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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Yes, correct. I believe they are all HTC testers.. if you take a look at the computer screen, everything is in Chinese (including the keyboard).
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woodraskam
Android Expert
My guess for the naming is so people aren't able to find it by just searching HTC Incredible, because the phone has not officially been announced by VZW yet. I'd be that as soon as it's announced, they will change the code to write Incredible instead of ADR6300.
They didn't expect to have bloodhounds searching for anything and everything related to this phone.
But I also noticed that the account that we found earlier that was posting pictures of the Sprint testing facility in Kansas has removed all "Take With a HTC PC36100" tags, so this user could probably do that, if they knew that we were looking at their pictures.
woodraskam
Android Expert
The N1 had 180 days from the fcc filing date, and the Incredible is confidential till August 1st.
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Makes sense. Does having HTC employees still holding onto the phones have any implications on VZW testing it though? Or do they do the testing simultaneously? I would assume that if HTC is still testing the product, that it hasnt hit VZW yet.
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Ok yeah, the period for the confidentiality was shorter (as well as the approaching date - by default).
JDubs
Newbie
Would the fact that we've seen that it's in Verizon's inventory list mean otherwise though?
woodraskam
Android Expert
Considering they have a tester posting Bravo/Desire pictures, they could be in line for releasing the incredible at the same time the Desire is released.
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Yes, it is rumored to be out March 23rd. IMO, the Google training sessions are still a bit unknown in purpose. Whether that means the N1 will be sold in stores or whether it means VZW just wants their employees to be aware of the product incase people start to ask about it, i think, is still within question.
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Didn't think of that.. I guess still being at the HTC level has no implications (atleast on a global scale since I believe it is April 1st that Europe gets the Desire?)
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Yeah i don't know how to explain that one. I think we went over the typical time frame from when it gets into the system to when its released, and estimated it would be slated for an April release. (Lets hope this to be true)
JMKosmo
Android Expert
Wouldn't testing simultaneously make sense? Then Verizon could make notes and HTC could make the proper changes and re-test the phone? Sort of like a collaboration between HTC and Big Red??
woodraskam
Android Expert
Plus it seems that the camera they are testing in the Incredible is one that hasn't been used in any announced/released phones so far, and might require more testing. Just a thought.
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Ya, well thats what I mean. HTC makes the phone, tests to make sure its actually functional.. lets VZW take it and make their quirks and adjustments to it.. HTC gets it back to do further changes and testing (I believe we may be at this stage with the Incredible?). Sorry if I was unclear - when i said simultaneously, i was thinking literally, HTC throws out the phone and before they get any feed back from VZW, theyre testing at the same time VZW is testing.
woodraskam
Android Expert
Another thought on the Flickr pictures still showing ADR6300. Up until March 3rd, the Desire pictures were still posting as "Taken With a HTC Bravo"
greggds
Android Enthusiast
If we're talking about windows of confidentiality and the fact that the N1's confidentiality agreement is coming to an end, one thing to keep in mind is that the only testing that really needs to be done is probably by the carriers that are providing coverage for the phone at this point. You would think that HTC's and Google's testing of the phone's hardware was done prior to its release on TMO's network, where TMO undoubtedly tested the phone on it's network before they released it. The Incredible, on the other hand, would have to go through HTC's hardware testing first before it's sent on to VZW for them to test the handset on their system. Any snags in HTC's testing would delay it's release for testing with VZW - hence the longer confidentiality timeline to cover for that contingency.
Not only that but if you look closer at the screen(sideways) you can make out "HTC Confidential" and a series of serial numbers.
No, because I have seen pics of "ADR6200VW Desire" and similar wordings in alleged "pictures of Verizon's inventory" as well and we all know the Desire isn't going to Verizon. At least not any time soon.
Link: http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC...owered-device-for-Verizon-article-a_6693.html
Plus it is well-known and completely obvious that ADR6200 represents the Droid Eris not the Desire.
greggds
Android Enthusiast
If I remember correctly, the Eris was originally called the Desire. They switched it before its release and reserved it for the more recent device that is obviously more of a "desire"
Sorry for my post after post train but they all are about different topics related to the Incredible.
A 60-second Google search rewarded me with a handful of Editors that can change EXIF data(data telling camera type/model/brand, megapixel size, etc.).
This means that someone could edit the EXIF data of the photo to say "HTC ADR6300" or "HTC Incredible" or "HTC Desire", etc. You get the point.
So it is possible to change the metadata of the photo to pretty much say whatever you want it to.
Just my $.02
A 60-second Google search rewarded me with a handful of Editors that can change EXIF data(data telling camera type/model/brand, megapixel size, etc.).
This means that someone could edit the EXIF data of the photo to say "HTC ADR6300" or "HTC Incredible" or "HTC Desire", etc. You get the point.
So it is possible to change the metadata of the photo to pretty much say whatever you want it to.
Just my $.02
woodraskam
Android Expert
I get the point, but the original photos that were found on Flickr posted as "Taken With a HTC ADR6300" were posted all the way back to December 09. Months before we knew that the the model number was 6300.
So either someone has been posting hoax pictures since december, or they are actual pictures taken by the incredible.
I don't think there's a grassy knoll in play here.
Montana Man
Android Expert
Well guys, I have been digging around in Twitter for a while to see if I can find anything new. I did find a couple things - nothing like devdroidian's pics that landed in my lap the other night... lol! So tonight, I went to Twitter and punched in some things and did a search on them...
1) The first thing I searched was "ADR6300." Lo and behold, there's only one result - and it's our good pal Wonderbread trying to get more info from Sarab Singh! lol! Small world! So that was a dead end.
2) Then I typed in "PC36100." Now the lone result that I got from this one intrigued me - and I need your help in trying to figure out what little miss "AndroidDeviceSpy" is up to! Click on her name in that twitter result and you'll see a list of devices - but no explanations. Any ideas?
Could be something - could be nothing.
http://twitter.com/#search?q=pc36100
1) The first thing I searched was "ADR6300." Lo and behold, there's only one result - and it's our good pal Wonderbread trying to get more info from Sarab Singh! lol! Small world! So that was a dead end.
2) Then I typed in "PC36100." Now the lone result that I got from this one intrigued me - and I need your help in trying to figure out what little miss "AndroidDeviceSpy" is up to! Click on her name in that twitter result and you'll see a list of devices - but no explanations. Any ideas?
Could be something - could be nothing.http://twitter.com/#search?q=pc36100
I think they are legit too just proposing possible alternatives. I want my Incredible much more than the N1 after reading about HTC saying the N1 doesn't belong in a pocket. Do they realize how much abuse the average iPhone takes? I have mine in pockets all the time while I am moving around, leaning, bending, lifting, etc. and I have yet to crack the screen.
HTC: Yes the N1 does belong in and will go in a pocket. Mobile phones are supposed to be reasonably durable. I could understand if you had it in a pocket with keys and they scratched the screen or were in such a position that they actually cracked it with the point but c'mon just having it in a pocket by itself snug in a pocket in a pair of jeans and twisting a certain way cracking the screen is just ridiculous.
woodraskam
Android Expert
Well guys, I have been digging around in Twitter for a while to see if I can find anything new. I did find a couple things - nothing like devdroidian's pics that landed in my lap the other night... lol! So tonight, I went to Twitter and punched in some things and did a search on them...
1) The first thing I searched was "ADR6300." Lo and behold, there's only one result - and it's our good pal Wonderbread trying to get more info from Sarab Singh! lol! Small world! So that was a dead end.
2) Then I typed in "PC36100." Now the lone result that I got from this one intrigued me - and I need your help in trying to figure out what little miss "AndroidDeviceSpy" is up to! Click on her name in that twitter result and you'll see a list of devices - but no explanations. Any ideas?
From what I've found so far, I believe the PC36100 is the Supersonic, and has the same camera as the ADR6300. The person who was posting Flickr pictures (of the sprint facility in Kansas) tagged PC36100 has since removed the tags. You probably already knew all that, but just a refresher.
woodraskam
Android Expert
Well guys, I have been digging around in Twitter for a while to see if I can find anything new. I did find a couple things - nothing like devdroidian's pics that landed in my lap the other night... lol! So tonight, I went to Twitter and punched in some things and did a search on them...
1) The first thing I searched was "ADR6300." Lo and behold, there's only one result - and it's our good pal Wonderbread trying to get more info from Sarab Singh! lol! Small world! So that was a dead end.
2) Then I typed in "PC36100." Now the lone result that I got from this one intrigued me - and I need your help in trying to figure out what little miss "AndroidDeviceSpy" is up to! Click on her name in that twitter result and you'll see a list of devices - but no explanations. Any ideas?
From the looks of it, she's somehow logging all android devices that access something, and sending the info to Twitter. I wonder what they are monitoring though. "Suc" seems like in could be a short name for the supersonic.
Supraman21
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No one has said anything about this but what we could assume from those pictures is the Incredible doesn't take very good ones
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