- I can type just as fast if not faster with the Eris as I could with my Storm1. It takes a few times to get the layout and feel of the keyboard down but I make less mistakes with the Eris. Just go to a store and play around with one and you will see what I mean!11-08-09 07:28 PMLike 0
- I'm actually really impressed with the keyboard on Eris' Sense. I'm coming from a BlackBerry (non-Storm), and those are known for their great physical keyboards, so I was weary of this, but after a day I've got no more worries. Auto-correct does its job admirably, and it'll add things it doesn't know when you confirm that it's indeed what you meant to type. Very very accurate, even in portrait mode which took me by surprise.11-08-09 07:33 PMLike 0
- Well, I'll be coming from the Storm 2 and I'm not really fond of how it has to register that haptic feedback click which seems to slow my texting down. In fact, on my Storm 2 I've had a recent issue where it lags several words behind and it just ends up frustrating me.
Leaning more and more towards the Eris as my alternative Android device. It looks like everything the Motorola DROID is with better aesthetics and worse, but not at all horrible, build mechanisms. Ooh, I'm getting excited.11-08-09 07:40 PMLike 0 - Well, I'll be coming from the Storm 2 and I'm not really fond of how it has to register that haptic feedback click which seems to slow my texting down. In fact, on my Storm 2 I've had a recent issue where it lags several words behind and it just ends up frustrating me.
Leaning more and more towards the Eris as my alternative Android device. It looks like everything the Motorola DROID is with better aesthetics and worse, but not at all horrible, build mechanisms. Ooh, I'm getting excited.11-08-09 07:45 PMLike 0 - Don't get me wrong; I'm in love with HTC's slim and curvy designs that they pull out. It would make me much happier than the Motorola DROID's blocky, seemingly sharp and rather bulky design. By build mechanisms, for lack of a better phrasing, I meant the screen display, the processor, and the current use of 2.0 Eclair. But the screen display on the HTC Eris looked fine to me when I saw it in Verizon, the processor wasn't noticeable (to me), and it's supposed to be getting 2.0 eventually.
The only thing that I'm not fond of with the HTC Eris is the multiple screens. I don't really see myself using them, and the desktop-like screen of the Motorola DROID was something I personally liked. Will that be coming with the 2.0 update?11-08-09 07:51 PMLike 0 - Don't get me wrong; I'm in love with HTC's slim and curvy designs that they pull out. It would make me much happier than the Motorola DROID's blocky, seemingly sharp and rather bulky design. By build mechanisms, for lack of a better phrasing, I meant the screen display, the processor, and the current use of 2.0 Eclair. But the screen display on the HTC Eris looked fine to me when I saw it in Verizon, the processor wasn't noticeable (to me), and it's supposed to be getting 2.0 eventually.
The only thing that I'm not fond of with the HTC Eris is the multiple screens. I don't really see myself using them, and the desktop-like screen of the Motorola DROID was something I personally liked. Will that be coming with the 2.0 update?
As far as the multiple screens go, Eris won't get 2.0 until HTC updates Sense, so when Eris does get 2.0 it will still have (updated) Sense, and therefore probably still have 7 Home screens. You could just ignore the outer 4 though and just use 3 like the Motorola has... what do you mean by "desktop-like"?
Eris won't get vanilla 2.0 like the Motorola has. You have the option of using something like Open Home to change up your home screen though, I'd think.11-08-09 08:02 PMLike 0 - The clock and weather is a widget that HTC designed. If you don't like it or don't want it you can just remove it. I would highly suggest that you search youtube for some of the Eris or Hero review videos. It will explain a lot about Sense UI for you.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com11-08-09 08:12 PMLike 0 - 2.0 should bring many of the new features that the Moto Droid has (google nav for one) along with other improvements designed by HTC. There is a pretty good video over at phandroid that shows some of the differences between 1.6 and 2.0 on a vanilla OS. Until we see it though we won't really know for sure what HTC has in store.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com11-08-09 08:31 PMLike 0 - HTC is working on updating the Sense UI with 2.0 right now. Since the Passion is supposed to be released (according to rumors) with 2.0 this year and it is an HTC device I would expect it to have Sense UI and the update to come at the same time or shortly after. So we should be looking at December or January, if the rumors are correct.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com11-08-09 08:40 PMLike 0 - No, my upgrade date isn't until next month. I have been playing with them heavily and I do a TON of research before I buy anything. When you feel the need to get a new phone is up to you, but the Eris is a really nice device. It should have no trouble lasting most people a year. Beyond that there is always ebay, paying full retail or adding a line (which I am considering anyway).
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com11-08-09 09:19 PMLike 0 - Right now I plan on getting the Eris. That is unless the Passion is announced in the next week or so. The rumors suggest a nice mix of the Droid and Eris which would just be too sweet. I do hope they change it a little though. The gold shown in the leaked photos is just fugly, I hate gold on cars and electronics.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com11-08-09 09:36 PMLike 0 - The speculation on the Passion indicates a really high-end device... huge screen and high-end processor. I would be surprised if it was any cheaper than the Moto Droid. I'm not holding out for the Passion because the huge screen will require a fairly large device... maybe even larger than the Droid. And the small size of the Eris is one reason why I switched.
Last edited by cedar; 11-08-09 at 09:45 PM.
11-08-09 09:43 PMLike 0 - I figured as much, seeing as how people have talked about it. But as of now, I feel safe in buying the HTC Eris and using that for about a year until the HTC Passion drops in price or something more interesting comes out which I can always pay full retail for if I'm that interested.
Thanks for everything, responses and all, guys.11-08-09 09:45 PMLike 0 - The size issue with the Passion also has me looking more towards the Eris. I have read that the screen could be 4.3" which is just way too big. The battery life is also an issue with a processor that hefty. I have to wait either way so, I guess I will just see.
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