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http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/06/...ounce-droid-x/

Oh yea. This is the one for me.

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My friends dad just bought one for himself. I held it for a few mins. Its considerably heavier than other phones such as the envyII and III and the buttons have a stiff click to them. Still seemed like a very nice phone to me.

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They're billing it as a media phone, but it doesn't play .avi/xvid/divx, which is THE STANDARD for video still, despite the advancement of newer codecs. I still cannot fathom for the life of me why playback of those files is not supported on the droid (any droid), and frankly, its a dealbreaker for me IF I had intentions of using it as a media phone.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD...layer_embedded

Omg I lul hard

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Just Pre-ordered a Droid X! :D

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bad link here it is LANGUAGE IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

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Getting back, I got mine on Friday and activated it on Saturday AM. So far it is great! Really speedy. The Motoblur lite or whatever you want to call it is decent and pretty unobtrusive - if you don't want it just pull off the widgets. The dialer is really snappy and fast and the browsing experience is compelling. Battery was acting goofy but Moto put out an OTA update already which helped a lot. Really looking forward to FroYo now. :D

I was pretty dead set on keeping my Eris as a backup phone but I see they are selling for upwards of and over $200 and mine is in super condition with a bunch of extras. Going to have to think about this one...I could use the dough...

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Looks like I am passing my evo to wife and getting samsung epic/galaxy to wife. Demos of galaxy with hummingbird processor look sick

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The galaxy looks bad-ass. How do you like your Evo?

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Evo is cool and a lot of fun, already rooted, have flash and everything.
Galaxy will have netflix though and thats the closer for me. Just worried rooting will be harder like on the Droid x. HTC buts no blocks to rooting or hardly anything. Worried Samsung will be like Motorola. ALso physical keyboard again will be a win!

All and all Evo is a bad ass phone though dont get me wrong.

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I was a tiny bit concerned about the difficulty with the X being rooted...until I remembered that in all the time I had my Eris I didn't root it or anything. I did the whole custom ROM thing with my WinMo phones and while they were an improvement over stock the negatives always outweighed the positives for me. I need my phone to be reliable, it's a tool first and a toy second (but close second :D). Anyway I think they will figure it out, now it's a challenge and I think that will drive it, also it seems to be a pretty popular device. I would just like to be able to use the WIFI tether without the extra $20 and to get rid of the couple of bloatwear programs.

If I was going to leave Verizon right now it would only be for the EVO.

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Galaxy looks nice, love the display! :tu

Rooting shouldn't be a problem for any phone that's popular. If you're getting something like the MOTOROLA DEVOUR (not sure who would ever buy it, given the other options available), then good luck getting it rooted. (knowing my luck, someone already did root and proved me wrong).... but anything with a big user base will eventually be rooted, whether the manufacturer likes it or not. My Droid certainly was.

Reasons I chose to root:
1. Overclocking - stock 550mhz, now I run at 1gz and keep pace with the new phones. (no battery life loss either)
2. Reliability and backup. I routinely make a backup image of my phone every few weeks. Anything goes haywire, I can re-flash back to working with little no data loss in half a dozen keystrokes and about 5 minutes of time while the image copies over. Only had to do it once, but it saved my but because I was traveling at the time, and like most, I would be dead in the water without my phone!
3. Free wifi tether. painless, works, end of subject!
4. Take a few bloatware apps included with the phone.

So far, no regrets on that decision. Of course, I'm not a member of the flash-a-new-rom-every-3-days-just-to-try-it-out crowd. I find what works and stick with it, I don't need the newest bit of code. I'll probably upgrade to 2.2 FroYo next week, which will be the first time making any changes since... probably March.

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Well that didn't take too long...

http://alldroid.org/Default.aspx?tab...5165&#post5165

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And done: Rooted, bloatware uninstalled and wifi tether activated. Root FTW! :D

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nice, very nice :tu

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Francis anything else (programs/tweaks) I should be looking for now that I have root?

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WOW very cool. Initially they were saying there was some kill switch in the phone that ran a consistency check to make sure it was not rooted. Looks like hackers whooped Motorola fast on that one.

I am so pissed the screen on my evo is acting up. Going to flash a new rom and then try stock rom. Looks like it may be getting replaced. Hurray for Best Buy warranty. Definetly getting the Samsung Epic though. The screen acting up and having keyboard issues makes me miss a hard keyboard bad.

I will say watching new release movies using flash is badass.

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Actually rooting is only half the battle (and the easy half). The eFuse supposedly locks down the boot loader. You can root but you cannot load any ROMs or custom firmware, that is what gets checked. I still think someone will figure it out.

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Ahhhhhh that was what I heard. I thought they said it would brick with a custom Rom.

So pissed. My screen has some dead spots.

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Is your Evo under warrenty?

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Bought it at best buy with their insurance so I will get a new one.:r. A buddy had his replaced.

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Download an app in the Market called LauncherPro. It's a home launcher replacement that operates similar to stock 2.2 (Froyo) but is actually far improved. I use it on my Nexus One, and I love it.

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I am familiar with Launcher Pro, I actually don't mind the Moto launcher, it's not too bad. Have you tried ADW Launcher?

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Also you can install a program called "homeswitcher" and switch between any Launcher you have installed.

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I have both of those, yes! I really prefer launcherpro for it's sheer speed. You should check out QuickDesk, I use it constantly for my toggle widgets.

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I'll look up Quickdesk, I use SwitchPro. I've been fooling around with LauncherPro. I do like the customizable dock and the quick preview of all the screens (missed that, I had it on my Eris).

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Reports are showing that a lucky few have received FroYo on their Incredible and Droid X. This bodes well for the August 6th rumor of a FroYo release on DInc, X and Droid!

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Awesome Words With Friends like game for Android!

http://wordfeud.com/

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WOW!!! HTC listened to their customers. I just DL the latest OTA Update (not root) for my EVO, and now the graphics are a blazing 53 FPS. All running on a 4G network to boot. What's not to love?

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Just did the update need to play with it now.
Sporadic 4g where I am

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Same here with the 4G in RI. But what began around downtown and the hospital district has spread out to reach me in my apartment (RI's not that big)...though I always have the Wi-Fi turned on when I'm at home. I was playing Air Control last night and the frame rate was steady 54+ at all times. Angry Birds Beta runs and sounds better. Popped Asphalt on just for a minute and saw obvious improvement as well.
The only reason I was going to root my phone was to remove the 30 FPS cap. Now there's no need for the moment. :tu

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Just ordered the Droid X yesterday. Can't wait!

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Now with 2.2 it's even better. :tu

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Anyone on word feud?

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Just installed Exzeus on my EVO. Absolutely sick graphics!

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I am also facing a similar issue. Do let me know as well if you find out any helpful guide.