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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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cooper1010 said:
i actually saw the 2 videos before they got pulled. it said "sprint" and "4G" everywhere. one of the movie screens showed an evo rotating, and the split second you got to see the phone's screen, it appeared (i'm 99.9% certain) to be showing a clip of Prince of Persia.
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Hence me taking back my original post. I saw the screenshots that just got posted and it really does look like a Sprint 4G event. Not sure how much of that is just sponsorship but my hopes are back up a bit.
 
Rigmaster said:
I can't recall the specific event, but I know I read HTC's CEO respond to OS delays by saying that it's not a Sense to Android issue. I wasn't blaming HTC then. I was questioning whether the carrier requested tweaks or additions to Sense to address carrier/network requirements or preferences.

I am firmly with you on your concerns. I can only say from my personal account that the HTC Sense overlay was strictly forbidden to play/try to understand.

I am kindda the head cheese for what I do and had cooperate execs coming to my office and specifically saying you are not to touch it, to play with it, and don't try to reverse engineer it. I have already put my arse out on the line posting info I can..I can soundly say, that we could not play w/Sense overlay code.


I personally feel, this is a strict policy from HTC on all new plateforms. (IMHO)

Once EVO is released, it does not mean it won't be reversed engineered..I mean it is Android open source right >-_O<
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RiverOfIce said:
The only reason people are going with the june 6th is because of the palm pre was released on the 6th.
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Actually, just wanted to point out that it's not the "only" reason. I speculated June 6 because EVP discounts end on June 5. A similar situation happened with the Touch Pro/Diamond, where the release date was geared around Sprint's "scheduled" discount sheet (maybe rebella could clarify how this works, since she works at Sprint). From my understanding, the discount sheet (internal Sprint schedule) always has an expiration and a new one is released on the next day with a new expiration. Same thing with EVP.

That's the main reason I'm going with June 6, but by no means will I say that this will dictate when/how Sprint decides to release the EVO. If Sprint wants to launch the phone earlier, that's great! It'll be fantastic if the EVO releases earlier than the 6th, but I'm taking into consideration EVP's catering towards employees of large corporations, so that would be the only reason I'm not expecting it to be available any earlier.
 
Fandroidboy said:
Why is it that on the qik videos one said PA an the other said NY. Does that mean that the videos were taken in two locations???? I don't think they would be setting up things at two locations. At the video posts are 1 hour apart....hmmmm
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they were closer than that; when they were first posted, it said they were 16 minutes apart. from his narration, it was pretty clear that he said he was in ny for the event on both videos.

i commented on qik under one of the videos, now they're gone.
 
Between BSOD and Rob asking us what we want to hear, my spirits are really getting boosted for tonight's event. Not that I didn't believe it was happening (ok, for a short time I did), but things are coming together nicely.
 
cooper1010 said:
they're taken with the front camera, no? 1.3 mp and streaming quality won't be that good (even 8 mp and live, streaming quality would suck, right?

anyways, looks like he got in trouble cuz those 2 videos are gone. they're listed under his name, however, at least as of the time i got this screen cap:

qik on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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OK agents out there we have his name. what is his email assuming he works for Sprint if he has EVO? We can ask him question via email. He is obviously willing to share.
 
cooper1010 said:
i actually saw the 2 videos before they got pulled. it said "sprint" and "4G" everywhere. one of the movie screens showed an evo rotating, and the split second you got to see the phone's screen, it appeared (i'm 99.9% certain) to be showing a clip of Prince of Persia.
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am i the only one that still has the video?
 
cooper1010 said:
they were closer than that; when they were first posted, it said they were 16 minutes apart. from his narration, it was pretty clear that he said he was in ny for the event on both videos.

i commented on qik under one of the videos, now they're gone.
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That's true. I did hear him say he was in NY on both videos. Anyone that saw the videos notice the advertisement that was playing in the background....same advertisement that was posted here a couple of weeks ago. I can't remember who posted it but good find!!!
 
I didn't get to post this on here last night, but I was at work and decided to check the Celtics vs. Cavs score before I headed out the door. On nba.com, they usually have links to a live TNT feed (stream) that you can watch the game. Luckily, the game was still going (even though the Cavs were getting blown out). I'm a basketball fanatic (diehard Laker fan) and when I went to click on the live feed, I saw the screens with HTC EVO ads all over (hard NOT to notice). For fear that the link I posted on other forums wouldn't show the full effect of the ads, I took 3 print screens for everyone to see.

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cooper1010 said:
they were closer than that; when they were first posted, it said they were 16 minutes apart. from his narration, it was pretty clear that he said he was in ny for the event on both videos.

i commented on qik under one of the videos, now they're gone.
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I don't fully understand how Qik works, but is it possible that the one of the recordings was made earlier in the week and uploaded from a different location? I think the video showing the "chocolates" on the table was likely made today. Seems like they still have a lot of setup to do in the remaining hours...;)
 
SoFLO said:
What?! How?! I thought we were the minority who were obsessed with the phone :(

If this is true I'm about to drive out and go to the closest Sprint store asap. Has anyone put down their name on this so-called list? I read that there was a list where people were putting their names down in another thread...
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i'm guessing it's the email list from the sprint site. the one we all signed up for to be notified when it will be available. i have a feeling we'll all know a week before we get an email from sprint.
 
SoFLO said:
What?! How?! I thought we were the minority who were obsessed with the phone :(

If this is true I'm about to drive out and go to the closest Sprint store asap. Has anyone put down their name on this so-called list? I read that there was a list where people were putting their names down in another thread...
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They may be speaking figuratively, and just mean to say that many people are anticipating the EVO arrival... what do you think? I don't think they are talking about a literal list of consumers... could be talking about media sites that want to review the EVO?
 
cooper1010 said:
i actually saw the 2 videos before they got pulled. it said "sprint" and "4G" everywhere. one of the movie screens showed an evo rotating, and the split second you got to see the phone's screen, it appeared (i'm 99.9% certain) to be showing a clip of Prince of Persia.
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As did I... I only hope that either A.) those clips were shot using the front facing camera, B.) shot with another phone / camera all together or C.) Qik just compresses the hell out of the video and thats why it looked so grainy....
 
cooper1010 said:
i've asked for info re; boston, specifically the cape, from him before. he said "soon."

i have a tower that's listed on that towerco site right down the street from me. hope it gets switched on.
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Can you or eieio provide more info about the Towerco connection? I checked their site and found towers near me. Are these supposed to be 4G towers? (they show up as Monopole and Self-support).
 
Daddo said:
I don't fully understand how Qik works, but is it possible that the one of the recordings was made earlier in the week and uploaded from a different location? I think the video showing the "chocolates" on the table was likely made today. Seems like they still have a lot of setup to do in the remaining hours...;)
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yeah, i assume he needs to manually set his location, and he didn't. or something.

maybe this whole thing is a ruse. there is no evo. there is no spoon. we're through the looking glass here, people.
 
ImGreen said:
They may be speaking figuratively, and just mean to say that many people are anticipating the EVO arrival... what do you think? I don't think they are talking about a literal list of consumers... could be talking about media sites that want to review the EVO?
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I have no idea, could be. I remember this thread but never thought much of it:
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/75568-preorder.html

Edit: Reading the thread, yeah, I don't think we have much to worry about.
 
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