islander wrote: 
How does that google/government thing work exactly?

 miamizsun wrote: 
Ask Google Sky.  It can tell you. 

 islander wrote: 
I'm fairly certain I have my own NSA satellite - while sunning myself at the beach the other day, I looked up and I thought I saw it.

 miamizsun wrote: 
There are legitimate privacy concerns. But do you really think the .gov needs the google to track you?  At least we know we are being watched and that the purposes are ostensibly commercial in nature.

I have not yet begun to explore the market, or the phone.  I have a long, long way to go.  Good thing we're married for the next two years, right?

 islander wrote: 
None.  But I just downloaded it.  I'll have to check it out tonight.  I have a feeling BDH is gonna dig that one.

 islander wrote: 
I love the way it works with gmail, calendar, maps/gps, etc., however I don't like someone tracking my every move and recording my every search and giving access to that info to the government.

 BillnDollarBaby wrote: 
Contact management is really good, it makes a nice backup.  How much time have you spent w/ Google sky so far?

 Lazy8 wrote: 
Does it use a battery or do you have to burn dinosaur fat to make it work?

The sync between Gmail and the Epic seems pretty flawless so far... I entered some contacts in Gmail, forced a sync and boom!  there!  So very unlike my Palm Pre.  Anything entered to Palm would go to Gmail, but not the other way around.  Severely annoying at best.

 justin_thyme wrote:

Ancient! I got it a couple of months ago.

 Lazy8 wrote: 
So yours is the "old" Droid, not the Droid X?

 justin_thyme wrote:
I'm using Froyo on my Verizon Droid. I haven't heard of any new syncing options; Google is trying to drive users into their services, which they can charge for. Syncing (with or without Exchange) at least used to require 3rd party aps, which so far I am not happy with.

 justin_thyme wrote: 
Dunno about upgrade, but the site is advertising the phone as Android 2.2

 BlueHeronDruid wrote:
Has the Froyo upgrade been released?  I'm counting on it to allow my Droid Xs to sync with email/calendar/contacts on Microsoft Office Outlook/Exchange Server.  (The Droid X is advertised by Verizon as being compatible, but almost nobody has been able to make it sync).

Today's pointless discussion at druid labs.

Me: Ooooh, Free Droid with Froyo on Verizon through Letstalk.com. If we both get one, it'll increase our monthly cost by about $35.

He: Well, what's AT&T offering us to stay? Android 2.1, with no guarantee of upgrading the OS? Still, a lot cheaper monthly outlay. Oh, wait, we'd have to buy one of the phones though at a steep discount. HTC Aria. Hmmmm.

Me: We're more than 22 months in. We can re-up with AT&T now, if we want.

He: Let me see how Verizon coverage is up here.....

Us: yadda yadda yadda.

......nothing happens.....

 Lazy8 wrote: 


That did it. Thanks. :doh:

 BillnDollarBaby wrote:
Are you browsing there or using the FB ap? Try the other one, whichever you're using.

I cannot get logged into FB on the phone.  Anyone have any ideas?  It just tells me there is a problem logging in and to try back later.

 islander wrote: 


So far, I'm digging it. Feels nice, moves quick, synched up seamlessly... keyboard feels a little wide but I'm sure that's just because its not what I'm used to. Touch keyboard is nice. I'm posting from it now.