After all my bad-mouthing and techno frustration prior to and during Conversation Friday at The Conversation Factory this past week (I bitched and moaned about the Eris’ short battery life, the quitting apps, the speed (or lack thereof) of the darned thing), I took the phone back to Verizon on Thomasville Road just North of Bannerman in Tallahassee. I was this close (you know what I mean) to getting a different phone altogether, but the Verizon rep, Tony, talked me through the issues and recommended a straight up phone swap. Eris for Eris, no money exchanged.

I told him my 30 days is almost up, so if it’s acting the same I’m screwed. He said, well, if that’s the case, we’ll know it isn’t the phone.

Thank you, Tony.

Turns out I had a bad phone and/ or software. The new Droid Eris I have in my hands is completely different than my v1.0. It’s fast (yes, faster and more responsive than the iPhone), the battery isn’t depleting like the last one did (though I’m sure the iPhone’s battery life is better), all my Google contacts are perfectly in sync (fantastic as I’m a Google head), and my apps aren’t quitting seconds after launch.

I’d recommend the HTC Droid Eris to anyone who isn’t willing to drop calls on an iPhone on AT&T.

I repeat: thank you, Tony.

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