Droid 4 or Iphone?

I am eligable for my upgrade and want to get a smartphone. I am choosing betweed a Droid 4 or the IPhone. Any help to pick one?

Haha...please tell the rep that you are just looking and will certainly find them when you are ready.
The way I look at the two would be:
iPhone:
Pros
-Great with media
-Great reputation
-Extremely responsive touch screen
-Extra benefits for jailbreaking (Cydia)
-Great camera
-Awesome apps
Cons
-Email and Web access are atrocious
-Navigation is horrible
Droid 4:
Pros
-Awesome email and web capabilities
-Awesome navigation
-Great camera
-Great apps
-Full qwerty keyboard
-Larger screen
-4G speeds
Cons
-Not as great with various forms of media
-Not compatible with iTunes videos
-No Ice Cream Sandwich (minor complaint)
If you want stellar functionality, the Droid 4 is the way to go. If your primary focus is media, then the iPhone is the obvious choice.

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I'd like to share some information on transferring photos from an old Droid to iPhone 5, a problem I've wrestled with for the last few days. Even though I got some good tips, and have learned that I'm not the only person with this particular problem, I still had no success making the transfer. In desperation (thinking I'd get no help) I called 1-800-734-5870, the Motorola help line. Was bumped up to "level 2" of problem-solving and was told that a possible solution might be to use a USB connector cord specifically made for Motorola phones (I'm not sure the one I've been using is that type). The rep is sending me a courtesy cord to use to see if that will make a difference -- if no, t I'm supposed to call Motorola back. My point is that the Motorola people were exceptionally nice, especially considering I'll no longer be using their phone. I did not get this type of support from the Apple help line. Will send an update if this simple "cord fix" works!
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Thanks for the prompt reply, Roaminggnome. I have to say, though, that the answer, while not unexpected, is disappointing. The iPhone is, like the iPad, a data storage device as well as a cellular phone. One can store and retrieve music, contacts, documents, presentations in Keynote, videos, podcasts, and a host of things on it. And one can also store photos, which can be transferred from a digital camera or media card via a computer or iCloud. So why, one has to wonder, would Apple not provide an alternative, and more direct, way to upload pictures from a camera without requiring the intermediary of a computer, as it does with the iPad? But I guess that's what we're stuck with. Puzzling, for a company as innovative as Apple. Surely they know that folks are asking these questions.

I am trying to transfer my verizon cloud from my droid x2 to my iphone 6. i have the wifi on on both devices, bluetooth is in discovering mode on the droid & my iphone is not letting me select "from". HELP?

I am trying to transfer my verizon cloud from my droid x2 to my iphone 6. I have the wifi on but my iphone 6 isnt finding the device to transfer from. bluetooth is on & I really need help. It is ridiculous that employees cant get help. Can someone out there help me with the cloud?

Do you have the cloud app on iPhone? Which works for contacts pics and videos

Time to leave the Droid Hello Iphone

Well I just switched to verizon in January and got the htc Droid and ever since I got it i have had nothing but problems I took it there acouple of times and they said it was fine but it still misses calls lags real bad and battery life stinks. I have tried every option to fix these problems nothing works. Verizon wont replace the phone because they say nothing is wrong with it thats **! So after watching the Apple Blog today I have decided to say good bye to my droid and hello to the new iphone. Dont hate on me Im just expressing how i feel. If verizon got the iphone i would stay but oh well

Verizon is mainly focused on Android. Plus keep in mind that AT&T and Apple are still in a contract together. The contract I believe ends in 2011.
It's okay I can create an iPhone for you
The lines have really went small though since the first iPhone came out.

Going from droid to iPhone

I have had a droid for the last two years. We recently bought a mac and mac pro laptop.
Since we are verizon customers and due for an upgrade, we are considering the iPhone.
1. We hear the 5 is coming, so wait.
2. Will the iphone have different screens like the droid, showing weather and a clock. Or do you just scroll through your apps?
Thanks

jaksmac wrote:
1. We hear the 5 is coming, so wait.
You'll most likely be waiting until next year since it's highly unlikely that Apple will release a new Verizon phone this summer considering the current phone will only be a few months old.
2. Will the iphone have different screens like the droid, showing weather and a clock. Or do you just scroll through your apps?
Why not go to a store and play with an iPhone and see how it differs from a droid?

Can I switch back to my old iPhone from Droid?

So, I had an iphone for two years and loved it. When my contract was up, something possessed me to try a Droid. Well, now I am experiencing major remorse. I want my iphone back. I still have the old phone. Can I switch back to it? I know that Droid and iphone use different kinds of cards or something, so I know it's not as easy as replacing a sim card, but is it possible? How much would it cost? Thank you!!!

Before you decide to change back, bear in mind that the iPhone 3G is not supported for the latest iOS version so you will be out of the loop for some of the more recent features available to 3GS and iPhone 4 unless you upgrade your hardware to 3GS or 4.

Facetime between Droid Bionic and iPhone 4

Can the Facetime work between Droid and iPhone?

I wonder how that connection works, I may have to research this a bit to suggest it to my iphone customers... Thanks for the info..
You may want to check this out on the Apple site about using Fasetime to Skype...... https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3343464?start=0&tstart=0 , I am wondering if they have their iphone jailbroke and useing a modified build to be able to communicate cross platform..

IPhone or Droids?

I just bought the Droid Incredible 3 weeks ago, therefore i DO have the option to return it and then use my upgrade on an iPhone when it is released, but my question is which is the better phone.... Droid Inc. or iPhone??
I do LOVE my Droid, BUT i have been wanting an iPhone foreverrrr, but obviously that was not an option for verizon customers until now.
What are your opinions in the 2 phones? Which one is the actual better phone??

I think it is all a matter of personal preference. I had an iPhone 3G, then switched to the Droid Incredible, and I plan to go back to the iPhone now.
Here are my own personal reasons for wanting to go back:
DInc feels a little "cheap" by comparison. Within a month of having it, the silver 'H' on the back peeled off. The T soon followed suit, so I decided to just peel off the C on my own before it had a chance to. My husband's has the same issue. I also have a hard time plugging the phone in - I have a lot of damage around the port now.
Lack of accessories for the DInc. There are no docks for it, only mounts, and they have terrible reviews for the most part. HTC seems to have thrown this phone out the window as soon as the Evo came out. Which is sad, because I still do think it's a great little phone.
I feel that the web browsing experience on iPhone is much smoother and easier than on Android.
I like the more "polished" feel of iOS. App icons are consistent, and the titles are limited in characters so that they don't disappear off the end. Things just feel sleeker and more streamlined to me.
The Apple App Store is, in my opinion, better than the Andorid Marketplace (if you're not a developer, that is). I'm constantly seeing ads for apps that I want that are available on iPhone only. Additionally I feel like browsing the Marketplace I'm overwhelmed by a lot of junk apps and it's hard to fish out the really great ones by comparison.
Conversely, here are a few of the things I feel like I'm going to be giving up by going back to iPhone:
You don't have to use iTunes with Android. Updates push automatically to your phone without having to plug it in and sync it, and it's much easier to put music on the droid.
It's much easier to put custom ringtones, images, etc on a droid than iPhone.
The turn-by-turn navigation and maps on Andorid can't be beat.
There are some other "downsides" too, like lack of widgets and customization options, so if you like to do a lot of tinkering the droid may be the better choice for you. For me though, I love that iPhone right out of the box gives me everything I want in a stable, polished fashion...and I like the fact that there are myriad accessories to choose from. At the end of the day, I would try to get your hands on an iPhone and play around with it a bit to see how you like it.
edited to add: Oh yeah, my DInc randomly reboots by itself 2-3 times per month, like it just did a minute ago. This is my 2nd replacement phone and they've all done that. The call quality is tin-can sounding, and the battery life is garbage. Other reasons I'm switching back to iPhone.

Switching from sprint droid to iphone4:is there an APP FOR THAT??? lol

i was wondering how easiest way i can transfer contacts from droid to iphone.. i had a droid thru sprint and upgraded to iphone4.. droid is not activated, iphone is.. which would be better: sync info on droid (its not activated, can i connect to wifi tho, instead of mobile network and sync to google? ) then open google somehow (how??) on iphone 4 and sync?? or connect droid to usb and laptop and somehow transfer to iphone4 as a different folder or drive? i don't use outlook or anything, can i just use windows explorer and drag and drop or something? or is there maybe a specific app that takes care of this?? even how to transfer all info from droid onto SD card and transfer THAT to iphone??? trying to figure out easiest way to transfer my boyfriend's stuff.also, what best ringtone app for iphone..thanks!! (former ipod user turned droid user turned back to iphone user lol)
-kristin

http://www.technobaboy.com/2012/03/27/how-to-transfer-contacts-from-android-to-i phone-4s/

Iphone really worth getting?

Greetings!
This post isnt meant to bash the iphone in any way. Just wanted to get a little better perspective from other people who know more about this than I do. I have been a long time Verizon customer and have owned multiple phones but never an Iphone. All I hear from friends of mine is how the iphone is so great and the rest of the competition (android now) really dont measure up. I just wanted hard facts that really prove that.
Lately I have owned a Blackberry Storm, LG Ally (as a loaner), Droid X (hated every second of it) and now a Fascinate (surprisingly a good phone (with the exception of not getting the 2.2. update yet).
For the limited amount of time I have spent using the iphone I have seen that some parts of the OS are nice but it is very limited on customization. So far it seems i would have to make a folder and place the icons in there to be able to see my background photo and I cant change the text notification to a clip of a song or voice clip. To me those are musts in cell phones these days.
I am contemplating getting the iphone but the fascinate has a lot of features I really like. Swype texting is genius, Amoled screen is flawless and not too mention being able to customize screens with icons / widgets.
But again Im sure there are things about the iphone that I dont know and maybe would sway me its way some more. Feel free to comment back on why the Iphone is "so great" as people say.

I think it is mostly a personal decision based on your target needs.
For instance I work in a strictly Mac environment and am used to Apple's way of doing things and prefer it. It will also be a seamless addition to synchronize for my business, whereas my Droid isn't exactly seamless.
I look at it more from that angle. Plus I enjoy our iPad and to me the iPhone is a smaller version of the iPad with a phone so I think the "fun" aspect of it is there for me too.
Now if you're looking at it strictly as an entertainment gadget, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that, as I will use it for fun too, then again that is a personal preference thing.
Browsing online (minus the flash - for now at least), facebooking, emailing, I think you'll get similar experiences. if flash is a definite must have then iOS won't give you that. A tleast for the moment.
iTunes vs whatever media player you have? Probably another toss up.
Netflix streaming at least for now I give that to iOS.
Apps - iOS
Camera- in comparison to my original Droid - definitely iPhone.
Display- iPhone is smaller but, i think nicer. YMMV
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FREE GPS- Android. That is the one thing I will REALLY miss on my Droid. The google voice nav is really awesome. I have to research a good nav app that is cheap for the iPhone.
Cool factor? Meh - I don't care. Once I have a phone for awhile the thrill kind of wears off. Maybe iPhone will change that? I don't consider having the cool phone to define me or make me stand out from the crowd. I'm looking at what the phone will do to add easier productivity to my life. Being a Mac user I have been waiting for the phone on Verizon for a very long time.
Of course I suppose you don't want a phone that looks like a giant Vetnam Military communications walkie-talkie either. No matter what it does . So iPhone IS a nice looking gizmo. I guess that doesn't hurt.
Good luck with your decision.

Since going to the store doesnt seem to work....

Hello all. I really didn't want to have to take my displeasure to this kind of forum, but it seems that there aren't any "contact us" or support area emails. I have been a paying member of my parents friends and family plan for 8 years. I always had phones that were for strictly calls before texting came along. Then I adapted to texting on a phone. Needless to say my prior phone was a GZ Commando. Purchasing a "smartphone" is an investment. Unlike those who can fork out good money on the latest and greatest phones, I don't have such luxury. I coughed up $400+ on a 32 GB IPhone4, and quite a bit more in accessories. I came in a few days later with questions about the phone since I wasn't aware of how it physically works, as far as tips, shortcuts, and what the phone was actually capable of. I had interests of a phone with a battery life that could last a 12 hour period with periodic texting, music and a newspaper app, or maybe some other game. A representative was taking care of me and giving me other options while another representitive tells me that the IPhone isn't really user friendly and didnt recommend it unless I have had a smartphone. While there I asked what would be the most relevant and least likely to be outdated for a while. A conclussion was made, and they had sold me the equally priced Droid Charge and the $35 restock fee to go with it.
Not only does the Charge have a horrible battery life, drop calls, completely lose "data accessibility", freeze, restart and randomly open programs, but it also likes to have a mind of its own and rifle through pages and either call some of my direct contact links or other battery depleting things.
I have taken the phone in on multiple occassions because of one issue or another and was always given one excuse after another as to why random things would happen, most of the time it was my fault, or I dont "reset" the phone enough, and really nothing was answered in terms of why I have no data coverage for days at a time when Buffalo was just "blessed" with 4G LTE, something this phone is capable of, but I have yet to get it working on my phone
I was lied to on pretty much all facets pertaining both kinds of phone ("Droid" and IPhone). The battery life (IPhone is superior), the security of the network (IPhone is superior), connectivity to my home computer (I still am not able to sync my computer to my Charge for some reason), and other issues.
Oh, and my phone was outdated in a week by the Bionic, then the IPhone 4S and recently the Stratosphere.
I have gone in lately with 3 seperate chargers. 1 was a "eco-green" one I spent $30 something dollars on. The other from my purchased phone and the other from a friend. 2 of the 3 are fried with the one coming with my Charge, almost starting a fire. Excuses were made as to why they couldn't be returned, and I was sent on my way once again.
With the way the Better Business Bureau works, and Verizon no longer being number 1 in our "market", the way my money was spent for me, and not by me, is a key reason as to why for many.
Think about it, a family that has been with your company as long as mine has spent tens of thousands of dollars, back to when there was a corded phone in our truck and the Zach Morris phone, prior to Verizon even owning the company. Loyalty is something rarely found in todays time and place, even less so in the grab bag of incentive laiden phone salesmen who will talk parents into spending outrageous money on a tablet device because of their kids pressure and the hidden gem of the salesman getting one for free after selling 5 of them. And yes, I talked to the rep about his "awesome incentives". That's fine and dandy, but when it came to getting some sort of q&a session about ways to handle my problems it always ended up with me shelling out more money, or leaving empty handed.
All I want, simply, is to have a phone that meets my needs, and wont be irrelevant technology wise in the next few months. Selling me a phone that divebombed to half price in a months time and charging me fees after talking me into a different phone is a slap in the face. There has to be someone from Verizon, that can make me not feel ripped off (The price paid for the phone, is what it should be worth for a while, not a vastly depreciated value like purchasing a new car off the lot.) Follow the phone number to the bill and look up the past many years and see what I am talking about

I've attempted to do such, I feel like I call collections agents. Almost to the point that it is very uncomfortable to explain my issues as though I am a knit picky person. That isn't the point. The principle of the matter is not feeling like I had the wool pulled over my eyes. My phone number is accessible via the information I initially filled out. Someone could've contacted me if they took the time to read my issues and had a real, viable way to handle the problem at hand. I wish a Verizon worker would read into my dilemma and attempt to rectify it. I have read that the Charge isn't a bad phone at all. But for what I asked for, and the amount of money I spent, I am kind of at a loss. And btw, who sells a phone with an HDMI jack on the side, but dont include a cord with it? Sounds like going to a parts place to buy headlights only to have some schmuck sell you dielectric grease for your headlights when most people have this stuff at home, trunk or garage just under a different name.

How can I change my Outlook "inbox" to include all mailboxes?

I'm a recent convert from the original Motorold Droid to iPhone 4. Here's my issue with mail from my company's Exchange server: Only incoming mail appearing in the "Inbox" is flagged as a new message by the push notifier. The trouble is, I have server-side rules that divert some new messages to specific client folders.
This wasn't an issue on my Droid because I had installed Touchdown (not available for iphone, unfortunately) and both the push notification and the default viewing window consisted of a combination of all of my mailboxes.
The other advantage of this was that I could see my sent items in the default viewing window. This was really valuable to me because I could re-review my own emails and replies from the same list that contained my new mail. In fact, I have a search folder on Outlook 2007 on my work PC that consists of all mail, incoming and outgoing, from the previous two days. I use this instead of my inbox.
Anything I can do here? I'm kind of annoyed that Apple won't let third party developers improve on default apps - this was the reason, according to the Touchdown developers, why their fantastic software was limited to Android for the time being.

Thanks, B-rock
Yes, that's what I finally deduced.
I'd still like to read without downloading.
Still looking for a place to limit the number of emails that can be downloaded at a time.
RBMc

Wireless Printing to HP Officejet 6500 E709n

I reciently changed from Droid to Iphone 5.
Using droid mobil hot spot I could connect wirelessly to my computers and my printer HP Officejet 6500 E709n.
With the Iphone 5 hot spot I can connect to my computers but with the HP printed I can see the modem during the wireless set up
but when I enter the WPA Passphrase it will not connect. I get an error print out from the HP noting, MAC address filtering may be enabled on the wireless router (I Phone5) This can prevent you HP printer from connecting to the wireless network during setup. Temperoraly disable the MAC Address filtering on the wireless router then run wireless network setup to configure the printer.
Anyone have a fix to this.

With an iphone the native printing is built in. no set up per se except your iphone has to be on the home network which you connect to via your settings then click on wifi then it will search for your home network. If you see your home network ssid then click it then on connect. if it has a pass phrase it will request it, then it will connect.
When you are looking at a web page or an email on the iphone you need only click on the circular arrow. Select print and then select the wireless printer from the selections found. in my house I use an hp D410a All in one and a new Canon Pixma 3220 which is set up on my home network. I select the printer I want and it prints via air print .
You do not need an HP Printing app for the Apple iPhone. As long as you have set up the HP Printer or any wireless printer to your network the iPhone will print to it. No special drivers are necessary.
Hope that helped? if not post back.

Email messages from my personal email account are being posted (copied) to SMS messages. I have a new cell device, and this is happening on the new device also. The copy/forward to SMS is NOT being initiated by my email provider. How do I end this?

Email messages from my personal email account are being posted (copied) to SMS messages. I have a new cell device (swtched from Droid to iPhone) and this is happening on the new device also. The copy/forward to SMS is NOT being initiated by my email provider, and not by Gmail. How do I end ûVerizon's forwarding my personal email to SMS?
Thanks.

Maybe I'm missing something but how can Verizon have control over your personal GMail account? Sounds like you do have your email set up to forward to sms.
I have certain emails that are forwarded to me as SMS but that is an option that is enabled on the email side of things and is independent from Verizon.

Too many issues with upgrading to OS6 for BB9700 - Going back to OS5

I upgraded to os6 severay days ago. Here are the pros and cons (from a non technical perspective)
PROS:
* New look of the calendar and text .... easier on the eyes with different colors
CONS:
* Don't know why but after only a few days, I have to reset the BB 4 to 5 times today. It just locked up and I had to pull the battery.
* THE KILLER - BB developer decided to force the browser to go to my company's network BES, instead of my cellphone carrier's 3G network. Because the company puts so much restraints and limits on accessing the internet from their network, so many websites are locked and off limit.
In the past w OS5. I had 2 icons of browsers, one for the company's browser and one regular browser. I can go to the advanced options to direct the regular browser to go my cellphone carrier 3g network. It worked so well.
Now with OS6, the developers force users to go through their company's BES network. That is crazy. I pay for the Blackberry and the monthly cell phone and internet data plan, and now I cannot use my phone /internet the way I choose .
If the OS6's developers do not listen to users' complaints on this serious issues, then in the near future as my company allows us to access their email and outlook contacts via droid and Iphone, I will be the first to say good bye to Blackberry.
How many users have the same problem as I?

You are confusing RAM with hard drive space - you appear to have the standard amount of RAM (the memory a computer uses to run apps). 4 GB is fine, but considered a minimum - more would be better.
As for the hard drive space (that is the space you have available on your hard drive to read/write): you need 8 GB minimum to install Mountain lion and, as a general rule, you should maintain a minimum of 10 - 15 GB of empty space at all times - more is better there as well. You can find out how much space you have by highlighting your hard drive icon (Macintosh HD icon on your desktop) and control click on it. In the popup window, choose Get Info. Then post the info showing such as Capacity, Used, and Available.
FWIW, Mountain Lion will continue to show in your Purchases because it is available for you to download again should you need it. You obviously have it installed if it shows that you are running 10.8.3 - which, but the way, is not the latest version, so run Software Update: we are up to 10.8.5.

How do you get your contacts moved over to your iphone4?

i just got my new iphone 4 and i had a droid 2 before i cant seem to get my contacts moved over. so is there a easy way to get them on there?

Are the contacts stored on the SIM card on your droid or synced to your Google account?
If they are on the SIM card, you're kinda out of luck as the Droid and iPhone use two different types of SIM cards.
If they are synced with your Google account, simply set up the Google account on the iPhone and sync the contacts.
The User's Guide for the iPhone would also be a good resource to browse.

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