My New Droid Incredible

Yes, I haven't been posting much lately.  However, I plan on turning things around very soon.  I have a number of write-ups I want to complete, some of which include my impressions of the original Deus Ex games, which I had never played until recently.  I'll also be reviewing Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer for Cheat Code Central this month.

Anyway, aside from that, I've purchased my first "smart" phone.  I've never been a heavy cell phone user in the past.  And, unlike many people I know, I've only owned 3 cell phones prior to my new Droid.  But, this thing is really impressing me.

I was looking for something that had the touch sensitivity and response of an iPhone.  I'm tired of touch screen technologies being laggy to the point of being unusable.  I originally bought an HTC Touch Pro 2, which seemed like a good phone, at first.  The thing comes loaded with Windows Mobile, which should have been a red flag from the start, but I thought, "I like Windows 7, how bad could the 6th version of Mobile be?"  Well... it's bad.  Don't get it.  Ever.

When I found out the HTC Incredible was coming out in late April I immediately starting looking up extra stuff on it.  Sure enough, it seemed promising.  Now, I own one and let me say, it's awesome.  The only major downside to this phone is the battery life.  It struggles.  Yesterday, I left my apartment with a full charge and went to work.  The battery was dead before 7 p.m. and that's after no calling, some texting, and a few brief internet searches.  Of course, many Incredible owners have already been discussing ways to help improve battery life, some of which involves changing a variety of settings while some involves waiting for more powerful, third-party batteries to go on the market.

Either way, it's an awesome phone.  I'm not sure how heavy I'll get into the gaming on it...I find mobile gaming to be fairly terrible in most cases.  If I find anything worth mentioning, I will.

Oh, and yes.  The box really does open up like that when you first buy it.