# Anyone planing on getting the Motorola Droid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580 "2009-11-06T15:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580/61 "2010-01-10T18:16:15Z")
I recently discovered a white-noise app that was useful for sleeping while traveling over the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580/62 "2010-01-12T04:00:38Z")
Gmail push stopped working today. ☹ The Motorola Droid forums are no help: several people have started threads about this issue, but there are no replies other than “check your sync settings.” Which I have, over and over, including stopping and restarting sync. I tacked a “me too” post onto the most recent thread, and will hope someone sees it. I happen to have an errand to run at lunchtime tomorrow just down the street from where I bought the phone, so I might swing by the Verizon store while I’m out and see if they can can help me. Gmail push is pretty much the only reason why I have _any_ smartphone, and the notifications are a big reason why I wanted a Droid. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580/63 "2010-01-27T20:08:49Z")
> [@Sal\_Ammoniac](#): > > I’m sort of thinking about it, but not the extent of looking at pricing. I’d have to switch from T-Mobile, which I’m a little reluctant to do, though their coverage isn’t as good as Verizon’s. But having the kind of connectivity that the Droid (and iPhone) affords is light years ahead of where I am with my old Nokia phone. Email, internet, GPS, apps – I don’t have any of that now. And I kind of want it. It really feels like the future to me. > > But what options are really out there, besides the Droid and the iPhone? Yeah, I know there are a million phones out there, but is there anything remotely comparable? I suppose if I’m patient T-Mobile will come out with something sexy, too. [Kaboom](http://www.google.com/phone). ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580/64 "2010-01-27T21:21:21Z")
> [@World\_Eater](#): > > While the G1 and MyTouch are great phones, they don’t hold a candle to the Droid when it comes to hardware. > > CPU (major major advantage) > G1: Qualcomm MSM7210A running @ 528 MHz > Droid: Arm Cortex A8 (same as iphone 3GS) So, I’m honestly asking here – not trying to debate any particular phones – what’s the big advantage of a faster CPU for a phone? I mean, I’m not expecting to be running protein-folding calculations on my phone, and even the MyTough/iPhone seem to have enough power to make phone calls, play .MP3s, do GPS calculations, calculate star positions etc., even run compressed video. What tasks would the faster CPU make a difference for? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580/65 "2010-01-28T00:15:51Z")
> [@me](#): > > Gmail push stopped working today. ☹ Oops, forgot to post an update: push started working again by itself the next day. Since then, whenever push seems to stop working I just restart the phone and it’s fixed – but I’ve only had to do that a couple of times. All in all, almost 3 weeks in I freaking LOVE this thing. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planing-on-getting-the-motorola-droid/516580.md?page=3)