So who has the Droid already?

Do you like it?? What do you think? First impressions.... and ... go!

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I have mine on order. I will let you know what I think soon.

From what i heard from a verizon employee today, the droid went puff today, there were seven people at verizon stand at 7am-8am, and it didn't get any better as the day went on, quiet through out the day, nothing close to the Storm's release. will see what tomorrow brings.

I do not have it (plan on getting it soon) but I've spoken with many reps.

Today I was in the store (about 7:30-8:00PM) and it was busy. They still had a line outside because the fire marshal said a max of 65 people in the store at any given time...it looked like they exceeded that.

Our store actually began to sell the actual phones outside...to existing customers. Customers in need of a telephone number and service went inside. They had a fancy portable touch screen cash register outside making all transactions. They maintained the indoor/outdoor separation until about 2PM.

They have been busy and served over 6,000 customers. Let's put that into perspective: The town itself has 20,000. So they serviced about 1/5 of the town!

I went in like I said...played with the phone and a store representative right next to me was playing with the Eris...she was all jumpy and excited. She used the Google Maps and pulled up her house and keep saying "That's soooo cool!". She was the greeter. Every time a customer entered, the first response was "are you interested in the Droid today?"

They actually did not sell out of phones, like they expected. When I arrived, they had 15 copies left. They said they would be staying open until 10PM, instead of 9, because they didn't see the crowd coming to an end yet...

In the NJ/NYC area here, it was quiet, i know a mall store and highway store that EXPLODED with the STROM, i mean you couldn't get in, and everyone in the area ran out of phones, but this release was quiet.

I'm going to the Mall today to see for myself, i expect it to be a BUSY saturday, will see. I think the DROID is to big to heavy, they shouldn't of put the slide keyboard on it, the phone should of been model after the DARE.

I think the DARE is a little big, a cell phone of this capability should be as thin as possible, carrying it in a suit jacket/sport jacket should go unnoticed by the carrier, big bulk phones is not a good feel or good look. I will look at the Droid and hold it, hopefully today.

... and phone companies...STOP FORCING ME TO TAKE DATA PLANS!!!!

Hello. I picked up my Droid yesterday morning. I am currently working in Medford Oregon and arrived at one of two stores in town at 7am. Like a couple of respondents before me stated, the store I shopped in was not busy. I was one of maybe 5 customers inside at the time. This was fine by me of course. I hate crowds.

Anyways, the Droid is certainly the best phone I have purchased to date. It replaced my XV6800 as by coincidence, my new for two eligibility started the very day of the launch. I still have a Touch Pro for my 2nd line and a Touch for my Sprint line. I picked the Motorola phone because I personally like a physical keypad on my phone. Add to that a faster processor and Android v2.0 and it wasnt much of a decision over the Eris, although I did enjoy playing with the Eris while waiting for my assigned rep to come talk to me.

I really like playing around with this phone. It's fast, the interface is clean and the screen is huge. The turn by turn navigation with this phone will be used extensively as I travel a lot for my work (I am a cell site technician). I have already tested location by wi-fi at my hotel, quite impressive. I wasnt too keen on creating a google account, but it is kind of necessary for this device. As such the way google updates contacts with the phone is rather nice. Plus, thanks to your tip on importing contacts from outlook, I was able to import all 577 contacts to my Droid (an accumulation of doing my line of work for 8 years in markets all over the nation). A BIG thank you there because I wasnt sure how I was going to accomplish that without Windows Mobile and Activesync.

ok, i got it, it was still quiet at the store (9am)... look for my review

Originally Posted by Despairyll

Hello. I picked up my Droid yesterday morning. I am currently working in Medford Oregon and arrived at one of two stores in town at 7am. Like a couple of respondents before me stated, the store I shopped in was not busy. I was one of maybe 5 customers inside at the time. This was fine by me of course. I hate crowds.

Anyways, the Droid is certainly the best phone I have purchased to date. It replaced my XV6800 as by coincidence, my new for two eligibility started the very day of the launch. I still have a Touch Pro for my 2nd line and a Touch for my Sprint line. I picked the Motorola phone because I personally like a physical keypad on my phone. Add to that a faster processor and Android v2.0 and it wasnt much of a decision over the Eris, although I did enjoy playing with the Eris while waiting for my assigned rep to come talk to me.

I really like playing around with this phone. It's fast, the interface is clean and the screen is huge. The turn by turn navigation with this phone will be used extensively as I travel a lot for my work (I am a cell site technician). I have already tested location by wi-fi at my hotel, quite impressive. I wasnt too keen on creating a google account, but it is kind of necessary for this device. As such the way google updates contacts with the phone is rather nice. Plus, thanks to your tip on importing contacts from outlook, I was able to import all 577 contacts to my Droid (an accumulation of doing my line of work for 8 years in markets all over the nation). A BIG thank you there because I wasnt sure how I was going to accomplish that without Windows Mobile and Activesync.

Glad everything is working out for you Also, I had a Touch Pro at one point and I hated it. You'll def like the Touch Pro2 if you ever upgrade. It's faster and has been refined a bit.

Originally Posted by aepple

ok, i got it, it was still quiet at the store (9am)... look for my review

Sweet!

I submitted a realtime review, i don't know if you received it for review, and whether you'd like to post it in reviews, or in another thread category.

As i did for the Dare i'd like to do the review in realtime as i use it...

Test from the Droid

Droid test post

They actually have a DROID phone that might have matched what you're expecting in the common Motorola DROID.

They have the HTC Droid Eris which has almost (or all of) the features of the Motorola Droid but it lacks the keyboard and is exclusively touch. It launched the same day and is $100 cheaper.

http://vzw.com/eris

Originally Posted by aepple

I'm going to the Mall today to see for myself, i expect it to be a BUSY saturday, will see. I think the DROID is to big to heavy, they shouldn't of put the slide keyboard on it, the phone should of been model after the DARE.

I think the DARE is a little big, a cell phone of this capability should be as thin as possible, carrying it in a suit jacket/sport jacket should go unnoticed by the carrier, big bulk phones is not a good feel or good look. I will look at the Droid and hold it, hopefully today.

... and phone companies...STOP FORCING ME TO TAKE DATA PLANS!!!!

im getting mine on nov 22 when my contract ends, but i got some face time with my buddies. the thing is smooth, bottom line. i would rather have an android phone than an iphone any day of the week. then again ive never been on the iphone band wagon.

got mine for 100 usd. (rebate -100 plus new every two another -100)

Originally Posted by aepple

... and phone companies...STOP FORCING ME TO TAKE DATA PLANS!!!!

What good is it without a data plan? or are you wanting to depend on wifi? Like that would work wile being mobile....

Got mine the first day... came from a BlackBerry Storm... it FLIES when it comes to data and applications... LOVE IT

Originally Posted by chrisoverly

Got mine the first day... came from a BlackBerry Storm... it FLIES when it comes to data and applications... LOVE IT

Same here but got mine on the 10th....

Our local store had 300 in stock on the 6th, When the Storm launched they had 30....I dod believe that VZW learned a few things....