I’ve had my Motorola Droid 3 for three days now and I’m finally getting the chance to use it and set it up! Here are some of my first impressions of the phone. Photo of my new Droid 3 taken with my Original Droid Here’s why I picked the Droid 3 I really liked the Original Droid I’ve had for the past 2 years and wanted the latest in the Motorola Droid line I wanted a phone with top-of-the-line hardware specs (speed, memory, screen) and a front-facing camera, and the...

In this 2nd follow-up to our Android Phones for Women survey, let’s dive into what you thought about a “feminine” Android device, and how you thought an Android phone designed for us ladies should look: 71% of you are not offended by the idea of phones designed to appeal specifically to males or females 60% of you said that on a scale of 1 to 10, your likelihood of purchasing a phone marketed especially to women (assuming it had all of the features you wanted) was a 7 or...

Those of us that are wary about malware and viruses in software always say, “Read the permissions!”, meaning that you should really understand what you are giving the app permission to do when you install it. Google makes you click through an app’s security permission list when installing for a reason – so it’s not their fault if you allow an app to steal your information! However, even though I’m a programmer myself, I still find myself installing apps with...

This post is a kind of reverse “Ask the Droid Women” article – this time, we have some questions for you to answer! I originally thought my friend was a bit crazy for getting the Droid X – with no hardware keyboard and a huge screen, it didn’t fit my requirements for great phone… until I used it. Once you view content on that big screen, all other phone screens just seem too small for watching videos, playing games, or anything else that benefits from the...

We recently announced our new “Ask the Droid Women” feature and a couple of you asked questions, and here is our first set of answers! Amy asked: What are your favorite ways to use your Android to spend time with your kids? (And do you have a hard time sharing your Android with them?) DroidWomen Answer: Unfortunately, Amy, none of our current regular writers have children, so we’re going to pose this question to the readers here and on Twitter. Readers: If you have kids and can...

We’re excited to announce a new interactive feature here on WomenWithDroids.Com: “Ask the Droid Women!” As you probably guessed, you can ask questions in the comments of any “Ask the Droid Women” post (including this one), and we will pick some of your questions to answer. Who are the Droid Women? Find out on our About page here! Each of us will weigh in with our own unique perspectives, then any WomenWithDroids readers out there that want to follow up can add...