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    Image of Sugartits Sugartits
    11/05/09

    In reply to HTC Droid Eris: Last Month's Killer Android, Now 99 Bucks on Verizon
    Can I just get a data plan with the phone? No texting and voice?

    Because google voice is on Android no? #htcdroideris
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    tande04 promoted this comment Sugartits was starred Sugartits was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @Sugartits: No. I've never seen VZW offer data only. The only place I've ever seen data only offered was on the old sidekicks and that was only for deaf people. #htcdroideris
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    Image of Sugartits Sugartits
    11/05/09

    @tande04: bastards. And Sprint is being a total bitch about giving me a HTC Hero #htcdroideris
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    11/05/09

    @Sugartits: Well they're phone companies. They know that data holes exists that would allow people to make calls without a voice plan. #htcdroideris
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    Image of wkm001 wkm001
    11/05/09

    In reply to HTC Droid Eris: Last Month's Killer Android, Now 99 Bucks on Verizon
    Have fun paying for the required $30 data plan. Does anyone else realize you can get an iPhone for $99 and be required to pay for a data plan? I would rather have an iPhone. Actually I would rather have an iPhone on the Verizon network. Then I would be ephing happy. #htcdroideris
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    tande04 promoted this comment wkm001 was starred wkm001 was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/05/09

    @wkm001: Wait so your argument is that I can get a one year old phone with less features, less (theoretical) storage and a crappier network yet pay the same price up front and monthly?

    Awesome. #htcdroideris
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/05/09

    @tande04: Tande, if I hadn't already heart-clicked you, I would be heart-clicking you right now. #htcdroideris
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    11/05/09

    @tande04: Hahaha, that's hilarious. I have nothing against the iPhone, that's just funny. #htcdroideris
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    Image of wkm001 wkm001
    11/07/09

    @tande04: Oddly enough my wife loves the Droid and will be getting it. I'm sticking with my work BBerry. Just so you know I'm not an Apple fanboy. #htcdroideris
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    Image of Samantha Buck Samantha Buck
    11/05/09

    In reply to HTC Droid Eris: Last Month's Killer Android, Now 99 Bucks on Verizon
    So the upgrade to 2.0 will be downloadable? I don't want to buy this phone if HTC will come out with another 2.0 phone for Verizon a month later! #htcdroideris
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/05/09

    @Samantha Buck: It will probably be OTA, not a download, but yes, it will be an upgrade, not a new phone. Those days are gone. Now you'll actually pay for bumps in specs as it should be. #htcdroideris
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    11/05/09

    @tande04: I was just gonna ask that. The review makes it sound like you're stuck with 1.5, but I was just thinking why wouldn't you be able to upgrade the OS? I just didn't want to look like I didn't know anything even though I don't, heh.
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    Edited by maven2k at 11/05/09 12:59 PM maven2k was starred maven2k was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/05/09

    @maven2k: HTC has already announced 2.0 for the hero (and assumedly the hero variants).

    It could end up being a carrier issue. Maybe sprint will get the push and VZW won't but I don't think so.

    Regardless one of the benefits of android is that the whole root thing is pretty simple. Its not that hard to get any version any time you want it. #htcdroideris
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    11/05/09

    @maven2k: "HTC told me they'll upgrade to 2.0 once they've worked out all the bugs between 2.0 and Sense." So, looks that there's a possibility for 2.0 on newer HTC fones. Seems that there are a couple of engineering gaps between HTC's stuff and 2.0's architecture. #htcdroideris
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    11/05/09

    @00000000: Well, that's cool, so it is basically like a computer and you aren't stuck with the version you buy with the phone. #htcdroideris
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    11/05/09

    In reply to HTC Droid Eris: Last Month's Killer Android, Now 99 Bucks on Verizon
    I can't help but wonder if mr. blurrycam snapped that phone background, would it actually become in focus? #htcdroideris
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    Image of trevisol trevisol
    11/05/09

    In reply to HTC Droid Eris: Last Month's Killer Android, Now 99 Bucks on Verizon
    This is what I love about Android. Make the handset manufacturer's compete to differentiate and offer different features. Fore example, my wife would like this phone because she's not big on physical keyboards, it's sleek and attractive, and the interface is nice.

    Me, I'd like the Droid for it's gi-normous screen and (slightly) faster processor. We can have basically the same functionality with the features we'd like. #htcdroideris
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    11/05/09

    @trevisol: Attention handset manufacturers/carriers/Google: forget the cataclysmic robot-death-from-above. Here's your next ad. #htcdroideris
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    Image of trevisol trevisol
    11/05/09

    @OCEntertainment: I appreciate the sentiment, but I think the whole robot-death-from-above ad is awesome.

    @Dabogimp: Actually I'm still holding off. Our contract isn't up until either December or February, and at the rate these phones are coming out, even the Droid would be stale by then.

    I'm looking forward to something with a huge screen, a snapdragon, 2.0 (or 2.5?), multitouch, and a physical keyboard. #htcdroideris
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    Image of nachobel nachobel
    11/05/09

    In reply to HTC Droid Eris: Last Month's Killer Android, Now 99 Bucks on Verizon
    This and the Droid require the same service plan, no?

    After paying $100/mo for service, why would you not pay an extra Benji up front and get the Droid?

    Too many devices leads to failure imo! (this is moot if the plans are different - those monthly savings are what really adds up!) #htcdroideris
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/05/09

    @nachobel: Same $30/mo plan as DROID, yes.

    Data is data; why charge extra just because it has a better/different OS? I had a Nokia 6555 and then an HTC FUZE. Another family member has an iPhone 3G. We're in an EDGE area. With the 6555 on $10 Family Data, I was pulling ~50-60 MB a month while the iPhone was using all of 30 MB. With my FUZE I'm pulling ~100 MB a month and still wasting $30/mo on the same, useless PDA Personal plan. #htcdroideris
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    Image of nachobel nachobel
    11/05/09

    @dragon: ONE: Well, I guess for these devices it makes sense. I was asking because on T-Mobile the G1/MyTouch requires an expensive data plan (well, it's $25/mo), but a "dumbphone" can get an internet plan for $10/mo, because, I'm guessing, they're assuming you'll use the internet less.

    Though I'm on an iPhone with the 5.99 plan :D And I also have the TM506 to tether 3G data with...for 5.99/mo...

    It almost seems wrong. #htcdroideris
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    Image of Nick Nick
    10/31/09

    In reply to HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor
    how does this guy display frustration with no middle finger? poor guy. #virtualbookui
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    Image of CustomFirmware CustomFirmware
    10/31/09

    In reply to HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor
    6 fingers fail. #virtualbookui
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    Image of gksspot555 gksspot555
    10/31/09

    @CustomFirmware: lol that is hilarious
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    Image of the-hq the-hq
    10/31/09

    @CustomFirmware: you sir, you win #virtualbookui
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    Image of hhnk008 hhnk008
    10/31/09

    In reply to HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor
    Sense UI's evolution , for the next evolution of humankind where we will have 6 fingers ...
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    Image of Jeremiah Bostick Jeremiah Bostick
    09/17/09

    In reply to Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier
    What makes the Sprint Hero "stronger"?
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    matt buchanan promoted this comment Jeremiah Bostick was starred Jeremiah Bostick was unstarred
    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    09/17/09

    @Jeremiah Bostick: the bigger battery and sprint 3g
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    Image of Nick Nick
    09/17/09

    @Jeremiah Bostick: it's the earth's yello sun.
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    Image of Jeremiah Bostick Jeremiah Bostick
    09/18/09

    @matt buchanan: Thanks! I wasn't sure if you were referring to it being physically stronger or what.

    What about that wallpaper on the phone? Was it already installed or did you put it on that phone?
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    Image of ELPARTO ELPARTO
    09/17/09

    In reply to Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier
    I wonder if HTC was trying to appease the US crowd by dropping the chin...but they just went a little too far with it. I liked the squareness of the old hero sans the chin!!!

    Oh well, what're you going to do. HTC is going to see the reactions and throw up their arms. They're just not going to be able to please us =P.
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    09/17/09

    @ELPARTO: Yeah, it's actually not the chin that I'm missing so much, it's the angular nature of the rest of it - looked very sexy.
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    09/17/09

    @Lupus_Yonderboy: action heroes have chins. not soft, mushy faces.
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    09/17/09

    @matt buchanan: Don't get me wrong - I'd love it if they let the chin into the USA on a decent 3G network. I'd buy one tomorrow. But I'd also love it if that was the only thing that they had changed about the phone - the rest of it was very (very) nice, too. I'm just kind of tired of rounded/smoothed phones, want something just a little angle-y.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    09/17/09

    In reply to Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier
    matt, you just made my mother friggin' day.
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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    09/17/09

    In reply to Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier
    It looks excellent but I think it might be a little too big. I have an upgrade available through sprint and I think this phone will probably be it. I've been wanting to get an android phone.
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    Image of The_Gas_Man The_Gas_Man
    09/17/09

    In reply to Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier
    Why is Engadget reporting on the same phone but claiming it doesn't have the update and is unbearably slow?
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    09/17/09

    @The_Gas_Man: I suspect my experience w/ the first phone was worse than Josh's (my original review was way more negative), so it feels that much better this time. Objectively, it feels like the G1 speedwise (not super speedy, but not super slow).
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    Image of Shadowhunter72 Shadowhunter72
    09/17/09

    In reply to Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier
    Why does it have the "with Google" tag on the back? I thought HTC altered Android enough that they weren't allowed to put that on the back
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    09/17/09

    @Shadowhunter72: you know how americans get tattoos of chinese characters? HTC asked for "Awesome Phone of Galactic Glitter" and that's what the artist put on instead and HTC was none the wiser.

    oh that htc hero, he would go to parties and say, hey dudes, check out my totally awesome tattoo. yeah, it's genuine english, that's right. says, "Awesome Phone of Galactic Glitter" yeah. Pretty sweet. Now let's go get some American Take Out, even though it gives me crazy runs.
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