Desktop software?

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10-31-2009, 07:06 PM
Bryan

Desktop software?

BlackBerrys have Desktop Manager Winmo has active sync, what will the Droid have? Well if this video is any indication looks like Motorola is working on that. Seems to have a few bugs but the maker of the video says it will be shipping with the phone. I am interested in seeing how the back up of the phone works through this?
11-01-2009, 06:26 PM
catstide

i guy at verizon told me (yeah...i know) that all the settings for the phone could be backed up wirelessly... so if you got a replacement phone all you had to do was some kind of restore and all your goodies and settings would be there.
11-01-2009, 06:31 PM
Bryan

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Originally Posted by catstide

i guy at verizon told me (yeah...i know) that all the settings for the phone could be backed up wirelessly... so if you got a replacement phone all you had to do was some kind of restore and all your goodies and settings would be there.

Seems to jive with the video so that sounds pretty cool :)
11-01-2009, 06:34 PM
catstide

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Originally Posted by Bryan

Seems to jive with the video so that sounds pretty cool :)

but what i understood was that it wouldn't be backed up on your pc...it would be backed up on a cloud.
11-01-2009, 07:28 PM
Bryan

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Originally Posted by catstide

but what i understood was that it wouldn't be backed up on your pc...it would be backed up on a cloud.

Yeah that is what I took from it as well. Hopefully we would have the choice? I do like the idea of a separate server to back up to as well, but I prefer my stuff a little closer to home.
11-02-2009, 02:48 PM
Drukan

Looks great.. just hope they work the bugs out...

I been checkin out just about EVERY droid video i can find and im SOLD !!
11-05-2009, 11:07 AM
Dave12308

Quote:

Originally Posted by catstide

i guy at verizon told me (yeah...i know) that all the settings for the phone could be backed up wirelessly... so if you got a replacement phone all you had to do was some kind of restore and all your goodies and settings would be there.

It would make sense that everything would be backed up to Google, since this is supposed to be a pure-Google Experience device.
11-05-2009, 12:53 PM
Le0_Br4zuC4

Great find, I'll find out tomorrow how that works :-D
11-05-2009, 08:05 PM
Drukan

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Originally Posted by Le0_Br4zuC4

Great find, I'll find out tomorrow how that works :-D

AS WILL I ! as long as they still have em instore when i get off work... :irked:
11-05-2009, 08:07 PM
olta777

Bryan that would be it....No more leaks...no more updates....you are stuck....and if there are bugs in the OS....I really feel sorry :haha: :lmao:
11-05-2009, 08:36 PM
xwera43

Nice to see it running on the Mac OS.

~X
11-05-2009, 11:08 PM
Drukan

where can i get it ... does NOT come with the Droid ! (just got mine tnite !)
11-05-2009, 11:56 PM
TemperamentalMan

If it's like the Palm Pre I had, all backups are wireless. When you reactive/restore a device, you simply log in (required during the restore process) and it downloads all of your data, apps, etc. It's actually pretty sweet. BUT, and that is a BIG BUT...like Olta said above, software issues are yours to deal with until a fix is released. At least the Pre was Linux based and there were hacks galore. The only issue with that is once you received an update to the OS, some hacks still worked, others didn't. If you didn't have a patch system in place (which was spotty as well) you would spend hours re-entering your changes. If you weren't comfortable with Linux, you just didn't do it.

Hopefully the Droid will live up to the hype. The only interest I have are the 5MP camera and the "DVD-like recording quality". That remains to be seen. But then again I have a $2,000 digital camera setup for those kinds of things.

Bryan, are you really jumping ship?
11-06-2009, 01:08 AM
Bryan

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Originally Posted by TemperamentalMan

If it's like the Palm Pre I had, all backups are wireless. When you reactive/restore a device, you simply log in (required during the restore process) and it downloads all of your data, apps, etc. It's actually pretty sweet. BUT, and that is a BIG BUT...like Olta said above, software issues are yours to deal with until a fix is released. At least the Pre was Linux based and there were hacks galore. The only issue with that is once you received an update to the OS, some hacks still worked, others didn't. If you didn't have a patch system in place (which was spotty as well) you would spend hours re-entering your changes. If you weren't comfortable with Linux, you just didn't do it.

Hopefully the Droid will live up to the hype. The only interest I have are the 5MP camera and the "DVD-like recording quality". That remains to be seen. But then again I have a $2,000 digital camera setup for those kinds of things.

Bryan, are you really jumping ship?

Already in the lifeboat! Ordered tonight
11-06-2009, 07:02 PM
xwera43

Wirelessly posted (9530 Storm)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drukan

where can i get it ... does NOT come with the Droid ! (just got mine tnite !)

Pretty sure it's a download from Motorola's Web site. I know I saw something to download a week or so ago when the Droid was "Live" for a few hours. On my Storm now so I can't confirm since that site is Flash based.

~X