Impatient much?

Okay. I couldn't wait. I had to have it now. So I read through many of the hack sites about the Droid and downloaded the update to my SD card and booted it using the x key and the power button. Then it came up in recovery mode and I told it to update using the update.zip file. And off to the races we went. This took about 10 minutes total.

So early impressions...

I like. First thing I noticed is it takes longer to boot, but once it is running, it is hesitant yet faster. It is as if the screen is thinking for a moment and then poof, here is what you wanted. It seems responsive.

Text Messaging: Now it pulls pictures from Facebook and the Google Talk to place pictures beside names in text messages. Also a slight color bar difference makes it easier to follow text messaging threads.

Screens: Now it has five screens instead of three. While it has taken me some time to get used to using screens and being willing to clutter up my screens with app icons, they work very well. Plus, now there are small little screen buttons that allow you to swap back and forth through the screens though you can also swap screens using a finger swipe. I have yet to use widgets as they eat memory and annoy me more than they should. Widgets and animated wall paper use up the battery and I prefer the battery to last longer.

Camera: While I haven't taken any pictures I did visit the camera feature to find it has a lot more options for flash and focus. Plus it has settings for auto, incandescent, daylight, florescent, and cloudy. In video mode you can finally use flash while recording plus the day settings are available there as well.

New home button and launch pad. Now there is a launch pad for phone, apps, and browsing that is available on every screen. This is very handy. And as you go to different programs, the home button is available a lot more often. This is handy.

Gmail is a bit more streamlined.

That is it for today. More on the phone tomorrow.