On Nov 16, 10:35*am, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
> "Verizon Wireless now charges up to $350 early termination fees per phone


> Of course, this wouldn't work with the 1980's style "syncing" like an old
> Palm Pilot controlling content.
>
> --
> Larry

More Droid Love Just In 3:33 PM EST 10-16-09

Droid Users Ask: Can You Hear Me Now?
from Gadget Lab by Priya Ganapati

Verizon Wireless’ vaunted network may not be paying off for some users
of the Droid, who are complaining about problems with call quality on
their smartphones.

“There’s a problem with echo on the phone so when someone calls you,
to them it sounds like they are having a conversation with
themselves,” says Heath Brashier, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based
software developer who bought his Droid, which is manufactured by
Motorola, just about a week ago. “It’s happened to me twice so far.”

Similar complaints have been posted on Motorola’s support forums,
where people have posted dozens of comments saying that their voice
sounds ‘tinny’ and ‘clipped.’ Some subscribers have found a way quick
DIY fix to the problem: Quickly turning the speaker phone on the
device on and off makes the echo go away, they say. Others suggest
rebooting the phone.
Verizon
“We stand behind our products,” says the spokesperson. “Customers have
a 30-day return and exchange policy if they are not happy with their
phone.”
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Generally I have heard the Droid speaker is randomly failing all over
the place with total silence where there should have been audio. The
above suggested fixes work and if you complain Verizon and Motorola
will give you another Droid to keep you locked in during the grace
period. Who is to say the new Droid will not be failure prone too?

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Droid Users Ask: Can You Hear Me Now?
from Gadget Lab by Priya Ganapati

Separately, a Wired.com reader said in an email note that Droid’s Wi-
Fi connectivity can be unreliable. While the phone connects to a Wi-Fi
network, it doesn’t always connect to the internet from there. It’s no
clear if that’s a problem with just a few phones or a more widespread
issue among Droid devices.