The Impression That I Get

Keep in mind that as I write this, I have yet to install an application on the new phone. Right now, my computer is trying to sync everything that was previously in my iTunes library to the phone. I really hope that 8 GB of storage will be enough for now. Verizon was nice enough to send along a 2 GB micro SD card in the box. However, that was appropriated by my wife so that she could have her music on her new phone. In fact, one of the reasons that I'm still up is that I was spending a decent portion of my time to be setting up her phone.

One of the first things that I did was start working with doubleTwist to get the music set up. I thought it'd be a good idea to make use of it for Tracy's phone since it was able to import things from iTunes and she has a much smaller list of things to be imported.

Apparently, I did something incorrectly since things didn't get pulled in and I had to point to the music manually. Also, the program crashed a couple of times and syncing to the Rogue was a giant pain. It didn't fill me with confidence for it handling the Incredible.

After getting the cell phone completely charged (per the instructions that I read...well, at least the quick start part), I activated it per Verizon's instructions. Then, I signed in.

Instantly, all of my contacts were downloaded to the phone. Instantly, my mail was all set up. All of my calendar information is set up already. The keyboard is going to take a little bit of getting used to after the iPod keyboard.

doubleTwist has yet to completely amaze me. It seems to have imported my iTunes music sufficiently. However, subscribing to podcasts was a bit more cumbersome than I would have liked. I would have liked to be able to drag and drop files in to the program like I'm able in iTunes. I will take this opportunity to point out (and remind myself) that it's still technically a beta program.

I remain a bit concerned about the battery life. I used it for only a few hours with mostly just navigating around the screens and settings, and just before I plugged it in to the computer for the sync, we were down 1/8 to 1/4. That situation will require further monitoring.

I'm especially excited about getting apps installed on there. I'm definitely going with the Google Voice application. That will be my source of text messages so that I didn't have to add that to my account. I'm also going to be looking at the options for social networking.

So the bottom line right now is that it's still too early to tell for sure what all I think about it. Plus, there's the fact that I'm very sleep deprived right now. That never helps.

Final note: Could someone please speed up my network so that the syncing takes place faster? Thanks.