Lenzini wrote:How can anyone recommend buying a Droid (from Verizon) when most other Google phones using Android have or are now getting the new update to system software (Android 2.2) with features that have been promised for months? How can Verizon take so much longer than Sprint and others, to send it out? I mean even Android 2.1 was an embarrassment to Verizon as everyone got it weeks earlier. Too bad it's so late or slow.
Only a few of the Nexus 1's are getting the Android 2.2 update right now. For HTC the first ones they will be working on other than N1 is Incredible and Desire. For Motorola it will be 1T then the Droid maybe the Devour and possibly the backflip.
Give the devil it's due. Verizon was faster than most of the other carriers in getting 2.1 out to the Droid. I just hope we get 2.2 VERY soon. 2.2 has the true hands free Bluetooth calling which is such a safety feature that Verizon should rush it out. In fact now that it is available or will be soon, I would dare say that Verizon would be negligent for not getting it out as soon as possible or open themselves up to lawsuits
adlerrot wrote: Give the devil it's due. Verizon was faster than most of the other carriers in getting 2.1 out to the Droid. I just hope we get 2.2 VERY soon. 2.2 has the true hands free Bluetooth calling which is such a safety feature that Verizon should rush it out. In fact now that it is available or will be soon, I would dare say that Verizon would be negligent for not getting it out as soon as possible or open themselves up to lawsuits
are you saying that there is a law requiring cell phone service providers to make cell phone manufacturers make phones with hands free dialling? and if they dont, they are subject to being sued?
wow, that is amazing! wait, can you please point that out in the constitution? i think i missed that somewhere between checks and balances and the bill of rights....
lol.. ya its pretty sad. i am ditching my Droid for a Nexus this weekend. Im sick and tired of all the bull**bleep** problems I am having with my Droid.
willanaya wrote: adlerrot wrote: Give the devil it's due. Verizon was faster than most of the other carriers in getting 2.1 out to the Droid. I just hope we get 2.2 VERY soon. 2.2 has the true hands free Bluetooth calling which is such a safety feature that Verizon should rush it out. In fact now that it is available or will be soon, I would dare say that Verizon would be negligent for not getting it out as soon as possible or open themselves up to lawsuitsare you saying that there is a law requiring cell phone service providers to make cell phone manufacturers make phones with hands free dialling? and if they dont, they are subject to being sued? wow, that is amazing! wait, can you please point that out in the constitution? i think i missed that somewhere between checks and balances and the bill of rights....
Duh can you read?? I said that "I would dare say that Verizon would be negligent for not getting it out as soon as possible or open themselves up to lawsuits" There are laws concerning "negligence"and "product liability). I said nothing about the constitution. Google the word and you will understand. If you cause an accident because you look away from the road, that could be called negligence and you could be sued, then you could/would sue the company causing you to look away because of the product design. (this is caused product liability). My point was that I hoped we get the upgrade as soon as possible and to give Verizon legal notice that there is a problem with the hands free on the Droid. That way, if using the Droid as it is now causes an accident, Verizon/Motorola/Google COULD be liable for damages. Toyota is getting sued for product design. So are thousands of other companies for designing a product which causes injury.
I hope I have explained my comments to your satisfaction!!!!
yeah cause there hasn't been any reports of problems with the wildly popular Nexus 1. Oh wait. Yeah, that's right almost forgot, it's the problems that have made it the slowest selling Android phone ever created.
Personally I hope they wait to build the updates until 2.2 Update 1. Look at the track record. 2.0 comes out less than a month later 2.0.1. 2.1 comes out and about a month later 2.1 update 1. 2.2 is out now and I expect that since Nexus 1 phones are getting them now or at least a few of them that 2.2 update 1 is only weeks away. And the link was removed because the update was unstable. They may have a stable link up again but they had pulled it.
Please ... enough of the Ron Paul diatribes. Whether it's the law or not, a company has the ethical responsiblity to release a product as soon as possible that will help prevent accidents, especially if most of the rest of their products haven't had this "defect". Civilly, a class action case could easily be made by someone asking that all Verizon customers who were "deprived" of bluetooth dialing after "upgrading" phones would be allowed out of their contracts if they wished. Luckily for Verizon, the rest of the features of the android system make that unlikely to happen. That's still no reason for Verizon to dawdle. If there is some bug which has nothing to do with safety, it could be remedied by a later update.
Let me say that the argument that cell phone providers or manufacturers being sued for not having BT voicedial capability makes as much sense as suing them for allowing the device to send text messages.
There are laws in many cities banning texting while driving. Using your logic means that to protect themselves, the manufacturers and/or providers should stop making devices with the ability to send/receive text messages and emails since they can't rely on individuals to be responsible for themselves.
I knew the Droid couldn't do BT voicedialing when it came out, and since I want a device that does it, I didn't purchase the Droid. I'd rather be responsible for myself, instead of blaming someone else for my own negligence.
ha, while we're at it, lets sue McDonalds for giving us our food to go and allowing us to be distracted by that spilled drink in our lap and causing an accident. if I were a judge, I'd laugh the person out of court if they tried to sue a carrier or phone manufacturer for their own ineptitude. No one MADE you use your phone. It was your choice to pay more attention to your phone than the road, thus putting your life and others at risk. I think the states should just go ahead and ban cell phone use while driving in general rather than just texting or non-hands free use. It's still a distraction regardless of whether you're holding the phone or not.
As for Froyo, I think it'll be well worth the wait for most people. The current version I'm running on the Droid is just leaps and bounds ahead of eclair in speed and performance.
