hard time keeping a phone for over a year.

 

[jaydee15]

Where you're from: LAS VEGAS NV
You're profession: POWER PLANT CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR
Smartphone phone history: XV6700WM, BLACKBERRY PEARL, CURVE, TOUR, BOLD, DROID1, AND NOW DINC
The phone you're switching from: DINC
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt! 4G AND VIDEO CHAT ON SKYPE
And anything else you can think of.

 

[SFGiants 2010]

Where you're from: Born and raised in San Francisco
You're profession: Last year of Stanford Business School. Go Cardinal!
Smartphone phone history: BB Curve ==> Storm 2 ==> Dinc ==> Tbolt
The phone you're switching from: Dinc
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt: Big Screen, 4g, Sense UI, FFC

 

[iLive an iLife]

Where you're from: The outer suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA
You're profession: Marketing/Sales/Project Management
Smartphone phone history: An assortment of "dumbphones," BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Storm 2 & BlackBerry Tour (not by choice)
The phone you're switching from: Buddy's old, half functioning BlackBerry Tour
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt: LTE coverage (my home and office are covered), Sense UI, Nice screen and ANDROID!!

So glad to be ditching the BlackBerry and getting something that will actually work! By "actually work" I mean, send notifications in a timely fashion, rings/alerts me when someone is calling/messaging and allow me to be fully connected!

 

[mcs1990]

Where you're from: Charleston, SC
You're profession: Student in Atlanta, GA
Smartphone phone history: none! But i have played with many of my friends' phones
The phone you are switching from: enV touch
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt: 4g/android. Being my first phone you can do almost anything with.

 

[Mustang7303]

Where you're from: Houston, Texas
Profession: MIS Automation Developer, Comcast
Smartphone phone history: Palm Treo 700P, Palm Pre, iPhone 4, HTC Thunderbolt
The phone you're switching from: Palm Pre
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt: 4G LTE, HTC's Sense, Android, Flash, 4.3" Screen, Good Camera.

 

[xrussx]

Where you're from: Kansas City
You're profession: Web Systems Programmer
Smartphone phone history: BB Curve > BB Tour > BB Bold > Vibrant > DINC > Droid X > Droid Pro > Droid 2 > Fascinate > BB Bold > Nexus S
The phone you're switching from: Nexus S - and all its bugs
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt: LTE, LED Notification light

 

[UPEngineer]

Where you're from: Chickasha, OK
Profession: Locomotive Engineer, Union Pacific Railroad
Smartphone History: BB Curve, BB Tour, Droid, Droid X
The Phone You're Switching From: Moto Droid X
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt: LTE, HTC Sense, no-locked bootloader like Motos, newest thing out

 

[twindragons187]

Where you're from:Corning NY
You're profession:Forming operator for Corning Inc. (Makers of gorilla glass)
Smartphone phone history:BB storm 1,droid,droid x
The phone you're switching from:droid x
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt! EVERYTHING!!!!

 

[cq]

Where you're from: Pittsburgh, PA
You're profession: Director of Marketing for Property Management Firm (but I also handle their IT strategy - smaller company, only about 80 people)
Smartphone phone history: I believe it was the 8600 (Windows), then 8700 - these two were sliders with touchscreens, now that I think about it, pretty advanced for their time, then Blackberry World Edition 8830, then BB Storm (awful), the OG Droid, and hopefully soon, HTC Thunderbolt
The phone you're switching from:OG Droid

What excites me about the Thunderbolt most is the screen size. I got a bunch of people at work free Droid X's from Verizon (problems with their BB's), and have been a little jealous of the screen. My OG Droid is getting pretty slow too.

 

[Mooch10]

Where you're from: San Francisco Bay area
You're profession: Medical Industry
Smartphone phone history: Touch Pro, HTC Palm BB Tour
The phone you're switching from: BB Tour
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt! 4G LTE, Sence, Larger Screen
And anything else you can think of. Please release it and stop driving all of us crazy

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Where you're from: Ballston Spa, NY (Upstate/Saratoga region)
You're profession: IT Specialist
Smartphone phone history: TlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Tour, BlackBerry Bold, Motorola Droid, Samsung Fascinate
The phone you're switching from: Samsung Fascinate
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt! LTE, new Sense
And anything else you can think of. Gonna let everyone be guinea pigs before buying

 

[hydroz_23]

Where you're from: Phoenix, Az

You're profession: Car audio, video, security installer for 14 years. I have seen/done it all. Now I mostly only do security and R&D. I work for a company that strips these cars down the second they come out and work on them for weeks at a time. I take thousands of notes and photos and then this information gets sent to aftermarket companies for development and also several databases so that other installers have cheat sheets to refer to. I also did tech support for a while.

Smartphone phone history: Wow, glad this is only smartphones. Too many feature phones. I currently have a HTC incredible and a BB 9650. I had a storm 2 that I got rid of for the inc. had it since launch day. Others - BB 8330, Omnia, Treo 700wx, vx6800

The phone you're switching from: I have not decided that yet. I have to figure that out. Most likely it will replace my DInc tho. I will not get this phone at launch tho, I have made that mistake too many times.

What excites you most about the Thunderbolt! 4g and the bigger screen size. I love the way the phone looks.

 

[menji]

Where you're from: Suburbs in Northern New jersey, 15 mins away from NYC
You're profession: part-time home depot associate/ full-time psychology student
Smartphone phone history:Samsung i760 (Windows OS), Blackberry Tour 9630 (BB OS), Blackberry Bold 9650 (BB OS)
The phone you're switching from: the 9650
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt! The fact that its my first android phone. I'm sure this will be the OS I'm sticking with for a while. also bigger screen, and I'm interested to see how I'll fare on a virtual keyboard. And a better browser is always a plus.

 

[delynnie]

Where you're from: Orange County, Ca originally from Chicago area
where I had Cellular One, and then Verizon, so have been with them 26 yrs!

Your profession: Work for the Largest Airline in the world.

Smartphone phone history:None, So I hope it is not too difficult to learn!

The phone you're switching from: LG Env Touch, had Voyager, Vx9900,Vx9800, and Vx6600 basically I am am LG girl!

What excites you most about the Thunderbolt:The 4:3" screen, HTC Sense,
FFC with Skype to Video Chat, in a nutshell everything!!

Alot of my friends have the Evo and love their phones! I have been
following the Merge/Mecha forums since October. And thought I wanted/needed
a keyboard, so I was originally wanting the Merge!I went to Verizon and played
with the DX and I did okay on the Keyboard!I just don't like Motorola. Now I just
wish it would hurry up and release,so I can focus on my life rather than checking
the forums and spending hrs on them for info LOL!

 

[corn4ahead]

Where you're from:Beavercreek, OH
You're profession: Work in a pro shop at a country club
Smartphone phone history: none
The phone you're switching LG VX5200, LG enV, enV3
What excites you most about the Thunderbolt! Netflix and Skype (hopefully), internet, 4G(hopefully to Dayton soon), 4.3 in touch screen!

 

[ASLgeek]

Where you're from: Originally from FL but moved to DC- Capitol Hill area to finish undergrad a couple yrs ago

Your profession: Clinical/School Psych PhD Student

Smartphone phone history: Check my signature--I've been rolling with RIM since before AT&T went Cingular and every now and then I miss my SK or BBM

The phone you're switching from: D-Inc

What excites you most about the Thunderbolt!: It's everything I could ever want. I had an EVO for a little minute but I felt VZW would be getting something similar, did a search and low and behold they were plus LTE would be better than WiMax. It's a game changer for people like me who don't wanna pay an extra $10 to Sprint and are sick of Apple's Wifi only FaceTime games.

And anything else you can think of: DEAF PRIDE!

 

[Comineeyeaha]

And anything else you can think of: DEAF PRIDE!

I think that this right here is one of the reasons FFC is a really great addition to the smart phone game. With the TBolt being able to stand vertically while you video chat, you can sign to your hearts content and with little to no hassle. I'm not deaf, but I took sign language in high school so I understand a little bit of the culture. This is huge, and nobody seems to point it out.