I'd totally give cyanogen a try. Also, there are a few apps that are known to have cache-congestion problems, going through the apps preferences and clearing cache (or in some cases, data) might help.
A hardware keyboard might not be as necessary as you think. The predictive typing in 4.0 verges on magic, I'm typically typing 2 characters max per word. -T On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > This being an off topic subject, I'd be perfectly happy to get responses off > the list. It's also quite possible that there are other people in a similar > situation, who are also interested in what people have to say. > > When I got my first generation moto droid, it was just about everything I > wanted in a PDA since I got my first palm pilot. I love having a hard keypad, > I can get email anyplace, and the things it does with the GPS provide endless > "holy shit! this is the 21st Century!" moments. > > However, performance on it seems to be dropping in a manner that implies the > software bloat that goes along with ever more powerful hardware. Bugs and > crashes have been increasing in a manner consistent with running software > optimized for new hardware, on obsolete hardware. Call quality is mixed, > sometimes it seems pretty good, but some people have trouble understanding > what I'm saying. (you can take the obvious jokes as given). The camera is a > piece of shite. I don't buy a phone for the camera, but there are times when > it is handy to have. The list goes on. The phone works, there's nothing > about it that is so bad that I can't put up with it, but it's got enough > little issues that I could easily be tempted by "the new shiny". > > The Droid 3 looks like it has a lot of nice features. Unfortunately it's just > enough bigger than mine that I would no longer be able to use the mounts I > have for my car and bicycle. > > One possible solution would be to root my phone and install cynaogenmod. It's > supposed to improve a lot of the issues, and could be a fun experiment. > However, it could end up being a pain in the ass series of little issues, > each of which takes longer than it should to fix. It is quite possible that > this will be plan A, but I don't want to start on this without having a plan > B that involves heading down to Verizon with a shopping list. > > Specs: > Android OS. I tried to like the iPhone, but I couldn't. I want something > that I can hack on, and if I do, I want those skills to be marketable. > > Verizon: Verizon is evil, but where I use my phone, their infrastructure > works the best. > > Wants: > > I prefer access to a physical keyboard. It's not a requirement, the virtual > keyboards are supposed to be getting much better. > > A screen good enough to show off some of my photos would be handy. > > tethering > > A decent external keyboard would be nice. > > Current primary uses: > > 1) Email > 2) Phone > 3) GPS / search > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
