Thursday, August 12, 2010

I ain't got no FroYo

So supposedly FroYo, version 2.2 of the Android operating system, was released last week for Motorola Droid phones (original edition). However, it is into week two and I have yet to get my FroYo. Others online have gotten their updates but I have not. I heard rumors an error had cropped up and they were delaying it by one week on any other phones, but the rumor was last week and I am in week two with FroYo envy. Verizon, while I am well aware you do not love your customers, only our money, I was so excited when the Droid phone came out and it "seemed" as if you were going to allow an open platform where we could do anything with our phone it was capable of doing. I enjoyed having the coolest phone this side of Apple's iPhone. I have used many apps that I have downloaded and the GPS functionality has taken me many a mile down the road including 2,000 plus miles on a family road trip. I even bought the body glove hard body for my Droid and the GPS car mount. And now you delay my lust. And you take from my grasp new features such as tethering and mobile hotspot. These features you offer for free on the Palm Pre and for an additional fee of $20.00 on top of the $30 I pay for a data plan for my phone. My DLS doesn't cost that much and it is a hell of a lot faster. I never reach the unlimited number of 5 gigabytes of data. Which is strange as Merriam-Webster defines "unlimited" as:


Main Entry: un·lim·it·ed 
Pronunciation: \-ˈli-mə-təd\
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
1 : lacking any controls : unrestricted 
2 : boundlessinfinite 
3 : not bounded by exceptions : undefined 

— un·lim·it·ed·ly adverb
taken from Merriam-Webster.com http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlimited

I am so confused. And yet, now, even with the limitations you are placing upon me, I will settle for you just giving me the update. I will wallow in the self pity of "no tethering" and at least be happy you love me enough to give me decent coverage even in my small town that is so far away from Silicon Valley. 

Please Verizon, love me like the Droid fanboy I am.



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