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[pilotcharles]

i pray that a verizon rep sees this:

I was an iphone 3gs user and i switched because of coverage issues. Now i was going to get the storm 2 because it had similar apps to the iphone (the apps i cared about ........pandora, directv nfl superfan, espn, banks). Now I am not a 5 page app guy but I need my key apps (the ones listed above). Now i know the droid is a new phone with a new os trying to make its way on to the playing field. But right now you (verizon/motorola/android) are squandering a golden opportunity. Its like haveing a super bad gaming system but you have no big named games. If xbox360 opened with pong and tetris and thats all they had ps3 would b the long system on top and microsoft would have lost their loyal customers and the people on the fence.

 Iphone users are loyal and you not going to get too many of them........but you have verizon customers and people on the fence who want a quality smart phone......you give them the phone and you release it "pong". How do you not get on somebody in your department to ensure that some type of development will be available upon release to appeal to different fans. Even if you do what playstation and xbox some time do, and release demos. It give the consumer confidence that the company is heading in a direction that they want to go. Because right now its a cool phone but I am ready to turn it back in for a storm 2 or wait for omnia 2 because i know they have the games (apps). And I am not the only person voicing this (which you already know).

 Nba has the Nba league pass released on the dinosaur g1, how the heck you dont piggy back that for a phone with the newest operating system. Yeah i know its an open development market, but you have say on what you want to see. And you can not tell me you are happy with the raggedy apps made by amatuers. If you add that to some good apps then you have a great and expansive market......if thats all you have and all you going to get.....let me kno and i will just have to get that slow storm 2.

 its sad because as an iphone 3gs user you have a golden ticket (and i love my iphone) a true competitor to the iphone and you do not have any thing to show it off. You say idont droid does........well droiddont have key apps (like an espn, cnn, nfl, nba, ncaa, nascar, fox, etc.) ido. droiddoes not seem to have the true backing and banging on the table for an app that can be shown on tv during the holiday season, ido. droiddoes not seem to have anyone on the staff who know where the droid is heading or if its going to be a one and done, ido.

  I just want to see something to feel confident in my purchase and so far you haven't provided me with anything.....the maps are alright but they seem to freeze, the keyboard is(well u read the reviews) the camera is cool  but the button is in a bad spot (my opinion). the voice recognition is cool but that gets old after the first day. I need something to truly render the true capability of this phone. And if my old htc tilt can play live sports imagine what it would look like on a fare superior screen and sound system.......well i will not seem to know....all i will know is what checkers and tetris looks like.

[supitsmike]

It seems as though your problem isn't so much with the phone as opposed to the apps that it has.

Sorry to say this my friend but Verizon isn't the one to blame here -- it would be the developers that create apps on the Android market. You see, the two most parallel things between the market on the Android phones and the Market on the iPhone is the way developers create and send them in. It's usually up to the developers discretion to create the Apps that they want on said Market. Developers such as official ones from ESPN, NBA, NFL, etc.

Now, lets go ahead and compare the two markets:

The iPhone's market has been out for about five years, giving developers and manufaturers to see the momentum it has created.

The Android Operating System's phones has been out for a little over a year, almost two -- and is growing every day. People are just now starting to realize what Android is and the potential it holds.

To be honest, I think the Verizon created Apps are rubbish, and you can find better ones from the Market. The Droid's design was not intended I don't think to match that of the iPhone's and not only that, they are two completely different phones.

It sounds to me as though you have been a bit spoiled by the longevity of the iPhone and the very simple (yet intuitive) design. In case you weren't aware, the Droid or rather, any Android phone are the only phones that can legitly compare against the iPhone and will continuously do so.

What really ironic about this is that you and I are in opposite conditions -- I'm on the iPhone with AT&T and I would give anything to go back to my Droid/Android Phones on a regular day-to-day basis.

The device is only as good as the user that operates it. Ragging on it as much as you just have, with transparent distaste for Verizon that you have only highlights how you treat pretty much anything else.

Give the phone a real chance and come back and talk to us. If you need refrence to anything you can pretty much look up top or read around, I guarantee you'll be surprised.

-Mike

Edit: Next time try to use Grammar and Spelling, they are excellent tools to not only make your points valid with some back bone, but they also save you the trouble of making it look like you just stepped out of Highschool.

[ts]

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Sorry to say this my friend but Verizon isn't the one to blame here -- it would be the developers that create apps on the Android market. You see, the two most parallel things between the market on the Android phones and the Market on the iPhone is the way developers create and send them in. It's usually up to the developers discretion to create the Apps that they want on said Market. Developers such as official ones from ESPN, NBA, NFL, etc.

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I don't disagree with your statement, but there is another perspective... 

Verizon/Motorola/Google are certainly powerful and wealthy enough to have negotiated with some of the commercial developers such as those from ESPN, NBA, NFL, etc. to convert their apps to the Android platform.  The OP makes a valid point that Verizon probably could have done more to make sure the most popular apps on the iPhone were also available on the Droid - especially since this was the widely anticipated "iPhone killer" (though I don't think Verizon ever officially made that statement).

-Tom

[supitsmike]

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ts wrote:

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Sorry to say this my friend but Verizon isn't the one to blame here -- it would be the developers that create apps on the Android market. You see, the two most parallel things between the market on the Android phones and the Market on the iPhone is the way developers create and send them in. It's usually up to the developers discretion to create the Apps that they want on said Market. Developers such as official ones from ESPN, NBA, NFL, etc.

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I don't disagree with your statement, but there is another perspective... 

Verizon/Motorola/Google are certainly powerful and wealthy enough to have negotiated with some of the commercial developers such as those from ESPN, NBA, NFL, etc. to convert their apps to the Android platform.  The OP makes a valid point that Verizon probably could have done more to make sure the most popular apps on the iPhone were also available on the Droid - especially since this was the widely anticipated "iPhone killer" (though I don't think Verizon ever officially made that statement).

-Tom

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Your point is valid, except you're not following these notions:

That A)Android is a new platform that B)Has extreme restrictions in internal memorty that in turn C) Restricts not only the quality of application but size. So given all three notions, why would any commercial company create side-by-side copies of apps for a platform that is entirely too small right now?

They (Android/Google/Verizon) wouldn't spend that type of money when it's not going to happen. Eventually those companies will notice the Android Market and port their apps to it.

However, I doubt money has anything to do with it as much as it does the prosperity of said apps.

[ts]

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Your point is valid, except you're not following these notions:

That A)Android is a new platform that B)Has extreme restrictions in internal memorty that in turn C) Restricts not only the quality of application but size. So given all three notions, why would any commercial company create side-by-side copies of apps for a platform that is entirely too small right now?

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True, but at least points B & C could/should have been overcome (and all three will probably be non-issues as the platform evolves).  What will really be interesting is how the platform evolves when Android starts showing up on netbooks in the not-to-distant future.

-Tom

[fezzik]

Google (the only one really having anything to do with the OS and the Market the others are essentially user supporters) does have the power and drive to negotiate but they have done a hands off approach to the market.  Essentially they have and more than likely will continue to allow the market to decide.  This means Developers will decide what apps they should/want to create for Android and users will decide which apps are successful.  Google could go out and woo developers or companies to hire developers but how do you decide that.  They can't/won't go out and woo all the developers that is what all the press conferences and phone releases have been for.  Currently the market is growing with a curve of about 220 more apps per month than the month before I expect around 2800 apps by the time November is over and 3000 in december with that kind of growth curve you will be seeing more and more stuff out there.  Sure some of the handsets are major game capable but the restrictions/demands haven't driven that type of development.  You will see more in the future as well as a development in the Android OS allowing both larger app storage space and the ability to store apps on the SD card.  When those things happen expect major game releases to start popping up.  Even some that aren't on other platforms. 

[supitsmike]

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yellowboy74 wrote:

Hey I know there is no multi-touch app yet for the droid. But is there an app that can give u a finger touch slider effect when going thru your photos in the album gallery. I missed that feature that i had on my dare and on the imagio. Please please let me know if there is one available? Anyone

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That was so left field, and rude to just post your unrelated questions in this thread I won't even bother.

(P.S. the answer is no.)

[yellowboy74]

Dang dude my fault . I apologize. Just an honest mistake. You do know that we make mistakes. Wasn't done intentionally.

[pilotcharles · Accepted solution]

Nfl superfan is on the market I admit I was wrong and am glad that I am. In my book that was the app i needed to take my mind off the iphone.

[AuntKris]

The keyboard on the droid is awesome so i'm not sure what your issue is.  I have an ipod touch and I prefer the droid.

They have 10,000 apps right now... ya Iphone has more but you have to give the developers time to come out with the apps.

Iphone didn't start with 100,000 apps it took a year at least to get there.

I'm thinking your the type of person that buys a computer and the second it crashes once you run back and complain that it shouldn't do that.  

Apple is not problem proof (ex - Iphones over heating among other things)  and neither is Motorola, HTC, google, or Verizon.

Take a chill pill.