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bonvibre · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:26 am Post subject: new droid

Spurred on my Nick's glee, I purchased a droid today - the kind that has a keyboard. Oh do I love it. I am not interested in the new droid coming out next week - The Incredible.

Jim · Certifiably Insane Poster Joined: 15 Jul 2001 Posts: 2064

Congratulations are in order.

My wife didn't think she needed something like the Droid or any smart phone for that matter. I talked her into it and do you think I ever get to play with it? Heck no!

FYI
Most useful apps so far:

Active Sync for connecting to corporate Outlook

Weather Bug

App Zapper - Droid has a lot of memory but being able to multitask can chew it up in a hurry. App Zapper monitors all apps memory usage and shuts down unwanted resource hogs.

Though we don't use it much the free Google maps are also great. No more need for GPS

Nick · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject:

And the Droid Army just keeps growing!
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strobesml · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:44 am Post subject:

No! I'm keeping my Blackberry! It has too much power for me to get rid of! Too much power, I say!!!! BWU-HAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously, until Droid has an Edocrab (http://www.edocrab.com/) or a Rove Mobile Admin (http://www.roveit.com/), my Blackberry will remain my smartphone of choice.

While the Edocrab software is an application useful for a home user, I live and die by Mobile Admin. Of course, the issue is the target market. Droid is competing most strongly with the home market that has been dominated by the iPhone. By all reports, it is a worthy competitor. However, the Blackberry has been since its inception geared towards the Enterprise user. While it has attempted inroads into the home market, it hasn't had that success compared to the iPhone or the Droid.

However, as with any product, a user needs to look at whether a product fulfills their needs and not whether it is popular or cool. I could get an iPad, for example, but one of the upcoming HP Slates is likely to suit my purposes far better. The Droid is a great device but the Blackberry allows me to do my job as an IT professional far better. (Being able to reset passwords and accounts, run SQL queries, reset services on user computers or the servers or even reboot the servers remotely is extremely important to me. I use these features regularly and until Droid does this as easily, it doesn't match my needs.)

Jim · Certifiably Insane Poster Joined: 15 Jul 2001 Posts: 2064