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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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TECHMAN said:
Phone call came in while posting lol.

No one here wants my thoughts? Well this is a forum my Clambert and I believe I make valid points. Care to share why you disagree? Or is it just an automatic shutdown for you?

If so too bad.
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???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????WHAT???? Go Troll somewhere else! Valid points? What valid points? That you like Apple? You call that a valid point? What a joke.:confused:
 
TECHMAN said:
Well for those of us new to HTC AND ANDROID, I think it's grest sprint is giving us a 30 day eval.

Just some thoughts. .....if Android is so open why have to root? What's the difference between iPhone jailbreak?

The hdmi port and software is already looking like amatuer night and that was a big

draw for me.
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Everytime I look at evo review I am blinded by reflections on screen.

If iPhone screen is double resolution and indeed has a video out that's decent, I think hdmi out on evo is a bust.

I like metal frame on next gen apple, not plastic.

Just my feelings on the matter but we shall see...

By the way anyone preorder the Sony nex 5?! I like the phone portibility but... Take a look.
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here yah go..Review: HTC Evo 4G : Is It Your Type? (Phone Scoop) posted today.... is it your type....
 
I wasn't directing it to you specifically, but to all in general.

I haven't deleted any posts or issue infractions tonight and would like to make it a record by keeping it that way. Tomorrow is another day, though. :D

TS
 
twospirits said:
I wasn't directing it to you specifically, but to all in general.

I haven't deleted any posts or issue infractions tonight and would like to make it a record by keeping it that way. Tomorrow is another day, though. :D

TS
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I know I know... it was me :D my husband forgot to sign me out :D
 
SHO_ONE said:
I was just thinking the same thing... WTF is Sprint thinking?!?! Why aren't they advertising... does anyone have any insight into why we haven't heard anything yet?!?!
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I have been complaining about this. I think Sprint should have started advertising right after the announcement of the Evo! If not then at least after the O/I. In 30 min. it will be 9 days until release! COME ON SPRINT PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR BUTTS! i have said it a billion times! Use the same advertising tricks as Verizon and Apple, i.e. Advertise on every TV station,magazine, and radio station every 5 freaking minutes! If we have learned one thing from Apple and Verizon it is YOU HAVE TO BRAINWASH PEOPLE!!!! :)
 
kcs7272 said:
I have been complaining about this. I think Sprint should have started advertising right after the announcement of the Evo! If not then at least after the O/I. In 30 min. it will be 9 days until release! COME ON SPRINT PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR BUTTS! i have said it a billion times! Use the same advertising tricks as Verizon and Apple, i.e. Advertise on every TV station,magazine, and radio station every 5 freaking minutes! If we have learned one thing from Apple and Verizon it is YOU HAVE TO BRAINWASH PEOPLE!!!! :)
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I agree, it seems like Sprint hasn't learned and refuses to learn from the likes of Apple and Verizon or even ATT for that matter. There is a reason why these companies pay millions of dollars for these prime time tv commercials. Hmmm could it be BECAUSE THEY FREAKING WORK? Am I crazy or just missing something here? It is obvious that Apple and Verizon has gotten crazy return on their investment. There is 10 days till launch and absolutely nothing, nada, zilch, zero. Sensing my frustration? I'm sick and tired of seeing those ATT,Incredible,Ipad/Iphone,Droid, heck I'm even seeing Tmobile and the HD2 commercials. But all sprint can come up with is Dan Hesse talking to the camera. I mean no offense to Dan but he ain't no Tiger Woods, he's not going to attract new customers "BORING". Come on Sprint its do or die step up to the plate.
 
ARR22 said:
...snip snip...I'm sick and tired of seeing those ATT,Incredible,Ipad/Iphone,Droid, heck I'm even seeing Tmobile and the HD2 commercials. But all sprint can come up with is Dan Hesse talking to the camera. I mean no offense to Dan but he ain't no Tiger Woods, he's not going to attract new customers "BORING". Come on Sprint its do or die step up to the plate.
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Don't kill me, but just to play the devil's advocate (and not directing this at you, ARR22...just quoting your post)...what if Sprint knows what they're doing on this one? Almost all of us who have pre-ordered at Best Buy have stories of how many others are ahead of us at that given store...for next to ZERO advertising, that's pretty damn impressive!

As I see it, this is going to be Sprint's flagship device for quite some time. Why focus all of your advertising energy immediately at launch? Look at ARR22's post above...know what all of those devices have in common? They're all available to the public right now! The EVO isn't yet. Hell, the Droid has been out for 6+ months, and the ads are still everywhere for it. Who's to say the EVO won't be plastered everywhere 3-4 weeks from now?

I guess I'm waiting to see what they do after launch. Regardless of how they advertise, I'll have an EVO in my hot little hands in about nine days. :)
 
cary328is said:
BodyGuardz
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Small warning about bodyguardz. I have a coworker that ordered the htc evo guard from them, may 12. They said it shipped on may 17. Today he called them to find out what happened. They gave him the run around. First told him that they did not know. Then they email him to say it will not be shipped until after june 4 2010. When he called them on that saying that he could get it shipped today, if he ordered it today, they finally said they would ship it today.

Had to waste about 40 minutes of his life for no reason but stupidity. So just a warning. They will give you an automated response about when it will ship, tell you it has shipped, then find excuses for why it did not ship. And in order to get it to ship, you need to pester and bug them. So you know. Can get the emails to prove it.
 
legacy said:
Any way you can convert a movie to 720p and play it? (not a video you recorded from the Evo's camera)
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This is an interesting topic. The EVO's 720p recordings are saved in 3gp format, which is a highly compressed format generally used on phones. I think that's one of the reasons the videos look a little grainy when viewed on the TV, but they're still very respectful in HD. When viewed on the EVO, it's a whole different story. They really look good when played on the 4.3" screen.

The original movie I put on YouTube and posted here was 13:04 minutes and the file size is 575,128 KB. That means a whole hour of 720p recorded video would only be about 2.6 GB. 3gp can be compressed a lot more if it's only going to be used to watch movies on your phone. I have several 2-hour plus moves; one of them is 2:15:40 and is only 459,221 KB. The others are also 3gp and are in the same range size wise. You might think that is crap, but I have to tell you, they look great when played back on the EVO screen.

All this worry about how much space you have on the EVO with only 1GB internal, and 8GB microSD is nothing to worry about. For me personally, I feel 8 GB is sufficient to begin with. If the SD card starts to get a little overloaded, you can always move files you're not using to your computer.

One final note: I'm coming from the Hero and it was so slow by comparison. It would take quite awhile to boot a movie, but it did work. On the EVO it's only a matter of seconds and you're ready to start watching.
 
twospirits said:
Deathstar LMAO I never heard that one before. lol

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I can't take the credit. Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed

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A common gag in early strips was to have Opus and other characters riding on Cutter John's wheelchair, often in parody of Star Trek. One strip featured the gang turning and fleeing from the AT&T globe logo of the 1980s, calling it "the Death Star!" Bloom County was the first major popular culture feature to suggest the resemblance between the AT&T logo and the iconic Star Wars space station.
 
neodorian said:
as a side note, I'm in a bar now and the two dudes sitting next to me are talking about sprint wimax and the evo.
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When I'm out at the bar, or at work, people are usually talking about WiMax and the EVO because I'm there. Not the other way around.
 
I have a TP2 and I don't know if it has the capacitive screen or not but it came with an extra stylus and I gave it to my friend the other night cause he said he may want to use it with the EVO. Will it work? I don't want him messing up his screen or anything and I don't knwo what capacitive screen is or if my TP2 has one sorry.

drexappeal said:
I guess there is a sylus out there that works for the EVO. I do hope they come out with smaller versions, but for those that want the option of using a stylus, here you go:

Amazon.com: HTC EVO 4G Capacitive Stylus: Electronics

I'll probably be picking one up, just for work, since the EVO will be sitting right on my desk the entire day (5 days a week).
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Capboomer said:
How did you guys get 27%?
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Post #13750

"I went into a store and told them I was "thinking" about switching services. Mentioned that with online purchase I could have activation waived and $50 credit per line, plus company discount. They said they could waive activation. I said what about $50 credit per line.
Sprint:"We can't do that, but how much is your company discount?"
Me: 17%
Sprint: "Well, we can give you 27%"
Me: Sign me the F up.

Except for the last line, that is exactly how I did it. They must have really good employee incentives for getting new subscribers. I have to use mail in rebates, but I'm getting almost an extra $20 off per month for 5 lines, from an already good discount.

You don't need to ask, just lead them to think you're on the fence, or have a better offer elsewhere. Let them think the iPhone might be in your future. (i know, try not to laugh)"
 
Rose4uKy said:
I have a TP2 and I don't know if it has the capacitive screen or not but it came with an extra stylus and I gave it to my friend the other night cause he said he may want to use it with the EVO. Will it work? I don't want him messing up his screen or anything and I don't knwo what capacitive screen is or if my TP2 has one sorry.
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Your pro 2 has a resistive screen not capacitive. And no the stylus will not work with the EVO since capacitive screens respond to static electricity in your finger tips. Although I heard that some company is coming out with some sort of magnetic stylus that mimics static electricity that will work with capacitive touch screens.
 
My Hero with 2.1 has an app called Deskclock. It leaves a floating clock screensaver on the desktop and when you tap it it goes to the clock image that you're describing.
 
ruger said:
Post #13750

"I went into a store and told them I was "thinking" about switching services. Mentioned that with online purchase I could have activation waived and $50 credit per line, plus company discount. They said they could waive activation. I said what about $50 credit per line.
Sprint:"We can't do that, but how much is your company discount?"
Me: 17%
Sprint: "Well, we can give you 27%"
Me: Sign me the F up.

Except for the last line, that is exactly how I did it. They must have really good employee incentives for getting new subscribers. I have to use mail in rebates, but I'm getting almost an extra $20 off per month for 5 lines, from an already good discount.

You don't need to ask, just lead them to think you're on the fence, or have a better offer elsewhere. Let them think the iPhone might be in your future. (i know, try not to laugh)"
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So this was NEW service set-up with Sprint? How did you do this prior to the EVO release?
 
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