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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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rebella said:
They said the EVO advocates will get the phones on May 17th and be trained on them May 24th. The EVO will go on sale June 6th.
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Excellent! Thank you for this update!!


So what's the over/under on how long OzcarGuide sees & regurgitates this with some other nonsense?
 
Did they mention anything about a preorder or anything about best buy selling them first? I'm beginning to believe that best buy won't have it early and it will be everywhere (sprint store, best buy, radio shack etc) on June 6th. I need to find out soon because I need to know if I should get a bunch of best buy gift cards as a birthday gift or not.
 
rebella said:
They said the EVO advocates will get the phones on May 17th and be trained on them May 24th. The EVO will go on sale June 6th.
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Thank you rebella. You're a godsend! Just knowing the release date is going to ease so much attention around here.

Thanks again for sharing,

Bill
 
thaprinze said:
Hey everyone, earlier this week I made a bold (though not very likely) prediction that Sprint/Disney would let Evo users stream Prince of Persia onto their Evo's once, after purchase, but nobody replied. Last night I thought of a more plausible scenario.

I'm thinking on the 12th, since they'll be showing off the Evo, then an advanced screening Prince of Persia, they'll probably combine the two and show the movie, then say the movie was playing off the Evo storage, or even better, via live HD video stream!!! Could you imagine the publicity??!!! Although they'd need to invite some of the more popular news sites like Engadget. What do you guys thing? Good idea, bad idea? Possible/plausible/improbable/impossible?
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Thats a good idea. In fact I bet that is what they are going to be doing. :)And we will hear about the release date. Who wants to bet me on that jk LOL
 
rebella said:
They mentioned that best buy will probably presell I think for maybe $ 50.00 deposit and possibly Sprint also. They said they are make hundreds of thousands of them though so no one will be without. Sprint stores will get the most though to start.
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Wow, rebella, thank you so much for all of this information. I am marking 6 June on my calendar as we speak!
 
Sounds good and fits with what people have said. At least Qik will allow for video blogging and stuff like that so people won't complain about the front cam and no video chat. Over time I imagine Google or 3rd party devs will create applications to take advantage of that camera. Great news and good to hear our sources all agreeing on date.
 
rebella said:
one other thing they said that maybe Sprint will not charge for the hotspot to start since Verzion isn't for the Palm Pre and they want to compete with that. They weren't 100% on that though.
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Rebella, once again, I really appreciate it that you came in here this afternoon to fill us in. I would also like to thank Sprint, for letting you do this.
 
rebella said:
one other thing they said that maybe Sprint will not charge for the hotspot to start since Verzion isn't for the Palm Pre and they want to compete with that. They weren't 100% on that though.
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i was hoping they would do something like that, even if it is temporary. we shall see...

thanks for your bit of info.

that said, i will be camping out in front of the sprint store now.:p

i still think they should release it earlier because of all the apple hubbub that's going on around that time. but maybe Dan wants to show everyone how much confidence (and the size of his balls) he has in his product that he's willing to go toe-to-toe with Apple....or possibly he's just plain foolish. or he doesn't care and just does his own thing.
 
hope google can code something up for video chat on android, unless skype would work....or something that can work with other software like AIM users and ichat.

or just one prog/app that can work with all other vidchat programs out there.
 
Hello Everyone! I am very new to these threads and the phone itself :) I caught wind of it on the Sprint web page and began immediately digging for information. I have read this ENTIRE forum over the last week so feel like I know you guys already...

Just to sum up how alot of people think "the general public doesn't know" - we know :) I am not a phone techie.. I have a samsung rant for goodness sakes LOL I just never got into the bigger badder phone thing and always went for the "Cheapest" I could get phones... That time is now over.. I began looking at my bill and my minutes (use alot of data, text and hardly 300 voice!) and I have the 1500 everything family plan with 3 lines. One of my lines is temp shut down because my daughter abused it lol

I realized that with this phone plan - my phone SUCKS for it.. I wanted something that if I was paying that much for then I could use it to the fullest... I started digging and came VERY close to purchasing 2 Hero's for myself and hubby.. he could care less and thinks I am super NUTS at this point :)

I hope to get to know all of you more as the wait continues... I am totally not patient but my 1 upgrade isn't there until July 1 :( Maybe I could convince them to give it to me early - I hope lol

Anyway, thanks again to everyone - I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of it!

Christina
 
billsmed said:
Rebella, once again, I really appreciate it that you came in here this afternoon to fill us in. I would also like to thank Sprint, for letting you do this.
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Bill, I believe it's time to update the info thread! :D
PM me when you want me to open it for you.
 
Covert_Death said:
hmmm not to sound like a skeptic, i hope rebella is right but i have no clue who you are, i'll listen but im also throwing on a spoonfool of salt just incase... hope your right and we can trust you :)
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The cynic in me had the same thought as well, but for what it's worth, rebella has been on the forums for a few weeks prior and did make a few other random posts here and there (I checked his post history because I'm just that type of guy). That would eliminate the possibility of rebella being someone who got recently banned and came back under a new alias to stir the pot.

Nothing personal rebella, hope you're not offended by any of this. It's just that we've had so many ups and down, and are all eagerly awaiting this phone. Thanks for taking the time to post up - we do appreciate it!
 
I think I just wet myself! OMG....this is just too much to bear....I'm so freaking excited about this!!!!!!!!! The problem is..... I'm out of town....out of the state on June 6th. SO....can I pre-order at a Sprint store and get them out of state? Also....will I be able to buy this phone at a Sprint store that is not in a 4G area...because I will be in north east Tennessee....and wonder about this....panic sets in....wow....can't believe this! I want to have it for my trip home if possible! YAAAAAY! Please help...I've regressed and need to know if I can get this phone on that very first day....while out of pocket?!

Ooooo.....aaaaah. Yeah Baby!

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rebella said:
They said the EVO advocates will get the phones on May 17th and be trained on them May 24th. The EVO will go on sale June 6th.
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Another one in the win column for Jackson then. Thanks a lot rebella, though I'm hoping (don't kill me everybody) that Apple counters with something to get Sprint to push up the release a week. I don't know why, but I really want it in May. :rolleyes:
 
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