We played around with a Droid and The Incredible last week. Obviously, it wasn't anything like we are used to. I realize it's a different OS, but coming from an iPhone, how intuitive is it? I would hate for her not to get the maximum benefits from the phone. FWIW, she's not into overclocking or any of that type stuff. She just wants a reliable, easy to use smart phone. Is a Droid for her or should we look for something else?
Thanks for your input!
The Droid requires a slight learning curve, especially when coming off an iPhone, but it's not that bad. The iPhone is designed so
anyone can pick it up and make calls (till they get dropped) and download whatever they want from the the app store (and give Jobs more money). Before I got my droid I fooled around with a friend's Blackberry Storm and couldn't figure out jack on it, and I've been building, repairing, modifying, using, etc, computers and technology for almost two decades now. I had the Droid figured out, basics-wise, in only an hour, though it did take about a week to REALLY have it figured out. (I rooted after one month, but only when I found out that the FroYo flavor being given us officially didn't do wifi tethering, but that's neither here nor there to you)
90% of the power of the Motorola Droid comes from rooting it, but stock is still awesome. In exchange for the learning curve you get a phone that does more, has better network coverage, can be modified heavily so it looks and does exactly what you want it to do, has a much more open framework, and so on and so forth. Furthermore, the OS is still improving! It's possible the Droid will get minor updates, if not a full-blown Gingerbread update, once FroYo is given an official release. Even though it doesn't seem likely, the Eris got a 2.1 when nobody had counted on it.
Personally I think the new iPhone is too plain-looking, and I do like having a slide-out keyboard (if not the design on this one), but that's my preference. I like the industrial look of the Droid, and I HATE the new AT&T data plan -- $20 for 2Gb of data, $10 a Gb over that :icon_eek: -- versus the unlimited data plan on Verizon. If you go for a new iPhone you'll have the new data plan. Just some food for thought for you. If you do a lot of downloading while on the go you might find yourself paying a lot more than what AT&T is saying you'll be paying.