n00b - dropped my BB Tour for the Moto Droid today

[jenjen]

Hi all! I'm a chick who loves electronic gadgets! Seriously, I think it's an unhealthy (and expensive!) obsession...probably 100 phones in 3-4 years. I went from a dumbphone to a BlackBerry Tour which I had for 30 days and on the last day of my WFG from Verizon I swapped it out for a Droid. Can't really say if I love it or not so far; I just went out and got it on my lunch break and so I haven't gotten a chance to do much with it. That's why I'm here - to find out what I CAN do with it (outside of work hours, of course ). Feel free to point me in the direction of any information you think I need to know. Thanks in advance!

 

[BillTheCat]

Welcome to the forums. As an unrepentant tech geek/gadget junkie, I can say that the Droid is one of the best smartphones I have played with. It's not without fault or flaw, but they are relatively minor.

Remember that the "long press" is like a right click in Windows- it'll give you extended menus/options. As will the menu button (the 4 little lines), and the menu button & long press don't always get you the same options, so try 'em both when you're stuck or lost.

The only thing BB does better than Droid is the native e-mail & IM clients. Even the downloadable IM apps I have seen either lack functionality or have connection issues. I'm sure these will be ironed out over time. And I'm using K-9 Mail Beta for my IMAP (Yahoo, Hotmail) mail services now, because the OEM client was driving me insane.

After that, just have fun with it. The possibilities are pretty wild.

 

[jenjen]

Thanks for the welcome and tips, Bill!

 

[doughdroid]

I'm in the same boat as you jenjen, I have been a loyal BB user for years and just gave up my Tour that I have had for 6 months for a Droid Eris. So far after getting my Droid on the 30th I don't think I will be going back to BB as my personal device.

I do have a Bold for work to constantly remind me of why I switched though.