Or should I say a Droid?  My Palm Pre took a final nasty dive last month.  While I did have an upgrade coming to me, my wife really wanted an iPhone.  Being the good husband that I am, she got  a shiny new white iPhone 4 whilst I received a slightly used refurbished white Droid 2 Global.  There's even a story how she came to a refurbished model but that's for a better time than this.

Since I've moved onto Android, I'll start posting some more updates and reviews.  I'll drop in my favorite apps and mention some close seconds.  I'll probably lust over some phones like the Droid Razr.  

Right I'm still playing and customizing it.  The Gingerbread update finally dropped and I've been loving the much needed changers.  The app launcher is better.  Its faster.  The battery last longer.  I can even dismiss individual notifications thanks to MotoBlur.  

If you have any Android suggestions, comments, et cetera, leave them for me please.
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I’ll be moving onto Android soon.  My wife is waiting to see what happens with the iPhone 5 (allegedly being announced in September with an October release).  When she upgrades, I’ll inherit her Motorola Droid 2 Global (in white, no less).  Given my Palm/webOS background, I’m kind of lost.

In the webOS world, there was no locked bootloaders or ROMs to install.   There was no hacking of the sort.  Palm built in a back door “Developer Mode” that allowed the installation of Preware.  Preware in turn allowed the easy installation of themes and mods to change the appearance.  That’s not important now though.  My concern is where to begin with Android.

I don’t have to change a thing on the phone but its really in my nature.  I run Linux for stability and security but also so I can modify whatever I want.  I switch from Gnome to KDE to E17 for fun.  So I want to play with the phone and see what it can do.  I’ve thought I should start with different launchers first.  Once I’m comfortable I’ll try a different ROM.  

I want to hear your thoughts.  If you have a D2G or you hack Android, let me know.  


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