in about 10 minutes i’ll be off to check out the detroit pistons vs. the portland trail blazers here in oregon and plan on snapping a ton of pics. i’m definitely going to put this droid camera through the ringer tonight and hopefully it pulls down some nice caps. so stay tuned as i’ll be uploading throughout the game similarly to a live feed. should be fun!
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first bug! sound error
ran into my first bug last night and i have no idea what it stemmed from. basically, after a day of playing with my new motorola droid, my sound went almost to silent. at first i thought it was my locale profiles going a little whacky, but an uninstall of that didn’t fix the problem. i also played with the actual sound settings manually and nothing seemed to work.
basically, when i had someone try to call me, the ringtone was about as faint as you can get. and if i hung up on the person, the volume would then crank up to its normal level for a split second. too weird.
so what fixed it? a reboot. i call it a reboot because this is really a computer and sometimes, after a tough day of tweaks, you need a reboot and a fresh start.
anyone else experience a sound bug?
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inside droid camera shots
as you can tell from these inside pictures, the camera struggled again. i messed with different settings by taking it off of “auto” and you can see that the results vary. it’s definitely a camera that needs tweaking and we’ll just hope it gets a software upgrade soon enough. we’ll also hope that it’s not the camera that sucks.
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moto droid camera remains questionable
i stepped out just a few minutes ago to snap a few pictures to show many of you how inconsistent and questionable this motorola droid camera really is. obviously it’s dusk and a tough time for any camera, but this thing can’t take anything clear.
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top 10 motorola droid apps
wanted to give you just a quick rundown of my favorite 10 marketplace applications after having my motorola droid for a full week…
1. twidroid – this is a no brainer. if yer a tech saavy machine like i am and have multiple blogs, then you need to have twitter. so far this seems to be the best twitter app for the droid and is free. there is an upgraded version out there which costs money, but i have yet to see a reason to do so.
2. google places directory – without a workable yelp application available, we checked out google places directory and it seems to work great. it knows where you are, lists a ton of places around you and until yelp arrives, can’t be beat.
3. meebo im – solid im application that works with all of your im logins. you can have everything from facebook to gtalk to yahoo to msn messenger all working at the same time. too easy.
4. locale – one of the coolest ideas to date. you can tell your phone to do certain tasks depending on where you are in the world. when i’m at home, i have my wifi come on automatically and when i’m at work i have my phone switch to silent. all without touching a button.
5. advanced task killer -new droid running slow? probably because of all those applications running in the background. a.t.k. will list them out and let you choose which ones should stay running.
6. sportstap – what else is there to use for sports updates? no one tops sportstap.
7. opentable – need a reservation at some fancy restaurant in your city? opentable is easily the best available.
8. easymoney – i put every single one of my bills in this bad boy and it reminds me to pay them all. how great is that? its a trial version for 30 days and i have yet to find out how much the full version goes for. i’ll keep you updated.
9. weatherbug -works in the background to update you on crazy weather happenings and also adds the current temperature to your notifications bar. love it.
10. wi-fi on/off – if you aren’t using locale, then you should have this app. without having to go into your settings, you just tap the icon for this app and it toggles your wifi.
any favorites that i missed?
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using multi-touch with a motorola droid
they said multi-touch or pinch-to-zoom wasn’t available on the motorola droid and they lied. it is available but only in a little program called picsay…
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installing a plastic case on your motorola droid
just received a new white case from accessorygeeks.com and wanted to show you how it installs and looks…
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my new white droid
case courtesy of accessorygeeks.com…