Thread: A video that might give some pause on the Droid

Wow just confirmed it takes over 5 minutes for gmail. I didn't care about the other emails being poll only, but I rely on gmail to be instant. This is a deal breaker for me I guess S2 here I come

Yeah I have come to rely on the instant email, so instant I get it on my berry before my outlook. I dont think I could live with that delay.

maybe that is something they are fixing in the 2.1 release they are working on i have no idea if that would effect anything as in if that is something they can fix...im new to the smart phone world so i have no clue just an idea

Well, it has been advertised that only Google Mail and Exchange would be push mail, and all others set to pull. But the fact that it takes over 5 minutes for a Gmail account to receive email is pretty interesting. BUT in the grand scheme of things is 5 minutes THAT critical?

Here's a screen grab of the email when it arrived. Notice the time it was received was 3:31, while the current time on the phone was 3:38. Considering the video was less than 7 minutes long...hmmmm...

It looks as if his GMail settings on the Droid are off. And in the immortal words of Forrest, "That's all I've got to say about that".

Originally Posted by xwera43

The e-mail showed received @ 3:31 on the Droid while the clock read 3:38 so I think the settings or Wi-Fi use must be off (set incorrect or interference). Gotta love that he's doing that from the bathroom! (Or so it looked).

~X

Originally Posted by TemperamentalMan

Here's a screen grab of the email when it arrived. Notice the time it was received was 3:31, while the current time on the phone was 3:38. Considering the video was less than 7 minutes long...hmmmm...

It looks as if his GMail settings on the Droid are off. And in the immortal words of Forrest, "That's all I've got to say about that".

My point exactly. I don't think Sal had it setup correctly. :no:

~X

Well I called Verizon to order the S2 but couldn't bring myself to do it it is just the same old BlackBerry with a new name. I need something new and challenging to play with so I stuck with the Droid.

i'd like to officially squash this bull crap.....10 seconds to receive a gmail

Originally Posted by jlevy73

Someone mentioned they are getting this device for multimedia. You will be disappointed in the following respect. At the moment there is no way to sync videos or pictures to your phone from your PC except through the SD Card, very annoying.

So the video is pretty accurate. First off there is no way to set Gmail sync times. It's supposed to be push but as you saw from Sal's video that is hardly the case. The email client on the Droid is on par with the iPhone frustrating. I spent most of my time refreshing email in order to get it. For me that is a deal breaker because I need instant email for others this may not be the case. But I timed how long it took for Gmail to arrive. Storm 2: 10 seconds. Droid: 5 minutes 25 seconds

drag and drop is the easiest way IMO...i have always put media on my storm with this method.

i'm getting my gmails in 10 seconds....something must not have been set properly...however i didn't do anything special in the way of settings on mine...and i'm running off 3g,not wifi

Originally Posted by catstide

i'd like to officially squash this bull crap.....10 seconds to receive a gmail

Good to know baby!!! :hail::hail:

Originally Posted by Bryan

Good to know baby!!! :hail::hail:

yep...total bunk. i had them send me one at the store and i have sent several from my pc....10 seconds for all

Originally Posted by catstide

yep...total bunk. i had them send me one at the store and i have sent several from my pc....10 seconds for all

Good to know like I stated when I posted the video he has been known to have setting set incorrectly before. Glad to hear that sounds to be the case

As long as exchange email isn't a problem, then I'm still on board with going with the droid....gotta have my business email, otherwise I will no longer have a funding source for all my toys....:laugh2: