Man, I gotta get used to this thing, coming from winmo Im not used to a phone that works!
THE GOOD:
FAST FAST FAST!
Keyboard is awesome, I make less mistakes and Im faster than the keyboard on the ipod. Haven't tried the swype yet.
Screen is gorgeous. This size is perfect, browsing the web is better than on the ipod but still small enough to not be a tablet.
Been using it 3 hours on wifi, battery hasn't budged, and it was only half full outta the box.
THE BAD:
Apparently Moto has locked down the boot loader so it can't be rooted. GRRRRRRRR. I have confidence it will get rooted though.

I'm sure I'll find other things I don't like, but its a huge improvement from what I had.

Okay, the infamous side ad covering text in this forum shows in the browser, that sucks :p

Congrats! I know someone who just got one of those.

Okay, the Google voice integration on this phone completely blows my mind. Not just because it works so well, but because my neighbor and I just spent an hour and a half texting each other dozens and dozens of times, I don't have a text plan and it didn't cost me a thing. I'm flabbergasted Verizon allows it, iPhone users are getting screwed

Also, it calls everyone from google voice if you so desire, which is completely slick. No calling GV and getting a ringback.

Of course it pulled all my contacts in from exchange - and also added all of my Facebook friends. Nice. Lots of Facebook/Twitter/Social stuff built into it.

I like the Motoblur stuff, it's subtle, not too intrusive over the stock android interface.

Also, after staring at this screen for awhile, then looking at the screen on the Omnia to check some server settings, I rubbed my eyes because I thought they'd gone blurry. No, it's not the retina display but it's damn sharp and clear and hell if I see a pixel unless my nose is up to the phone.

Oh yeah, streaming Pandora sounds fantastic on the phone through my Grado headphones!

Here's a pic next to the Omnia and an iPod for comparison:

Woah! That's pretty big. Are you sure it's not an iPad?


lol...jk.

Congrats.

Grats!

I'm mulling over an Evo right now vs. jailbraking the iPhone4 for wireless hotspot capabilities ... it's really starting to grate on me that Apple/AT&T won't let you tether the iPad with the iPhone ...

The X sounds wonderful, though, but based on the reviews I've been reading Sprint/HTC sound like they're more my style =)

Have fun with the new toy!

=D

Yeah, the EVO is sweet as well, but check around, i've read about screen problems. I will say if you use Google voice at all it's a no brainer, and if you text a lot, well the Evo would make it free with the Google voice integration and visual voicemail to boot!

This one is bigger, but not really. They're both about the same exact size, and honestly the larger screen is very welcome and makes the experience much much better. Feels less cramped than the ipod/iphone, especially for web browsing. As you can see the screen on the X is damn near the entire size of the iPod next to it!

Figure this'll hold me over for a year and a half, by then they'll have all the 4G bugs worked out and coverage will be pretty complete.

Besides I just couldn't take winmo anymore, which is too bad because I still liked the old phone just not the OS.

There is an android build I can flash on it, though the phone radio doesn't work. Might be fun just as a little game pad though!

W/o Googling it.. what is Google Voice?

Google voice gives you a phone number that you can use instead of giving someone multiple phone numbers. Then when someone calls your google voice number it will ring your home phone, cell phone, whatever phones you have set up for it to call. You can set call schedules too so your home phone stays silent during whatever period you want.

Also it gives you a bunch of privacy stuff, lots of ways to block callers, create calling groups from contacts, and lots of other stuff. You can listen to voice mails as they're being left too.

Also, it offers visual voice mail you can access over the web, or the voice app on android phones and will convert the voice mail to text so you can read it instead of listening.

Free long distance in the U.S. and Canada, plus unlimited SMS texting to and from the google voice number.

Verizon charges $15 a month for unlimited texting and $3 a month for visual voice mail, so Google voice potentially saves me $18 a month. Well not potentially, it does save me that as I cancelled text and voicemail packages.

Plus the neat thing is if I switch cell carriers, or change home phone numbers the GV number stays the same, I don't have to worry about giving out a new phone number to everyone.

Check it out at google.com/voice

Well, I just spent the afternoon visiting the local Sprint and Verizon outlets ...

The Evo looks nice, but the Speedtest.net run I did on it performed worse than the iPhone at the same location -- not encouraging. It looks like the wireless hotspot plan for the Evo is an additional $30/month for unlimited, with the Droid X plan coming in at $60/month for 5GB ...

The Droid X looked very nice and was surprisingly light. But the service plans for Verizon didn't really inspire me that much. Even looking at their mobile wireless hotspot device, it was the same as Sprint and had a 5GB limit. I was surprised that the Droid X camera doesn't seem to have the spot metering that the iPhone and Evo have -- since I'm playing a bit with HDR that's an issue. Also, I'm not sure how well either plays with OSX Mail, Calendars and such ...

Anyways, I came away liking the devices but not enough to return the iPhone4 just for the sake of gaining a wireless hotspot. So I may try the Sprint hotspot for a while and see if it meets my needs. Otherwise I may look into the iPhone4 Jailbreak when it comes out and see if that does the trick =)

Have a great time with your X, though -- it was pretty tempting there for a while =)

You should have tried the swype keyboard on the x. I can literally type faster on this then a real keyboard! Takes a little practice at first but they need to make a real keyboard like this.

The camera is okay I haven't played with it much yet. In the end they are all still crappy cell phone cameras.They need to put real optics in these things.

I'm pretty happy.Streamed pandora all afternoon and had the phone running all day and still came home to a 30% battery. My old phone would have been dead by noon. The battery life seems to be darn good.

There are plenty of free apps that allow you to text from the iPhone/iPod Touch without a text plan with AT&T. Probably not as convenient, but does the job. I use it on my iPod Touch often.

You can send and receive text messages via email, nothing extra needed.

Dude.. you're killin' me.

Okay, I see how you read that, but for once I wasn't being a smart ass. We need a serious winkie or something. :-| I meant sending a text message to a cell phone via email. area code plus phone number@text.att.net or @vtext.com for verizon. There are addys for Sprint, T-Mobile etc but don't know those off the top of my head.

When they reply back it comes back through your email.

http://www.livejournal.com/tools/textmessage.bml?mode=details

That's how I text my son, Reboot. Saves on the numb-thumb syndrome.

I knew what you meant, but it's a hassle. On Android with Google Voice it's completely transparent.

Yeah, my hands and forearm tendons are beat up enough from repetitive crap as it is. It's also much quicker for me to send text messages that way than typing on the little keypad on a phone.

I don't have a text plan, I don't send or receive near enough. 5 or 6 a month.