#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @maniacalmorgan
I totally went and saw Resident Evil: Afterlife today with a few of my friends. I uploaded my thoughts to share with all of you!
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I switched over to the Droid X from the iPhone 3G at the beginning of the month. I have to say, that was the best decision I've made on a cell phone. It's absolutely amazing. Here's my review on it.
The first thing you'll notice picking up the phone is it's size. It may seem awkwardly huge at first, but trust me, it's perfect. It has a 4.3 inch screen which is almost a full inch bigger than the iPhone 4. Like I said, it may seem huge, but it's really not. It still fits in my pocket without making a huge bulge. I swear, it's just my cellphone!
Open source applications are a big plus. Browsing the web, I stumbled upon a few apps that I wanted to try and was able to download them directly from the website. No App Market required. That's not to say anything bad about the app market. I found a couple of amazing apps such as LauncherPro and Handcent SMS which make your home screen and texts completely customizable. Texts can be formatted in any way you like. Using Handcent SMS, You can make texts look like iPhone or Blackberry texts, or completely customize it to your own style. LauncherPro allows you to customize your home screen by completely cleaning it and then allowing you to start from scratch. You can choose how many pages your home screen has, so you don't have to have the 1021039123 default pages. You can drop widgets of your choice wherever you want and resize them. A big plus is also having folders to organize your apps in. Love love love this app.
This is one of the changes LauncherPro makes to your homescreen (as compared to the picture above)
The OS is pretty awesome. If you are coming from an iPhone, it will take time to learn to navigate through the Android software. It took me about 3-4 days to set everything up to where I was happy. I still find myself changing things here and there. Part of the fun is learning how to use your device! Another cool thing that comes with this OS is Swype. This makes typing so much easier! There is a total learning curve for this. You have to relearn how to type, but it makes it much easier and much faster. I'm still learning how to perfect it, but I am amble to type and text much faster. Here's a video on Swype.
The camera on the Droid X is also fantastic. It's an 8 MP camera with auto focus and an LED dual flash. The camera quality is fantastic and with auto focus, it's ... it's... AMAZING. The camera software has some cool features such as panoramic mode or being able to take more than one picture per shutter click. There's tons of features and I have yet to play around with them all.
One thing I have noticed is a seemingly short battery life. Motorola claims 480 minutes of usage (8 hours), but I haven't found that to be the case. It could be because I'm still in the learning stage, so I'm constantly messing with things and changing settings, etc. If you're a big tech nerd and get this phone, I would recommend a second battery.
Call quality is A quality. This phone has not 1, but 3 mics to ensure call quality. The bountiful amount of mics are used to filter out unnecessary background noises and static, making your voice clear. That's right nerds, you can actually use this device as a phone! *ghasp*
This phone has some other really neat features which I haven't used. HDMI out (mini HDMI), voice-to-text, and the mobile hotspot. I've only had this phone for about 3 weeks, but I'm going to try out all of features on this phone.
All in all, I would recommend this phone to anyone and everyone. I love it! As much as I love my Apple products, I'm glad I didn't get the iPhone 4. This was a good buy and you won't be disappointed.
TNTML | tagged droid, droid x, hot nerds, hot nerdy men, hot nerdy women, morgan merrill, nerd talk, talk nerdy, talk nerdy to me, verizon | #TalkNerdyToMeLover's @maniacalmorgan
Now Playing: MGMT - Time to Pretend
I may or my not go over my 5 minute period, but oh well. I need to vent. I know that life is reflective and it gives you what you put in it. I have finally found something that I love and am so passionate about which lies in our nerdy little website, but more so the message it conveys. Jen is a great boss and an even better friend. That being said, I do have to vent about my every day normal job.
Without pointing fingers at a specific company, I work for a coffee chain (you could figure it out easy enough through foursquare). I've been with this company for nearly 4 years. I started as a mere barista and worked my way up to an assistant manager. My current level is a shift supervisor, or shift lead. Just depends on the terminology you're used to. Since my unfortunate demotion about 2 years ago, I've been stuck at the supervisor position. I'm not complaining about the demotion. I've learned a lot and have been humbled by the experience. My beef lies in the fact that I'm used for my knowledge and experience without any sort of compensation.
I've had to fill in as "acting manager"on more than one occasion, one of which is happening now. The last time I pulled sales up in the store and had best controllables (ie orders, inventory management, etc) in our district of around 15 stores and I saw nothing for it. Ok ok, whatever. I told myself it was good experience.
Currently I am "acting manager" and have a million managerial duties I'm having to do and I'm just tired of it! All these new computer systems are rolling out and it's driving me crazy! I keep getting promised a promotion back to my old position, but it hasn't happened. ARGHHHHH!
I'm going to keep doing what I do best. Keeping giving it 100%. I'm an awesome person and outside of this company, I'm surrounded by AMAZING people. I don't expect anyone to change my life for me, I know I have to do it myself. I'm working on it. Things are in the works. I've just had a really long day and needed an outlet. Whew, I've had enough bitching. Back to being awesome!
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Recently, I've been expanding my musical taste and listening to some very different music than what I'm used to. Most recently has been Vampire Weekend. This song is just sweeeeet!
You found a sweater on the ocean floor.
They're gonna find it if you didn't close the door.
You and the smart one sit outside of their sight,
In a house on a street they wouldn't park on at night.
Dad was a risk taker, his was a shoe maker,
You, greatest hits 2006 little list maker.
Heard codes in the melodies, you heeded the call,
You were born with ten fingers, and you're gonna use em all.
Interest in colors I discovered myself.
If your art-life is gritty, you'll be toastin' my health.
If an interest in culture, you should be lining the walls,
When your birthright is interest, you could just accrue it all.
Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins,
It's a line thats always running.
Me and my cousins and you and your cousins,
I can feel it coming.
You can turn your back on the bitter world.
You can turn your back on the bitter world.
You can turn your back on the bitter world.
You can turn your back on the bitter world.
Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins,
It's a line thats always running.
Me and my cousins and you and your cousins,
I can feel it coming.
Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins,
It's a line thats always running.
Me and my cousins and you and your cousins,
I can feel it coming.
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Just happened to look over and notice that we are at 1400 likes on Facebook! Yes! Our nerdy little community continues to grow thanks to our wonderful content providers and all of our loyal fans. Hip hip, huzzah!
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