<p>Instead of typing a text message, I can push a little “speak now” button and the phone listens to my voice and transcribes my speech into words.</p>
<p>I don’t know what it is with my voice, but voice recognition programs don’t register it.When I get computer customer service it keeps asking me to repeat it & then hangs up after simpering “sorry your’e having trouble”.
I don’t speak quietly I try to speak as clearly as I can but it still rarely works.</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>EK-I had this problem when I first got my Incredible because I assumed it needed me to speak slowly and loudly. Eventually I tried just speaking like I normally would…BAM. It has worked perfectly ever since.</p>
<p>curmudgeon has an iPhone? And knows how to use it? </p>
<p>If I know one of those cutesy country phrases for registering shock and awe, I’d be inserting it here!</p>
<p>Got an LG Vortex (Android) last month and love it, way more than my previous iPhone or BlackBerry. It’s also a bit smaller than many androids, very good hand-feel too.</p>
<p>Any idea how I can fix /reset the proximity sensor on my Droid X? I often hit the Mute button or the End Call button, so it’s not always the number keypad per se. (Calreader, sorry to jump in).</p>
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Never fear. My abilities to use it are that of an infant. I had the fella at AT&T look at our bill. My kid had used 6.5 times as much “data” as I had and 90 times as many text messages. The whole store was chuckling at the old dude.</p>
<p>No problem, curmudgeon. I gave up my data plan two years ago as unnecessary since I’m basically tethered to my laptop when at home and don’t feel the need on the road.</p>
<p>And no one in my family texts.</p>
<p>Which is why my only “contribution” to this thread are these distracting asides.</p>
<p><em>end of hijack</em></p>
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<p>Wow, I’ve got to try that. Then, I might not be so mad at my H for “surprising” me by replacing my Blackberry with an Incredible!</p>
<p>mom111, I suggest you call Verizon tech support; I have had several questions with my Droid X (which I LOVE) and the tech people are tremendously helpful.</p>
<p>As far as the comment about the X being too big–that’s why I got it, so these 60 year old eyes can see that huge screen as well as possible!</p>
<p>* far as the comment about the X being too big–that’s why I got it, so these 60 year old eyes can see that huge screen as well as possible!*</p>
<p>Thats pretty much why I am considering an iphone. The expand/collapse option on the screen works really well.</p>
<p>Please feel free to hijack - I’m learning a lot from all the asides.</p>
<p>Orchestramom, what do you love about the Vortex? Especially in comparison to the iPhone? I’m not influenced by Blackberry comparisons; H has one and I find it very hard to use whenever he hands it to me for navigation in the car.</p>
<p>^^ size and ergonomics are a big plus…it just fits in my hand sooo much better. Price couldn’t be beat for an “experiment”. The Vortex is an entry level Android-phone and with the special promotion, was free (and I was due for an upgrade anyway). </p>
<p>I’m not really a techie at all, so I’m not the one to compare and contrast the relative technical merits of iPhone vs. Android…but I must confess I’ve never really warmed to Apple products (shocking I know !
and I had heard many good things about the Android platform.</p>
<p>(Blackberry – blech – soooo 20th century, dontcha think? )</p>
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My sentiments exactly. I have never found them intuitive. I have the worst time remembering how to turn off my ^&(<em>)%</em>! nano.</p>
<p>Bumping this thread up. Any new opinions now that the new iPhone is out?</p>
<p>I have Verizon and am finally ready to upgrade to a smartphone. S has a Droid and loves it, but he uses an HP computer. I have a Mac laptop, so with Apple introducing a bunch of Cloud stuff, I feel like I should get an iPhone so everything will sync. But is that really a big deal or could I sync email, etc with a Droid? My work email is a Gmail account, personal email is comcast.</p>
<p>Meanwhile D also wants a smartphone, but she and I are both aghast at the cost ($200 for an iPhone or Droid WITH a 2 year plan). She has an iPod touch that she uses, and thinks she’d be just as happy to continue using that and get a Blackberry phone to get email. </p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>The big cost is the data plan - once you’re past that, they’re all the same :-). </p>
<p>For email, if the school uses Exchange, or for personal email, it took about 2 minutes to connect my daughter’s Windows 7 Phone to the school Exchange server and a minute to Gmail, etc. </p>
<p>I use both Androids and iPhones for work (software developer) and in all honesty I hate Android, and am just OK with the iPhone.</p>
<p>Virgin Mobile has a $25/month plan - covers voice, text, data.</p>
<p>They have the Motorola Triumph coming out in three weeks and it’s Android and that’s what I am planning on.</p>
<p>Bookmarked</p>
<p>Quote:“could I sync email, etc with a Droid? My work email is a Gmail account, personal email is comcast.”
Droid is a Google phone, so it can sync with any computer as long as you have a google account. I have a Droid Incredible and I can open my gmail at the phone with one simple touch. I can also access my time runner email. Another good thing about Droid is that you can sync Google calendar easily. With iPhone I think you have to use MobileMe to sync calendar.</p>
<p>with iphone you can sync your calendar everytime you sync your phone.
there is also this app for google apps.
[G-Toolkit</a> for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store](<a href=“http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/g-toolkit/id334208513?mt=8]G-Toolkit”>http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/g-toolkit/id334208513?mt=8)</p>
<p>despite the reviews, I haven’t had a problem</p>
<p>D1 was all set to replace her blackberry with an iphone. After research, she got a droid. She is happy with it. (D2, rising senior in college, has an iphone)</p>
<p>She is tech savy, was an IT (basically CS) minor and is now a derivative trader in NYC. So she always goes for what she believes is best tech wise. </p>
<p>Her job also gives her a cell phone. Currently it is a blackberry. She said they are planning to give them new phones. It will be interesting to see what phone they choose.</p>