NashvilleDebbi

The drooling is over! Droid is in da house

It’s true; I began drooling for the new Droid phone as soon as I heard about it. I waited, and waited, and waited, impatiently for D day. Friday was the drop date for the phone but I waited until Saturday to avoid the mass of humanity that would undoubtedly be converging on the local Verizon store.

Bad move. The place was packed! I guess everyone had the same plan as I did. When I walked in, dude at the front asked me what I was interested in, and with a cheesy grin, I said “the Droid! Duh!” He just smiled that knowing smile and directed me to fill out an electronic form so I could join the list of other waiters.

While waiting (yet again) to be served, I was able to physically handle the gadget that I had been reading so much about for the last few months. Compared to my old phone, this one is thinner, wider and longer. Nice. Then I started looking at the apps already loaded on it. Very nice. There was even one for scanning barcodes. It’s true! What will people think of next?

My name was called (finally) and I was whisked away to the back desk to take care of paperwork. My new friend, Victor, opened the box to my holy grail and proceeded to drop the prize. A quick run back to the store room and Victor produced the second Droid much to my self contained glee.

I handed over my old phone, so Vic could transfer my contacts and photos to the new addition to my family. He said it would only take about five minutes.

Forty minutes later, and countless inquiries for additional help from other employees, my new gadget was ready. Who knew that my stash of 70 photos would take so long to transfer? No biggie. It was officially mine!

Holding it in my sweaty palm, I gently tapped the front and my eyes grew large in anticipation. I was in overload. So much to look at, so much to tap, passwords to enter and sites to visit. I grew giddy and my hubby grew impatient. I looked up and realized we were still at the store. My bad! But wait. I had to do one thing. I sent a test tweet and smiled to myself. I was in nirvana.

After a quick trip to have lunch, we arrived (finally) at home, so I could play with my new toy. Heaven! The transfer of contacts included my Facebook friends, too. Woot! There were pics of everyone I followed, right next to my phone contacts. Plus it showed on a cool thingy where everyone was. It was mapped! I found apps for Twitter, Facebook, news, weather…it was way too much to absorb all at once. And my battery was drained. So my hubby ripped my new Droid from my hot hand and plugged it in.

So what are my thoughts so far on it? I dunno yet. There is so much to look at and explore, it may take a while. But so far…me likey.