Guest Post: Droid Bionic: Fast, Smart, Power-Hungry
{Today’s guest post is a fabulous product review by Dough-man, a friend of mine who loves geek speak and gadgetry as much as I do. As you may recall, for three years I wrote for Her Nashville magazine as the “Chic Geek.” On my Chic Geek blog, I wrote many a product review on everything from the original line of Droids, to netbooks, and even the ridiculous Blackberry Storm; a product I refuse to link to. Since I no longer write for that publication, you’re reading this review–and any future reviews–here!}
by Dough-man
I was a Droid early adopter back in 2009 … as a Verizon subscriber and Apple skeptic, the iPhone was tempting but not really an option and the opportunity to help kick the tires on a new mobile operating system was attractive. Over twenty months, the phone became a prized possession and all-purpose tool, used for work and personal tasks alike.
Recently, however, I found myself bumping up against the limits of Verizon’s 3G. Files took longer to download and apps began to hang; some websites wouldn’t even load. I started to look for an opportunity to upgrade to 4G. Finally, I succumbed to the hype on various Android boards and used my upgrade credit on a new Droid Bionic.
Setup is a little odd; as someone who has never dealt with SIM cards it was disconcerting to snap the 4G brains out of a little plastic card and manually insert it into my phone.
I also had a little trouble activating the phone, but I chalk that up to an avalanche of upgraders like me and in any event I was up and running 3 hours after I took the phone out of the box and about an hour after the battery was fully charged.
First blush: the Bionic is markedly bigger and lighter than the Droid, big enough, in fact, that typing on the virtual keyboard (especially in landscape) is no problem even for my big, clumsy fingers. Read More…
