Rooting my Droid was very easy. The hard part was finding the proper files to use for the Rooting. I haven’t really done anything with it that I couldn’t do pre-root. I would love to find a way to turn the device into an ad-hoc network…ultimately turning my Droid into a wireless hotspot. I can see MANY benefits to this.

Right now I am using the Droid most to keep me connected to Facebook and Twitter as well as for taking pictures and video. I still LOVE this phone.

My only gripes about it these days are the ease at which I can slow it down.

I have been keeping my eyes on the Nexus One. I like a lot of what I hear about that device and am impressed with the tech specs. I am with Verizon so I am waiting for it to come to “the network” before I really weigh in on it. I find it funny that Google is talking about selling the phone through Wal-Mart after all the hype about them wanting to take the “direct-to-consumer” route. I do think that they really will have to sell it through various retail channels if they really want to get it to the masses. More to come on this device later!

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I was finally convinced through various means to trade in my newly purchased LG Rogue for the new Motorola Droid. I have only put down this phone to sleep, eat and drive. It’s got so much to do and use and play with. Overall I am very happy with it. Here are the things that I am struggling with.

• It rebooted itself on my second phone call
• It is sometimes slow to respond when texting or searching for contacts to call or text.
• It does not include a T9 keyboard with predictive text…there are a couple of apps. I tried the Handcent version and it SUCKS! I then bought the Even Better Keyboard and like it a lot but it still needs some work…more on that later.
• So far I have had to reboot the phone at least twice a day to get it to work properly.
• I also have to charge the battery by mid day and again at bed time…EVERY DAY! I feel like I am using this phone like crazy though.
• Some of the functions I had hoped would be quick, aren’t as quick.

I really liked on the LG Rogue that I could flip open the keyboard and start typing and it would begin a text message for me. It was very fast. When I flip open the keyboard on the Droid and start typing, it begins a search…which I like, but it is VERY slow. For example, if I use this method to start and send a text message from sleep mode, I flip open the keyboard…wait for the screen to turn on…slide to unlock…wait…start typing a name in my contact list…wait for it…click the name…wait…wait some more…click the name again…wait…then (IF) the contact info shows up I can click the text message icon to start my message. So obviously this is not the best way to go about sending a text message. For now, after I wake it up and unlock it, I click the messaging icon and then search for the contact, type, then send my message.

When the phone is asleep, you have to push the lock/power button on the top right of the phone and then you have to slide to unlock the screen. I am used to it now, but initially wished I could touch the screen to wake it up or even use any of the hard buttons to wake it up…THEN slide to unlock. I’m okay with it for now like this.

The camera is a bit more sluggish than I hoped. On a fresh reboot, it works pretty well, but after the phone has been on for most of the day, it becomes slow(to me) to use.

Oh and the USB cable that came with it…is too short. I will be looking to find a longer one.

There is more, but this will do for now. I will post more on my experience with this phone as it comes up.

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