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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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htc.EVOlution said:
wow the forum isn't moving like before. i've been a lurker and today i decided to post. i don't have to read through 5 pages just to catch up. discussion has been really limited and more much going on. everyone who got banned previously seemed to be the main posters
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yes. excessive and heavy handed moderation has a dilution and a chilling effect.
 
rebella said:
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Report: Google Android surpasses iPhone in U.S.



by Marguerite Reardon

Google's Ashare."
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no need to post the whole article and chart. the link with brief commentary would have been sufficient.
 
neodorian said:
Makes sense really. I was excited about the N1 when I first heard about it but the Evo is basically an improvement on all fronts. The only reasons I can think someone would want a N1 over an Evo are either they prefer a smaller device or they prefer stock Android.

The first part is a legit preference but I'm sure there will be stock ROMs for the Evo shortly after release.
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I was actually debating on checking out the N1 before the EVO was officially announced.

Does the stock Android OS have landscape mode or would it be just like having sense UI, where you can only see portrait mode on the home page?
 
drexappeal said:
I was actually debating on checking out the N1 before the EVO was officially announced.

Does the stock Android OS have landscape mode or would it be just like having sense UI, where you can only see portrait mode on the home page?
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As far as I know, both stock and unmodified Sense both are portrait only on the home screens.
 
i'd consider the iPhone if it came to Sprint.

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In the “totally unlikely to come true” department, yesterday I was told that Sprint will be getting the iPhone this summer. You heard that right, while rumors have long pointed to Big Red getting the iPhone this year, never has it been mentioned that Sprint would be selling the iPhone. I can’t believe this is true, although the source has been reliable in the past and does work for Sprint. I’m not holding my breath.

Sprint Cans Nexus One; Getting the iPhone?
 
neodorian said:
As far as I know, both stock and unmodified Sense both are portrait only on the home screens.
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i'm curious - can you easily "turn off/on" SenseUI on these HTC phones without rooting etc.? not that i necessarily want to - just curious if it's an option.
 
Gekko said:
i'm curious - can you easily "turn off/on" SenseUI on these HTC phones without rooting etc.? not that i necessarily want to - just curious if it's an option.
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Short answer is "No"...It's been reported that the Incredible lacks the basic vanilla Android files, which indicates the Sense UI is the only one available.
 
Gekko said:
i'm curious - can you easily "turn off/on" SenseUI on these HTC phones without rooting etc.? not that i necessarily want to - just curious if it's an option.
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You can on the Eris. I believe that the phone has to be listed as "with google" for you to be able to turn off Sense. Although, I may be thinking of something else.
 
deltatko said:
I've been lurking for awhile and thought i could shed some light to this. I have a buddy who works on the servers for sprint here in KC. He said that there has been an Iphone accessing the sprint servers occasionally over the last month or two, so that means there is a CDMA Iphone in existance. Now that doesn't mean its a Sprint Iphone, it could be a verizon one because they pop up on the system if they are roaming on a sprint tower. He is digging around to find out more, but from what he has told me, he hasn't been able to get more info. Take that for what its worth.

I trust him, he has tipped me off to a few phones that i hadn't heard of before they were announced, like New blackberry coming out at the end of the month and the Moment 2 that is being tested right now.
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interesting.

1. how does the server identify the exact make/model of phone? the phone broadcasts its make/model? you'd think it'd be purposely on the down-low.
2. i wouldn't be surprised if Apple provides all major carriers a GSM or CDMA iPhone version for testing on their networks for a "just in case" or "when the time comes" basis. OR maybe Sprint's engineers hacked one together as a reference model to test and to maybe someday demo (4G) back to Apple.
 
i'm curious - can you easily "turn off/on" SenseUI on these HTC phones without rooting etc.? not that i necessarily want to - just curious if it's an option.
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You can on the Eris. I believe that the phone has to be listed as "with google" for you to be able to turn off Sense. Although, I may be thinking of something else.
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No, the "with Google" branding is for Google's core apps (like Gmail, Maps, etc.) that are packaged with the Android OS.
 
deltatko said:
I've been lurking for awhile and thought i could shed some light to this. I have a buddy who works on the servers for sprint here in KC. He said that there has been an Iphone accessing the sprint servers occasionally over the last month or two, so that means there is a CDMA Iphone in existance. Now that doesn't mean its a Sprint Iphone, it could be a verizon one because they pop up on the system if they are roaming on a sprint tower. He is digging around to find out more, but from what he has told me, he hasn't been able to get more info. Take that for what its worth.

I trust him, he has tipped me off to a few phones that i hadn't heard of before they were announced, like New blackberry coming out at the end of the month and the Moment 2 that is being tested right now.
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Anything you can share with us about the EVO? We won't tell anyone.:p
 
Ok the email did not answer what I wanted.. My question for Sprint employees.

How long does it take you typically train for a new Phone???
 
Gekko said:
interesting.

1. how does the server identify the exact make/model of phone? the phone broadcasts its make/model? you'd think it'd be purposely on the down-low.
2. i wouldn't be surprised if Apple provides all major carriers a GSM or CDMA iPhone version for testing on their networks for a "just in case" or "when the time comes" basis. OR maybe Sprint's engineers hacked one together as a reference model to test and to maybe someday demo (4G) back to Apple.
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I just know what he tells me, from what i gather it shows up as a manufacturer and either a model number or codeword. He said the EVO had been in testing for almost a full year before it was announced and they didn't know exactly what it was in his department until all the rumors of the Supersonic started really flying around toward the end of last year.

He knows a few people in the testing area but said they are pretty tight with the info, which i can totally understand.

Unfortunately he can't tell me release dates, pricing or any of the juicy stuff we want to know. I know none of this really helps but its interesting none the less.

I haven't talked to him since the article about Clear having more 4g phones coming out, so I don't know anything about them in particular but he does know there are more 4g phones coming late this year/early next that they were briefed on in a meeting cause i asked that when the evo was announced.

I'll go back to lurking now.
 
eieio said:
Ok the email did not answer what I wanted.. My question for Sprint employees.

How long does it take you typically train for a new Phone???
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Last year the advocates got the Pre 3-4 weeks before launch, and the advocates at 2 stores near me here in KC got them last week, but of course they won't let me see them lol. I'm going to the Sprint Studio (its the ultra fancy flagship store) store in downtown tomorrow to talk to the guys i know there and see if one of them might be the advocate, he was last year for the Pre.
 
deltatko said:
Last year the advocates got the Pre 3-4 weeks before launch, and the advocates at 2 stores near me here in KC got them last week, but of course they won't let me see them lol. I'm going to the Sprint Studio (its the ultra fancy flagship store) store in downtown tomorrow to talk to the guys i know there and see if one of them might be the advocate, he was last year for the Pre.
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remember - the Pre was a whole new webOS. this EVO is still Android so the learning curve should be a lot less steep.

and don't they do training via webinar?
 
deltatko said:
Last year the advocates got the Pre 3-4 weeks before launch, and the advocates at 2 stores near me here in KC got them last week, but of course they won't let me see them lol. I'm going to the Sprint Studio (its the ultra fancy flagship store) store in downtown tomorrow to talk to the guys i know there and see if one of them might be the advocate, he was last year for the Pre.
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Would it be unusual that 4g areas could have gotten the phones and started training earlier? or are the phones usually given to advocates around the same time??
 
Gekko said:
remember - the Pre was a whole new webOS. this EVO is still Android so the learning curve should be a lot less steep.

and don't they do training via webinar?
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i believe they start that way then are given the phones early so they can have hands on time to answer questions, at least that is what i was led to believe by the Pre guy
 
deltatko said:
I just know what he tells me, from what i gather it shows up as a manufacturer and either a model number or codeword. He said the EVO had been in testing for almost a full year before it was announced and they didn't know exactly what it was in his department until all the rumors of the Supersonic started really flying around toward the end of last year.

He knows a few people in the testing area but said they are pretty tight with the info, which i can totally understand.

Unfortunately he can't tell me release dates, pricing or any of the juicy stuff we want to know. I know none of this really helps but its interesting none the less.

I haven't talked to him since the article about Clear having more 4g phones coming out, so I don't know anything about them in particular but he does know there are more 4g phones coming late this year/early next that they were briefed on in a meeting cause i asked that when the evo was announced.

I'll go back to lurking now.
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There were early versions of the EVO back in Baltimore in November of 09 I had no clue what it was and did not even take interest in it. Man do I suck
 
OfTheDamned said:
You can on the Eris. I believe that the phone has to be listed as "with google" for you to be able to turn off Sense. Although, I may be thinking of something else.
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As far as I know, you cannot turn off Sense since its not just a theme over the stock UI, it is deeply embedded within the OS itself. I don't know about the Evo, but on the Incredible, it is missing the stock android UI core files.
 
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