I got my Droid X yesterday and after a night of heavy usage I'd like to give my initial impressions.
First impression, the phone is big, but not in the 'OMG IT'S SO HUGE' kind of way. It fits comfortably in the pockets of my pants. I don't have the worlds largest hands, but the phone fits in them just fine. Coming from a Blackberry Storm 9530, it's a huge step up in screen size (4.3" vs 3.2"). In fact, I think the screen on the X is the entire size of my Storm. Typing is a breeze on this thing. I have fairly small hands and hitting space bar in landscape mode is a bit of a stretch for my thumbs. On my Storm, I had to press firmly on each letter and I had to type at a measured pace. Typing to quickly would cause the phone to hang for a few seconds and then it would just blurt out a string of gibberish. On the X, I can tap lightly and as quickly as I want. It handles 'speed' typing with aplomb. This is because the letters are much larger and the phone itself has much more powerful hardware.
This phone is FAST. It doesn't lag. It doesn't hang. Every app opens as quickly as it is pressed. The camera is a tad slow opening, however. I think my Storm fired up the camera faster than the X. Hopefully a future update will speed up the camera launching.
I haven't spent much time with Android phones, my only real experience being the 5 minutes I messed around with a buddies Nexus One. I found the tutorial to be very helpful in getting a feel for the OS. It is a little daunting at first. Android feels like an operating system. I always felt on my Storm that I was just interfacing with a GUI.
All in all, I am extremely impressed with this phone. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a high end smartphone.
The real problem I face now is keeping my wife from taking it and giving me her Storm!
First impression, the phone is big, but not in the 'OMG IT'S SO HUGE' kind of way. It fits comfortably in the pockets of my pants. I don't have the worlds largest hands, but the phone fits in them just fine. Coming from a Blackberry Storm 9530, it's a huge step up in screen size (4.3" vs 3.2"). In fact, I think the screen on the X is the entire size of my Storm. Typing is a breeze on this thing. I have fairly small hands and hitting space bar in landscape mode is a bit of a stretch for my thumbs. On my Storm, I had to press firmly on each letter and I had to type at a measured pace. Typing to quickly would cause the phone to hang for a few seconds and then it would just blurt out a string of gibberish. On the X, I can tap lightly and as quickly as I want. It handles 'speed' typing with aplomb. This is because the letters are much larger and the phone itself has much more powerful hardware.
This phone is FAST. It doesn't lag. It doesn't hang. Every app opens as quickly as it is pressed. The camera is a tad slow opening, however. I think my Storm fired up the camera faster than the X. Hopefully a future update will speed up the camera launching.
I haven't spent much time with Android phones, my only real experience being the 5 minutes I messed around with a buddies Nexus One. I found the tutorial to be very helpful in getting a feel for the OS. It is a little daunting at first. Android feels like an operating system. I always felt on my Storm that I was just interfacing with a GUI.
All in all, I am extremely impressed with this phone. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a high end smartphone.
The real problem I face now is keeping my wife from taking it and giving me her Storm!