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***Official HTC Incredible Thread***
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graygranite
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I'll second that. Another big thanks to everyone who contributes through leaks, observations, humor, etc. The wait for the phone is getting brutal, but this thread has been a great way to pass the time waiting!
chral513
Well-Known Member
I wasn't trying to be one and I posted a wiki page to what it meant. Sorry if I came across as a wise-@ss
kappy - no - wan't directed at you. i asked what SME was and somebody posted "subject matter expert," which of course I already had gotten from Anon's initial post.
sorry if any confusion
Droidconvert
Newbie
Hi All, I am just joining this Forum, and this Thread....
I have a quick question. I am a current blacberry user and looking to switch to Android OS w this supposedly "Incredible" phone. (Does anything ever live up to the hype?)
My biggest worries are syncing with my corporate email, contacts, and calendar. I see Email and Contact support for exchange in the spec sheet, but nothing in regards to the calendar.
Please help me understand what I can expect here. Business is my #1 use of phone, but real excited about severing ties with BB.
Regards,
I have a quick question. I am a current blacberry user and looking to switch to Android OS w this supposedly "Incredible" phone. (Does anything ever live up to the hype?)
My biggest worries are syncing with my corporate email, contacts, and calendar. I see Email and Contact support for exchange in the spec sheet, but nothing in regards to the calendar.
Please help me understand what I can expect here. Business is my #1 use of phone, but real excited about severing ties with BB.
Regards,
hovercraftdriver25
Android Enthusiast
You ask a question and then call someone out that gives a straight-forward answer? Kicked the cat or smashed an ice cream cone in a kids face yet?
graygranite
Member
Anonimac
Your mom goes to college.
It's funny you say that becuse that's what i've actually been doing...if i'm really just commenting it's plain text, if i'm appologizing for something stupid or if i made a mistake i bold it, and if i have news i make it blue (and bold) but i didn't want to put out a "legend" for my posts but assumed some folks would just naturally catch on and that some of the stuff would catch your eye more than others.
macdaddybuff
Android Enthusiast
I am avoiding this page all together. O wait.........
Anonimac
Your mom goes to college.
NiteRider
Well-Known Member
tbh, We think it will perform to the hype but nothing can be confirmed until we actually have a few reviews on it. And that means getting the phone into people's hands. Verizon has been very tight-lipped on this one. So all we have to go off is very accurate speculation if speculation can be accurate.
Your best bet is to use an app called TouchDown. I have a few people here that use it. It is also the only app that my company will allow to connect to Exchange.
I have seen the app run and it is very nice. Although its not really connected to Exchange it uses OWA to connect.
Hope this helps.
Edit: I am also in the process of developing my own app that will work very similar to this app. I will not be charging the same amount. I have about 90% completed and I am waiting till the Incredible comes out to test it. I have developed it to run on 2.1 so we will see.
hovercraftdriver25
Android Enthusiast
This page is the debbil
Ok guys, I just spent an hour reading up on 25-30 pages of info. Let me say this... I'm sure you guys are all wonderful and want to learn more about each other, but please please PLEASE take it to PM or another thread. I have no problem reading 30 pages of info if it's ABOUT THE THREAD IT'S POSTED IN. All the off-topic posts and mortgage, age, and kid talk was a waste of time.
Anyway...
I saw we make a Phandroid Skin-It for this phone with the Phandroid logo and the F5 key incorporated into it
No problem and no worries!
I believe it says "Constrained" at the top, so False means it could technically be sold, true means it can't.
And don't be that guy that comes into the store with the screen protector SKU 2 weeks before the device comes out asking us to order it for him overnight
A car dock.
DFW area, I believe.
We've heard nothing internally, really. I just know that Apple has CDMA developers out there now, so it's either us or Sprint, and I don't see Sprint getting it. More a question of when are we getting it, not if we are getting it. I predict September time frame, personally.
Anyway...
I'm gonna buy F5 keys in bulk and just start selling them to this forum!Anyone else wanna get in on this??
I saw we make a Phandroid Skin-It for this phone with the Phandroid logo and the F5 key incorporated into it
Hey Viperboy...
I'm not a frequent poster but have been reading this thing since the beginning. I gave you a hard time when your first arrived. I officially retract any statement bringing you down. Great work on giving readers like me USEFUL information. Thanks!
No problem and no worries!
I believe it says "Constrained" at the top, so False means it could technically be sold, true means it can't.
And don't be that guy that comes into the store with the screen protector SKU 2 weeks before the device comes out asking us to order it for him overnight
A car dock.
DFW area, I believe.
NKT, is the iPhone coming to VZW this year?
I believe what he says 100% and he always seems to have the goods from the inside
We've heard nothing internally, really. I just know that Apple has CDMA developers out there now, so it's either us or Sprint, and I don't see Sprint getting it. More a question of when are we getting it, not if we are getting it. I predict September time frame, personally.
pman219
Well-Known Member
While I can't speak for the Incredible, I am a former BB addict... I was the guy that said that BB is the only choice for the business user, then my tech obsession took over and I picked up an ERIS... after the initial learning curve, I now must hang my head, when I tell everyone I argued with before about how great BB is, that BB is on the way out if they don't step up their game.
Android is the future, and I have to say I love it.
Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions about switching over.
Droidconvert
Newbie
I find it hard to say that I am moving from a known device to a device that does not yet exist in the real world.
I have resisted switching to ATT and the iPhone. I really like the Verizon Network.
My big fear is the corporate functions that I require. Hope someone can shed some light on this.
Also, the phone appears to be for CDMA only. No overseas use. Is that correct?
I have resisted switching to ATT and the iPhone. I really like the Verizon Network.
My big fear is the corporate functions that I require. Hope someone can shed some light on this.
Also, the phone appears to be for CDMA only. No overseas use. Is that correct?
chral513
Well-Known Member
I asked what SME really meant as in detail, like what kind of companies do this - obviously Anon's post explained what it stood for.
I took beaudroid's "Subject matter expert.." as wise ass - not Kappy's post w/ link.
drop it. everyone. geez.
kshel
Member
we thank you for the info you post just as anyone else, but this thread as posted by the mods is expected to be social and off topic at times. If you don't like it you don't have to read it and the Incredible spec sheet thread may be more your taste.
edit: for typo
SerialSarpins
Well-Known Member
frooo-its of the deveeel...
chral513
Well-Known Member
so much for the evo, sprint is is worried about losing WiMax to LTE... dunno if this has been talked about/ posted yet... but it's important as right now the Evo is the Incredible's biggest competition
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Sprint and its partner Clearwire, which Sprint is a majority investor, are asking the 3GPP--the organization responsible for LTE standards--to evaluate a standard for TD-LTE on the 2.6 GHz spectrum. So what does all that mean? Sprint and Clearwire currently is offering a rival 4G technology to LTE called WiMax, which the two are promoting with the launch of the HTC EVO 4G. With Clearwire asking the 3GPP to create a US standard for TD-LTE, it seems that Sprint and Clearwire may be wanting to switch to LTE like the rest of the world. However, I don't think this would be the case. I think that Sprint and Clearwire are evaluating the worst case scenario. If WiMax doesn't take off in the US, manufacturing partners for WiMax may abandon the protocol and just build LTE equipment, in which case Sprint and Clearwire may not want to be caught without a 4G network, so it makes sense for Sprint and Clearwire to begin seeking options. With the EVO 4G and the heavy promotion that Sprint is investing in the handset, it would seem that a change to TD-LTE would be ill-timed.
Moreover, TD-LTE is another odd standard to have. Unlike FDD-LTE, utilized by the majority of the world and offers separate channels for upstream and downstream data, TD-LTE is a standard mostly employed in China and uses the same channel for uploading and downloading. FDD-LTE will offer the best network fidelity. The reason that Clearwire is asking the 3GPP for a TD-LTE standard is that the current technology is designed for the 2.3 GHz spectrum, but Clearwire owns spectrum 2.5 and 2.6 GHz.
Although 3GPP said that they will begin to investigate the request by Clearwire, Clearwire cannot make a formal switch until November 2011 when its contract with Intel expires for WiMax.
With Sprint on WiMax and Verizon Wireless and AT&T adopting LTE for 4G, there shouldn't be much concern--the US has had dual-standards for years with Sprint & Verizon Wireless currently offering CDMA network technology while AT&T and T-Mobile USA are on GSM. The main concern that Clearwire probably has on the issue is whether equipment makers may shun creating equipment for a less widely used standard, WiMax, when the majority of the world is on LTE. "
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Sprint and its partner Clearwire, which Sprint is a majority investor, are asking the 3GPP--the organization responsible for LTE standards--to evaluate a standard for TD-LTE on the 2.6 GHz spectrum. So what does all that mean? Sprint and Clearwire currently is offering a rival 4G technology to LTE called WiMax, which the two are promoting with the launch of the HTC EVO 4G. With Clearwire asking the 3GPP to create a US standard for TD-LTE, it seems that Sprint and Clearwire may be wanting to switch to LTE like the rest of the world. However, I don't think this would be the case. I think that Sprint and Clearwire are evaluating the worst case scenario. If WiMax doesn't take off in the US, manufacturing partners for WiMax may abandon the protocol and just build LTE equipment, in which case Sprint and Clearwire may not want to be caught without a 4G network, so it makes sense for Sprint and Clearwire to begin seeking options. With the EVO 4G and the heavy promotion that Sprint is investing in the handset, it would seem that a change to TD-LTE would be ill-timed.
Moreover, TD-LTE is another odd standard to have. Unlike FDD-LTE, utilized by the majority of the world and offers separate channels for upstream and downstream data, TD-LTE is a standard mostly employed in China and uses the same channel for uploading and downloading. FDD-LTE will offer the best network fidelity. The reason that Clearwire is asking the 3GPP for a TD-LTE standard is that the current technology is designed for the 2.3 GHz spectrum, but Clearwire owns spectrum 2.5 and 2.6 GHz.
Although 3GPP said that they will begin to investigate the request by Clearwire, Clearwire cannot make a formal switch until November 2011 when its contract with Intel expires for WiMax.
With Sprint on WiMax and Verizon Wireless and AT&T adopting LTE for 4G, there shouldn't be much concern--the US has had dual-standards for years with Sprint & Verizon Wireless currently offering CDMA network technology while AT&T and T-Mobile USA are on GSM. The main concern that Clearwire probably has on the issue is whether equipment makers may shun creating equipment for a less widely used standard, WiMax, when the majority of the world is on LTE. "
Mr. Meowington
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I'm in Columbus, GA!!!!!!
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