Phonebore: Help me choose my new phone!

[Beezy]

From what I understand the best Android phone to get is the Nexus One. The Droid is good but just like any Motorola product is also kind of shit. The other HTC phones are average.

What about it is shit?

[Raban]

From what I understand the best Android phone to get is the Nexus One. The Droid is good but just like any Motorola product is also kind of shit. The other HTC phones are average.

What about it is shit?

Ridiculous UI slowdown/choppiness. I don't see a lot of reviews talking about it but I played around with one myself and the touchscreen is miserable, just like any other non-iPhone touchscreen.

Apparently the N1's touchscreen is sick, though, but I have yet to actually mess with one.

[Smooth Groove]

ZuneHD's touchscreen is very responsive.  I haven't detected any UI choppiness so far. 

[Beezy]

From what I understand the best Android phone to get is the Nexus One. The Droid is good but just like any Motorola product is also kind of shit. The other HTC phones are average.

What about it is shit?

Ridiculous UI slowdown/choppiness. I don't see a lot of reviews talking about it but I played around with one myself and the touchscreen is miserable, just like any other non-iPhone touchscreen.

Apparently the N1's touchscreen is sick, though, but I have yet to actually mess with one.

Yeah... I don't experience that with my Droid. You know someone with a Droid or did you play around with one at a store or something?

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, the Droid is pretty awesome.

[Raban]

From what I understand the best Android phone to get is the Nexus One. The Droid is good but just like any Motorola product is also kind of shit. The other HTC phones are average.

What about it is shit?

Ridiculous UI slowdown/choppiness. I don't see a lot of reviews talking about it but I played around with one myself and the touchscreen is miserable, just like any other non-iPhone touchscreen.

Apparently the N1's touchscreen is sick, though, but I have yet to actually mess with one.

Yeah... I don't experience that with my Droid. You know someone with a Droid or did you play around with one at a store or something?

Both. I used one in a store, and I messed with one that a friend of mine had just bought. I dunno, it just wasn't smooth and the whole phone felt very sluggish.

And yeah, I forgot about the Zune HD, amazing touchscreen response on that thing.

[Raban]

You know I happened to be in a Best Buy today and I don't know what was up with the Droids I used before, but I toyed around with the display there and that thing was snazzy as fuck. Really responsive and surprisingly fast.

I'm a firm believer in the Droid now, will buy this summer when I leave the family plan on AT&T.

[aoi tsuki]

Haven't had my new phone for a week and I get this message from AT&T:

"High Data Alert. You have already exceeded $200 in data charges this month."

What? 30 minutes of shitting around on facebook on my mobile = 200 dollars in data charges?

If you haven't already, make an account on https://www.wireless.att.com/olam/loginAction.olamexecute. You can track your usage and change your plan to whatever you need.

i can't remember if you absolutely have to have the BB data package or not. i used the unlimited data and text package for dumbphones ($30/month) and i've used it in about ten different phones, eight of which being smartphones with no issues. Probably best to check the AT&T section of www.howardforums.com.

i also transfer ~10GB of data over my cell connection a month with no problems. The cellular data plans for phones are truly unlimited. Supposedly when you hit a certain amount they might drop you down to EDGE speeds or something until you cycle over, but nothing serious. The PC card and i think tethered plans are limited to 5GB a month. i think Verizon's the same way.