I’ve had the phone since Friday morning now, and im still learning all the things it can do. but here are my basic thoughts thus far.

The phone is fast. Really fast. Internet browses and loads with a short lag, and then it hurries up and finishes loading the pages. I have been able to view all the blogs that I typically visit, and as long as the site isnt a flash site everything is fine. However, the rumor is that flash will be supported in a 2010 update.

One thing that drives me crazy is that I cant push and pull to zoom in and out, the European version does that with out a problem so i hope for an update soon, and the phone doesnt change layout in every way that i hold it. the iPhone does, so if i hold it upside down the iPhone still flips the page for easy viewing, the droid only works upright, or landscape with the keyboard in the proper direction. but the screen is amazingly sharp and clear. It feels sharper than my Macbook Pro screen.

I couldnt set up my yahoo mail until yesterday, but i just had to go through IMAP and now all my accounts work perfectly fine on the phone, but it doesnt update my inbox in Yahoo the way that my iPhone did. Verizon says that you need to upgrade to the paid version of Yahoo, but i do have all my mail coming to the phone and sending out. The only big problem i encountered was that the first message I sent out, went to my friend like 100 times, but now its working fine.

The keyboard takes getting used to. I have big hands, and believe it or not, when i had the iPhone, that virtual keyboard was easier to use than this “real keyboard”. I cant get my self typing as fast as I was able to before, and the directional pad has been mostly useless so far.

The GPS is awesome, and has taken me right to where i need to go, this is awesome because i dont have to buy a GPS again since my last one was stolen, it also works for walking, driving and public transportation.

I did turn most of the background apps off because it uses up battery like crazy when everything is running, but I was at a conference for 12 hours Tuesday and it had a 3/4 full battery when i plugged it into my car. Yesterday it lasted almost 24 hours and i use email all the time and twitter, i just dont have them always running in the background.

Twidroid works great, its the free version but I have had no problems with it. Pandora is awesome, and so far pong and space war have kept me amused.

The music player works well, but I wish i could use itunes to create playlists, and I cant sync my calenders from iCal. But i may start using the google apps in mail like google calender and google documents. (ammend- google calendars works well and any changes i make on my computer or phone, update the other) I’ll try video this week and load a movie, but I dont doubt that there is an app that plays movies great.

I also wish there was an easier way to load music and documents but i think i can load PDF’s onto it and be able to send my branded price lists and contracts right to a client- if it works like i hope it does, this will be awesome.

I wish PNC, and a few other companies that I work with had apps for Android already. that being said, the apps arent great yet, but until recently, T-mobile was the only game in town for android in the states. I would love to have Camera bag or the Best Camera app, but now that mail works (took me a while to figure out how to set up Yahoo), the phone is a keeper.

If you have any more questions just let me know.

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I am currently reading Economic Hitmen, and Dan Browns The Lost Symbol.

Im loving both of them.

I also just bought a Nikon F100 FILM camera. Yep thats right. Film. I have decided to start shooting a little bit of film here and there just to mix things up. Im also looking into a medium format camera just to be able to play around a bit. Film forces you to slow down, and thats what i need to do sometimes. Film also has certain qualities that I love (soft colors, smooth tonal transitions, and numerous things that I cant explain) and so its time to get back to my roots and bring back something that I love. Now if I only had a dark room I could spend hours at a time jamming out to cranked music, while printing photos.

Anyways, I picked up my camera from KEH and couldnt be happier. The camera body is in beautiful condition!