Gerald, hit me up on sidebar too. amazon will not have it (at least that is what they are telling us) and as 4 wal-mart.....verizon is setting the msrp @ $299.99, so they will have 2 start there.
Fate. --- On Sat, 7/3/10, Gerald Haynes <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gerald Haynes <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 10:27 PM I've also been told that I can't pre-order and keep my "new every 2." The Droid X WILL be mine. Hopefully Wal-Mart or Amazon will have the discount during the first week and I can hopefully get it somewhere other than Verizon. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfrie s.com - Calvin & Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus .com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Sammie A <jazzynupe007@ yahoo.com> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 5:11:02 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises have 2 agree with Martin, they (Verizon) will, but it is such a GREAT phone. it is the same size as the htc EVO that spring has. i am test driving one now (since i work with verizon) and it is AWESOME! BTW, Martin, you need to side bar me about the broadband card u have. got a few new one's that are a little faster! Fate. --- On Sat, 7/3/10, Martin Baxter <martinbaxter7@ gmail.com> wrote: From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter7@ gmail.com> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 11:23 AM Gerald, allow me to confirm that. As a Verizon broadband customer, I read that in the mailer that came with last month's bill. On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Gerald Haynes <efhay...@yahoo. com> wrote: I've read that Verizon will charge an extra fee and a data cap to use it as a hotspot. Gerald Haynes http://thesmallfrie s.com - Calvin & Hobbes who? http://dontarrestus .com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun From: Tracy Curtis <tlcurti...@gmail. com> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 3:34:39 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises Just the ability for it to be a hotspot makes it worth a lot. I didn't know it could do that. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo. com> wrote: http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ytech_gadg/ ytech_gadg_ tc2996 While the world continues to line up for the latest iPhone — reception problems and all — Verizon's just-announced jumbo-screen Motorola Droid X has racked up a bevy of admiring reviews. David Pogue at the New York Times calls the Droid X (slated to arrive July 15 for $199, with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract and after a mail-in rebate) a "big, beautiful contender" with an "almost-Imax screen" (4.3 inches diagonally, to be exact, or almost a inch bigger than the iPhone's 3.5-inch display). The phone performs like a "speed rocket," Pogue gushes, and benefits from Google's "open and customizable" (and soon Flash-supporting) Android OS, although he also complains about a few nagging quirks (the security warnings before you download Android apps, the wonky screen rotation, the Wi-Fi-less Skype). The Droid X battery "gets you through a full day easily," Pogue continues, and there's also Verizon's "expensive but not-call-dropping network," as well as the handset's ability to act as a mobile hotspot for other Wi-Fi devices. That said, the Droid X isn't for everyone, Pogue warns, saying that the "absolutely huge" shell makes you feel "as if you're talking into a frozen waffle" when you're making a call, and that although Android is a great OS for "technically proficient high-end users," it's "more complicated and less polished" than Apple's iOS. -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik
