Motorola Droid A855 (aka Tao/Sholes/Shules/Flash) Pre-Release Thread

[fenrir00]

I'm really thinking about waiting for the Sholes and switching to Verizon, but I'm kind of wondering whats everyone thinks the probability that the Sholes will be rootable is?

I know VZW has a reputation for locking down their phones so I thought I'd ask.

[Sailorcancer]

No one knows.

The current rumor is that it will have a "true google experience" UI. Meaning both Moto and vzw have agreed to pretty much leave the devices UI untouched. Meaning no crippled.

As far as rebooting it no one knows.

[Quickster357]

he means "rooting" it. as in having root access to the handset. this way you are able to mess with anything in the linux core by adding and removing whatever you like. you can damage your phone seriously by doing so, but nothing that could be fixed with a flash. although, flashing still will be the most dangerous thing you could do, which could brick it.

[Saul Silverman]

I'm really thinking about waiting for the Sholes and switching to Verizon, but I'm kind of wondering whats everyone thinks the probability that the Sholes will be rootable is?

I know VZW has a reputation for locking down their phones so I thought I'd ask.

I would like to see if the Sholes is open source 100%.

[wnrussell]

sorry guys. i thought there was a new pic. weren't those the ones that initially leaked?

No, the original leaks came from Russia. Mine came along later.

[FAUguy]

the camera is just a 5.0 megapixel with autofocus and video recorder ,but compared to every other phone i have had this is fantastic and has good editing features as well.what smart phones put alot into there camera quality?this is a plus for me as i dont always have a camera on me but i always have my phone so you can see why its a huge plus for me.

I hope it is better than the 5MP camera on the Casio Exilim.

[Sailorcancer]

he means "rooting" it. as in having root access to the handset. this way you are able to mess with anything in the linux core by adding and removing whatever you like. you can damage your phone seriously by doing so, but nothing that could be fixed with a flash. although, flashing still will be the most dangerous thing you could do, which could brick it.

opps wrong words. Actually I have no clue how I even got rebooting from rooting

[codyboring]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/a...ber/#continued

I think everyone knows this but I would really like to see this in Oct!

[wnrussell]

Jha's agreement with Verizon - assuming there is one - has gagged him; he can't talk about his Verizon deal. So he's left saying his company is "fairly hopeful we will begin to engage with all the U.S. operators." What he's probably thinking, meanwhile, is, "where the heck is our Verizon phone?"

http://www.gearlog.com/2009/09/is_mo..._cranky_at.php

[Sailorcancer]

So vzw is keeping the sholes under wraps and not moto?

[Saul Silverman]

So vzw is keeping the sholes under wraps and not moto?

Probably because it's a disappointment compared to Moto Blur Cliq

[shdowman]

Probably because it's a disappointment compared to Moto Blur Cliq

Personally not that impressed with the CLIQ at all. I am "hoping" for a better experience come Sholes.

[Saul Silverman]

Personally not that impressed with the CLIQ at all. I am "hoping" for a better experience come Sholes.

The only thing good about the Moto Sholes if true is that it will be a beast of a gaming device.

[Sailorcancer]

The only thing good about the Moto Sholes if true is that it will be a beast of a gaming device.

Yeah what a beast of a device for a bunch of mobile games.

IMO the only thing blur has going for it is the social networking aspect of its UI. Something that you can easily get with a trip to the app store. Which will more than likely be free to download.

[_Aurel_]

The only thing good about the Moto Sholes if true is that it will be a beast of a gaming device.

Are you that guy from crackberry who's pimping out the Storm 2? Seriously if you are, you can keep that POS. I don't care how good the typing on it is... it's still putting lipstick on a pig and Rim's OS is one giant one at that.