Droid Eris Hands-On

[swestwing02]

i have this phone and its a peice of shit. worst battery life. Laggy and unresponsive. it doesnt delete text messages. takes forever to call someone. i would throw it agianst a wall but then id be phoneless...then agian having no phone is better than having this peice of shit.

[Kaola]

lol I had to come look at this because of ctfxc

[TheMrBrandonShow]

CTFxC FTW!!!!!! :P

[xXx243]

haha earis

[hilerc]

still have my eris and it's sick

[blehblehblahblahbleh]

im choosing this over the Motorola droid

[Britannic1915]

Do you have to use a task manager? How often?

[YSUJY]

the moto droid looks ugly as shit

[noahsark915]

i would go woth the droid

iam 10 years old and im ganna get the droid april 15 2010

who has the droid give me some details

[Britannic1915]

@noahsark915 Spoiled! LOL jk! Im 13 and I'm getting the Motorola DROID or Incredible June 30th 2010 :)

[thetubbymitten]

mine is very slow how do i fix that and i cant delete messages any suggestions

[niggrfagot]

@thetubbymitten close shit down

[xXx243]

@thetubbymitten erase apps you dont want then turn off phone then power back on then it is way faster i had the same problem

[plaidguitar18]

so is the battery life really as bad as people say it is? I hear if you averagely use the phone it won't even last a day!?!?!

[danny23xd]

mine lasts throughout the day with moderate use of it, i downloaded the task killer which seemed to improve overall battery life

[0legacyking0]

Does the trackball mess up often like blackberry ?

[captainawesome85ftw]

This is the only person, out of all the videos about the Eris I've seen, who pronounces the name like that. It kinda bugs me.

[AtAvAnHaLeN23]

@captainawesome85ftw I KNOOOOOOWW!!!! same here yo! he really buggin me!

[sk8er1267]

Does the trackball light up?

[CGGolfer42]

Ya like when you get a text or call.

[littletwerpy]

it dosnt run on 1.6. its 1.5. i have one and does anyone know how to upload videos to youtube larger than 3 mg from it?

[arealwhitegirl]

i love my eris but can someone tell me how to foward a message lol only had it a day

[benjiboy122]

TED LEO AND THE PHARMACIST!!

[ibeagangsta]

Eris is amazing. Especially since its getting android 2.1 tomorrow!!

[CGGolfer42]

Wow your were so right lol.

[8dukesbats4]

had this phone since christmas.....AWESOMEness!!!!

[TheShortKid23]

cant wait till i get mine cuz my contract just expired

[joebruceman]

i love this phone got one yesterday

[0insanitylater0]

Eris is getting an upgrade to android 2.0 soon if it isnt already out already

[ravensmithe]

Eris is the goddess of discord, confusion, and strife, keeper of the golden Apple of Discord,so it is a feminine name,and the creators at HTC probably named it that on purpose,being that it has caused discord among the smartphone world....... ;-}

[cokelogic]

You used the word "Discord" 3 times in a very short paragraph. Get a thesaurus.

[thanklink]

lol

[HEADSHOT81738]

im getting the droid eris because its slimmer and not at bulky as the DROID and because it is a touch only phone.

[20thsoul]

fyi the droid is slimmer than this

[somthingjonas]

I like this phone alot but I just got the enVtouch in June :( which sucks btw. I really want this phone but don't wanna pay full price booo. Anyway yes if you hav it running 1.5 you can get the update to 2.0 in 2010. It either comes up as a notification like the g1 did or you can bring it to verizon to get it done.

[lilbearsfan023]

Eris is being updated to 2.0 andriod software in the beginning of 2010 just to let you guys know.

[gangstawanksta022]

can you update to the 2.0 software if you already have an eris running on 1.5?

[lilbearsfan023]

Yea, I'm almost positive it'll be like updating an iphone/ps3 things like that. You won't have to buy a 'new' eris.

[capecodpirate7]

Have to ask...."eer-iss" or "air-iss"?

Thanks.

[MercenarySlick]

Whichever.

I choose to pronounce it "eer-iss", because "air-iss" sounds like "heiress". Which would make me sound feminine and/or gay for having the phone.

[RobSweeneysMusic]

i heard it was "air-ess"

[yanksrock1525]

does it have a pull down notifications?

[LetAllOzBeAgreed]

yes (:

[xXx243]

@yanksrock1525 yes you grab the top and pull down

[KTGSV]

@yanksrock1525 yeah

[megaapple93]

is the touch screen of the eris as responsive as the iphone's

[Chris279m]

Yea.

[SecondTomorrow]

If not as responsive its very close. The onscreen keyboard that HTC custom programmed into SenseUI is also really good.

[Wesleetu]

Has haptic feedback also. Not sure if the iPhone has that. (where it vibrates when you press a button)

[capecodpirate7]

I'd say yes.

[smoothtinge]

I thought the Eris had a LED flash.

[arcangel1994]

no just thee track ball glows witch is pretty cool

[arcangel1994]

it does if u look closely in 2:17

[anthonysarille]

when will this phone get 2.0?

[bmd900]

Android 2.0 is coming for HTC Sense..

[Ms2QuteDiva]

What widget was that on the last screen swiping towards the right? It had chat boxes(?).

[manphrow740]

I thought so too before....but they are just little help bubbles telling you how to add widgets and move them around.

It would be very cool to see threaded chat bubbles like that though. Its probably pretty easily doable, and if I pick up the phone myself I might consider trying to create a widget like that.