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Verizon Not Shipping Droid X Until 9/10
Sep 3rd
Having purchased a Droid X by Motorola from Verizon on August 26, 2010, the “nice young man” that sold me the phone said it would be on it’s way by FedEx shortly. What he failed to impart was that his version of shortly involved a wait of 15 days before Verizon will ship it, due to lack of product availability.
I keep saying to myself, I should have gone for the iPhone. The I realize that would not have been very smart. With the iPhone via AT&T service, I would have to watch my data usage every month. With the Droid X via Verizon Service, I’m on the unlimited data plan for $25 bucks a month.
Well, in the meantime, I have not been idle. All the accessories that I bought with the phone that will arrive with it, will be going back to Verizon. It seems that you can by them all on Amazon.com for a fraction of the cost.
Droid X battery tab redesigned to prevent accidental removals
Sep 3rd
The problem is that some such tabs are meant to be removed so that the battery will work in the device. So, if you inserted the Droid X battery, some might think, “this tab needs to be removed so that the battery will work.” In this case, the tab was supposed to be used to help remove the battery. Not only did some hose the device, there were reports that it voided the warranty, as well.
Apparently Motorola and Verizon have seen enought of this; Motorola has decided to be a little clearer. On the latest Droid X phones, the tab nows says “”Battery Release,” with a “Do not cut” logo.
Hopefully this will end the potential for folks (and we admit, that includes us) to think they need to remove the tab. Fortunately, we realized our mistake before the tab was completely removed.
My Droid X
Sep 3rd
Just testing Blogger-droid from my new toy! I’ve been saying I was going to crossover to Android for a while now but none of the devices were what I wanted or what I was wAiting for until now lol
No I haven’t left Blackberry and prob never will but like i’ve been saying, RIM needs a major WOW factor to really stay in this game 
Bye for now!
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testing droid blogger app
Sep 3rd
Well i need an app so i can post blogs easily on my motorcycle trip. So lets see how Blogger-droid works. I am posting up a pic from work.
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testing droid blogger app
Sep 3rd
Well i need an app so i can post blogs easily on my motorcycle trip. So lets see how Blogger-droid works. I am posting up a pic from work.
Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.8
Google Responds to Steve Jobs’ Android Activation Jab
Sep 2nd
“We
think some of our friends are counting upgrades in their numbers,” said
Jobs, most probably referring to the recent figures from Google (), whose Eric Schmidt claimed 200,000 activations daily in August 2010.
Google has quickly responded to Jobs’ allegations. In a response to an inquiry from Fortune, a Google spokesperson said: “The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android () devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services.”
So
there you have it: according to Google, it might even have more than
200,000 Android device activations every day. Who do you trust: Apple or
Google?
The rest of the droid builderes 101 panel is up.
Sep 2nd
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven..will be up tonight.
Candroids series 02 Takokan Droid Large Images
Sep 2nd
Candroids series 02 Takokan Droid Large Images – click to enlarge view.-
カンドロイドシリーズ02 タコカンドロイドRelease date: Sept 2010 – Price: 2,100 Yen
Manufacturer: Bandai
Kamen Rider 000 series
Manually Update Your Droid Incredible to Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Sep 2nd
from Android Phone Fans by Kevin Krause
Manually Update Your Droid Incredible to Android 2.2 (Froyo): ”
If you are one of the unfortunate HTC Droid Incredible owners who seems to be stuck at the back of the line waiting for your update to Froyo, fear not. The official update.zip file has been secured and can be manually installed right this minute if you are running a stock, non-root Incredible. No more fussing or waiting, how’s that? The method used requires you to boot into recovery mode, a pretty standard process for a manual update. The file can be grabbed straight from Google’s servers so there is no doubt it is legit, and unless you are terrible at following directions your phone should emerge unscathed and freshly Froyo’d.
Now let’s get down to it!
- Download the update.zip file from this mirror or directly from Google. Rename the file update.zip if necessary (make sure it doesn’t get named as update.zip.ZIP).
- Transfer the file to your SD card’s root directory.
- Power down your handset.
- Hold the Volume Down key while powering up the phone to enter HBOOT mode.
- Navigate to “RECOVERY” using the volume buttons and press Power to select it.
- When the triangle with an exclamation mark inside appears, hold down Volume Up and Power at the same time.
- Navigate to “apply sdcard:update.zip” using the volume buttons and select it with the Power button.
- Your Incredible will apply the update and then reboot.
And that’s it. Welcome to the world of Froyo!
[via DroidLife]
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