Droid X: The next Moto Droid phone for Verizon

[Phobic9]

Does the Droid X have a multicolor notification LED similar to the Droid?

Hows the speakerphone quality. How are the speakers in general?

Regarding motoblur, can it be disabled?

Thanks.

 

[UNCjigga]

Does the Droid X have a multicolor notification LED similar to the Droid?

Hows the speakerphone quality. How are the speakers in general?

Regarding motoblur, can it be disabled?

Thanks.

It definitely has a notification LED--for all software notifications, however, it's green (I think I've only seen orange/red with regards to battery? Can't remember for sure.)

 

[thescreensavers]

^ is it running 2.1 or 2.2?

Also how come you just came out of no were? lol

 

[UNCjigga]

Regarding Moto Blur, most of the Blur functionality is implemented via widgets. The easiest way to "disable" it is to remove all the widgets from your screens like you would with any other widget (simple enough!) You cannot, however, disable the custom skin and go back to a standard android home screen (i.e. standard app drawer, etc.) from what I've been able to see. Not sure that it's a big deal, as performance with Blur is great.

With regards to the Blur widgets, I really like them, especially for the fact that they are resizable! This allows you to customize your screen layout moreso than you can using standard news, Facebook, Twitter, weather, calendar widgets. There are some instances where the Blur dev team could've done a better job with UI--I definitely think their image resizing algorithm can use some work, and they don't seem to take advantage of the screen size (perhaps because this version of Blur is also on the Droid 2?)

 

[UNCjigga]

^ is it running 2.1 or 2.2?

Also how come you just came out of no were? lol

Right now the latest firmware is based on Android 2.1-update1. However, it does have WiFi hotspot capability as a preload.

I've posted on here before (Flash performance testing of the HTC Incredible before it was released.) But I only post after a device has been officially announced--I'm not a leaker as my job would be in jeopardy.

 

[thescreensavers]

^ ah, did they change the camera button? There was some reports of a minor change for the final?.

also ygpm

 

[UNCjigga]

I don't know if there was a "change" to the camera button, can you be more specific? It is slightly wobbly, and it is a 2-stage camera button similar to the original Droid. Some reports on the web stated you had to touch the screen to focus--not true. I'm able to focus by pressing the button half-way.

 

[thescreensavers]

^ in the engadget preview the reviewer was saying that the button was very hard to push and cased bury pictures.

I just read some place that there was a minor change done to the phone. I have no idea what it was some people think its the camera button.

 

[thescreensavers]

Also on the image of the Droid X (touch) on VZW's website the bezeel is alot smaller then the pictures that engadget took. Maybe thats the minor change?

 

[Phobic9]

Regarding Moto Blur, most of the Blur functionality is implemented via widgets. The easiest way to "disable" it is to remove all the widgets from your screens like you would with any other widget (simple enough!) You cannot, however, disable the custom skin and go back to a standard android home screen (i.e. standard app drawer, etc.) from what I've been able to see. Not sure that it's a big deal, as performance with Blur is great.

Hmm not sure what to think of this. I'm a big fan of stock android for a few reasons, mostly because of the delays customs skins cause in Android updates. Reading this post moved my anticipation for this phone from "must buy" to "not really sure". :\

 

[thescreensavers]

 

[thescreensavers]

oh man it might be using the OMAP4440, it was said that the 36xx can only display S-Video out but the OMAP 4 series can do HDMI out! the 4440 is clocked at 1ghz

also Winston25 at howardforum recently said

Some times I just like to be quiet for awhile, but I said it wasn't the 3640 before and that never changed.

later.

and his previous posts lead me to believe he has used/tested the device..ect

 

[UNCjigga]

oh man it might be using the OMAP4440, it was said that the 36xx can only display S-Video out but the OMAP 4 series can do HDMI out! the 4440 is clocked at 1ghz

also Winston25 at howardforum recently said


and his previous posts lead me to believe he has used/tested the device..ect

I highly doubt that. OMAP4 devices won't be out for a while longer--and they are mostly dual-core.

Also, the GPU on an OMAP4 would probably be SGX 540-class, not 530.

 

[UNCjigga]

Hmm not sure what to think of this. I'm a big fan of stock android for a few reasons, mostly because of the delays customs skins cause in Android updates. Reading this post moved my anticipation for this phone from "must buy" to "not really sure". :\

Or, rather than "not really sure" it might be "wait for the root"

 

[UNCjigga]

Just for s&g, I ran the Neocore benchmark from Qualcomm. Droid X scores 42.9fps in benchmark mode (audio off, native resolution).

edit: 44.3fps on 2nd pass

 

[UNCjigga]

A few more notes--this Droid seems to have epic battery life. Not sure if that's a function of 45nm OMAP vs. 65nm Snapdragon or more the result of software optimizations ("Battery Manager"), but with standard usage on a typical day like today, I'm at 7h, 30 minutes usage and still have 50%. That's after downloading 89mb for a new game (Super KO Boxing 2) via wifi, playing the game, doing some web surfing, checking up on social networks, checking into Foursquare, etc. Oh, and that's with all battery optimizations turned "OFF" (Performance Mode!!)

 

[preslove]

A few more notes--this Droid seems to have epic battery life. Not sure if that's a function of 45nm OMAP vs. 65nm Snapdragon or more the result of software optimizations ("Battery Manager"), but with standard usage on a typical day like today, I'm at 7h, 30 minutes usage and still have 50%. That's after downloading 89mb for a new game (Super KO Boxing 2) via wifi, playing the game, doing some web surfing, checking up on social networks, checking into Foursquare, etc. Oh, and that's with all battery optimizations turned "OFF" (Performance Mode!!)

Holy shit. This probably will be my new phone then.

 

[egut125]

Just for s&g, I ran the Neocore benchmark from Qualcomm. Droid X scores 42.9fps in benchmark mode (audio off, native resolution).

edit: 44.3fps on 2nd pass

A few more notes--this Droid seems to have epic battery life. Not sure if that's a function of 45nm OMAP vs. 65nm Snapdragon or more the result of software optimizations ("Battery Manager"), but with standard usage on a typical day like today, I'm at 7h, 30 minutes usage and still have 50%. That's after downloading 89mb for a new game (Super KO Boxing 2) via wifi, playing the game, doing some web surfing, checking up on social networks, checking into Foursquare, etc. Oh, and that's with all battery optimizations turned "OFF" (Performance Mode!!)

Both are really good news.

The fps score is impressive its almost double current snapdragon and original droid phones but its still about 10fps slower than the Galaxy S

 

[wolf2009]

A few more notes--this Droid seems to have epic battery life. Not sure if that's a function of 45nm OMAP vs. 65nm Snapdragon or more the result of software optimizations ("Battery Manager"), but with standard usage on a typical day like today, I'm at 7h, 30 minutes usage and still have 50%. That's after downloading 89mb for a new game (Super KO Boxing 2) via wifi, playing the game, doing some web surfing, checking up on social networks, checking into Foursquare, etc. Oh, and that's with all battery optimizations turned "OFF" (Performance Mode!!)

holy sweetness !

 

[mahers]

If anyone suggests a better image host than imageshack (blocked by J2ME firewall?) do let me know. I can post pics.

How about trying tinypics.com?

 

[basslover1]

Damn, and I just passed my 30 days with my Inc. Guess I'll be using it for a while then.

 

[scott916]

How about trying tinypics.com?

bbzzdd?

 

[mahers]

bbzzdd?

Ummm, what???

 

[scott916]

pics.bbzzdd.com is an image hosting site.

 

[mahers]

pics.bbzzdd.com is an image hosting site.

AHHHH, thanks! I thought it was code for something.