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yea it doesn't matter if it was unfinished or not. but i doubt it was done cause it had the number codes on the side. i'm sure it was for marketing purpose. i highly doubt that's her official phone. she probably uses a bb or something. nobody was there so it makes perfect sense for them not to have it. it's not like you have to tell anybody. i mean was anybody in this thread there to see if oprah made a new pan with sprint or something smh. who even knows what carrier she is on.

i don't get it when somebody makes a comment and then another person is quick to act like it is impossible unless god says so. we know a lot in these threads but we are not hesse or anybody in the high chair.

some people are so critical about this that they say some really off the wall things. this phone will be really nice but at the end of the day it's just a phone. it won't save your life or cure world hunger.
 
cary328is said:
Hi fellow EVO fans - just wanted you to know I've used and installed ZAGG, Ghost-Armor, and bodyguardz.com for friends, family etc. Hell I even helped a buddy out in his local tint shop installing 3M paint protection film on hoods and bumpers. So enough of my experience with paint protection etc. I know most of you are avid fans of Zagg, but Ghost-Armor is a much "smoother" and more invisible material and it is just as tough as Zagg. I've been using it more recently because it's cheaper as well. Here's their deal for the EVO:

HTC EVO 4G Ghost Armor - HTC - HTC EVO 4G - Ghost Armor | cases, screen-protectors, shields, skins, covers, armor

Pretty affordable isn't it? I hope some of you consider it

Also for those of you like me who are really accurate with an xacto knife and tracing tools, you can make your own "shields" for anything with this material:

Cut To Fit Sheets - StickerCity.com Trust me, it's the same stuff laser cut and sold for gadgets and automobiles. Enjoy
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oh, so it's basicalyy clear bra material, except for phones? That's awesome. Sticker city is actually down the hill from my house. Was gna clear bra my front bumper, but it would've been way 2 expensive since it's not oem.
 
cary328is said:
Hi fellow EVO fans - just wanted you to know I've used and installed ZAGG, Ghost-Armor, and bodyguardz.com for friends, family etc...........Enjoy
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Thank you for the info. I was just researching screen protectors last night and wasn't sure what to go with. The only one I ever tried was for my Pre and it went in the trash almost immediately because of all the curves and craziness. But my brother and I are both planning on getting the EVO and he was wondering what to get because he has the Zagg IS on his Instinct and iTouch and doesn't like the orange peel effect. So good to know on the Ghost Armor! :)
 
UniqueNate said:
yea it doesn't matter if it was unfinished or not. but i doubt it was done cause it had the number codes on the side. i'm sure it was for marketing purpose. i highly doubt that's her official phone. she probably uses a bb or something. nobody was there so it makes perfect sense for them not to have it. it's not like you have to tell anybody. i mean was anybody in this thread there to see if oprah made a new pan with sprint or something smh. who even knows what carrier she is on.
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Just thought I'd put this up here again in case someone missed it, but the Evo she had could have very well been a final production. My thought for this comes from a prior post from ROI:
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I have a few dozen demo and final production units from different companies around my house.

And EVERYONE has a DEMO/TEST/REVIEW/EVALUATION sticker and SERIAL stamp heat pressed into the out shell.

Everyone of them.

Minus one because it was after release model.

So the stamp makes it more believable.
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stevbl01 said:
I am sure this was talked about yesterday but Sprint has to make sure their media blitz for the EVO can not be easily over shadowed by Apple because once again Steve Jobs and Apple conveniently grab the presses attention by talking about why they don't support Flash on the day the Incredible was released. I am sure they are planning something for whatever the day of the EVO event.
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Hmmmm, kind of made me dream a bit here, let me explain.....

Sprint announces evo at CTIA..........shows their hand a little

Incredible and iphone both have news or come out first...... others trying to beat them to the punch or steal some thunder......

Sprint says SUmmer release giving others the feeling of lets beat or meet that a little.......

Sprint though has 4G event in NY......... AND announces the release of the phone either AT the event ....or soon after..... therefore making it harder for the competition to have things immediately ready to steal the thunder.... or things like were quoted above.....


Crazy and wishful thinking I know, but think about it, Hess said he was saving a few surprises for later. Surprise here is our phone, now go buy it. Sprint will never have the lineup at the door and camp out type of effect the iphones or ipads have, because it does not have that "i gotta have it" factor with the general public. So do they really have to advertise the heck out of it BEFORE it is OUT? As long as they advertise it when it IS out, they would be able to have people make the more spontaneous, wow lets go look at that phone factor? Im needing an EVO fix soon as the withdrawls before I even get the phone are awful. So maybe its the side effects of not getting my fix that has me wishing this were true, but I gotta say, I really dont think SPRINT has to worry about the advertising before it is out. A few days really would be sufficient, they just have to be sure to push the crap out of it when it is out, so people know its there.

I dont remember ever seeing a Hero ad until a month or so after I got it. The only reason I knew about it was cause I had been interested in the PRE, had an itch for a new phone, and was looking through the website? Anyone know about the Hero advertising timelines?
 
My 2 cents on the whole advertising thing. I don't remember there being all that much advertisement for the Pre last year, but there was still a line of about 50 people waiting to get in the store when it opened on release day. I was getting all of my info on the Pre from precentral.net just like I'm getting all of my info (or lack thereof, currently) about the Evo here. No one knew what the heck the Pre was when I got it, and it will probably be the same with the Evo. No matter what, I want one and I can't wait to get one! We can bitch and moan all we want about how Sprint is right or wrong, but they're gonna do what they wanna do and unfortunately all we can do is sit and twiddle our thumbs in anticipation. Now don't everyone jump down my throat when you read this, because I could be completely wrong. But, I honestly don't remember when the wierd ass Pre commercials started last year; if it was before or after they started selling it. But either way, I know it wasn't that much before or after release time. Even if Sprint took everyone's advice and had the Evo selling already and was advertising and really getting the hype out there, it wouldn't matter, it will not sell like the iTurds do. So let the sheeple have their iBlows, that just means there are more Evo's for the people that are ACTUALLY cool! :p
 
How pissed would you guys be if they just said oh because Sprint is the sponsor today, everyone in the audience is getting a free EVO! lol. Thats some sh*t they would do on Oprah. I mean the lady gives away cars... Granted she got a huge tax write off and it probably made her money but still.

Oh yeah and on the advertising note... has anyone even seen a commercial for the Incredible? I sure as hell havent. Still seeing the moto droid ones though.
 
hopalee said:
My 2 cents on the whole advertising thing. I don't remember there being all that much advertisement for the Pre last year, but there was still a line of about 50 people waiting to get in the store when it opened on release day. I was getting all of my info on the Pre from precentral.net just like I'm getting all of my info (or lack thereof, currently) about the Evo here. No one knew what the heck the Pre was when I got it, and it will probably be the same with the Evo. No matter what, I want one and I can't wait to get one! We can bitch and moan all we want about how Sprint is right or wrong, but they're gonna do what they wanna do and unfortunately all we can do is sit and twiddle our thumbs in anticipation. Now don't everyone jump down my throat when you read this, because I could be completely wrong. But, I honestly don't remember when the wierd ass Pre commercials started last year; if it was before or after they started selling it. But either way, I know it wasn't that much before or after release time. Even if Sprint took everyone's advice and had the Evo selling already and was advertising and really getting the hype out there, it wouldn't matter, it will not sell like the iTurds do. So let the sheeple have their iBlows, that just means there are more Evo's for the people that are ACTUALLY cool! :p
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the pre about 2 or 3 weeks before they started a media blitz. I remember the 10 fliers we got in the mail, sprint stores had hanging out pre coming soon, tv started talking about it big time ads on just about every website. They did alot for the pre before it got released but wasnt till about 2 weeks before it came out (basically when it got announced a date)
 
Mateo said:
Oh yeah and on the advertising note... has anyone even seen a commercial for the Incredible? I sure as hell havent. Still seeing the moto droid ones though.
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I haven't but I did hear a radio commercial earlier today... it went on to talk about the processor and so on, it finished by adding how it was the next addition to the Verizon family line up...
 
Im agreeing with you hopalee. While a few people will line up, it wont be like an Apple event for those other products. No matter how much advertising is done before hand. And even with the Droid lead in commercials, I never saw any news clips of long lines like with iphone crap.

So I dont think we will see some big onslaught of pre release stuff. I dont think the release will really be at the NY deal either, but hey why not throw that out there too for fun. THey announce the left over secrets and say the shipments are going out to stores today, and you will have access to it in a week or so?

Crazy but not totally unthinkable.
 
drexappeal said:
oh, so it's basicalyy clear bra material, except for phones? That's awesome. Sticker city is actually down the hill from my house. Was gna clear bra my front bumper, but it would've been way 2 expensive since it's not oem.
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Haha, was just going to say that. I recognized that name. Been by there to look at their stuff for cars. It's a good place, they do good work.
 
bimmjo said:
Im agreeing with you hopalee. While a few people will line up, it wont be like an Apple event for those other products. No matter how much advertising is done before hand. And even with the Droid lead in commercials, I never saw any news clips of long lines like with iphone crap.

So I dont think we will see some big onslaught of pre release stuff. I dont think the release will really be at the NY deal either, but hey why not throw that out there too for fun. THey announce the left over secrets and say the shipments are going out to stores today, and you will have access to it in a week or so?

Crazy but not totally unthinkable.
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I wish I had one in my hands right now! But if I have to wait, I have to wait! I already know that this is the phone I want, now it's just a matter of when is it going to get here? I really don't want it to come out right now anyway, because my 1 year isn't up until June because that's when I got my Pre last year. So I'll be really ticked if it comes out before I'm able to upgrade! LOL
 
How about this, I had a Pre and traded it in for a Hero and I've been pretty happy so far. My question is when you strip the EVO down to the OS and Sense.... what's so different on 2.1 as suppose to 2.0. What are you guys waiting? With 1.5, I've seen a few things like the card view or pinch home screen that looks great.

Another thing.... kind of unrelated, I wonder what ever happened to the Screaming Palm Pre guy... wish he'd make an EVO vid...:)

hopalee said:
I wish I had one in my hands right now! But if I have to wait, I have to wait! I already know that this is the phone I want, now it's just a matter of when is it going to get here? I really don't want it to come out right now anyway, because my 1 year isn't up until June because that's when I got my Pre last year. So I'll be really ticked if it comes out before I'm able to upgrade! LOL
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Honestly, I wouldn't think it would matter, Sprint IMO has been more than fair with me and those that I have dealings with and from my own experience Sprint would have changed the date a few months if my date was close enough, at least that's how the conversation was headed, that is until I got them to set me back to April from January 2011.... as it should have been. I would almost guarantee you that if it came down to it, just call Sprint and ask them to make an exception.

Hey, *2 on the phone and a quick conversation and you'll know where you stand. Nothing ventured nothing gained!
 
happy May 1 all.

1. with the iPhone likely to be announced on June 7, is it not crazy to launch the EVO on around the same date?

2. given that the EVO is already in some retail inventory systems, what does this tell us if anything?
 
Hey everyone, sorry i have been out for the past few days. We had a tourny down in West Virginia, longest bus ride of my life gahh.

Alot of pages have been made as usual so if anything really important came up it would be awesome if someone could just leave a comment below or pm me about it. Thanks =]

As far as the appeal of this phone goes, its HUGE. Everyone is going to want this phone, even more than the moto droid. You have noo idea what kind of a media blitz is going to go down with this. I can;t really say more than that but people form the ages 5-85 will all know what the frig the HTC Evo is. And taht line outside Sprint is going to be huge, PERIOD.

Dan told me he was going to call me later, I'll update all of you if something big goes down~

Jackson
 
Supersonical said:
Hey everyone, sorry i have been out for the past few days. We had a tourny down in West Virginia, longest bus ride of my life gahh.

Alot of pages have been made as usual so if anything really important came up it would be awesome if someone could just leave a comment below or pm me about it. Thanks =]

As far as the appeal of this phone goes, its HUGE. Everyone is going to want this phone, even more than the moto droid. You have noo idea what kind of a media blitz is going to go down with this. I can;t really say more than that but people form the ages 5-85 will all know what the frig the HTC Evo is. And taht line outside Sprint is going to be huge, PERIOD.

Dan told me he was going to call me later, I'll update all of you if something big goes down~

Jackson
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I'm just quoting this because I don't believe it...It'll be big, sure. But to say that there will be big lines everywhere is pretty funny. Some stores might have lines - but there won't be massive lines all over the place. I'll gladly eat my words, but for the time being I stand by them.
 
polkadots said:
I'm just quoting this because I don't believe it...It'll be big, sure. But to say that there will be big lines everywhere is pretty funny. Some stores might have lines - but there won't be massive lines all over the place. I'll gladly eat my words, but for the time being I stand by them.
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The ever sardonic polka...(meant in the most sincere manner) I hope there aren't lines by me, lol, but I do hope that people hear about and buy this phone. Hopefully Sprint will be able to handle the new and existing customers properly and end the negative feelings people associate with the company.
 
polkadots said:
I'm just quoting this because I don't believe it...It'll be big, sure. But to say that there will be big lines everywhere is pretty funny. Some stores might have lines - but there won't be massive lines all over the place. I'll gladly eat my words, but for the time being I stand by them.
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my guess is 10-15 people at the average big store then stragglers all day. Be like the pre. doubt it will be much bigger.. espically if they release to close to the iphone. Last year for the pre we where number 8 in line i think by the tme we left probobly 30 people been in thier and we were their for a good 2 hours.
 
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