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Type | Privately held company |
Industry | Publishing |
Genre | Newspaper publishing |
Founded | as New Times Media |
Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
Area served | Various cities across the United States |
Products | Weekly alternative newspapers |
Website | villagevoicemedia.com |
It has been suggested that List of assets owned by Village Voice Media be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2014. |
Type | Privately held company |
Industry | Publishing |
Genre | Newspaper publishing |
Founded | as New Times Media |
Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
Area served | Various cities across the United States |
Products | Weekly alternative newspapers |
Website | villagevoicemedia.com |
Village Voice Media is an American privately held corporation, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona,.[1] In September 2012, VVM sold its weekly alternative newspapers to Voice Media Group.[2] These weeklies included The Village Voice, published in New York City, New York, America's oldest (founded in 1955) and largest alternative weekly newspaper.[citation needed]
Village Voice Media operates Backpage, the second largest U.S.-based Internet classified ad listing service after Craigslist.[3] It is the largest source for adult services listings on the Internet.[4]
The company was previously named New Times Media. On October 24, 2005, New Times Media announced a deal to acquire Village Voice Media, creating a chain of 17 free weekly newspapers around the country with a combined circulation of 1.8 million.[5] After the deal's completion, New Times assumed the Village Voice Media name.
In 2002, the previous Village Voice Media had entered into a noncompetition agreement with New Times Media, another[clarification needed] national publisher of alternative weeklies, whereby the two companies agreed to stop publishing New Times LA (a product of New Times Media) and Cleveland Free Times (a product of Village Voice Media), so that the companies would not publish two, competing newspapers in any single city. This agreement and phasing out of the two newspapers, led to an antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. The investigation resulted in a settlement, requiring the companies to sell off assets and the old newspapers' titles to any potential competitors.[6]
In October 2007, Michael Lacey, the executive editor, and Jim Larkin, the chief executive, of Village Voice Media, were arrested in Phoenix on charges that a Village Voice Media publication, the Phoenix New Times, had published secret grand jury information. A state special prosecutor was investigating the newspaper's long-running feud with Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, including the publishing of Arpaio's home address, a crime under Arizona law. The special prosecutor's subpoena included a demand for the names of the readers of the New Times's website. It was the information about the subpoena which was deemed by prosecutors to be secret grand jury information.[7]
Until 2012, Goldman Sachs owned 16% of Village Voice Media, but sold its shares soon after Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times publicized the fact and began asking them questions about its stake.[8] According to the bank, they "had no influence over operations," of their asset.[9]
In 2012, Village Voice Media owners sold the papers and their web properties to a group of longtime executives, leaving the online classifieds site Backpage in control of shareholders Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin. In talking about the advertiser controversies, the CEO of the new newspaper firm said, "Backpage has been a distraction - there's no question about it - to the core (editorial) properties." Executives for the spinoff holding company, called Voice Media Group and based in Denver, raised "some money from private investors" in order to separate the newspapers.[10]
The company was sued in September 2010 by a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim (identified in court papers as "M.A") for allegedly aiding and abetting forced prostitution and the exploitation of children and child pornography by failing to investigate the prostitution ads on Backpage,[11] which is owned by Village Voice Media.[12] A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in August 2011.[13] The court case and allegations of Village Media's role in child trafficking has been highlighted by many national commentators.[14]
In an article on the Village Voice website,[15] Village Voice rebutted the allegations against it by pointing out several factual errors in Nicholas Kristof's article, including the fact that Backpage was not operating in the markets where the 15-year-old victim was said to be involved in prostitution.[14] "A video that accompanied [Kristof's] online op-ed was headlined: "Age 16, She Was Sold on Backpage.com" That is not true. According to Alissa's court testimony, she was 16 in 2003. Backpage.com did not exist anywhere in America in 2003."
Nicholas Kristof immediately responded to the Village Voice Media's rebuttal with an entry in his blog.[16] An excerpt is posted below.


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David L Reinke's past comments
At least Hollywood still has Nazis and Martians to play the bad guys. The Martians do not yet have a lobby, and no one is going to defend the Nazis.
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He was outstanding in the film Yakuza -- his performance was one of the high points of that film.
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"The Force is strong with this book." -- D Vader.
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Come And See remains the most interesting and effective Russian film about The Great Patriotic War as the Soviets called it.
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Why not release Nintendo gamers on the PS4...?
The profits for all these companies is in the games and while Nintendo would have to pay Sony a fee to release on their platform, no doubt - given their extensive library of great titles, Nintendo could strike a very favorable deal with Sony.
Yes, I understand this is not how Nintendo wants to go, and there is a good deal of pride wrapped up in all of this, but ...
Posted in: Nintendo chief says he won't resign or cut prices despite dismal results
The big seller in our toy department this year was LEGO, followed by Nerf, Monster High / Disney and Barbie Dolls and, as always Action Figures for all ages. Yes, we sold lots of Leap Pads and other electronic items, but LEGO was far and away the most popular item even though it generally costs more than other toys.
LEGO was selected as the Toy Of The Millennium, and for good reason.
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He is also very good as Coriolanus.
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Actually, this is not necessarily a bad move. This is story telling and some stories work better as multi-episode series. Even at 3 hours, many stories are truncated and compressed to such an extent that they lose their impact, to say nothing of their poetry.
The BBC series I, Claudius is a prime example. Based upon two novels (I, Claudius and Claudius The God) the 13 part series did a wonderful job of bringing this story to life. An earlier attempt at a feature film (with Charles Laughton as Claudius) looks quite intriguing (what few scenes that were filmed and survived) but I have my doubts it would have done justice to the books by Robert Graves.
Likewise, the David Lynch film of Dune, while visually quite stunning and though featuring an excellent cast, presents more of a Reader's Digest version of the book by Frank Hurbert. Many might argue that the SCi-Fi channel's version is not as artistic as Lynch's film, but the series does do better by the story itself.
Episodic TV allows the story teller time to unfold and develop the story and the characters, time that a feature film simply will not allow for.
Now, do not misunderstand. I love going to the cinema and sitting in the dark before a HUGE screen and being enveloped in sights and sounds. A film like Return Of The King or* Stars Wars* would seem much diminished even in HD on a 60" monitor. However, by the same token, a 3-hour feature film of Rome or Game Of Thrones, really does not work either.
In the end, it is all about story telling and the teller must select the medium that works best for his story.
I do agree that Sony would do well to invest some of its money in writers, in making better films, for it all starts with the script. It will be interesting to see just where Sony takes this new initiative and what fruits their efforts bear. As always, time will tell.
Posted in: Sony to make fewer films as it shifts to television
Other than the title and a few character names this has nothing at all to do with the Ako Ronin or the historical events that we now know as the 47 Ronin Story.
That said, there is little point in arguing "history" as every adaptation of the event, be it for the puppet theatre, kabuki, comic books, and the numerous films, have taken liberties with the story. This new film is perhaps the most "fantastical" take on the story and for those unfamiliar with any early version it will no doubt be a lot of fun.
For those schooled in the kabuki play, Chushingura, or fans of the 1962 film by Inagaki, this new 3D film will be something of a shock and likely a disappointment. Ah well...
Oh, and 3D ... Bah!
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Yes, I did read that Toshiko-san, but I was hoping they would have more information on this drug's efficacy with regard to Type 1.
Ah well, we shall continue to live in hope for an effective alternative to insulin injections.
Posted in: Researchers move step closer to oral diabetes treatment
And what about Type 1 ...?
Perhaps I missed it, but the article does not state if this oral drug will be effective for Type 1.
Once, while assisting my grandson with his insulin injection (he was diagnosed last year at age 11 with Type 1) my injection technique had obviously caused him some pain. I apologized for hurting him and he replied, "It hurts. It always hurts. It always will."
There is very promising work being done in Finland that might lead to a vaccine, but a cure .... who can say how long that will take.
Posted in: Researchers move step closer to oral diabetes treatment
They do call it "show business" for a reason, however, that fact does not change the truth of what Clooney has said.
Frankly, I'm not surprised After Earth and White House Down failed -- indeed I'm surprised they even got green lighted for production. Of course what looks promising on the page does not always turn out to be so in film.
Star Wars was turned down by every studio in Hollywood until Alan Ladd Jr. took a risk on it, and even then 20th Century Fox was not happy with what George Lucas was doing. They have since changed their tune.
No doubt more BIG films will fail this summer and next, but we can also hope there is another Argo waiting in the wings.
That a film ever emerges from Hollywood, even a mediocre one, is miraculous. That occasionally it rises to the level of art is truly amazing. (Seven Samurai, Ran, Les Enfants du Paradis to name but a few.)
We can hope for more art among the weeds that choke our local cinemas.
Posted in: George Clooney takes aim at Sony investor Loeb over spin-off plan
"Summit Entertainment's "Divergent" and "Ender's Game" and Sony Pictures' "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" are all aimed at the lucrative audience of young adults."
That description applies to almost every film made in Hollywood. (With the possible exception of films by Woody Allen.)
Posted in: 'Hunger Games' ushers in era of dystopian young adult films
This is very common in Hollywood.
When Cameron's Abyss was released there were two other underwater adventure films (Deep Star Six and Leviathan).
Likewise there were three films about Alexander the Great in development at the same time. It just so happens that Oliver Stone's film got into principle photography first, so the plug was pulled on the other projects (films by Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann). There were doubts the market would support three expensive films about Alexander, great though he may have been.
Hollywood hates taking chances, they love a sure thing, hence the similarity in the films we see every summer.
Games are good for you.
And not just video games -- Board Games also serve to reinforce social interaction that has been sown to have beneficial impact on mental functions.
Play More -- Play Often.
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We can hope that the new US made Godzilla film revives the box office fortunes of this venerable cinema icon.
Of course, that all depends upon both the story being told and, more importantly, just what the new Godzilla looks like. I want to be optimistic, but if recent history is any guide, Godzilla may be in trouble and his fans in for a big disappointment.
That said, until we see some actual footage we can do little but hope for the best.
Posted in: Doraemon topples Godzilla's audience figure record
Watanabe Ken = Good 3D = Bah!
In fact the entire cast looks good, but that doesn't matter -- it's all about the monster. If Godzilla doesn't look right then it is all down hill from there. The Sony Godzilla had several problems, but it was the monster that did them in. It was not Godzilla.
Posted in: Ken Watanabe joins cast of Hollywood's 2nd go at 'Godzilla'

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2008 World Series of Poker Dates Announced
Mon, Oct 8th, 2007 @ 4:30pm
LAS VEGAS - October 8, 2007 - Harrah's Entertainment Inc (NYSE: HET) announced today that the 39th annual World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light will be staged at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from May 30 through July 17, 2008.
"The team is still hard at work on the schedule of events for next year, but we've received so many requests for the dates that we decided to announce them now," said Jeffrey Pollack, WSOP Commissioner.
"We'll actually open the WSOP tournament room the week of May 26th for two special events," said Geno Iafrate, vice president and assistant general manager of the Rio. "This 'soft opening' will give players a chance to register early and avoid the lines we had last year during opening weekend - our busiest time."
More WSOP information is available at www.worldseriesofpoker.com [and here at PokerPages.com's extensive World Series of Poker archives.]
The WSOP brand is owned by Harrah's License Company, LLC an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment through its operating subsidiaries. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, nearly 70 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions, and now owns or manages casinos on four continents. The company's properties operate primarily under the Harrah's, Caesars and Horseshoe brand names; Harrah's also owns the London Clubs International family of casinos. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.
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UIGEA Delayed 6 Months in Temporary Victory for Online Poker
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OPPAGA Reports on Florida's Online Poker Options
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Given that UIGEA permits individual states to regulate online poker, the Florida Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) published a report this week presenting three options available to Florida State lawmakers in order to protect consumers from unlawful internet poker: regulate it, prohibit it, or carry on with the status quo pending federal legislation.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL (January 8, 2013) - High school juniors residing in St. Petersburg are invited to broaden their cultural horizons by applying to serve as one of St. Petersburg's Student Ambassadors to Takamatsu, Japan, this summer. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2013.
Following interviews by the city's International Relations Committee, a citizen group charged with cultivating relationships between St. Petersburg and cities around the world, one or two students will be selected to experience Japanese life and culture while living with host families in Takamatsu. During their three-week visit, Student Ambassadors will meet with local government officials, including Takamatsu's Mayor; attend high school; and participate in daily activities with their host families. Previous Student Ambassadors have tried their hand at Japanese cooking, honed noodle-making skills, practiced Kendo, attended sporting events, and visited some of the area's historic landmarks.
Upon their return to St. Petersburg, the Student Ambassadors will share information about their visit to Takamatsu with City Council and IRC members, as well as with schools, civic groups and others interested in the cultural exchange program.
To apply, students must be a resident of St. Petersburg and have completed their junior year. Along with the official application form, available at http://www.stpete.org/irc/ambassadors.asp, students should submit an original essay and introduction letter to their host family. In addition, a class photo; copy of their high school transcript, including verification of honors and/or activity involvement; an introduction letter to the host parents written by the applicant's parents and two reference letters, including one from a school faculty member, must accompany the application. All students meeting eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply, regardless of their financial situation.
Applications may be hand-delivered to the Marketing and Communications Department, City Hall, 175 Fifth St. N., or mailed with a postmark of 5 p.m., Friday, March 15. Applications submitted via e-mail will not be considered.
While all international travel arrangements, costs, including round-trip airfare and insurance and home stays are complimentary, students should be prepared to cover personal living expenses abroad, including local transportation, visits to local attractions, restaurant meals or other incidentals.
Since the program's inception, 46 students have visited Takamatsu as Student Ambassadors. Past participants have used the experience to pursue studies in International Relations, Japanese studies, and International Business, while others have deepened their understanding of world cultures.
Host families are also needed for late July-early August when St. Petersburg welcomes students from Takamatsu for two weeks during the annual student exchange. Families of current and previous applicants and ambassadors are encouraged to participate in the Sister City relationship by serving as a Host Family.
Since becoming a Sister City in 1961, St. Petersburg is believed to have one of the longest continuous relationships in the organization, commemorating its 50th anniversary with Takamatsu in 2011. Following official delegations to both cities, a new Sister Schools relationship was developed last year for younger students and featured a virtual Bonsai Exchange between students at Perkins Elementary and Kinashi Elementary in October.
For more information on St. Petersburg's Sister City relationship with Takamatsu, Japan, and its Student Ambassador exchange program or to be a Host Family, visit www.stpete.org/irc.


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The Sunday School Guide for the month of Dec. 2012, printed the following story about Benjamin Franklin, one of our U.S.A.'s great men of the 18th century. "This story is told of Benjamin Franklin; He wished to interest Philadelphia in street lighting. He didn't try to persuade people simply by talking about it. Instead he hung a beautiful lantern on a long bracket in front of his home. He kept the glass highly polished and every evening at the approach of dusk he lit it. People saw the light from a distance and soon discovered that it not only guided them but also helped to avoid sharp stones on the pavement. It didn't take long for others to start placing lights near their homes and soon Philadelphia saw the need for and blessings of street lighting throughout the city!" Fellow Christians you know how often the Bible exhorts us: You are the light of the world. Let your light so shine before men (human kings) that they will see your good works and glorify God." (not us) but God who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:13-16) for the whole contest).
This account teaches us, exhorts us: We who call ourselves Christians must not only talk about our faith, but spread it by exemplary good deeds (such as deeds of compassion, caring, working to let the light of Christ shine thru us.) For example some of our American people journeyed long distances to areas severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy and helped the people clean up their disaster stricken homes and restore them, at least partially out of the goodness of their hearts. Let Ben Franklin's example help Christians everywhere in the U.S. to see the need and let Christ's light shine!
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I was born in Malta and graduated with a first-class degree with distinction from The University of Padua, Italy. After lecturing for five years at the Liceo Linguistico Dante Alighieri in Padua, I moved to Canada, Brazil and then the Uk where I obtained a PhD from The University of Birmingham. While in the UK, I continued to consolidate my teaching career, lecturing at undergraduate and post-graduate level in universities across the country. Apart from teaching English and Italian at The University of Birmingham, I have also taught at The University of Nottingham and Birkbeck College London. I am also currently an Associate Lecturer for The Open University, where I teach an undergraduate interdisciplinary module in the Humanities.
My research expertise is in Modernism and the discourses of subjectivity and dissent in the short story at the turn of the twentieth century. I also have research interests in translation theories and practices and am currently transcribing, translating and editing a 16th century manuscript from Italian into English as part of a British Academy project in collaboration with colleagues from The University of Exeter, The University of Leeds and The University of Malta. Relevant to translation practices is also my recent translation of Silvia Evangelisti's Nuns: A History of Convent Life (OUP), from English into Italian, for the Italian publishing house Il Mulino.
2012: 'Harnessing Technology to Improve Feedback and Assessment', Teaching and Learning Symposium, School of Languages Cultures Art History and Music (LCAHM), College of Arts and Law (CAL), The University of Birmingham.
2011: 'Teaching by Wikinar: Wikis as Tools for Formative Feedback and Assessment', Eighth Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, The University of Birmingham.
2010: 'Wikis to Enhance Teaching and Learning Content Modules', Enhancing the Italian Studies Curriculum: Innovation and Development Conference, The University of Manchester.
2010: 'Wikis and Multi-Medial Web-based Resources for Teaching Italian Language and Culture', Seventh Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, The University of Birmingham.
2009: 'Using Web-Based Digital Resources to Enhance the Teaching and Learning Experience', The First Malta International Forum on Learning, The University of Malta.
2009: Learning and Teaching Fund, College of Arts and Law, The University of Birmingham
2009: British Academy Research Grant (collaborative)
2001: British Academy Research Grant
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-'The Case of Giorgio Scala' transcribed, translated and edited by Monica Borg in Georgio Scala and the Inquisition in Malta (Midsea Publications: 2012) forthcoming.
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Amid Glut, Where Will Dry Bulk Rates Go?
(Dry-bulk shipping poll updated with details from a research note on Eagle Bulk Shipping.(
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Already, a major dry-bulk shipping concern has succumbed to this month's epic collapse in the rates charged to haul raw materials around the world.
That company, a South Korean freighter called Korea Line Corp., filed for receivership Tuesday and sparked concerns of a kind of domino effect. Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE - Get Report), for instance, has chartered more than a dozen ships (out of its fleet of 48) to KLC. The status of those long-term charters (six to ten years in duration) is now up in the air, though the company has called its exposure "modest."
On Wednesday, FBR Capital Markets upgraded Eagle Bulk shares, saying that the selloff in the company's stock in the previous session, when it lost 11% of its value, was "overdone." Channel checks showed that the KLC bankruptcy won't have a "material negative impact" on Eagle's financials, FBR said.
>>Working Through the Glut: Dry Bulk 2011 How bad has the dry-bulk market become? A London-based ship brokerage called the Baltic Exchange, which tracks global shipping rates on the spot market, says that the going day rate for a capesize vessel, the largest dry bulkers in the world, has plunged to $8,000 as of Tuesday, very close to the so-called opex level for that class of freighter. That is, it costs between $7,000 and $10,000 per day to operate a capesize ship. Any vessel hired out on the spot market will, therefore, be a losing proposition for shipowners. Just two months ago, in November, the going rate was $40,000 a day. Dry-bulk stocks rallied a bit Wednesday after taking it on the chin during Tuesday's session. Eagle Bulk Shipping was the headliner. Its shares gained 3% after the sharp drop on super-heavy volume a day earlier. Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), which was downgraded by Deutsche Bank on Tuesday, gained back about 3% after a precipitous drop the day before. Other big losers from the previous session were in the green Wednesday. TBS International (TBSI) rose about 5%; Navios Maritime (NM - Get Report) gained about the same; Excel Maritime (EXM - Get Report) was up about 4.5%; and DryShips (DRYS - Get Report), which has its own unique set of risks, added 3%. The reasons behind the collapse in dry-bulk day rates are well known. First and foremost: oversupply. Hundreds of ships were ordered by rich shipping magnates during the last upcycle, the boom years between 2006 and 2008. Those ships are now gliding down ramps at the major shipyards in Asia, gleaming and ready for service. More ships were ordered at the time than there were ships on the water. The binge focused on capesize ships, which specialize in carrying iron ore on some of the most lucrative routes in the world (Australia to China, Brazil to China). True, ship owners have taken countermeasures. They're taking portions of their fleets temporarily out of service. They're selling older vessels for scrap and sending them to the ship breakers. They're delaying or even canceling orders. In 2010, 20% of the total dry-bulk "orderbook" underwent cancellation and "slippage," to use the industry argot. Still, the worldwide fleet increased last year by 17%, according to some estimates.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Highly Recommended,
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
After my Droid 1 got water damaged nearly two months ago, I was in the market for a new smartphone. After thoroughly researching this phone as well as its competitors, I went with the Droid 2 Global and am very happy with it so far. Its large and vibrant touchscreen, fast processor, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and extensive Google integration make it very convenient to use, although the phone's size/weight, and Android's steeper learning curve might make this phone less appealing to some prospective buyers.
LOOK AND FEEL The phone is big and heavy, and you will notice that immediately when picking it up. I personally don't mind this, but think some people, especially women, might find that this phone might not fit in their pockets (since clothing for women usually are designed with smaller pockets). My girlfriend, for example, uses a smaller Android phone since she thought the Droid 2 was heavier and bulkier than she liked. CALL QUALITY I notice that the volume of calls is lower than that of my previous Droid, both holding the phone up to my ear as well as putting it on speaker. The phone's speaker is loud enough when I play music, but the in-call volume is noticeably quieter than I'd like. This might be inconvenient for some, but feel this is a small price to pay for an otherwise outstanding phone. PHYSICAL KEYBOARD The physical keyboard on this phone is pretty good. It's definitely much better than that of the original Droid since the keys are slightly elevated (whereas the original Droid had very flat keys). My one gripe with the keyboard is the new 'Alt Lock' button. While to lock Alt (to activate the secondary functions of keys, such as inserting numbers) you previously had to press Alt twice, on the Droid 2's keyboard the Alt Lock button is another way to lock Alt (although you can still press Alt twice to lock it). Only problem is that due to its location, I frequently find myself pressing it inadvertently which interferes with composing text. Now that I'm more used to my phone it's not as much of a problem as it used to be, but it still becomes annoying at times. Overall, I am pleased with the physical keyboard and frequently use it to compose texts, emails, and even documents. There are many smartphone alternatives that are thinner than the Droid 2 because they lack a physical keyboard, but I personally am not a huge fan of touchscreen keyboards. Even with the option of using Swype, which is regarded by many to be superior than a traditional touchscreen keyboard since you can compose words without lifting your finger, I prefer the phone's physical keyboard to its touchscreen one since it allows me to type faster and more accurately. DISPLAY The Droid 2 has a bright, high-resolution display. This is not only great for watching videos, but for reading since text is very crisp. I use the Google Books and Kindle applications on the phone and read e-books on my commute without a problem, and also frequently play videos that look gorgeous on the screen. Since the display is so good, it draws a lot of power, and you might want to lower the brightness to save battery. Even on a dimmer setting, it still is a very bright and crisp display. CAMERA The Droid packs a 5 Megapixel camera, as well as video-recording at roughly DVD-quality. The camera is much faster to auto-focus and snap pictures than my Droid 1 (running Android 2.2) was. Pictures come out pretty good, especially with adequate light. The camera's images come out noisy (grainy) in low light, but that is to be expected with a cell phone camera, which employs a relatively small image sensor. While this won't replace your point and shoot, the pictures are good enough. The Droid 2's video recording is very good, both in terms of the video and the recorded audio. BATTERY LIFE The battery life of this phone is noticeably shorter than of my Droid 1 - which had quite a dismal battery life itself. This is largely because the phone has a powerful 1.2 GHz processor, a large high-resolution touchscreen, and features multitasking (which allows programs to run in the background). If you want improved battery life you can turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS when they're not in use, dim the display, and run less widgets, but even taking these energy-saving measures can only do so much. I highly recommend you buy a spare battery if you purchase this phone - the relatively cheap price you pay for a spare is worth it! USER INTERFACE Unlike the original Droid, the Droid 2 features MotoBlur...Motorola's custom User Interface that really makes the phone shine. It offers a very polished design and unique customization options that make the phone aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately, a lot of options are buried within menus or sub-menus that take some probing to uncover, making this phone a little less simple to use out of the box than some might like. I recommend if you do ultimately purchase this phone, you take the time to learn its features! Once you do, you can extensively personalize it, place widgets on your homescreens, and do many other neat things. Due to the speedy 1.2 GHz processor, the phone's performance is generally good - although programs do become unresponsive, or the phone freezes, more often than I'd like. I think this is more of a flaw with the Android OS in general, and not a flaw of this phone in particular. For the most part, I find the phone's day-to-day operation is smooth. FLASH SUPPORT This is highly touted as a strength of Android - and a weakness of Apple - but I don't find this to be all too important in my day-to-day use. I definitely like the option to be able to play Flash movies, but have noticed that Flash loads pretty slowly on a 3G connection (although it's decent on Wi-Fi), and that some Flash sites still won't properly load as they are not optimized for mobile devices. While I rarely play Flash videos for the aforementioned reasons, it is convenient to have the ability to play Flash if and when I do need it. BLOATWARE To my disappointment, this phone comes loaded with bloatware. There isn't an easy way to remove it unless you 'root' (hack) your phone and use a program like Titanium Backup. A simple Google search can provide websites with easy to follow, step-by-step directions on how to go about doing this, but you should not do this unless you understand the process since it entails the potential to mess up important system files. Most people will probably just cope with having bloatware on their system, which is annoying, but doesn't noticeably slow down performance. COMPARED TO DROID 2 NON-GLOBAL EDITION The Droid 2 Global has a slightly faster processor (1.2 GHz vs. 1 GHz), but the main advantage is the phone's global capabilities. If you travel internationally, having the option to use your current cell phone abroad is very convenient. While I still haven't firsthand experimented with its global capabilities, I bought this phone over the non-global edition specifically for this ability. COMPARED TO IPHONE When I was deciding on a phone, the Verizon iPhone's release was imminent. While a year ago that might have swayed my decision, this time it didn't, since I was already familiar with the strengths of the Android OS. Yes, there's a steeper learning curve, but it's worth it for the customization and extensive Google integration (great voice search, turn-by-turn navigation, etc). Since the iPhone is now officially available from Verizon, the decision on whether to buy an Android or iOS device is more difficult for some, especially since both operating systems have their strengths and weaknesses. Some of the biggest reasons people might be drawn to the iPhone now that cell network isn't an issue for VZW customers is its relative ease of use and better media integration. As of the time of this review, there still isn't a media sync option as convenient as iTunes, aside perhaps for DoubleTwist. In my opinion, iTunes is a much easier way to transfer media to the phone than dragging and dropping or using iTunes alternatives, for most people at least. While I don't buy MP3s online, others have also pointed to the iTunes store offering much more selection than Amazon's MP3 store. If rumors of a cloud-based Google music alternative materialize, maybe this will become a moot point, but as of now, an iPhone might be more convenient for a lot of users. NO SIMULTANEOUS VOICE AND DATA This is a shortcoming of the Verizon network, not a flaw of this phone in particular. If you're not on a Wi-Fi network, and are using cell phone data, you cannot talk and surf the web at the same time (I believe AT&T recently had a commercial highlighting this flaw). While this is a shortcoming of the Verizon network and not of this phone in particular, it is worth noting that in some situations, this proves to be a major inconvenience. FINAL THOUGHTS I love my Droid 2 - even more than my Droid 1 - but honestly think that the steep learning curve for Android phones in general might prove to be a bit of a challenge to first-time smartphone buyers. While the Android 2.2 user interface is more polished and refined than previous versions of the OS, many options and settings are still buried deep within submenus that might be frustrating to figure out or uncover. I think the iPhone is a better alternative for smartphone 'newbies' since it is far more intuitive. If you are willing to take the time to really explore this phone's features, you will find this phone is a very powerful device that offers a good physical keyboard, increased customization options compared to the iPhone, and extensive Google integration (i.e. turn-by-turn navigation, voice search). I am very impressed by the Droid 2 Global's abilities, and highly recommend it. --------------- EDIT 06/02/11 I am still loving my Droid 2...it serves me very well, and I'm still recommending it to all of my friends. That being said, there are five things my Droid 2 has done to me in the half-year I've owned it that have given me some grief that I'd like to warn you about. I am running both Lookout Mobile and WaveSecure, so I don't think it's malware, but the phone being buggy at inopportune times. Since these were largely isolated incidents, I still think the phone offers great overall performance, but I would like to bring these to your attention regardless. (1) Video files got corrupted. I went to two separate performances, one in April, and one in May, where I recorded a handful of videos. The video capture on the Droid is great, and the audio quality really is fantastic which is why I made it a point to record parts of the shows. Unfortunately, out of the roughly 10 videos I captured at the April concert - making sure each clip recorded for 30 seconds or more, according to the display - my phone was unable to play/transfer less than half the videos. Even worse, some of the videos that it did manage to capture were severely truncated. This was not human error - I was watching the phone's display very closely, and it was recording for 30+ seconds in each clip. I thought it was a one-time glitch on the part of my phone, but the fact it happened again just a few weeks later was very upsetting. I have recorded other videos in between those two shows with no problem, so it's not a shortcoming of the phone's overall performance - but in two situations where I carefully tried recording video, and ensured that video was being captured, I was let down. If I have any more problems like that I will update the review to reflect that. (2) Random resets. I don't know what has happened to cause this, but the phone has at times randomly reset or turned itself off. The battery was charged, and I have several spare batteries which leads me to believe it's not a problem with a particular battery, but with the phone itself. I possibly wouldn't even have noticed if this didn't happen at times that I was waiting for important phone calls. This has happened rarely, but needless to say, it has been a major inconvenience when it has occurred. (3) Incorrect text messages. I have been both confused and disappointed to receive/send text messages from/to different people than the phone displays. Just this morning, for example, I received a text message from my sister - in the notification bar it showed a new text from my sister, and when I opened the text messaging program it showed as being sent from her (including her number). A few minutes later though, that same text showed as having been sent by my girlfriend. Several times I receive a text from one person, then I exit and re-enter the messaging app only to see a different person then being displayed as having sent the text. What's worse, I have sent messages to people - with completely different names and phone numbers, so really unlikely it was human error on my part - that the phone displays as having been sent to someone else, or actually sent to someone else. My Droid 1 did this occasionally as well, but so rarely that it's not a real shortcoming of the phone pr se, but it still upsets me that it even happened once, let alone several times. (4) Screen glitch during calls. There have been a handful of times where my phone is ringing and I want to answer, but the screen is completely black. Sometimes I can just slide my phone open and that will wake up the screen, but sometimes no matter what I do or what buttons I press, I can't accept the call because the screen is completely black. I have had this happen when the phone displays the contact info of the incoming call before going black, and also when the screen goes black immediately, and only after the caller hangs up can I see who it was in 'Recent Calls'. I know that many touchscreen phones have a proximity sensor that will turn the screen off when you hold the phone close to your ear (to save battery), but that was not what happened here. (5) Audio jack interruptions. This has happened with various wired headsets and headphones. While the phone normally operates fine, sometimes it will act up when I have something plugged into the audio jack. I've had both phone calls and music either abruptly stop or start mysteriously, just from what I suspect was a slight nudge on the headphone jack. For example, I am walking in the street listening to music, holding the phone in my hand and looking at the display - so there is no chance that I am accidentally pressing something on the display itself (as if it were, say, in my pocket). I think it gets triggered if there is the slightest nudge on the part of the headphone wire that connects to the phone, because this has never happened without something plugged into the jack. This happens very rarely, and I've listened to music through headphones while the phone was even in my pocket with nothing happening. It happens so rarely that I can't definitively conclude what is causing it, but it has happened more than just a few times. And no, I didn't press a button to receive/end a call on the headset itself - this happens even with earbuds/headphones that have no controls on the wire itself. On a last note, with recent media coverage regarding cell phones and radiation (the WHO now considers mobile phones 'possibly carcinogenic'), it's a little disappointing to see the Motorola Droid 2 emits one of the highest radiation dosages of popular cell phones. Whether you are or are not scared of the possible link between cell phones and cancer is your choice, but it is still a little surprising to see just how much is emitting - compare, say, the Droid 2's 1.58 W/kg level to Verizon's Samsung Fascinate at 0.57 W/kg. If you are concerned, make sure to use speaker phone, Bluetooth, or a wired headset! Again, I must repeat that overall, I've been in love with the phone. It is buggy at times - at some very inopportune times, unfortunately - but it has also solidly performed many other times. I am extremely cautious with my phone, and therefore think the problems described above were glitches, and not the result of human error. I've talked with other Android (including Droid 2 Global) users who have also complained of similar glitches, so I think it's safe to say there might be some bugs with the OS in general. The glitches were so rare or infrequent that I still would - and do - recommend this phone because its pros outweigh its cons.
47 of 55 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Some Great Capabilities But Temperamental,
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
The Motorola Droid 2 with Verizon service has some very strong features, but within a month the negatives overcame the positives and I returned mine. I liked the Droid 2 because of its international capabilities, traits that are hard to come by with most Verizon phones. The deal breaker for me was the physical keyboard that makes texts and emails so much easier to compose that typing on a touchscreen. The keyboard is very nice, although I found it an annoyance to have to use the alternate key to type numbers (one of the few places my old LG phone excels.) The fact that the keyboard has dedicated keys for commonly used symbols (@ and period in particular) was also much appreciated for composing emails. I found the display bright and very sharp, and Internet sites and video look great on it. The removable SD card is great (and can store a lot,) but accessing it involves removing the back cover, taking out the battery, and prying the card out of a fairly inaccessible slot. I found the camera to be quite good, though I never used any video features. I liked the navigation and GPS functionality, and really liked the ability to say a destination and have the navigation program find a list of possibilities for you to choose from. The directions it gave were always spot on, and the moving map worked beautifully, better than many standalone GPS navigation systems I have seen. All in all I thought this was a very promising package that would adequately meet my needs.
Unfortunately the phone also has several detractions. The interface is often quite cumbersome, and a matter as simple as designating a specific ringtone to a specific contact is exceptionally difficult, as are many other functions that we have taken for granted on even the most basic of cellphones for the last ten years. You would have thought something so basic would have been obvious to the geniuses behind the operating system. Another issue concerns battery life, or more specifically the lack thereof. If you carefully manage your battery use you can get a decent work day out of it, but if you do anything remotely processing-intensive (which is probably why you wanted this phone in the first place,) the battery dwindles at an absolutely alarming rate. An extended-life battery is available at an extra charge, but apparently makes an already fairly heavy phone even clunkier (as a disclaimer, I have never personally seen the extended-life battery installed; I am just taking the word of the Verizon salesman.) The phone also has difficulty intuiting whether to display in portrait or landscape mode, which is a mere annoyance but one that should and could be improved in a phone in this price range. All that pales next to the problems I experienced using this phone for what a phone needs to do best: communicating. I could never get my email program to work correctly on this phone. Sometimes I would get emails, but emails I sent were only rarely (twice in 27 days of use to be specific) able to be found in the sent folder (or anywhere else for that matter.) The interface also makes it fairly easy to inadvertently delete an email when you are reading in landscape format. With these communications gaffes I grew more annoyed, but after about two weeks of service the internal speaker in the earpiece of my first Droid 2 failed making me unable to hear what anyone was saying on the other end. I returned to the Verizon store where I bought it and exchanged it for another identical unit. The email and functionality issues were identical to the first phone, but I was starting to get used to the eccentricities of the phone and I planned on keeping it. Until today. Today my second Droid 2 failed in an identical way to the first one; the internal speaker failed so that conversations could not be heard. For me that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I returned my second Droid 2 in less than a month and told Verizon to take it back, reactivate my old LG phone, and nullify my new two year service agreement, which they did. If this phone works like it is supposed to there are quite a few things to like about it. (I am giving it two stars solely for its potential.) Unfortunately in my experience it is trouble-prone and not very user-friendly, and for those reasons I can't recommend it. I really wanted to like this phone: I like Verizon's service and have been a longtime customer, but I wasn't prepared to live another 23 months with this phone given the issues experienced in the first month of ownership. I will replace my LG at some point in the future, but for now it reliably does what I need a phone to do most: let me talk and text to people I need to converse with.
24 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely handy gadget,
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
Pros: Keyboard, Screen, Accepts SIMs when unlocked
Cons: OEM Mail app lasted 2 days, needs reboot to hear call sometimes. I like this phone. I've had it a month now, bught it the day it came out. Pluses: 1. Keyboard is just right, actual keys are soft rubber, beautifully spaced. Has dedicated @ , period and comma keys. 2. Lovely large screen, great for movies and youtube. 3. Voice-activated Google navigation is very good. 4. Unlocked the phone and used a borrowed SIM on vacation the last 2 weeks. Works well. Sim wasn't GPRS enabled, but I could access my phone contacts and all the downloaded app games worked. 5. The included 8GB card is a solid accessory, lots of room. 6. Browser is very fast, supports flash. Very cool! 7. Decent camera and camcorder, work well. Well above DVD quality camcorder movies. 8. Music and movie players exceeded expectations. So-Sos: 1. Used judiciously, the battery lasts me 8 hours, as compared to my Blackberry which lasts 3-4 days. Minuses: 1. The included e-mail and social networking synching application died mysteriously, twice. Has not worked since. Does not synch. Even the yahoo synching application stopped synching on Day 3. Terrible. I now use the browser to pull mail. 2. Portrait-landscape-Portrait is slow. Accelerometer sluggish. 3. Sometimes I cannot hear a call and need to reboot the phone. This has happened twice. Overall, a very good phone!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Friday the thirteenth my lucky Day - Droid 2 Global,
By Steven (Boston, Ma) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
Review: May 13
I have owned the Droid 2 for awhile and am just now getting around to writing a review. So I guess that means I have put the phone through some thouorgh tests and use, get to know your phone! I bought it most for its communications capibilities. The Droid 2 Global is my first smart phone, maybe it should be called a hand held computer that can make phone calls. These are my views and evaluation of the mentioned smartphone. I have found this phone to have a excellent operating system and many capabilities not phone related, so this evaluation will first start in the area of phone use: The voice command is excellent, the first thing I do with my new Droid in the morning is talk to it - I say: "check status" it comes back and tells me what: the signal strength is, missed calls, any messages, and time and date, these are a few of the status messages. If there are any missed calls all I need to do is say "check missed calls" and am brought to missed calls list, and have the option to delete any recent calls quite easily and/or call back. To to switch to received/outgoing calls is quite easy, just touch the missed calls bar and change. I have found the dialer very user friendly with the easy option to go to recent calls list, contacts, or favorites. Also on the dialer screen there is a option for voice command connection. What I really like about the contacts (phone book) is it can be used similar to a palm with a area for addresses, and I am able to add as many phone numbers as I care to for any given contact - with the option to customize the phone number name that is recognized by voice command. It just keeps getting better - there is the option of being able to link an email to the contact entry, never had problems checking email(AOL) or sending. For those that like talk to text this phone has that option. I will try and not be a bore with a lot more phone stuff, but there is one thing that is worth mentioning: all calls for that contact can be viewed with just a swipe to the right, the list will tell if a given call was missed, received, outgoing, or text. The capabilities of the Driod smart phone are to numerous, forgive me if I leave anything out. This evaluation is mostly what I personally use the most; I will try and not be too long winded, so I will just list a few of the other things I like and the overall operation experience. To start I like the option to be able to populate my home screen with icons/widgets that are used the most by me. To list a few: the GPS map, Navigator, browser, voice command, voice mail, email, and the calculator, misic & games. Most of the options listed are self-explanatory, but there are two the need further recognition: I find the map to be very handy, the gps always telling me where I am. The navigator is equally handy with the voice actions of where I want to go, for example; I want to go to the post office the navigator will ask me which one from a give a list, once I select the correct one, a route is mapped out, and the navigator also tells me when to turn. Honorable mention: the browser is quit good, the search engine is run by google. The battery life for the droid seems to be a issue for the droid so I will give it attention of one paragraph: First it seems the phone uses a lot of juice with all the radios in operation - putting the phone in airport mode will disable all wireless communication - good for: meetings/airport/do not disturb. One of the best options from the "setting" menu is "battery manager" which I use quite often. This piece of electronic equipment is a smart phone and runs appls in the background just like a micro computer; at firt I was just like anyone else and when the battery ran low quicker then expected I got irritated. So where am I going with this? The battery manager shows battery use in % of "voice calls", "display", "Android OS", etc... After checking the "battery manager" a few times a day I changed my thinking on the battery life being a problem. This phone being used as a phone could last more then one day with proper care - I charge my phones at night even if is at 50%? I have found that if the % of battery used for display or other things is double what it is for "phone use" maybe a extended battery needs to be consider. My mind set was changed: if my "hand held computer" (smartphone) only lasts 4 to 6 hours would I grumble? Personally if my laptops battery lasted 4 to 6 hours I would jump up and down for joy. The last part of evaluation is the overall operation of the Driod 2 Global. It is hard for a person to focus on that it is a phone that does other things. It has a excellent operating system and does act a lot like a microcomputer: when turned on it boots up, can connect to the web, runs applications in the background, games can be played on it, and then there is email, lets not forget it is a phone. At first use, the screen saver blanking out the screen more then I wanted it to, this was a little irritating, but once "settings" was accessed I change the screen saver to two minutes - my personal preference. This is my first smart phone and having a phone sleep is new. A handy option is: that it will automatically put the phone in sleep mode when put in a pocket or its case, when set - a good idea. Most times when I take my droid out of the case it wakes up, and all I have to do is unlock it. Otherwise to wake it up, my personal preference is slide out the keyboard, other folk may have there own preference. Over all this is a great phone with a excellent OS which is updated periodically I have observed. The only thing that it has done unexpectedly: without warning it went into sleep mode and the screen blanked out, all I did was slide the keyboard out and it came right back to what I was doing. I will have to admit that sometimes I have had to swipe a button/icon more than once with my finger, but I can live with that. The Droid 2 has never frozen up on me, but my guess is if it does freeze it can be woke up by just slide out the keyboard and then sliding back in, the buttons should work again. Maybe there is a Zen lesson to be learned here. It is said that: Zen lessons are not about cause and effect. They are about what you knew all along; about learning by forgetting what you thought you had learned. Confused? Ok consider getting a new smart phone and all you have to compare it to is a laptop or a apple ipad, we may think it works just like that other one. Then a person may think their smart phone is rebooting when it is not(sleep mode), or it is freezing up because there lap top froze in a similar manner. There is a saying: "empty your cup" do not bring any of your judgments from other phones/computers here, and learn the capabilities of the droid like it is the first. Pros: Dialer/contacts, Voice command, settings/battery manager. ------- Cons: some bluetooth do not work for all phone options, smarter bluetooth needed. A2ADP pairing seem to be a good choice. ------- Update 13 June: --- ------------------- Here it is one month later and am reporting some of the many capabilities of this phone in more detail. First I will discuss the battery: I am now using a appl called battery guard this will kill any applications running in the background, and you are able to decide which should be killed from a long list. Look in market place or widgets for Motorola or android - to get these put your finger on any blank space on any of the 7 home screens. This has given me up to 70% more battery life. A little bit more about the battery for those folk that are to busy to read between the lines when it comes to battery use. Most people like the idea that a smart phone can multi-task, the droid 2 is no different. I find that it will run yourtube, play music, run the GPS, and I can search; all are running at the same time like. I am like most by just hitting home for a new appl - this does not kill the previous one(s) used, so for me to figure out which are draining the battery the most I do not bother), I just run "battery guard." On the average my battery will be down to 30-40% after 13 to 23 hours use - this depends on the amount of use. One day the battery was down to 15% after 6 hours of use. (I forced this) I have been using voice command/actions pretty regular and think the this is truly a smart phone: for voice action I can say "send message to Eddie - this is a test" and the phone brings up the text message screen with all the info already for review, all I most times need to do is send. This phone also knows the difference between a voice search vs. a voice email. I am thinking about investing in the new Droid CommandOne blue tooth, and truly use voice hands free for answering and sending text as well as making and sending calls. I agree with others when they say get to know your phone!!! --- Update 11 Nov 11 --- Android 2.3 updates - version need some work In summary the updates to the 2.2 Android now 2.3.3 in some respects hurts more then it helps. Pros - makes the submenu's easier to get to for those that do not take the time to get to know there phones, and has some good enhancements to the home pages and appl menu. · Does not freeze up anymore for any use, text camera, phone use, BUT · For the appl menu enhanced to view only downloads, only recent used, and all appl's. · For the home menu's icons are enhanced and sharper images. · Under settings a lot of the submenus are combined for easier access and less levels to go down through. · In the contacts the names and orgs are slit apart for easier clearity. Cons - going into cardock mode when unlocked some times, having never used cardock mode is irritating. · The battery manager used to be very good, now it is combined with data and is next to useless. We can no longer see the percent of power used and to try and read how long it has been since the last charge is very hard to read. suggest that % of battery used put on new same line as minutes since last charge. · Does not freeze up anymore for any use; BUT it does do a soft reboot a good percent of the time when being unlocked at any given time, for example; once the phone is unlocked from sleep try to access any appl and the phone gets confused and repoots. What can really be iritating is accept a call and the 2.3 gets confused and reboots so you miss the call. · --- Update 30 Nov 11 --- Android 2.3 updates The new version no longer gets confused and reboots when unlocking from Sleep. It now spines display 360 degrees and bring display where it should be. This is a big improvement and shows google is listening to users. ----------------------------
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great computer, mediocre phone,
By AndyW (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
I've got no complaints about the "smart" part of this smartphone - very fast, nice screen, really good keyboard, froyo is a nice system. It's a decent size - still pretty much fits in a pocket. Battery life hasn't been a problem, although I'm not doing any streaming or a lot of browsing on it. I did turn off the auto-lock, which was annoying, and that hasn't hurt battery life much, if at all. The camera is pretty good, and the flash works well (and makes for a great flashlight, with the right app).
The bad thing is that this thing is a crappy phone. I miss a lot of calls - in places where I've never had a problem before. Just getting to the dialer and making a call is clunky. Everything requires multiple clicks. The ringer isn't loud enough. Voice quality isn't terrible, but it's not great - it seems better on speakerphone. I don't quite regret getting it, because it's a very cool computer and I do as much messaging as I do calling, but it makes me nervous that I can't depend on calls getting through.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Battery Life and Keyboard are Poor,
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
I bought mine as a replacement for my blackberry curve. While I was favorably impressed with the Android operating system, the device's speed and screen and all the fun and interesting Apps available, there are two very good reasons NOT to buy this phone:
(1) It drinks battery juice like no tomorrow -- I will check some emails, maybe make a total of 45 minutes worth of calls, and spend 10 minutes on an fun app and the battery will fail before the day is out -- seriously, I will remove it from the charger at 8 AM and by 3:45 PM it will be in the red zone and then out. I took it back to Verizon, they gave me a new battery, but there is NO improvement. The tech said battery life is one of the "problems" people have with the phone. (2) Want a case so that your phone won't break if you drop it? Well then you'd better plan on not typing too much on the pop out keyboard...or at least plan on not typing on the top row of letters. The keyboard is designed poorly with barely enough room on the top row for your fingers. Add a case -- at least the two brands I tried out in the Verizon store and they keyboard is nearly unusable. I am going case-less. I just ordered an extended battery -- which requires a new back of the phone that makes your phone fatter. I am hoping that with this further investment (46 bucks including shipping and handling for the BP7X battery and the extended back door SJHN0513A) I will have a phone that lasts through the day with reasonable use. I just better not drop it. My wife, who got an I-phone at the same time I got this little number has not suffered battery issues like I have. I probably should have gone over to team Apple, but I wanted the pop out keyboard.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it, love it, love it!,
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
THIS PHONE PERFORMED WONDERFULLY DURING OUR ALABAMA TORNADOES AND 10 DAYS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. Purchased this phone from Costco a month ago after dumping my Iphone and AT&T. During the tornado outbreak when power lines started breaking, I used it's weather apps to stay aware of super cell locations. The Droid is more complicated but that means it has more potential and I used it following the tragic tornadoes that tore up our county. Used it continuously (with a larger battery purchased on Amazon) and was able to call for help. Ordered both a generator and air conditioner with it by using Amazon's droid application. No problems with compatibility issues like I had with my Iphone. Thanks to 3G access, even with devastation all around, I showed my friend a Birmingham TV station's flash video footage of a flyover of our devastated town. He kept his new Iphone in his pocket and was relegated to sending text messages because he couldn't get a good signal with AT&T. As an Amazon seller, I sell genealogy books and during the storm, sold one. After receiving the "sold, ship now" order from Amazon, I accessed their website and processed the transaction. Try that with an Iphone.
There might be those whose experience with this phone is unpleasant, but from my perspective, it was the silver lining in a very dark, dangerous and deadly cloud.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Almost perfect phone, it's like a mini laptop...,
By AccioFirebolt (Hogwarts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
Ok, let me mention the only flaw of this phone: battery life. I know this is an issue for all smart phones, but the battery life on this is horrible. I must admit that I use it mostly for browsing, games, apps, and music, all things that totally consume the battery. If you use it mostly for texting and talking, I'm sure it would be much better.
So other than the battery life, this phone is perfectly amazing. I LOVE it. Love, love, love it. I have had it since 11/10 and even though there are newer version of this, Droid 3 and Droid 3 Global, I am little tempted to buy one of the new ones since this one is so great. Takes great pics and I have so much fun taking random videos on it, like my mom when she dropped a vase and busted it, and my nephew playing in the yard. I love the browser. It's not super fast but it is almost like having a mini laptop. I check Amazon on it daily, read horoscopes, Facebook...any website I check on my laptop and Xoom, I look at on my phone, too, on a daily basis. It has completely eliminated my need for a digital camera and mp3 player. So many tools in one little phone. My advice to you, my friend, is to get this phone or one of the newer Motorola Droids. Buy a car charger, which you can buy through Amazon for about $6, and buy a couple extra chargers, one for work and one for recreation because you will surely need them. Buy a Otterbox Droid 2 case. It works perfectly with this phone. I bought several cheaper ones that scratched and wore out until I finally bought the Otterbox which I have been using for several months with only minor surface scratches. Buy some cheap screen protectors. And, my last bit of golden advice is to download the Amazon app store. They offer a free paid app daily and I have probably downloaded about 50 since it launched. No strings. Free games, news, etc. Oh, and also the Amazon MP3 app because it is better than the on phone music player. I loved this phone so much that I bought a Motorola Xoom. I'm with Motorola for life. And, obviously, I'm with Amazon for life, too.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not for heavy corporate/business users,
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
This is a well built and functional phone, apps from marketplace are endless. Good keyboard options and battery life can be significantly improved if you are comfortable hacking the phone.
Biggest con is the significant issues with corporate mail and calendar sync. If you need true corporate push email or need to 100% trust the calendar in the phone is showing all your meetings than this isn't the phone for you. Only phones I've had that work seamlessly are blackberrys and win mobile phones. On plus side the phone has replaced my gps unit in the car, applications provide lots of entertainment for me and the kids when stuck somewhere, camera takes great pictures and videos.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pros and Cons,
This review is from: Motorola DROID 2 Global Android Phone, Sapphire (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
The Droid 2 was the first smartphone I ever purchased. I wanted to text so I got the Droid 2 because of the pull out keyboard and I wanted it for internet usage - pretty simple stuff compared to what I have read from other reviewers. When I got it home it was awesome. The internet was very fast and the color screen quality was great. The shape and weight of the phone fit nicely in my hands. I got a call from a friend and it was easy to answer and had clear sound and good reception.
The problem was of course the batterly life (which everyone else has described so I don't need to reiterate). Here is the big problem that I am concerned about. I just shut the phone completely off during the night to save on the battery life and when I turned on the phone in the morning and was driving to work the screen with the Motorola symbol came on (I think that is what the symbol was since it looked like an M)and it wouldn't go any further. I tried to shut the phone off and it wouldn't do anything. Then it started getting really hot on the back side by the camera part. When I got to work I had to remove the case and remove the battery. When I put the battery back in it worked great and didn't get hot. I even shut it all the way off again and it came back on and worked fine. I then went on-line and looked at other reviewers and saw that there were other problems with the battery life and my friend's brother had a problem with the back of the phone getting really hot. I was afraid it might start on fire. I was really torn about weather to take the phone back and get a different brand or to try another Droid 2 hoping it was a glitch in that particular phone. I opted on taking the phone back since I was having this problem after only having the phone 2 days and I got an Iphone. I ended up getting used to the touch keyboard on the Iphone and it is actually easier than the pull out keyboard. However, I still think the Droid 2's internet connection is faster. I don't think I had the phone long enough to really try all the things it was capable of doing but based on the short time I had the phone I give it 3 1/2 stars based on the pros and cons I mentioned above. Be mindful however of the phone getting hot on the back - if it does that, taking out the battery worked for me but I didn't want to test the waters again. |
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by WILY/WRXX News Staff • November 25, 2013 • News
Governor Pat Quinn has formally drawn a democratic primary opponent.
Former Ceasefire director Tio Hardiman filed his nominating petitions on Monday with the Illinois State Board of Elections to challenge Quinn in the March 18 primary.
"I just want to let everybody in Illinois know that I'm dead serious about running for governor," Hardiman said in August when he announced this intention to run. "I didn't make this decision overnight."
Hardiman, a resident of suburban Hillside, made good on that promise by beating Quinn as the first to file on Monday morning at 8:00 a.m. for the democratic gubernatorial primary, ensuring the top spot on the ballot.
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In May, Hardiman was arrested for domestic battery of his wife. The charges were subsequently dropped. Still, Ceasefire ended Hardiman's job.
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