Log in to Reply chad says:. I upgraded yesterday to 2. Log in to Reply Mitch says:. Log in to Reply Jake says:. Log in to Reply Ryan says:. Could Cory contact me with how to get the updates with live wallpaper and all. Log in to Reply sjb says:.
March 6, am. Log in to Reply Dave says:. March 7, am. Chad — how did you do it? Anything to watch out for? Log in to Reply Kyle says:. Log in to Reply Joshua M. March 12, am. Updated my HTC Eris to 2. Log in to Reply Hoovnick says:. March 21, pm. Log in to Reply Walter C. The one thing that is holding me up from making a final decision on which phone to purchase is the calendar.
I cannot seem to get the calendar on the Eris to go to landscape mode. This is pretty important to me in that I do a lot of calendar changes. Everything else seems to switch to landscape mode. Did you happen to find this while you were evaluating the phones? I just bought the Eris and I love it!! To me, the only major difference is the keyboard on the Droid. I was amazed at the ease of downloading pictures and songs from my computer to the Eris!
The pictures quality is great and playing back a movie trailer looks better than your TV. The internet speed is fast and e-mails are just a touch away. You can put a contact on your home page and just press and it calls them. Just type in your favorite artist and it chooses other music that fits the same genre. I have nothing bad to say! Thanks Verizon!! So, returning the Droid to pick up the Eris.
Furthermore, none of the applications on the Droid work. Thanks for a well written article!!! I love the 6 home screens and all the free apps. I recommend an app killer to help with battery life…I def have to charge her every night, but she's new and I can't stop playing!!!!
I didn't want a keyboard and dug around to find the other 2 possible droid phones verizon is going to be adding. I think one was the htc passion and the other i don't remember. Personally, the eris won hands down…i am looking forward to the turn by turn gps and some other goodies 2. There has been no official announcement that the Eris is going to get Eclair Android 2. It is going to suck for all of you who purchase the Eris based on this article and find out later that you are stuck with 1.
Ben Thanks for your perspective on this. I DO have a little idea. There is no reason I know that would prevent the update from going to the Eris see 1.
Heck, hackers have fit 2. Now here come the assumptions: 1. HTC wants to sell the Eris for longer than a couple of months. Therefore, I strongly believe that they will be updating the Eris to 2. Regardless, you do make a good point that it is not officially announced, and someone might interpret my wording as implying that. I will edit the post. Thanks for your reply. I did not intend it to be derogatory in any way but after re-eading it, it does look that way. I actually went out and bought the Eris yesterday after reading yours and many other articles and am trying to get all the information and hear all the perspectives that I can during my 30 day buyers remorse period.
I really hope that I did not make a mistake, because if 2. While I agree with your points, that it seems like a logical assumption to make, am a bit wary that there has been no official word of this yet if its going to happen, why wait to tell us? The Eris really is a nice phone. I would be totally shocked if there was not an upgrade, but I see your point, and I have been totally shocked by other tech companies bad moves. I have to think with the release of Nav for 1.
After looking at the official HTC wiki and noticing that they have sections for all of their devices except the Eris, I became more concerned. So I contacted HTC support to see if they could offer any additional info and here is what they had to say:. At this time we do not have any definate answer on IF and when an Eclair update will be release for the Eris.
I apologize I do not have this information at hand to provide to you. Just to add to the debate. I recently read that Verizon has to initiate the update process. Big companies have a long history of making really stupid decisions and this just might be added to the ever-expanding list. I hope not. I too am wanting to buy an Android phone. An Eris with 2. One on Dec 13th, and another in possibly February. So far I am thrilled with the phone, bit of a learning curve but since I am coming from an old Samsung I dont have any pre-conceptions or bad habits.
Nice in the pocket, comfortable in the hand. Great screen. I might have gone with the Droid had I known it had a dedicated GPU, but so far not disappointed at all with the performance on the Eris. I had never heard of the Eris and after walking into the store I thought it was great. Im a heavy texter though and phones without a physical keyboard have really troubled me in the past. I was wondering if you have had any problems with the touch screen, particularly involving texting… Let me know, thanks Stacey.
I compared the two myself then had a rep compare them. I have the Eris. The battery life is my only issue. I disabled the location and dim the brightness as much as possible and that seems to help. The reviews on Verizon show better battery life on the Droid. But, as far as features and design, the Eris is the winner. So if your not on the go, go with the Eris.
The only thing that worries me is the smaller amount of memory. Do you know if you can install apps onto the SD card if you run out of internal memory like you can on Windows Mobile? Good news from Verizon…. The screen is bright and beautiful, the audio sounds great, the phone is very fast, responsive, and solid, and I find the physical keyboard great for serious texting, and the turn by turn navigation app has already come in handy a bunch of times.
I picked up the Eris last night, despite the verizon manager who was hard selling the Droid. The Eris is what I was hoping for with the Tilt. It runs smooth, although sometimes a little slow. The screen on the Droid is definitely better than the Eris. For the rest of us, movies look great on the Eris. These screens are both a fraction the size of a pc monitor, and I stream movies to the instead of watching on that.
I want an upgrade to 2. That is just unreal for what the Eris can do. Thanks for the review. This was definitely the most informative review I have found. Most reviewers seemed to just want to point out any weaknesses compared to the iphone. BTW, for all of the iphone users: if you had an android phone, you could text while listening to Pandora. I had the same trouble choosing between phones but I eventually came to decide on the eris.
I love the trackball over a plain d pad. The eris also seems so much faster than my friends droid and we have the same apps loaded. And it feels like having half the weight in your hand and pocket. Also the physical red and green button were a huge factor for me.
The battery is awesome as well it lasts a lot longer than my old bb storm. The pinch to zoom is sooo cool! And I personally use all 7 pages on the home so being limited to 3 would be awful.
And stacey as for the texting I personally thinks its wonderful. And I got my buy one get one free so technically It was only 50 for me. I went with the Eris and I do like it very much. After having the Eris for a week, it does everything I could have ever wanted. The internet is a little slower, compared to the Iphone, but that is to be expected. The review as well as the comments have been very helpful. Specifically contacts, and ical?
As far as the claim that the Eris runs faster than the Droid there are a few logical explanations that come to mind:. If there are lots of background processes running, then yes, of course one phone will be significantly slower than the other in this case, noting that the Droid seemed slower , C I also assume that when you mean the Droid runs slower, you are referring to navigation and the overall feel, which can probably be attributed to the HTC touch UI.
There is no way that the Eris is faster than the Droid. The Droid has more memory and a better processor. So while the touch navigation may be snappier, I guarantee that memory or processor intensive apps will run considerably better on the Droid. Having said that, the Eris is a good phone, and I think the UI is its strongest feature. I personally prefer the Droid because it does have better system specs which gives it more longevity as well as just making it all around snappier when it comes to running apps.
I also dont know why people seem to complain about the keyboard so much either. The best part about using the keyboard is that you can actually see the application you are working with as you type instead of just getting an on-screen keyboard and either smashed up view of the app, or, worse yet, no view at all. The Eris is a great phone and it IS a better choice for certain folks because there is no such thing as one phone fits all.
So yes, go out and buy an Eris if you think it looks sleek and sexy and it does , but pound for pound, the Droid has it beat hands down in the muscle department. I am really confused, where did I say the Eris runs faster than the Droid? The only time i mentioned speed advantage was with the graphics, and I pointed out that is probably due to the higher pixel count of the droid. The included benchmarks show the Droid beating the Eris on everything but graphics performance. I appologize for the confusion sir, I was merely replying to comments that have been left by others.
My post was meant to clear of confusion on their behalf. I should have been more specific and I should have directed my post towards them. So, indeed, good writeup sir and sorry for the confusion there. Ahh… that makes sense. This will be our first experience with anything fancier than a flip phone. I saw this article on the 2. I love this phone! Information overload! I want to get the Eris pretty bad, but it seems like everyone has a different opinion on the phone?
Any more info on that yet? Several have also said the turn by turn navigation was the same on both phones? Sounds like me…. Verizon did officially say 2. The turn by turn navigation will be part of the 2. So when you get that, you get the navigation.
Yes there are. The music app on the Eris is nicer. I am not the best judge on this, since the stock player is fine for me. Nice thing is that since it is Android, you can always try an alternative on the market.
Does anyone have a fav replacement? This was one of the more helpful reviews I have read. Thanks for the additional info! Never can have enough. Just want to be an informed shopper. So the phone rep told me there was an update on the 11th, and would be an update on Jan. He listed a ton of things that would be updated and somewhat dodged my question about the 2.
So I may wait till at lest the end of Dec. I can always fall back on my It does seem like there are a lot of happy customers out there using the Eris though. I might be wrong, but did I read something during your review of the potential for newer generations of the Eris coming out? I shared the rumor that Verizon would release 2 more Android phones by the end of the year. One supposedly on Black Friday. That has not happened yet. There is a rumor that one will be based on the Snapdragon processor.
It runs 1 Ghz, as opposed to the Mhz of the Eris. Is this for real or a scam? This may be a stupid question, but do I have to wait for 2. OR can I go but it now and get the upgrade when it becomes available? I really like the look of the Eris better, but I love all the features of the 2.
Does she text much, or care about a keyboard? I think the virtual keyboard in the Eris is great, and I have fat fingers, so chances are she will like it better. But if she really wants a keyboard, Droid is the way to go. I could see the MM center for the droid being a welcome accessory for the Droid as well.
I do not care for the iPhone, but for her it may be the best choice. You can get music on your phone from on the Android phones, and I have no issues with it, but it is hard to beat the integration of iTunes with the iPhone.
It could come down to carrier. Sprint has the Hero, which is similar to the Eris, thought I think the design of the Eris is nicer. Does the Eris allow importing of a CSV file into contacts? I have approx.
Also, can the phone be password protected? I have an ipod touch, so i really like the apps and stuff. But i can wait for it on the Eris. Honestly after reading this review it seems like in less than a year Eris will be better than the droid- And maybe the Iphone.. Worst performance I have ever seen. Returning it today. Waste of time and money. That being said, its going to be a tough decision. I bought the eris after repeated trips to the Verizon Store.
I was going to order online for the instant rebate but felt so guilty asking the sales person for advice that I had it billed to my account and am sending the mail in rebate in. Plus I received instant gratification! I am VERY happy with the eris. Fix it: Website wont load with first try on Android's Chrome?
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