I've gone from amazement, to hate and concluded with love for the Verizon Droid.
There is always a learning curve when you are shifting out of a device (Blackberry Storm) that you have figured out an efficient work flow. Today, I figured out the Droid's multitasking philosophy.
The phone almost asks for you to dump on the multi-tasking. It doesn't seem to slow down at all.
The notification shade that pulls down from the top of the home screen groups ongoing updates like weather and available WIFI spots, and new notifications like email, twitter, facebook and messaging. Even downloads are updated graphically in real-time here.
You can jump to the apps that correspond to the notifications from here or clear all of the notifications with one button.
The BlackBerry uses multiple graphical icons for it's push icons, so this make more sense if you have many applications running at once.
Like the BlackBerry, the Droid has an alert LED at the top of the case to alert you if the phone is on silent or you don't hear the audible alert.
No LED, no need to wake up the phone and check the notifications.
My Droid's twitter feed from today
paulkuehnel: scene of dallastown fire #droid http://bit.ly/48zPot --125 N Park St Yoe Pennsylvania 17313 United Statesabout 1 hour ago from API
paulkuehnel: Fire in dallastown full zoom of #droid 5mp camera w night shot not bad for full zoom fon pix http://twitgoo.com/50cah -- about 1 hour ago from twidroid
paulkuehnel: ok im officially obsessed with apps. doesnt help new r pushed 2 phone http://bit.ly/wRyGn -- about 7 hours ago from twidroid
paulkuehnel: @andreacecil check out the tricorder app that just pushed in recent - geeky! Droidabout-- 8 hours ago from twidroid in reply to andreacecil
paulkuehnel: Gorgeous day! http://twitgoo.com/505xc -- about 10 hours ago from twidroid
paulkuehnel: Pandora CEO "Just saw P android download # f the day... #droids are very much among us" bodes well for app development -- about 16 hours ago from twidroid
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