I've got a Bionic, now what?

So I have in my hands a Droid Bionic, well I’ve had it in my hands since Saturday October 1, 2011. I figured I would start this blog to share some of my experiences with this device and I happen to have a bit more spare time on my hands than usual these days (more on that later).

Let me start off with some background information; the cell phone will mainly reside in Southeastern Massachusetts, USA. The service is generally 3G but in my home I’ll be tapping into the WiFi. My smartphone portfolio has always been BlackBerries issued by work and I’ve been through about 5-6 different models. I did not load every app in the world on the BlackBerry because of company policy and rights restrictions on the phone. As far as my mobile technical skills I'm not an expert or a dabbler so there will a few posts where my learning curve will be very obvious.

At work I was given notice that my last day would be September 30th, 2011. I was panicking all month trying to figuring out what phone I wanted to get for my life without a work-issued smart phone. Naturally the Bionic was top choice; I could not read a tech blog or news feed in September without some reviewer gushing about the awesomeness of the Droid Bionic. I wasn’t sure if this was a wise purchase for someone who was about to be unemployed. So I made my list of cell phones; which turned out to be very short because it had to be (1) supported by VerizonWireless,  (2) 4G LTE and (3) Gingerbread 2.3 OS.

The short list:

1. Motorola Droid Bionic
2. Pantech Breakout
3. HTC Thunderbolt

I ended up with the Droid Bionic because it was important that I had something functional and powerful. A little bit of my choice motivation was purely emotional (well maybe a lot), I needed a little pick-me-up having just lost my job and new technology is pretty sweet!

Over the weekend I loaded a bunch of apps, including Blogger so I'll have a lot to write about in the up coming weeks. In addition; I'll be heading to NYC shortly to tryout the wonders of 4G LTE.

- Kathleen