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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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toothpick said:
Also with all of your tax talk you have a house to show for it but sprint can not show you anything for the $10
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You guys are just going to dig your head in the sand and scream no, no, no.

You still have the 450,000 dollar house called an evo!
10 dollar taxs gets you the evo. How hard is that for you to understand.

You are buying an evo, the tax on the evo is a voluntary 10 dollars a month. If you do not like the tax, do not buy the phone. Simple as that.

The guys website does not prove anything but the ability for someone to demand something for nothing. And mindless, circular arguments.
 
RiverOfIce said:
You guys are just going to dig your head in the sand and scream no, no, no.

You still have the 450,000 dollar house called an evo!
10 dollar taxs gets you the evo. How hard is that for you to understand.

$199.99 + state and local sales tax gets the EVO. Not the extra $10 a month charge.

You are buying an evo, the tax on the evo is a voluntary 10 dollars a month. If you do not like the tax, do not buy the phone. Simple as that.

It is not voluntary, they make you pay it.

The guys website does not prove anything but the ability for someone to demand something for nothing. And mindless, circular arguments.
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I'm not trying to argue with you, you provide lots of info here that helps a lot. I just have to disagree with you on the $10 deal, and yes I know it's a mute point . The thing is, the EVO will function exactly the same with or without the "rich data experience" fee they are charging. The only difference is, the uncapped data. So, if it was optional, and you were never going to use more than 5gig of data, you shouldn't have to pay the fee.
 
No they dont MAKE you pay anything, its always optional, the option is you buy the phone and pay the extra $10/month, OR you dont want to pay the $10/month and you get a diff phone. you ALWAYS have a choice, even if someone has a gun to your head, you have a choice (though one choice might end a little more messily then another)
 
can the mods take this whole $10 "tax" conversation someplace else? it's been beaten to death and then beaten to death again and now it looks like it's coming back for yet another mind numbing round of a conversation that's going to go nowhere. pay the money and get the phone or don't pay it and don't get the phone.
 
djdisturbed said:
No they dont MAKE you pay anything, its always optional, the option is you buy the phone and pay the extra $10/month, OR you dont want to pay the $10/month and you get a diff phone. you ALWAYS have a choice, even if someone has a gun to your head, you have a choice (though one choice might end a little more messily then another)
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You are correct, I had the choice of getting the phone and getting the $10 a month credit on my account, which I did. :D We shouldn't have to pay and additional fee just because the phone is capable of using larger amounts of data.
 
spar10 said:
can the mods take this whole $10 "tax" conversation someplace else? it's been beaten to death and then beaten to death again and now it looks like it's coming back for yet another mind numbing round of a conversation that's going to go nowhere. pay the money and get the phone or don't pay it and don't get the phone.
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Read the posts or don't read the posts, they are all relevant. You seem to really feel the need to comment on the same as we feel the need to talk about the fee, same difference.
 
spar10 said:
can the mods take this whole $10 "tax" conversation someplace else? it's been beaten to death and then beaten to death again and now it looks like it's coming back for yet another mind numbing round of a conversation that's going to go nowhere. pay the money and get the phone or don't pay it and don't get the phone.
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Agree!! This is a "speculation" thread not a "whiner" thread. :eek:
 
ThatNewAndroidGuy said:
Did anyone else notice it can turn the other way as well? not just the headphone port on the left, but right also. So maybe we are not only stuck to the left side.
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That's awesome. I was hoping they'd do that with the EVO or 2.2. One thing I'm wondering though is if Sense will still be on top of it for the 2.2 upgrade. That froyo port on the EVO is the nexus one version which I don't prefer over Sense.
 
RichboyJhae said:
That's awesome. I was hoping they'd do that with the EVO or 2.2. One thing I'm wondering though is if Sense will still be on top of it for the 2.2 upgrade. That froyo port on the EVO is the nexus one version which I don't prefer over Sense.
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yea Sense will probably be on top of 2.2. they hero has sense over the 2.1 update it got
 
Just got called by BB to set up appt, said they were giving free bluetooth nothing else. They would sell me zagg frnt shield for 21 + 7 to install FTS
 
Note to those thinking that the ability to "disable" Sense will result in faster upgrades: No. You are disabling the Sense launcher and home-screen, but Sense is still running--deeply embedded--in the OS itself. You'll have to wait for HTC or someone else to do it properly.
 
davidlt4 said:
Just got called by BB to set up appt, said they were giving free bluetooth nothing else. They would sell me zagg frnt shield for 21 + 7 to install FTS
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I just called... It's a plantronics 230... on another note, my BB ordered 3 Plam Pre's last year which I don't have to tell you how pathetic that is.... I was curious to know how many EVO's my BB has and the rep said at this moment they have 23 (of which I was the 1st :D) I further asked if he had any news to how many pre-orders BB had in all and he couldn't answer that, but said that within his territory their are 6 districts and within those 6 districts they have over 25,000 pre-orders for the first wave alone... yes 1st wave. The 2nd wave is to hit on the 9th five days later. The rep believed the headset give away may only be a 1st come 1st serve to the 2nd wave.... I would imagine BB is looking to get rid of them, my $0.02

edit*** hate to rehash.... http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/03/30/htc-evo-4g-hands-on-video/

you'll see here that the dock that's coming soon will have both the hdmi and usb input. So it charges and streams.
 
I sure wish Best Buy would allow you either the bluetooth or to use that as credit towards a different accessory. I appreciate the thought, but would much rather pick up a case or charger VS a dinky bluetooth...just my thoughts!

I am wondering from my fellow forum members, which bluetooth headset they may recommend. I'd like to spend my money wisely, and there are some pricey choices out there. I want my Evo to shine to its full potential...

Only a few more days...man I'm starting to pace back and forth LOL jk, BUT CLOSE!
 
chrissyd said:
I sure wish Best Buy would allow you either the bluetooth or to use that as credit towards a different accessory. I appreciate the thought, but would much rather pick up a case or charger VS a dinky bluetooth...just my thoughts!

I am wondering from my fellow forum members, which bluetooth headset they may recommend. I'd like to spend my money wisely, and there are some pricey choices out there. I want my Evo to shine to its full potential...

Only a few more days...man I'm starting to pace back and forth LOL jk, BUT CLOSE!
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IMO all blue tooth head sets suck... but if you need to get one, I would recommend a jawbone one.... I guess....
 
Went to sprint store today in my area Stow, OH right next to Akron about 50 miles from Cleveland and the rep said my area would have 4G this summer. That just didn't sound right but I'm sure he is clueless. Also had no Evo's to look at. Just posters of it up.
 
drexappeal said:
Took some pics of the BB buyer's guide.

Sorry for the low lighting.
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Am I crazy, or does the picture on the buyers guide show the phone's location (in the weather widget) as Bellevue? That's where I live!!! :D

I got my RadioShack appointment setup yesterday, so I'll be getting my EVO at 4:30PM this Friday :cool:
 
HTCeasar said:
Went to sprint store today in my area Stow, OH right next to Akron about 50 miles from Cleveland and the rep said my area would have 4G this summer. That just didn't sound right but I'm sure he is clueless. Also had no Evo's to look at. Just posters of it up.
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below is a link for cleveland and cincy. Hope it is accurate. Unfortunately i'm in Columbus, and don't know when it will get here. That is why I am looking at the device as 3g.
Ohio markets of Cincinnati and Cleveland to get Sprint 4G | My Desultory Blog
 
Does anybody know or know where I can find info on where the 4G towers actually are in the Seattle area? I'm just wondering how widespread the coverage is.
 
Maybe they will put facial recognition in at some point with all this new front facing camera tech. That'd be sweet. Then no one could use my EVO but meeee muhahahah lol
 
I just posted this in a different thread, but I thought it would be a good idea to post it here as well:

aldo said:
I had this problem when I first got my EVO, but have not had it since.

Tried your way of making it come back - browsing with Astro - and I went back into camera and sure enough it said I didn't have permissions.

Decided to format the card using the official sdcard formatter here: SD Formatter 2.0 for SD/SDHC - SD Association (takes awhile to do a full format because it writes to the whole card and then formats). I unmounted the card before I did this on the phone.

Put the card back in, browsed around and did everything I could to make it come back and everything seems ok now. YMMV.
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I have one of the Google I/O phones and had the same problem, but reformatting the card with this special SD Formatter worked for me. Sometimes drives that are massed produced or cloned can have problems, so I suggest putting this high on your todo list before you have much data.

This problem didn't show up for a few days for me, but why take a chance?

Edit: I formatted the card with the utility without removing it from the phone. Here's the steps I used:


  1. Plug the phone into USB and choose "Mount Drive" from the screen.
  2. With Windows Explorer, copy the files on the SD card to a new folder on your desktop.
  3. Download, install and run the special SD Formatter from the link above in aldo's post.
  4. You only need to do quick erase so it only takes a few seconds.
  5. When the format is complete, restore your backup files to the SD card.
  6. Done
 
I am watching the Nascar race and just now they did an "in car" with one of the drivers. While they were talking, on the screen was the EVO!!!!!!!!

Also, I received my bill from Sprint and in with the bill was a small flier for the EVO. I guess they are advertising.......just a little.
 
swnic said:
I am watching the Nascar race and just now they did an "in car" with one of the drivers. While they were talking, on the screen was the EVO!!!!!!!!

Also, I received my bill from Sprint and in with the bill was a small flier for the EVO. I guess they are advertising.......just a little.
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I saw it, too. It's about darn time!!!
 
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