Verizon's Motorola Droid and Palm Pre Plus - a User's Experience
| Categories | Motorola Droid | Palm Pre Plus | Palm Treo 650 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless Receiver Sensitivity | 10% missed calls in 3 bar area mapped good coverage. Old Moto E815
phone always works; Treo worked well 6 mo ago: 8 |
50% missed calls in 3 bar area mapped good coverage. Old Moto E815
phone always works; Treo worked well 6 mo ago: 3 |
15% missed calls in 3 bar area mapped good coverage. Old Moto E815 phone always works; Treo worked well 6 mo ago: 7 |
| Phone Audio & Ringer Volume | Often, phone is NOT loud enough: 3 |
Often, phone is NOT loud enough: 3 |
Phone is plenty loud: 10 |
| Provision for Secure Back-up of Data | Contacts/calendar damaged. No memos: 7 |
Palm Profile back-up LOST ALL my data: 0 |
Palm Desktop back-up on Computer: 10 |
| Hardware: Quality Control/Reliability | Droid SD card failed. All music & pics lost: 5 |
Stuttering keyboard on first Pre: 5 |
No problems -ever- for 3 years: 10 |
| Battery Charge Duration | Batt charge lasts 24 hours - normal use: 8 |
Batt charge lasts 8 hours - normal use: 3 |
Batt lasts 48 hours - normal use: 10 |
| Pull-Out (non-screen) Keyboard | Too many unintended responses-flakey: 6 |
Small, but reliable: 8 |
Easy to use & reliable: 10 |
| Internet Access | Good. No Flash Vid. 3G betr thn Hughes: 9 |
Good. Can't view html files stored on Pre: 8 |
Pitifully Slow - useless and expensive: 2 |
| User Guides/Books Mfgr & 3rd party | Official & 3rd party manuals way too brief. 4 |
Good official; acceptable 3rd party: 7 |
3rd party & official manuals both good : 8 |
| Display Size and Quality | Good: inferior only to laptop: 8 |
Good but somewhat small: 6 |
Only fair resolution; somewhat small: 2 |
| Design Elegance | BAD Button Location (see email): 4 |
Beautiful. Fits hand. No misplaced butns: 10 |
Fits hand. Butns, SD card poorly placed:: 7 |
| Resistance to Impact Damage | 3' drop caused permanent blank screen: 0 |
n/a (I did not ever drop it.) |
Fully functional after 6' drop to concrete: 10 |
| Cut, Copy, Paste Editing & Undo | Inconsistent, touchy, difficult. No undo: 4 |
Imprecise due to finger width. No undo: 7 |
Exact selection text & insert pt. Has undo: 10 |
| Apps: Quality Control | Poor Apps discredit Android Market: 7 |
Few Apps, Mostly good. Some overpriced: 8 |
Few Apps; but all work as advertised: 7 |
| Camera | Flash, 5 megapixel, good control: 8 |
Flash, 3 megapixel, little control: 6 |
No control or flash, 0.3 megapixel: 2 |
| Email Capablity | BAD BTN LOC, mult accts,ltd filg ex gmail: 3 |
Multiple Accts, limited filing capability: 7 |
n/a (I did not ever try it out.) |
| Cncts Full-size Keybd, LCD PPT Proj | Ful-size keybd-coming; no LCD PPT adptr: 3 |
No full-size keybd. No LCD PPT adptr: 0 |
Both full-size keybd & LCD PPT adptr: 10 |
| Connects to Printer | Yes. NOT dataviz or memos. Hard to use: 3 |
No printer app available: 0 |
Printer App easy to use & reliable: 10 |
| Google Maps & GPS | Excellent and free: 10 |
Locator crippled. $10/mo for navigation: 5 |
Not available: 0 |
| Music Capability | Pndra & qual A+ Playr occ quits. No iTun: 9 |
Excellent, Apple sabotaged iTunes sync: 9 |
So-so sound quality, but usable: 6 |
| Multitouch: spread fingers to zoom, etc | Pinch to Zoom-multitouch Browser & Pics: 8 |
Great! Works almost like iPhone: 9 |
Not available: 0 |
| Average | 117/19 = 6.16 |
104/18 = 5.78 |
131/18 = 7.44 |
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