A week with the Motorola Droid Bionic

19.09.2011

Motorola Mobility

Price: $299.99 (with two-year contract at Verizon Wireless)

Pros: Slim and lightweight, fast performance, 4G connectivity

Cons: High price, short battery life

I gave the phone to a corporate Blackberry lover who's looking for a new ride. She complained for a couple of days while she got used to the on-screen keyboard (she ended up preferring the Swype option -- which I also find faster and easier to use -- to the standard Android keyboard). She was coming around to accept and even enjoy Android's flexibility and interface, most particularly the Google syncing -- in fact, it wasn't that easy to pry the Bionic away from her. But, especially for a business user, the short battery life was a sale-killer.