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***Official HTC Incredible Thread***
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ashleyepidemic
Newbie
So Like I said, I caved I got a droid today. I asked the rep about the incredible. He told me it was slated to come, but doesn't know when. So absolutely nothing different than anyone else has heard.
He did seem hopeful. Regardless. I will still be checking on a regular to see if my incredible releases, but it is nice to not be using an old phone anymore.
He did seem hopeful. Regardless. I will still be checking on a regular to see if my incredible releases, but it is nice to not be using an old phone anymore.
Sisaacs
Android Enthusiast
As does every other blog site these days
not wanting to bring it up too much but see all the articles re last nights debacle?The picture was all that caught my eye as I did not recall seeing that particular one before
Anonimac
Your mom goes to college.
100% lifted from the evergreen thread, including the "friendstream" that i specifically added at the request of one poster. lol, even the unconfirmed section is identical to mine, including the noise cancelling mic "like the nexus one"...
If anything this just confirms that THIS THREAD IS THE AUTHORATATIVE SOURCE FOR ALL INCREDIBLE INFO!
h0lby5
Well-Known Member
Looks like they copied the Evergreen page... Way to throw us some credit... People these days.
Edit: Anon, Great minds think alike? Haha
Long time lurker, been here since maybe page 40 and through ups downs closures, people fighting amongst themselves etc lol
My thought s on naming this the "Incredible" ... imagine a few years from now or a few months from now depending on how good this phone will actually perform and the bad jokes coming from naming this phone in that way.
HTC "Not That Incredible" ... etc you know where I am coming from.
I mean thats alot to live up to and will almost certainly at some point in the future will be a dinosaur.
However saying that, I sure hope it is "Incredible" because I have invested some serious reading and searching on this device as alot of you have done.
You have all entertained me and informed me, sometimes made me angry lol ... I am sure the levels of these and the ups and downs of Verizon not telling us a damn thing about this phone majorly contributes to alot of the anxiety.
I will go back into hiding now and watch from a distance, keep up the good work and try and not kill each other in the process lol
My thought s on naming this the "Incredible" ... imagine a few years from now or a few months from now depending on how good this phone will actually perform and the bad jokes coming from naming this phone in that way.
HTC "Not That Incredible" ... etc you know where I am coming from.
I mean thats alot to live up to and will almost certainly at some point in the future will be a dinosaur.
However saying that, I sure hope it is "Incredible" because I have invested some serious reading and searching on this device as alot of you have done.
You have all entertained me and informed me, sometimes made me angry lol ... I am sure the levels of these and the ups and downs of Verizon not telling us a damn thing about this phone majorly contributes to alot of the anxiety.
I will go back into hiding now and watch from a distance, keep up the good work and try and not kill each other in the process lol
albiewan
Android Enthusiast
Haha, looks like you're right. Bet you could start a new rumor that you bought the first Incredible and it would splash onto the net in a few hours. That would be cruel. But I'm just saying...
Sisaacs
Android Enthusiast
my bad.
Isror
Android Enthusiast
Verizon kind of did that with the Imagio and Touch Pro 2...When the Touch Pro 2 came out, you couldn't find one in store to save your life because it was primarily sold online only, where as the in-store option was the Imagio; like we're going to see with the N1 and Incredible...The N1 will only be available online from Google, but the Incredible will be sold at brick and mortar stores as well as online
steven pounds his hairy chest like a gorilla!
h0lby5
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What we should have done is collectively pulled an April Fools Joke on the whole tech community for getting all their Info from us.
It would have taken a coordinated effort, but we could have done it.
Made up some crazy new spec (comes with 32gb card), or "we have a concrete release date from a credible source!"
Would have loved to see every tech site run with the story while we all get a good laugh.
pragmatous
Android Enthusiast
news is news - right now it's all the same stuff. Speculations and guesses. I posted it for fun. Take it for what it's worth.
That guy is annoying. Probably gets his information from this thread.
In fact....you might be him! Promoting your own blog....terrible.
Oh, about that whole annoying thing....yeah....
Twiz
Android Enthusiast
And a nice photoshop picture of it!!!
DodgerinNH
Well-Known Member
Can anyone clear up a couple things for a tech-newbie such as myself?
What is the difference between 1 Gb of RAM and 6 Gb of ROM?
Does this refer to what we on computers call "storage space"?
If it's regular memory like on a computer and not storage space will the 6 Gb of ROM (which sounds like an awful lot) help play streaming video better, i.e. make it not so choppy?
thanks in advance to whomever can answer this so a fifth grader can understand!
What is the difference between 1 Gb of RAM and 6 Gb of ROM?
Does this refer to what we on computers call "storage space"?
If it's regular memory like on a computer and not storage space will the 6 Gb of ROM (which sounds like an awful lot) help play streaming video better, i.e. make it not so choppy?
thanks in advance to whomever can answer this so a fifth grader can understand!
Can someone invite me to the "Incredible" wave?
shundal84@gmail.com
I know there is a thread for it, but I've posted a couple times and no one has invited yet.
shundal84@gmail.com
I know there is a thread for it, but I've posted a couple times and no one has invited yet.
Isror
Android Enthusiast
I think the bigger thing would be to just start spreading the iPhone to Verizon like wildfire...Just start posing "confirmed iPhone to VZW in 30 DAYS!!!" We've already got several people capable of amazing photo shopping...I hate apple products, but to get the entire tech community going about that just to see the sad panda look when they find out its false would be epic...Hell, given the nature of that bastard deal, I'm sure we'd even see some higher up Verizon execs putting out memos about the whole deal claiming it wasn't true...
ROM stands for Read Only Memory. Meaning, you can't change it, it's just there. This is reserved for the OS's basic functions.
RAM is Random Access Memory. This is the memory used when you access programs and such. I'm no phone expert, but I believe in phones, this is the memory where you would store things like apps and media.
IncrediBoyz
Member
My wife and I watch Modern Family. Funny show! I'm sure you're right about the amount of enthusiasm as well. It's always funnier when you know it's based on a bit of truth!
Torture eh..... any chance we can sign some of these top Verizon execs up for some of this physical therapy? It will stop when they supply a release date.
I'm pretty sure this girl could get them to talk. I think you have to be a bit mean to be a physical therapist (no offense to any out there). But it works!
pragmatous
Android Enthusiast
RAM is how many apps you can run at the same time
ROM is how many apps,music,photos you can store on it
ROM is how many apps,music,photos you can store on it
Can anyone tell me more about the Optical Track Pad... I've never seen nor played with one. It sounds better than the trackball (which I read a lot of people don't like) but I'm not sure how it works.... does one simply rub a thumb or finger over it?
(Don't get nasty, serious question)
(Don't get nasty, serious question)
just sent you one
QrafTee
Android Expert
Pretty much. Imagine one of those optical mouse for the PC, but you're rubbing your thumb over the optics rather than having the optics move over a flat surface.
jchunt
Member
I've been thinking about this feature a lot, too. I like to have the latest and coolest, but HDMI on a phone would be as useful as (looks around kitchen.....) a remote for the coffee maker. To me, HDMI on a phone has potential in two ways; first, to display media that was already on a phone to a high-def TV or monitor, or to stream media from somewhere else to a high-def TV or monitor.
Media on a phone would include pictures or movies that you've taken with its camera, or media (movies, recorded tv, etc) that you've gotten from elsewhere that you're storing in onboard memory or an SD card. Displaying photos or movies that you've captured with the camera makes sense IF you depend heavily on your phone camera (as opposed to a digital or film camera) and if the quality of the phone camera is such that the pictures it takes will be worthy of blowing up to big-screen size. At my daughter's college graduation next month you can be sure the phone will be in my purse and the "real" camera will be out. On the rare occasion that I'd use the phone's camera in preference to a "real" camera it's not too hard to get the pictures out of a phone anyway, as a USB port for a card reader or even SD readers are built into HDTVs and monitors today.
Media files stored on the phone would have to be of sufficient size/quality to make them look good when blown up to HDTV size. I record TV shows on my HTPC, then shrink the files and store them on my phone for later viewing. These files are about 100 MB for a half hour show. I also use Fair Use Wizard to shrink DVDs that we own down the same way - these files are maybe 250-500 MB for a full length movie. Here's the thing a movie (about 250 MB) looked fine on my current phone's 2.8" 240x320 screen, but when I blew it up to view on our big screen HDTV, it looked just awful - not enough data. For a stored movie to fill up the Incredible's screen (3.7", 480 x 800) I'm guessing (someone, please correct me if I'm wrong) it would take roughly 5 times as much data to fill it up for what I'm sure will be a much nicer, sharper picture. But if you use HDMI to watch it on a big screen TV, I'm pretty sure it'll still look bad, unless you convert your media to a much bigger file. Then you'll end up taking much more of your storage space. For my purposes, it wouldn't be worth the trouble to have to keep switching out a few very large files. I'll either watch it on the Incredible's screen, or use a laptop with HDMI out to watch it on an HDTV. Or just use a DVD player.
Streaming video would be stuff not stored on the phone, like watching TV through a network's website or, maybe someday, movies from Netflix. Once again, seeing it on a 3.7" screen, no problem. I'm having a hard time believing, however, that we'd be able to stream data through a cell phone fast enough to fill up a big screen nicely, or that Verizon would allow that much data to be streamed, even with the "Unlimited" data plan. With the faster networks coming maybe the stream would be sufficient, but I foresee tiered pricing because we'd be talking about a LOT of data, and I can't see Verizon giving that for $39 a month. What would prevent people from canceling their cable if they could watch their favorite shows the next day in High def from the network's site through their phones on their big TVs?
To sum up, I don't think HDMI is a feature worth waiting for on a phone, and if people have it, it will eventually end up costing us more in our plans.
Sorry for the long and somewhat redundant post - I had to test and research while typing.
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