Following up: A month with Verizon’s Droid
Rob Pegoraro from the Washington Post has an update on his Droid review. Here are some of his points:
* Motorola didn’t build the sturdiest phone ever. As you can see in the photo, the paint on the top edge of the Droid has already begun to wear off from sharing the occasional pocket with change or car keys — a treatment that has yet to inflict any scratches on the iPhones Apple has loaned for my reviews. I’ve also noticed that the Droid’s battery cover slides off too easily.
* The Droid’s slide-out keyboard feels a little too spread out and too flat for fast thumb-typing, compared with the models on such competing Android phones as Sprint’s Samsung Moment or T-Mobile’s Motorola Blur. This has been the No. 1 complaint I’ve received from readers about this phone.
* The Droid’s voice-search feature is borderline amazing — it correctly heard me say “directions to Washington National Airport” in a crowded bar — but beware of invoking this option accidentally by holding down its search button.
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