So I've been waiting for the Merge since I got wind of an android qwerty world phone on Verizon. But there's still no solid news of whether or not it's coming out, let alone for Verizon. So I've been looking at the 'Bolt after the CES event. I like the big screen, camera setup, preinstalled 32GB microSD card, etc.
But one of the biggest reasons why I wanted the Merge is because I could have a keyboard to map buttons to when I'm playing with emulators or other android games. I could just get/make a bluetooth gamepad like this but I've never messed with circuit boards, know how to solder, and if I had someone else do it, it'd be around $100, as materials now is about ~$60 alone.
I have an iPod Touch so I'm familiar with playing games on a multitouch screen, but I much prefer actual buttons. If we're talking about using the merge or bolt as just a phone/pda I'd pick the 'bolt hands down, but I really want to play other games on my phone.
So I really need to ask, for gaming intentions, what is better? Thunderbolt or Merge?
But one of the biggest reasons why I wanted the Merge is because I could have a keyboard to map buttons to when I'm playing with emulators or other android games. I could just get/make a bluetooth gamepad like this but I've never messed with circuit boards, know how to solder, and if I had someone else do it, it'd be around $100, as materials now is about ~$60 alone.
I have an iPod Touch so I'm familiar with playing games on a multitouch screen, but I much prefer actual buttons. If we're talking about using the merge or bolt as just a phone/pda I'd pick the 'bolt hands down, but I really want to play other games on my phone.
So I really need to ask, for gaming intentions, what is better? Thunderbolt or Merge?