I am very interested in the Motorla Droid as well. The screen and keyboard are very tempting. Why the hell is it not yet here in Malaysia available?

Recently I read a review in the german IT magazine "Ct". In germany the magazine is well known as giving reliable and very detailed information on whatever topic they touch. The Droid didn't do well in the review. The conclusion was somewhat nice, but too much issues. They wrote that the battery never lasted for the whole day, when they tested it. The buttons on the top surface, should have better been hardware buttons. That would make it easier to use the phone. Minor software issues as well. They hope that in the next (now available?) software update, battery lifetime will be significantly extended and all software issues are resolved.

Anybody know which Shop got Stock? The one mentioned here in Subang?

I bought my Motorola Milestone about one and a half week ago at the shop near Subang Parade. Sold it for 2K. My plan was to trade in my Samsung i780, but they offered a very low price so I better kept it. Btw, the Milestone was from PDA Gadgets they sold me.

After using it now for some time, I must say that I feel quite lucky with it. Especially because of the internet integration (gmail/talk/...). A lot better compared to Windows Mobile. Just a lot more userfriendly and working without pain.

I was worried because of GPS. Used iGo on my i780 and it did a great job.

Now I am running two different GPS softwares on my Milestone. First one is NDrive wich is nice and the next was MotoNav. The installed version didn't work at all. Parts were missing on SD, as other complained here as well.

Thanks to the web, I got a full version with latest Malaysia Maps and POIs. MotoNav is iGo and seems smoother than NDrive.

Was more looking for Pandago, but what I have heard, it just runs on Android 1.5. The maps from MotoNav and NDrive as dated 2009.03 - Pandago with Malsing Maps is probably more accurate.

Just my 2 cents...

Cheers

Sorry guys, that was a typo. I bought it for 2K, which seems to be the normal price currently.

Here is a nice HowTo for Milestone http://sholes.id.au/how-to regarding some hacks.

Some of you guys got PN!

Search in the market for "Toggle Data Widget". Its free! With this widget you can switch off all 3G/Edge communication. Had the same problem. I rather use WiFi, don't have a data plan.

Well, only thing I can say its really there :-). Just checked my phone and it offered me to update. No indicator about the version, but I am on 2.01 and since weeks again an update is avaiable - sure it will be 2.1.

I have removed my Motonav trial and removal of system apps could cause a problem. So first I want to make sure, that it is not an issue and proceed then.

Really excited about getting 2.1 :-)

I would like to add about the differences between 2.01/2.1 that

* the stuttering of the audio (MP3 playback sometimes) is gone
* the camera works a lot better (taking pictures is fun now)
* the camcorder can do now widescreen, supports geo tags (GPS) and has a better menu
* key feedback is slightly changed (feels better)
* hardware keyboard got typo correction
* browser is really fast now
* whole phone feels a lot more responsive

Thats what I have read in the german Milestone forum. I am facing connection problems here as others do. At work I canceled the update, my battery was at 20%. Here at home I can't get it . Seems I have to wait till tomorrow.

For me the Milestone become the phone it was supposed to be with this update. Many bugs are fixed as well like auto brightness and the behavior of the sensor key light, Market notifications and so on.

This post has been edited by HolgiB: Mar 22 2010, 08:31 PM