http://johnbollwitt.com/2010/04/26/spending-a-month-with-the-motorola-milestone-phone-and-android-os/ New media enthusiast in Vancouver, B.C. with many interests and passions. A blogger, podcaster, music lover, Canucks fan, Cubs fan, technology enthusiast, news junkie, Apple user, and general lover of feeding my brain. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://johnbollwitt.com/2010/04/26/spending-a-month-with-the-motorola-milestone-phone-and-android-os/comment-page-1/#comment-67127 Virginia N. Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:43:16 +0000 http://johnbollwitt.com/?p=2829#comment-67127 I bought this phone used, but in pretty decent condition. I followed you advice and installed Ustream app. I agree, it's just great, and I loved it. That alone is pretty impressive. That's on a pros side. I absolutely agree with you that "the slide out keyboard is basically a waste of space for this device", as you said. The keyboard is quite large, but there’s no space between individual keys and, as they are also completely flat and have very little travel, it’s quite difficult to get up a decent typing speed. Also, the screen here doesn’t fully cover the bottom half of the phone when it’s closed. Instead it leaves a lip jutting out at the bottom. Well, just looks plain wrong, to me at least. Thanks for the tip on Android apps for this phone. I bought this phone used, but in pretty decent condition.
I followed you advice and installed Ustream app. I agree, it’s just great, and I loved it. That alone is pretty impressive. That’s on a pros side.
I absolutely agree with you that “the slide out keyboard is basically a waste of space for this device”, as you said. The keyboard is quite large, but there’s no space between individual keys and, as they are also completely flat and have very little travel, it’s quite difficult to get up a decent typing speed.
Also, the screen here doesn’t fully cover the bottom half of the phone when it’s closed. Instead it leaves a lip jutting out at the bottom. Well, just looks plain wrong, to me at least.
Thanks for the tip on Android apps for this phone.

]]> http://johnbollwitt.com/2010/04/26/spending-a-month-with-the-motorola-milestone-phone-and-android-os/comment-page-1/#comment-65954 Andy1 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:32:47 +0000 http://johnbollwitt.com/?p=2829#comment-65954 I need a new phone and was looking at a Blackberry as so many tell me that is the way to go, but I hate the tiny buttons on the keyboard and the small screen, although haven't actually looked at it. I am not sure which one to get, if I do, but don't think I want a glass screen as I would probably break it in no time. I don't even have a phone working at the moment, so need to get one asap. I just don't know . . . I like the bigger screen, or I think it is a bigger screen on the Milestone and the keyboard. I sell real estate, so will have a lot of property reports coming through, but don't want to open them. I need glasses now which is a pain, so want to be able to read something on the screen without the print being tiny, tiny - don't know if any Blackberry type device has larger print. I guess I will just pick something later today - just don't know what. I need a new phone and was looking at a Blackberry as so many tell me that is the way to go, but I hate the tiny buttons on the keyboard and the small screen, although haven’t actually looked at it. I am not sure which one to get, if I do, but don’t think I want a glass screen as I would probably break it in no time. I don’t even have a phone working at the moment, so need to get one asap. I just don’t know . . . I like the bigger screen, or I think it is a bigger screen on the Milestone and the keyboard. I sell real estate, so will have a lot of property reports coming through, but don’t want to open them. I need glasses now which is a pain, so want to be able to read something on the screen without the print being tiny, tiny – don’t know if any Blackberry type device has larger print. I guess I will just pick something later today – just don’t know what.

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