I have to admit, I still cry at night over the loss of my iPhone. For the record, I only got rid of it because AT&T is terrible. We had so many dropped calls, I nicknamed them butter-fingers. So, reluctantly I went with a Droid Eris.
The Motorola Droid is a better phone but too clumsy-looking for me. I was pleased from the start with the Droid operating system and its ease of customization. The Eris, not so much. The battery life is ridiculous and the system is slow.
However, as of recent a minor step was taken to make it all better for the consumer. The push of the major software update went through with many cool features and boasting of more efficiency which would boost the battery life. I was not pleased the night it was downloaded because it dumped all of my contacts. I have since had better days.
The battery life was a tad bit better. That is, until I downloaded a Task Manager application that kills all the programs not in use at the moment. It is easy to access as a shortcut on the home page and my battery life has almost doubled. Awesome!
After this battery debacle, I am most pleased with the Unlock Security feature standard with the phone. I know it sounds like I need a real life but hear me out. Up until this Droid, I have never taken advantage of protecting my phone with any type of password. All the times in the past that I did attempt it, I became annoyed with it very, very quickly.
Who wants to type a four digit code in every single time they need to use the phone? Not me. I would want to make the code challenging and that made the situation even more time consuming.
Droid offers an unlock pattern under SETTINGS, SECURITY, UNLOCK PATTERN. You get a screen with 12 circles on it. You then create a pattern using at least four of them. Now, in only a second I can unlock my phone. Finally, a security system that is smart!
