Comments on: Droid 3 & Gingerbread: First Impressions

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:46:09 +0000

In reply to yassine.

Hi Yassine!

What I have heard from women in general is that we want the same power in a phone that a man does – something quick that can handle a lot of apps, but possibly with a different form-factor. If she has small hands, she might prefer a smaller phone. If she likes watching videos or playing games, she might prefer a larger screen.

Most Android phones sold in the US these days have all of the “necessary” features, so I’d say it’s more of her personal preference. Does she want a hardware keyboard? etc.

I think it’s great that you want her to get her an Android phone, and I think it’s best if you let her try a few out and get a feel for what she likes before making a commitment to a certain model. How it feels in your hand, how the touchscreen responds, etc. are all personal choices and there’s not one “right phone” to get.

Good luck, and happy birthday to your wife! Point her in this direction once she gets her Droid 🙂

-Renee

By: yassine

yassine — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:08:40 +0000

Hi Renee,
i hope you or your readers will be able to help me.
my wife will be having bday soon and i know she will be more than happy with a smart phone so as we already use linux at home as the main operting system and i already have an android phone i would like you and your readers to inspire my choice of smartphones for here.
As i can not really see things the way a women does 🙂 i hope you can point out some choices!

ps: we are based in Germany 😉

thanks & regards
yassine

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Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:27:23 +0000

[…] was finally fed up enough with the hard case I originally purchased from Verizon (see my gripes here) and made the move to buy a full-coverage Invisible Shield and a pretty Decal Girl skin to use […]

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:14:50 +0000

In reply to Artemis. No, it wasn't too tight to slide. I think they must have had quality control issues with these cases since everyone seems to have a different problem with it!

By: Artemis

Artemis — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:32:46 +0000

Thank you for the opinions! I was wondering, with your Droid 3 case, did you (or your friend with the blue case) find it extremely difficult to slide open they keyboard? The case I purchased seemed to put so much strain on the slider that I felt like it would literally push it off the rails when opening fully. I’m wondering if that’s an issue with just my case having lips too thick on the right side – I might file them down, or replace the case with a better designed one.

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:34:30 +0000

In reply to CraftLass.

Very cool! I’ll definitely get DLNA set up soon. Just hadn’t had time to figure out what it was yet and it kept prompting me!

I think using Launcher Pro again may help me adjust faster (though Gingerbread put a bunch of features in that were previously only available using LauncherPro on Froyo), and I need to get all of my folders & shortcuts set up, too. Then I’ll feel settled!

By: CraftLass

CraftLass — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:30:56 +0000

Cool, as a Droid 2 Global user, I’ve been curious about the next-in-line. The lack of a camera button is definitely a disappointment, I used mine constantly. Just a note: DLNA rocks, it streams media to DLNA-compatible devices. Personally, I use it to stream music to my PS3, which is hooked into our home theater system so I can listen to my music the way music should be heard without interruptions from phone notifications as a mini-to-RCA or similar direct connection would do. I’ve also shown slide shows on my TV using it. It works flawlessly on my phone and I can’t imagine it would be any different on yours since it’s also Motorola.

Enjoy the new phone, I’m sure you’ll get used to a lot of the changes pretty quickly!