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Old 11-07-2009, 03:58 PM   #1
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The Droid sounds interesting. Unfortunately, Verizon has a history of locking down options, which I think is still the case on the Droid.

I don't think so. What in particular were you looking at that was locked down? As far as I can remember I don't know of anything that is disabled because of Verizon's draconian business practices.
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Old 11-07-2009, 05:31 PM   #2
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I'm pretty sure most (if not all) smartphones are fully functional on Verizon. It's more the dumbphones that they were locking down.
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Old 11-07-2009, 06:02 PM   #3
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I don't think so. What in particular were you looking at that was locked down?
I was looking at this cnet review, which states, "Verizon has a deserved reputation for stripping functionality from its handsets and this appears to be no exception."
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Old 11-07-2009, 06:29 PM   #4
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I was looking at this cnet review, which states, "Verizon has a deserved reputation for stripping functionality from its handsets and this appears to be no exception."
i had to hack my razr as well as my q to get them the way i wanted. i have no doubt that i would have to do the same for the droid.

all the same, i'd love one
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Old 11-07-2009, 07:54 PM   #5
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I was looking at this cnet review, which states, "Verizon has a deserved reputation for stripping functionality from its handsets and this appears to be no exception."

Ah. That's about the multi-touch. No one is quite sure why it isn't enabled, but the native google applications don't support it so it may be a patent issue or some kind of agreement between google and apple.

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Ah. That's about the multi-touch. No one is quite sure why it isn't enabled, but the native google applications don't support it so it may be a patent issue or some kind of agreement between google and apple.


yah, it pretty much sucks not to have the pinch and zoom option. they do have another zoom option called tap zoom, but nothing like iphones pinch and zoom. I'm thinking about rolling hard with the droid this week if no other news of the HTC passion or the sony x10 come out. i have read that black friday should come out with a new android phone for verizon.
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