My lunch with the Verizon Incredible... //Q&A

[Nytemare]

Seems to be a very nice phone, I can't wait to get one lol.

 

[w0rdie]

Oh, and I know it's been said but I can confirm that the touch sensitive buttons up front are just as snappy, responsive and accurate as the screen itself. No N1-like quirks.

 

[magisternautaque]

Did you happen to see the screen in the sunlight. My Moto Droid becomes as useless as a brick in the sun...can't use it...i've given up.

 

[rushmore]

I must have been too late with my question, but were you able to test any streaming video through youtube, Hulu, Vimeo, etc.?

Hulu is trying to keep cell phones of their site. Even my N900 with full Flash 9.4 stopped working in the past few weeks. Needs to be at least FULL Flash 10.1, even though Flash Lite 4 is Flash 10.1 (lite version and without GPU assist).

It will be interesting to see if mobile Flash 10.1 works when released later this year.

 

[tluv00]

Fingers crossed the capacitive dots aren't noticable because something like that could really annoy me. It's very easy to see in the pictures but I think the brightness is either turned up on the phone/camera or it's the monitors we are viewing this on themselves. Either way, we will know when it arrives.

 

[w0rdie]

Oh, and two more things I just remembered making a mental note of:

> The contours on the back are not nearly as defined as pictures make them seem. Very shallow and not as big a deal as I first thought.

> The phone doesn't sit lop-sided because of the protruding camera lense like it looks like it might, I didn't spend the time to figure out why, because it sure as hell looks like it should be off a bit but it isn't.

 

[smp2k]

The LED indicator only flashes green and red...sorry

 

[ejkeebler]

what about the speaker volume? one of the bigger complaints amongst non-rooted nexus one owners i've heard is the external speaker volume as far as ringer and speakerphone, etc is too quiet.

 

[kwaping]

Does the Incredible have a multi-colored LED for notifications? For example, on my Droid I use Handcent SMS and I've set texts to have a BLUE LED while emails is set to GREEN. Is this possible on the Incredible?

According to the leaked manual, there are various colors for various status notifications. That may have changed but that's what I read. I don't have it available right now or I'd quote it for you. Maybe someone else can look it up and post the specifics.

 

[ejkeebler]

According to the leaked manual, there are various colors for various status notifications. That may have changed but that's what I read. I don't have it available right now or I'd quote it for you. Maybe someone else can look it up and post the specifics.

from page 15 of the leaked manual -

Notification LED
This LED shows a:
Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged.
Flashing green light when you have a pending notification.
Solid red light when the battery is being charged.
Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low.

from page 19 of the leaked manual -
As the battery is being charged, the notification LED shows a solid red light when the battery is being charged. The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged.

those are the only two mentions about the LED....take it for what it's worth, but it looks to me like the only notification is really green...

 

[hornyhippo]

How's the glare on the screen when stepping outside to a bright sunny day?

 

[irishjoeyo]

Thanks for all of this great info, w0rdie! I have a question for you as well...I don't know if you have used the touch screen keyboard on the Droid Eris, but if you have, how does the Incredible's touch screen keyboard compare to that one?

 

[w0rdie]

AMOLED sucks outside. It's a technology thing, not a phone thing.

 

[w0rdie]

Thanks for all of this great info, w0rdie! I have a question for you as well...I don't know if you have used the touch screen keyboard on the Droid Eris, but if you have, how does the Incredible's touch screen keyboard compare to that one?

Imagine your keys much bigger and much more responsive... otherwise its the same.

 

[atlas310]

Does anyone know if there's an app for the Eris that allows you to change the notification colors? I know there was one for the Blackberry. If so, then it's probably possible there will be one available for the Incredible as well.

 

[irishjoeyo]

That's great to hear. In my opinion, the touch screen keyboard on the Motorola Droid is horrible while the one on the Droid Eris is actually pretty good. It's relieving to hear that the Incredible's could be even better!

 

[phobic]

According to the leaked manual, there are various colors for various status notifications. That may have changed but that's what I read. I don't have it available right now or I'd quote it for you. Maybe someone else can look it up and post the specifics.

from page 15 of the leaked manual -

Notification LED
This LED shows a:
Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged.
Flashing green light when you have a pending notification.
Solid red light when the battery is being charged.
Flashing red light when the battery level reaches very low.

from page 19 of the leaked manual -
As the battery is being charged, the notification LED shows a solid red light when the battery is being charged. The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged.

those are the only two mentions about the LED....take it for what it's worth, but it looks to me like the only notification is really green...

Thanks guys. That totally sucks, though but I guess I'll live with it

 

[hornyhippo]

Can music player go into landscape mode like the HTC HD2?

 

[terpsarlington]

Question for w0rdie:

How did you test the multitouch bug? did you use the application "Multitouch Visible Test" from the market? if not, what application did you use?

thanks in advance

 

[w0rdie]

Can music player go into landscape mode like the HTC HD2?

Yes.

Question for w0rdie:

How did you test the multitouch bug? did you use the application "Multitouch Visible Test" from the market? if not, what application did you use?

thanks in advance

Yes. Video is up on Android Central | Android Central

 

[fish2587]

somebody commenting on the android community multitouch video just posted, identified the actual screen used for the incredible, so... I looked it up and came across the manufacturers page on it... it's... incredible

Atmel Products - Touchscreens - mXT224

and also answers the one person's question on whether you can use a stylus or not... you can. this things night and day better than the N1/Desire's screen.

screw what the reviewers are saying about it feeling plasticy. Wordie says it feels great, and i'm more concerned with how the device FUNCTIONS. it looks great in my opinion and if somebody thinks if doesn't feel good, put on a rubber case to add some weight and that alleviates that problem.

 

[TheSmokinStroke02]

So you can't store apps to the onboard memory?

 

[athenslb57]

Will the optical track pad wake the screen?

 

[tdub88]

awesome, great news! if those dots were noticeable...that would have depressed me!

It's probably like the Eris. At certain angles/lighting conditions you can see them. 99% of the time you can't/don't see them.

 

[w0rdie]

Will the optical track pad wake the screen?

Out of the box, no, it does not. (First thing I tried when I picked it up.. heh..)