***Official HTC Incredible Thread***

[Stevo_Cali]

Verizon sure loves to push ATK on everyone....
Android is very good with process management. Even though you'll see programs 'running' that you aren't using when you use a task manager, having a task manager constantly running to auto killing them can make your phone run slower and drain the battery quicker.

You should really just let Android manage your phone. It's much better at it then you are..

A couple of contemplative thoughts:

If I'm trying to use ATK in an effort to help stretch my battery life, why would I leave it running all the time? I would just start it when I wanted to use it, like any other app, and then kill it off when I'm done.

If Android is better at managing my phone than me, then why doesn't it offer a way to completely close apps when I'm done using them? This is one of the few glaring flaws I've seen in smartphone OSes. I might only look up something on Google Maps or some other app, maybe one time a week, if that - I surely don't need to have an app running 24/7 that's only going to see very sporadic use at best.

Having owned a computer services and repair business for several years, I would doubt that a phone is better than managing itself than I am (not trying to elevate myself here, just a point of fact that some of us here are not just your average Joe/Jody user ~couldn't forget the ladies here~). Mac, Windows, and Linux sure aren't better at managing themselves. I think many of us here do a better job of managing our devices than they themselves do.

There might be some things that a given system might be better at managing than a person could, but not everything. There is a reason why networks have systems admins, why there are high level OS troubleshooters employed, and why apps like ATK and other management apps exist - because computing devices are not always best at managing themselves in all aspects.

 

[eidolways]

But if that first piece of glass were to get damaged, ie: scratched, it would affect the picture no?

Yep!

On DSLRs, considering lens prices can easily reaching into the $1000's, it's standard practice to purchase a UV filter to stick on the end. They're a flat piece of glass with a special coating that blocks UV light. UV filters were necessary for film cameras, but for DSLR's there's no actual point for effect on the picture. They simply serve as a nice $100 barrier to damage to the element on your $1600 lens.

Of course, on a DSLR lens, you can remove the UV filter if you break it. Not so much for a cell phone.

For the Incredible, as there is on my LG enV Touch (PoS that it is), there's likely a similar flat piece of glass meant to protect the lens element. It can - and likely will - get scratched over time.

But hey, if there's a flat piece of glass over the primary lens element, then it certainly can't protrude past the lens ring. Cuz it's flat.

 

[hovercraftdriver25]

ATTENTION: ANYONE WITH THE HTC DROID INCREDIBLE IN HAND NOW!!!

Have YOU tried connecting the phone via the tethering ability built into the phone? I want to know if it works out of the box or if it is a function that will be activated down the road. Surely SOMEONE with the phone has tried it.

Cincy, if you have a question, just ask it...stop being too subtle and beatin around the bush

 

[rcicu]

ATTENTION: ANYONE WITH THE HTC DROID INCREDIBLE IN HAND NOW!!!

Have YOU tried connecting the phone via the tethering ability built into the phone? I want to know if it works out of the box or if it is a function that will be activated down the road. Surely SOMEONE with the phone has tried it.

WOW Someone is a little EXCITED

If it doesn't work PDANet will and so will Rooting!

 

[slbailey1]

Did HTC change the Clock/Weather widget so that you can add ANY city/town to your list of cities to scroll thru?

 

[smdx]

ATTENTION: ANYONE WITH THE HTC DROID INCREDIBLE IN HAND NOW!!!

Have YOU tried connecting the phone via the tethering ability built into the phone? I want to know if it works out of the box or if it is a function that will be activated down the road. Surely SOMEONE with the phone has tried it.

Can you please be a little clearer as to your actual question? It's hard to tell and very vague. I recommend more bolding and larger text size.

 

[skunis1]

I dont think its the "actual" lens anyway, but no, its the metal that is recessed.

How can the metal be recessed? Wouldnt the plastic/glass lens cover fall off?

 

[Old Member]

Cincy, if you have a question, just ask it...stop being too subtle and beatin around the bush

Jeesh, whats a guy gotta do to get some attention around here? I asked politely 3 times with no answers. Seems to me no one has tried it. I asked ANON in a post a few pages back when he was posting videos, but he must have missed it. I was hoping to get his attention. Do you think this will work?

 

[Twiz]

ATTENTION: ANYONE WITH THE HTC DROID INCREDIBLE IN HAND NOW!!!

Have YOU tried connecting the phone via the tethering ability built into the phone? I want to know if it works out of the box or if it is a function that will be activated down the road. Surely SOMEONE with the phone has tried it.

EEEEK! you broke my eardrums!

 

[Old Member]

EEEEK! you broke my eardrums!

I'm sorry, I used my teacher voice.

 

[riotrob]

How can the metal be recessed? Wouldnt the plastic/glass lens cover fall off?

The metal is recessed.
If I close one (non-dominant) eye, and look at it at a slight angle, I can see it clearly.

 

[mmoreimi]

WOW Someone is a little EXCITED

If it doesn't work PDANet will and so will Rooting!

PDANet uses the MicroUSB to USB connection. is there anything out there that is wireless such as:

a) Bluetooth tethering

or

b) Wifi tethering - where your laptop will see an access point? such as(right click-->view available wireless networks) and connect to wireless?


Option "b" would be so freaking cool.....love that feature in the Palm Pre/Plus

thanks!

 

[riotrob]

Maybe you can replace the lens cover with a "fresh" one after a few scratches accumulate.

 

[Supraman21]

For anyone that wants to know how visable the dots on the screen are go to 1:06 in the video

YouTube - Verizon Incredible is Just That

 

[jfoey22]

PDANet uses the MicroUSB to USB connection. is there anything out there that is wireless such as:

a) Bluetooth tethering

or

b) Wifi tethering - where your laptop will see an access point? such as(right click-->view available wireless networks) and connect to wireless?


Option "b" would be so freaking cool.....love that feature in the Palm Pre/Plus

thanks!

I have done option B with a custom ROM on my Touch Pro 2 so I imagine once some people start cooking up custom ROM's that will be a feature.

 

[Colchicine]

Feels thinner than i expected.

That's what she said.

 

[mmoreimi]

I have done option B with a custom ROM on my Touch Pro 2 so I imagine once some people start cooking up custom ROM's that will be a feature.

So this can be and will be possible for The Incredible soon? Out of curiousity, did you have to "root" your phone?

 

[johnperkins21]

not to be a debbie downer or anything, but those speeds are awful, I hope this is not what I have to look forward to. My ipod touch gets between 6k and 7k on wifi, and on 3G a smartphone should be getting at least 1k I would think? Anyone that can speak to this, I would love some more explanation of why the speeds are so slow? Were you definately on 3G??? and on wifi, do you have a "G" band router? i mean i'd have to think you do, but wowsers.....a little disappointed there.

Verizon has one of, if not the, slowest 3G networks around. If speed is more important to you than reliability, then Verizon is not your network. However, a super fast 3G network does you no good when you can't connect to it due to shoddy coverage.

There have been explanations of why the wi-fi may have shown up as slower than expected. If both phones were pulling 1Mbs, that's at least 2Mbs total on his connection, and more than enough for anything you'd want to do on your phone.

I'm not sure where the argument regarding Kbs and Mbs came from, or was heading, but just as an FYI, 1000Kbs ≈ 1Mbs (1,024Kbs = 1Mbs).

 

[Gekko]

ATTENTION: ANYONE WITH THE HTC DROID INCREDIBLE IN HAND NOW!!!

Have YOU tried connecting the phone via the tethering ability built into the phone? I want to know if it works out of the box or if it is a function that will be activated down the road. Surely SOMEONE with the phone has tried it.

HTC Droid Incredible solves the Verizon Wireless tethering conundrum | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

 

[TheGoatLantern]

For anyone that wants to know how visable the dots on the screen are go to 1:06 in the video

YouTube - Verizon Incredible is Just That

I didn't see any dots...

 

[CaptJager]

ATTENTION: ANYONE WITH THE HTC DROID INCREDIBLE IN HAND NOW!!!

Have YOU tried connecting the phone via the tethering ability built into the phone? I want to know if it works out of the box or if it is a function that will be activated down the road. Surely SOMEONE with the phone has tried it.

Repeatedly asking every 5 minutes and now shouting is not going to get someone to answer faster.

 

[hovercraftdriver25]

delete

 

[Supraman21]

I didn't see any dots...

Sorry start from 1:04

 

[sqlgeek]

he should run these tests separate on wifi as they are sharing the same connection. he shouldn't run them both at the same time. did you notice the speed changes when he only started one accidentally? The droid as over 3000 until the incredible hopped on. good comparison for 3g though!! really lets us know that the signal strength is software related. thats a relief!

You read my mind!!!

 

[sqlgeek]

Repeatedly asking every 5 minutes and now shouting is not going to get someone to answer faster.

Congrats on your appointment - permission to come aboard, sir!