Droid vs. Storm 2

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zillybeans

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I have the ability to upgrade shortly, of course i will be waiting for either the Storm 2 or the Droid. I have a Storm currently and love the phone but find the apps to really be slacking (the always seem to conflict with the phone not enhance it.) Should I jump of the RIM bandwagon?
 
As he should!

The Droid's specs are far better than the Storm2's. The Storm2 is looking pretty smooth in some of the vids I've seen, but BGR is comparing the Droid to the iPhone 3gs' speed.
 
I am wondering which is going to provide the better touchscreen user experience. I am not with VZ currently but am waiting until launch to see the difference.
 
Yes, the Droid has the same CPU as the Palm Pre, Nokia N900 and Samsung Omnia HD, both powerhouses.

This is the first Android phone to have the TI OMAP 3430 with the Cortex A8 core, which the iPhone 3GS has a Samsung made, custom version.

Storm 2 has the Storm 1's CPU, which is the Qualcomm MSN7600. Other phones that use it include the Blackberry Tour, and the CDMA version of the HTC Touch Pro 2. Likely the same CPU also appears on the CDMA HTC Hero.
 
Droid has bigger screen and none of that Surepress aka Slowpress nonsense. The Droid has a capacitive screen that works conventionally, which means the screen responds to the touch without having to be pressed down to click on a few switches. So the screen advantage goes to the Droid here.

And to add insult to injury, it also has a physical keyboard you slide out.

Droid double win here.
 
Just to clarify things, the Droid has superior hardware specs, has killer app, and a store with a more apps to boot.

However, I have never seen anything that does messaging and notification magic of Blackberry. Except probably the Palm Pre's unified messaging and notification system. If you are in a career where timely receipt of information is necessary, e.g. doctors, lawyers, law enforcement, finance, business, you may not like to break the egg that is not broken.

My geek recommendation is Droid. My professional recommendation is not so sure, I need to see how the Droid can adapt to professional lifestyle.
 
Yeah, the surepress thing seems for the birds, although when playing with a storm 2, I did notice quite a huge improvement on the Storm 1. Still...

Have you had a chance to use either the soft keyboard or the slide out? If the keyboard on the touchscreen is super responsive, then I am sold. If it is a :doh: experience, I might wait out the jump to big red.
 
Personally, I think it is really too early in the game to give a thumbs up or down on either or to compare them to anything else. Heck, the Droid isn't even out yet. How do we know the reviews are for real. Once it gets in the hands of users for a couple weeks, we might have some real data. Until then, you are on your own IMHO.
 
The android is the better choice all the way no question. And my personal opinion of ANY black berry is the only reason to ever use one is if you need it for corp email. Otherwise i hate black berry and don't see the love affair with them other than their stellar corp email. But the android is better all the way regardless.
 
Yeah, you make an awesome point. I think I am all giddy with nerd excitement. (not only at the possibility of heading to a new carrier, but also at getting a new device)

I guess by asking I was looking to see if anyone on the forums might have experience with the droid. (as a tester) I was pleasantly surprised by the Storm 2. Again though, when compared to the Droid, it might be a total brick.

As for the post about Blackberry appeal, for me, it was the best option on a carrier with truly limited phone selection. The curve was (arguably) their flagship phone for a while. Seeing where tech has progressed, I feel like I am moving away from the blackberry experience. (although, I think they have the messaging thing down to a tee) I am excited to what possibilities the Droid has to offer.
 
If it's primarily a personal use phone, the Droid beats up the Storm2 and takes its lunch money.

Android is much more Internet-aware (especially in its web browser), has a larger third-party app market and will even give you turn-by-turn GPS for free as long as you're on Verizon's network. Technically speaking, it's also just better: larger and sharper screen, higher-resolution camera and a slimmer profile.

The Storm2 is of course better if you depend heavily on BlackBerry or Exchange mail, but it's like a patch for the hardware. It fixes what was broken, but it doesn't really move things forward.
 
What's stopping me from getting an Android phone right now is one, I need one factory unlocked so it can work on my island carriers, and two, 850 band 3G. My EV-DO carrier is going with Blackberries because once they are unlocked, they stay unlocked even with updates and updates won't brick them like Apple's. Hence the Storm 2 would be a much easier sell on this island.
 
Android 2.0 now supports Exchange, though the HTC mods have been supporting Exchange earlier.

But its a myth that Blackberry is about corporate email as Roger states:

"And my personal opinion of ANY black berry is the only reason to ever use one is if you need it for corp email. Otherwise i hate black berry and don't see the love affair with them other than their stellar corp email. But the android is better all the way regardless."

What Blackberry is really good is One) push notification, applied to email, instant messaging and social networking. They are the guys that started the whole ball rolling and created the first social networking friendly smartphones, even with the first Curves. When it comes to email, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and iPhone can match Blackberry, and they now also have push services though Blackberry has been with push so much longer and their infrastructure is much more developed and ever.

And Two) Unified Messaging.

The Blackberry has one Messages Folder, and everything that includes email from different accounts, offline IM from Yahoo, BBM, AIM, GTalk, Live, etc,., notifications from Facebook, App notifications for updates, all fall neatly into one app. When you click on a message, it instantly opens Facebook or Yahoo or the email, depending on its very nature.

Only the Palm Pre WebOS has managed to match this, and take it even further by combining IM and SMS dialog into one seamless application. Kind of a mini Google Wave.

Finally three) Unified Contacts.

From the Contacts book, you can get GPS location, you can SMS, MMS, IM (Yahoo, AIM, GTalk, Live, BBM), email and Facebook the contact directly without leaving the app.

If you are in Facebook for example, you can take a Facebook Contact and added it to the Blackberry Contacts, then send a notification asking for permission to sync the telephone number.

To sum it up, features like these make the Blackberry the first true social networking phones.

The problem is that, now that the competition has a clue, they, like Palm WebOS and Android in particular, are also incorporating these features and then taking them to a new level. Maemo is also incorporating many social networkng friendly features, which is why that platform deserves closer study. iPhone has recently incorporated push notifications, but feels like a hack and still lacks the internal elegance the way Blackberry has been doing. The question for Blackberry is what they have to meet the competition and stay ahead in the social networking area.

For example, note how many are copying the unified Contacts. Palm brought it with WebOS, now HTC with Sense UI, Motorola with Blur and Sony Ericsson with Raphael. Google brings it to the OS level with Android 2.0.

I want to add one more thing. While much has been said about Google Navigation, Google might have another killer app in the making if they get Google Wave a native mobile app for Android.
 
Let me put it in another way. The Droid is best for domestic consumption. But if your life includes a traveling itinerary, you need the ability to roam or use GSM and UMTS networks. The Storm 2 is a dual GSM/UMTS and CDMA/EV-DO phone with 4 GSM bands, 1 UMTS band world standard, 2 CDMA & EV-DO bands. Its a true global roamer.
 
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