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... and we'll hear nothing but whining for the next few weeks until 2.1 is out, yaaaaaay! I'm so close to putting the leaked ESE53 on my Droid right now, you have no idea.
Well, it'll make me more carefully contemplate my next smart phone purchase, thats for sure.
And you'll find the same thing on almost all smartphones, perhaps worse. I bought the Blackberry Storm 1 the day it came out. Out of the box, it was merely ok, with a slew of problems. Each day was an extended wait for a stable firmware release that would make the phone actually function properly. The wait for anything was miserable and I ended up putting various leaked betas on it to get it as close to normal as possible. In the time that I owned the phone, not one beta or official release ever got the phone to working order. When the hardware failures were too much, I got switched to a Tour. Unless something has happened in the last two or three days, they're STILL waiting for OS 5.0 to hit that device. That thing's been promised for much longer than 2.1 for Droid, and that phone needs it, and bad. Windows Mobile updates are still few and far between as well. There were reports that good selection of phones will be upgradeable to 7, or whatever they want to call it, but the list gets smaller and smaller every day. So, that leaves you with Pre/Pixie, or dumbphones, unless you want to hit up an iPhone and wait for long periods of time between updates.
As annoying as this is, the Droid is currently stable and runs good. Alot of the updates in 2.1 seem to be tweaks to the form over function stuff that would be sweet to have, but not really be instrumental in the phone actually working at the end of the day. But again, my perception is skewed from waiting for RIM/Verizon to put out Blackberry updates to fix the basic function of a crap phone OS.
I also switched to a Droid from the Tour. I had the leaked 5.0 software on it and news is out that the official is to hit Monday. I dont care though, cause I got my Droid 3 weeks ago and have not even once picked up my Tour, I dont miss it. Do I want the 2.1 update? Sure, its available so why not. But if I dont get it, it doesnt matter. It doesnt make my phone do anything better than it does now. Its a mental thing, people want what they cant have and when they dont get it, they complain. I can get the unofficial version of 2.1 if I want, but then I would not have anything to complain about. I am a woman, its my gender given right to voice my opinion about trivial things, just to keep the waters churning. Other than the 2.1 update, I love my phone and will continue to love it, its not its fault the update got delayed.
anyone seem to think that they are adding a few things to 2.1, i mean all we have to do is wait and see if this 2.1 has adobe on it. that would be sweet. who knows,as long as this is taking them. it may have it. the phone is ready for flash, maybe adobe is jumping on so they dont have to pay to get the flash ota updated. lets hope so. that would make it all worth while. now if this is just a basic crap update like 2.0.1, i will be seriously pissed.
No, not again!
Fact: 2.1 will not make the Droid any more useable. It's fine as it is. You didn't buy the Droid for the 2.1 update, you bought it for what it was at 2.0.
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No, not again!
But it is expected to make it more useable with better battery life correct not to mention other unrevealed performance enhancements
Better battery life? Seriously? I can go all day on a single charge, checking the Market, texting multiple people, using Twidroid, and checking Facebook/my email every 30 minutes (manually) on 3G and with GPS on. I can't imagine it can get any better.
What I was saying, though, was that it's fine as it is for everyday use. There's nothing wrong with the Droid OS at it is. You guys hear about the newest features and suddenly the Droid is inadequate.
I agree. My beef with vzw blackberries was that they never came out with updates to fix existing problems and to make me want to keep it. even without the additional awesomeness 2.1 will bring to the droid, the phone overall works fine, and better than anything else i've used. I agree that being promised one thing and being delivered another is frustrating, but the fact remains that the droid kicks ass, and people should stop complaining. if the 2.1 delay put that big of a bad taste in your mouths in regards to the droid, i'd rather you did get a different phone and join a different forum, just so i dont have to read all of these whiny posts.
just my 2 cents...
I'm stable and happy with a rooted 2.0.1.
No matter how much testing is done, there is always gonna be a few bumps in the road when a new OS is released. and this will inevitably affect stability.
So, if all 2.1 does is give me more sizzle and eye candy and doesn't imporove any stability (which isn't needed). AND I can have (and DO have) all of the bells and whistles of 2.1 on a rooted, flashed, overclocked droid... who cares about 2.1?
They can delay as long as they want. Then, when it is finally officially released, the roms out there will be even more advanced (past 2.1). The official 2.1 will amount to nothing more than a rom I try for a week and tire of quickly. I might even see 2.1 as a step backwards.
I'm stable and happy with a rooted 2.0.1.
No matter how much testing is done, there is always gonna be a few bumps in the road when a new OS is released. and this will inevitably affect stability.
So, if all 2.1 does is give me more sizzle and eye candy and doesn't imporove any stability (which isn't needed). AND I can have (and DO have) all of the bells and whistles of 2.1 on a rooted, flashed, overclocked droid... who cares about 2.1?
They can delay as long as they want. Then, when it is finally officially released, the roms out there will be even more advanced (past 2.1). The official 2.1 will amount to nothing more than a rom I try for a week and tire of quickly. I might even see 2.1 as a step backwards.
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