Just bought the Droid Eris

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sswingle

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Had mine since Nov. 6th, and love it. I'd like to see 2.1 on it but as it is, it does everything I want it to....

With the exception of Google Navigation. :( Come on VZW we know you have the ROM, and it works.

Why not just load the leaked version?
 

judasmachine

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Just because the bugs. I figured I'll stick it out for a bit longer, and see how the rooted versions go. Both the straight up leaks have the call/silence bug, and I can't have that.
 

sswingle

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Just because the bugs. I figured I'll stick it out for a bit longer, and see how the rooted versions go. Both the straight up leaks have the call/silence bug, and I can't have that.

Understandable. I have yet to encounter that issue, so I tend to forget about it.
 

jfelrod1960

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I have the Droid Eris. It is a pretty good phone, but lacks the performance I would like. My fingers are big so the touch screen can be a pain, but overall it is okay. If you want a real toy to play with, I suggest going with one of the more powerful Android phones. Also Verizon are treating the Droid Eris users as second class citizens. I called last week to find out when the Eris will get a 2.1 update and they didn't have a date. But a date has been set already for the Moto Droid.
 

sswingle

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Mar 2, 2000
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I have the Droid Eris. It is a pretty good phone, but lacks the performance I would like. My fingers are big so the touch screen can be a pain, but overall it is okay. If you want a real toy to play with, I suggest going with one of the more powerful Android phones. Also Verizon are treating the Droid Eris users as second class citizens. I called last week to find out when the Eris will get a 2.1 update and they didn't have a date. But a date has been set already for the Moto Droid.

The Moto 2.1 update is out. Meanwhile we have two leaked release candidates.

It isn't like they announced a date for the Moto update either (at least one they kept), those users were in the dark as well until the update started going out.
 

OBLAMA2009

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Just bought a new one on Ebay hope I will be happy with it. My first venture into a smartphone with VZW
im interested in eris also but i know it is quite a bit slower than droid. what is a reasonable price to pay for eris--$200?