• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

Status
Not open for further replies.
yibrushn said:
It means that you can load up all your media to be converted at one time. but I wouldn't suggest it. Handbrake maxes out all 4 cores on my cpu and I think If you did too many movies/shows at once it would catch fire. My temp always jumps like 10 degrees!
Click to expand...

You may be more of an expert on handbrake then me but I've used it for a couple of years and have qued up to a dozen files at a time for handbrake to convert and had no problems. It only does one at a time regardless of how many you put in the que. It may take 12 hours to do the que but it does it just fine.
 
  • Like
Reactions: AM2
rsa said:
You may be more of an expert on handbrake then me but I've used it for a couple of years and have qued up to a dozen files at a time for handbrake to convert and had no problems. It only does one at a time regardless of how many you put in the que. It may take 12 hours to do the que but it does it just fine.
Click to expand...

not and expert on handbrake, but i know it's not a good idea to have your pc running at 100% for 12 hours :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: AM2
jpeary said:
one of the first reviews i have a come across. Kind of bogus if you ask me.

Review: HTC's Evo 4G is a very good 3G phone
Click to expand...

i can understand some of the complaints. i'm worried about the phone being too big, too, for example. personally i'd prefer a smaller screen with the same resolution to the bigger 4.3" screen with the same resolution. and battery life is a concern.

but, for the author to complain about the photos not looking as good as her point and shoot camera "even though that boasts a mere 7.1 megapixels" is dumb. the limiting factor is the size of the sensor, not the megapixels. and complaining that she couldn't video chat should not a strike against the phone just because her test unit didn't have that.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mrk
drexappeal said:
MSNBC review. <snip>
Review: HTC's Evo 4G is a very good 3G phone - Wireless- msnbc.com
Click to expand...
Jessica Mintz said:
Every time I pressed a key, the screen vibrated a little, giving me some physical feedback.
Click to expand...
OMG PLease tell me that can be turned off!
I hate haptic with a passion. Couldn't find the setting on the incredible.

I have an old Acer slim desktop that I upgraded to a dual core and I've gone to be encoding, woke up and it was still going, it's not a problem.
 
njf520 said:
i can understand some of the complaints. i'm worried about the phone being too big, too, for example. personally i'd prefer a smaller screen with the same resolution to the bigger 4.3" screen with the same resolution. and battery life is a concern.

but, for the author to complain about the photos not looking as good as her point and shoot camera "even though that boasts a mere 7.1 megapixels" is dumb. the limiting factor is the size of the sensor, not the megapixels. and complaining that she couldn't video chat should not a strike against the phone just because her test unit didn't have that.
Click to expand...

Don't forget the lens. Cellphone lenses will alway be worse the point and shoots. This was just a bad review from a person who is not very knowledgeable about tech. :-\ I hate reviews like that.
 
yibrushn said:
Don't forget the lens. Cellphone lenses will alway be worse the point and shoots. This was just a bad review from a person who is not very knowledgeable about tech. :-\ I hate reviews like that.
Click to expand...

i found it funny that the AP's "tech" writer doesn't have a smartphone and does not understand the basics of cameras, sensors and lenses.
 
I'm personally not worried about the size. It's not that the phone itself is huge because it isn't, the screen is just huge. The HD2 didn't seem to have an issue getting in my pocket and I don't think this phone will either.
 
I've got a stupid question. I was thinking about 4G and how it isn't quite in my area... I was also thinking about how my wi-fi didn't seem quite fast enough on my phone, for the speed I have running in my home I would have thought it to be a few times quicker. I have my labtop connected via wi-fi and it zooms along without a hitch. Will the EVO's better antenna handle my home's wi-fi better than my Hero or anyother 3G phone for that matter simply because the anntena's better? Or will wi-fi on my EVO reflect the same sort of speeds I see on my Hero and my wifes Pre now? Just food for thought....
 
  • Like
Reactions: AM2
SHO_ONE said:
I've got a stupid question. I was thinking about 4G and how it isn't quite in my area... I was also thinking about how my wi-fi didn't seem quite fast enough on my phone, for the speed I have running in my home I would have thought it to be a few times quicker. I have my labtop connected via wi-fi and it zooms along without a hitch. Will the EVO's better antenna handle my home's wi-fi better than my Hero or anyother 3G phone for that matter simply because the anntena's better? Or will wi-fi on my EVO reflect the same sort of speeds I see on my Hero and my wifes Pre now? Just food for thought....
Click to expand...
with the faster processor on the evo it will be able to render pages faster...the hero couldnt keep up with the wifi.
 
does anyone know of any other voice to text apps that work well, or rather better than the one that comes with most of the phones that have this feature?...i've never used this feature, but i could see myself using it from time to time now that i'll have it. but if it's a cheesy one that screws up the words most of the time then it would b a waste to me to even have it
 
AM2 said:
does anyone know of any other voice to text apps that work well, or rather better than the one that comes with most of the phones that have this feature?...i've never used this feature, but i could see myself using it from time to time now that i'll have it. but if it's a cheesy one that screws up the words most of the time then it would b a waste to me to even have it
Click to expand...
i believe it is standard on android so wherever there is a space you can input words, you can speak it....someone correct me if im wrong
 
  • Like
Reactions: AM2
cary328is said:
check it out! they pulled the article and put this instead:

(05-19) 17:11 PDT , (AP) --

EDITORS:

Disregard BC-US-TEC--Digital Life-Tech Test-Evo 4G and BC-US-TEC--Digital Life-Tech Test-Evo 4G-Summary Box. Stories strictly embargoed for later release.

The AP
Click to expand...

uh oh. i take that as a bad sign. good reviews; let 'em flow. bad? embargo. (i'm still getting it).
 
I hope sprint came to their senses when they redesigned the sprint tv application. When I first used it a long time ago, it would stream over wifi as long as you had a phone connection also to authenticate yourself as a sprint customer. Then at some point they forced an update to a newer version of the program, and it won't even let you run the program with the wifi turned on. If you're sitting at your desk with barely any phone signal but strong wifi speeds and you're unable to use the TV app at all, it makes it completely pointless. That would be a shame with a 4.3" screen and a kickstand. Anyone with sprint tv on a current android device care to comment on this?

AM2 said:
does anyone know of any other voice to text apps that work well, or rather better than the one that comes with most of the phones that have this feature?...i've never used this feature, but i could see myself using it from time to time now that i'll have it. but if it's a cheesy one that screws up the words most of the time then it would b a waste to me to even have it
Click to expand...

I tested out the voice recognition on the Incredible in a busy verizon store with all kinds of background noise and it got every word exactly correct, including punctuation like commas and periods based on how long you pause. It even writes LOL if you laugh. I wasn't expecting much, but I was really impressed and I plan to use it a lot with the Evo since it doesn't have a physical keyboard.
 
dequardo said:
No. They pulled it because they were not supposed to post it yet.
Click to expand...


pfffft; turn in your hat:

Hansen+-+tin+foil+hat.jpg
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom