Verizon is pushing out the update for Motorola Droid phones and I just couldn’t wait. I‘ve only received one firmware update on my phone since I’ve had it and while I was not displeased with anything, I was really looking forward to the update.

I was on the web the other day and found instructions to download the Froyo update early and how to apply it, so I took a chance, downloaded it and installed it on Android.

Here’s what I found… Thought…

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It’s depressing to see what the Internet Service Providers are doing to the market of everything media.

It makes no matter of the company, but only the fact they provide Internet service to the masses. Internet Service Providers see and know the demand for media/bandwidth and have taken the position that if their services are to be provided, they’ll be done so at a premium.

There’s going to be no such thing as unlimited Internet access.

Verizon has announced that with the future release of 4G for smartphones, they’re going to be charging for service based on tiers. And only days after Verizon, AT&T has said that they too are going to be restructuring their services to be tiered.

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This is just a small blip, but completely frustrating to all ANDROID/DROID users out there.

One of the flagship apps on DROID [Facebook] is not working; it hasn’t been working since late November 2009. Just about everyone who’s online has a Facebook account and they update their account once a day, but the cool part is getting notifications from Facebook…

And that’s the part that’s not working…

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So how many iPhone users are out there were sweating the launch of DROID?

Well you should be… your fancy iPhone is on it’s way out the door. [I hear the boo’s and hissing now] AND it’s not so much Apple’s fault…

The iPhone is an excellent piece of hardware and it’s presentation and abilities set the new standard for ‘personal access devices’ or Smartphone’s, but…

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I recently purchased a Motorola DROID ‘phone’ and I’ve been trying to get some updates from Nuance for some time now, on its initial offering of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, for the iPhone; not much yet.

Maybe the fact I don’t have an iPhone is a hindrance. I asked to be included with the beta testing team, but never got the invite.

But is all this voice recognition a lost effort on the iPhone?

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I’ve Verizon for my phone service and I was dealing with an issue with a lost phone yesterday and I called Verizon to report a lost phone [I found it later], but as I was talking with the associate about the lost phone I asked about when Verizon  was going to get the iPhone.

Surprisingly the associate said, ‘…Verizon is not selling the iPhones yet, but you can add them to your plan and use them.’ – oh this was juicy news.

So while Verizon is not selling them, they can add them to your plan, and use them. I’m looking for some used iPhones now. It’s time to start searching up Ebay.

I don’t have anymore than this, but it’s interesting…

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I’ve already posted that I think ISP’ are going to change to to ‘media company’, but the more interesting thing is the communication lines like telephone.

It’s not enough to have a phone line anymore; full well, Verizon isn’t interested in land line phone connections anymore. Just about every Internet connection is going to offer VOIP service. The old days of the land line are going away.

Instant Message services have been offering VOIP for years with their services, but now the major carriers are finding out they can have VOIP and just about anyone with an Internet connection can have phone service.

Facebook Instant Message is going to have VOIP capabilities here soon.

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I’ve been seeing more and more about these devices that connect the Internet to your TV [directly]. The network connection [RJ45]  will plug directly in to your TV [newer LED/OLED] and will allow you to surf the web and watch video, listen to music and so on.

It’s becoming obvious very fast [that’s how technology works] that networks like ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX [and so on…] are not going to be so dominate in the future.

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